Is this man trying to scam me somehow? **VERY URGENT**?

Question

Hi i put a ad on gumtree looking for any type of work a man replied with this:
Hello, I am looking for for someone who would be interested in an eBay partnership. At present I export and import products all over the world, but I find eBay the best place for doing business.
What I mean by an eBay partnership is if you have an eBay account or even if you do not (I can show you how to set one up) we can work together to sell item there.
Basically how it works is, you will upload the product I have for sale from templates I will give you. When they sell I will post them out to you or to the customer depending on what is best at the time and then you will take a share of the profits of each item.
I have been trading on eBay for about two years now and my average income from sales per month is £3,000
This is a genuine business offer and I don't want any money up front.
If you are interested please contact me and we can talk more about this and I welcome an ideas you may have too.
Thank you
Matthew
From: Matthew Whimpenny


he said he will pay me £5 from every sale and he said he moved to new york at the moment
I said i havent got a paypal account so he told me to make a ebay account in did so and he added his paypal and listed some polo shirts he goes he will pay me at the end of the week as he has a lot of people doing the same thing he is doing with me and he has someone in my city who will come up to me and pay me in cash and his paypal name is different to the name he also said if you want to buy something on ebay from my account it is okay as i will deduct it from the money you make?

Is this a scam?? Thank you very much

Answer 1

just ask yourself



If you asked a stranger in the street the same question and he gave the same answer would you trust them?

If not - why would you trust them on gumtree?



Just suppose he does what he says

YOU sell the goods- You send some money to him.

HE gets the money

YOU are stuck if they are crap products and have to refund



Now lets suppose they are counterfeit

YOU get stuck with the law in YOUR country cos YOU are the seller.

He claims "its nothing to do with me" and thast even if they can find him or even want to

Remember - YOU are committing a crime in YOUR country HE could be thousands of miles away. YOU think YOUR police force would be interested in trying to trace him in a different country when they have got YOU.on their doorstep.



THAT maybe why he likes doing business on e-bay. By the time ANYBODY finds out - he is long gone. All YOU have is MAYBE an account number which can be closed in no time.



Just think - he could be doing EXACTLY the same with thousands of people worldwide, He only needs say 5% to take up his "offer" and he could make loads with virtually no risk to himself.

He COULD be doing it weekly or monthly, every time some get caught there are others waiting to take their place.





My advice - dont touch it with a barge pole



Maybe he IS bona fides- but are you willing to take the risk?

Answer 2

Do not fall for this.I received a similar proposition but when I went to Western Union to cash a 'check" that they had sent me ( I was to send them a payment ) the western Union people would not cash It and Said they get this kind of Scam all the time

Answer 3

Nah it's a scam how is he going to pay you I would not trust it

Answer 4

It's a scam. You won't get paid, it's just a scam. Don't fall for it, tell him you quit.