Helpful Tips

Please be vigilant with your personal details and especially your bank details. Do not give either to potential buyers.

Beware of suspect enquiries. Establish a relationship with an interested buyer and offer to meet them face to face, a genuine buyer should agree to meet and want to see the dress in person. Beware if they are reluctant to do this or ask you to post on the dress.

Only accept cash, and use a counterfeit pen if you have one. Only accept payment by cheque if you can hold onto your dress until the cheque clears. Payment should be for the exact amount you and the buyer agreed on.

Common signs of a suspect buyer to be aware of:

If the buyer seems odd in any way or out of the ordinary.

Male buyer, buying for his daughter, fiancée etc. This is not normal practice.

A buyer offering to pay more than the asking price. This scam involves the buyer giving you a cheque for more than the asking price and asking you to give them the difference as cashback.

Ignore all e-mails from these types of buyers and forward e-mails to us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Use common sense. If something sounds too good to be true it probably is!

Examples of hoax e-mails / enquiries.

E-mail 1

Hi My name is Jefrey moore from Ontario Canada I came across your advert

> which you placed on internet that you have an WEDDING DRESS for sale please

> confirm to me it is still available or not and am much interested in buying

> it. Kindly mail me the present conditions and the last asking price. Also i

> will like to know the reason why you are selling it. I look forward to hear

> from you. Best Regards Jefrey moore’

Email 2

Hi *******

Thanks for your reply and the price is accepted be me

I want you to remove the advert off market and consider the dress sold to me ok

So i will like you to send me this information below today,

{1} FULL NAME:

{2} FULL ADDRESS:

{3}LAST ASKING PRICE:-€1500

{4}PHONE NUMBER :

To enable me to instruct our financier  to issue and send BANK DRAFT to you as soon as possible.  NOTE: I DONT NEED P.O BOX ADDRESS....................

Am a contrator and also a buyer of used GOODS,I based in Ontario Canada but presently an in Cotonou Republic of Benin for a contract and i will back soon.

NOTE;-the amount that will be on the BANK DRAFT will be for the amount of the dress and the shipping cost,so that when you get the bank draft  cleared into your account you will deduct the cost of the dress and send the remaining balance  to our  shipping agent for them to go-ahead with the necessary shipping arrangements, we have some other consignment on which they are going to ship with dress

As soon as everything is okay they will come to your area for the pick up

Waiting for your swift response.

Thanks for your co-operation.

Rgds

Jefrey Moore

Email 3

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Hi I saw your advert that you have wedding dress forsale and am interested in buying it Am buying the dress for my cousin who is getting wedding soon I want you to confirm to me the present condition and the last asking price I look forward to hear from you. Regards Roland.

Email 4

Hi xxxxx
Thanks for your reply
Yes my client is interested in it wedding dress and we are interested in the price
I want you to remove the advert off market and consider it sold to us
So i will like you to send me this information below today,

{1} FULL NAME:
{2} FULL ADDRESS:
{3}LAST ASKING PRICE:- €2,000
{4}PHONE NUMBER :

NOTE;-the amount that will be on the BANK DRAFT will be for the amount of the DRESS and the shipping cost
I am based in Scotland UK , but presently am in Cotonou republic Du Benin for a contract i will back soon
Dont worry about the shipment it will be handle by our shipping agent, as soon as everything is okay they will come to your location for the pick up
I look forward to hear from you
Regards
Roland