Quote Originally Posted by Chimensch View Post
I don't get the joke ... if the payment clears what does it matter? If you're referring to the e-mail scams, I have to say that they're totally entertaining. I usually delete spam without opening but I love to read the e-mails about how someone wants to give me millions of dollars for doing practically nothing.
Nigeria is known for more than just 419 scams. They also attempt to buy high ticket items (like laptops) and either use a hacked paypal account or send you an email which looks like it came from paypal and notifies you of payment which they actually never sent. In the instance of a hacked paypal account you get the money and it clears but then a week later paypal rips the money back from you once they've been contacted about it being fraudulent... by that time you've shipped the item.