Beware of Nigerian and African scammer!!

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just to share my experience fellow mylotters.. i am selling products on internet and marketplace.. recently i bounced to deal a transaction with one of this scammer. I met this buyer at facebook marketplace. Introducing herself as Mrs Batty Jones , from London, at 1st she was asking to buy 1 item and said that it is for her nephew in Nigeria and requested for the item to be ship there. And then she add up few more item and ask me to send all the item at the same address.. here is where i start to feel weird. And then she asked for invoice from my paypal to make payment, Few hours after that i received an email from service@paypal.com said tht i have received payment of USD$2320 but i must provide shipment tracking number in order for the money to be cleared on my paypal account. Since my policy is only to ship out product once payment is cleared, i get back to her and explain, she was upset with me at 1st and claim that she is loosing money because the amount has been deducted fr her PP acc and she cannot get it back-which is unreasonable..paypal never take away people money when transaction cancelled. So i insist her to forward confirmation email from paypal dat she received when she make payment to me. Instead, she forward to me an email, exactly like what i received only edited to her name with few typo error. So i explain to her why i should cancel the transaction coz of all the fishy things i sense about the trans. She was swearing with her life that she's trustworthy and offer to pay via western union. so i jes ignore her and asked her to deal with paypal if she have any problem with her paypal money, the next things i realize, her facebook profile has been deactivated.. So i quickly google up about buyer scam. Apparently, Numerous cases involving this 2 country especially, is spreading on the internet . So becareful if u r also a seller on internet.. :)