I'm selling an item online. Someone contacted me and, after a question about whether the item is available, said the following:      "Good,Am okay with the price. but right now am currently out of the country for a business trip ,I want you to help me shipping it out to my colleague as his birthday gift to WEST AFRICA.I’ll paying you €100 EURO which includes for the shipping fees through the POST OFFICE, can I send you the money through western Union money transfer?"   The item costs 8€. Shipping costs around 30-40€.  My question is, is it a scam and, if so, how does it work?
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This raises a bunch of red flags (also confirmed by googling the email address it came from), but I don't quite understand how this scam is actually supposed to work. So, here it goes:   I put up an ad (for a guitar, 90€) on LeBonCoin (the French equivalent of Craigslist). Someone contacts me by text message (anonymous with no actual phone number), saying they want to continue by email. I then get an email, with roughly the following content (rough translation):     OK, I will buy it, but I need to send you cash by "express DHL letter". The DHL driver will pick up the item when he gives you the cash. I need the following information: full name, postal address, price of the item, and your phone number.    I'm guessing that this works by them requesting some "delivery fee" in advance, but does anyone know how this actually works?
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There are absolutely loads of payment gateways out there, and I'd like a comprehensive list of them. There's already a question asking for the "best" ones,  and another asking for ones suitable for a charity .  Would such a question be on topic? And would it need to be CW? The obvious way to do it is to have one CW answer and edit all other answers into it. I don't know whether the question itself should be CW, or just the main answer.
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I have Euros.   I will be in Russia along the Trans-siberian railway for about 12 days. I might go to Moscow by plane or by train.   So, what is the best way to change money? I do not know how much I will spend.
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So I have about $50 in pennies, dimes and nickels.  What would you do with it?  I'm asking because I don't think spending hours rolling up the change and taking it to the bank is the best/most creative thing.  More info:  I took the change to the bank (not rolled up).  The banker asked me if I knew the exact amount... when all I had was a huge bag of change weighing like 30-40 pounds :-p  I said I didn't know the exact amount.  So the banker put all the change into a different bag, gave me a little receipt and said look for a deposit to your account in about a week.  Next time I'll just find a coinstar machine. I don't like waiting a week to have my change counted.  Also I'm sure the banker could fish out the quarters and no one would be the wiser :-)
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I want to make a large purchase at a retail store to the sum of $10,000 but the credit limit on my card is set at $2000.  If I send $10K to my credit card will the purchase be allowed to go through?  Not sure if the credit limit is a hard limit or not?  I don't want to be left embarrassed if my card is declined in the store lol.  I called my bank but the answer they gave wasn't too convincing. It was kind of "Errr yes i think its OK!"  Does any one know first hand?
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Can someone please help differentiate the following application questions and what they really mean?  What is the cost to you personally of your trip in GBP(£)?  The total amount of money you have for this trip?  How much will they be paying towards your trip (in GBP £)?  What is the total amount in GBP(£)?
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I was on Instagram and saw someone's post about making extra cash.  I inboxed her for details and she said her manager will deposit funds into my account, then I would send them $2000 to split between the both of them.  She stated that I would need to overnight my bankcard to her so her manager can process the deposit.  She didn't ask for anything (neither SSN nor routing or account number) but the bank card only.  I assume that it is a scam.  Can anyone elaborate on this type of scam?  She claim it's not a scam.
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If a friend wants to transfer $7000 to me, what is the best way to do it, especially if we don't share the same banks? We could do wire transfer, but that comes with its own fees. Could we also do direct deposit? Paypal doesn't allow such large lump sum transfers.  This would be US-to-US transfer.
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I've just returned from several unusual countries in Asia, and annoyingly despite being told I'd have no problem, I'm unable to find anyone in London to change back to pounds.  I've tried Travelex in Heathrow, a currency exchange place, and the post office.  The currencies include cash from: Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.  Most of the responses when shown the money is to the tone of "What the hell currency is this?" which doesn't fill me with confidence.  Any suggestions welcomed for places that may change this. Otherwise I may need to go back next year ;)
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I got involved with an online person and we exchanged numbers and he told me he would pay me $500 a week allowance to hang out when our schedules permit and to message him. Looking over it, I should have known it was a scam but was a bit desperate so got involved.  He sent me a cashiers check which I deposited and, because I got worried, I called my bank and they put a hold on my account because they agreed with me that the check was probably fake. Now I have a sugar daddy scammer threatening me with FBI saying I'm a fraud, and saying he has my address which I did not give him, can he legally do anything? He also wanted me to forward 1500 dollars of the 2000 dollar check through zelle.    Awesome thank you so much! I wasn't sure if he could technically take legal action since I technically didn't follow through and hang out with him, this eased my mind!:)
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I am not a frequent traveler, at least not yet.  I would like to know if a 24" computer monitor in its original box the size of a large luggage would be allowed on board a plane even for an extra charge?  Moreover, I'd like to know what are the safest (and hopefully not expensive) ways I could ship the monitor.  PS: I would prefer to ship it as an extra check-in but I am afraid it gets damaged at some point due to mis-handling especially at the destination airport as I know for a fact that luggage is not well handled at the destination I will be arriving at.  This will be a one-time shipment. And it is one package.  Dimensions as provided by supplied: 53.2 x 35.1 x 4.57 cm (L x H x W)  Weight: ~ 8.5 kg  Item purchased from Amazon.fr:   PS: Original box has cardboard not foam frame.   Shipping origin: EU  Shipping destination: Middle East.  alternative idea 1: I think that taking it as hand luggage without the box would be possible as the monitor can be pivoted in landscape and portrait mode. Moreover the stand can be detached. The main weight is in the stand. Suggestions for protection and transport bag would be appreciated.  alternative idea 2: Detaching the screen and packing it in the luggage between clothes would probably keep it safe? And taking the stand as hand luggage along my backpack.
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Lately, I have been tied up with my moving soon, among others. I got a reply from my ad for moving sale at craigslist, the author of which claims to be currently living on the other side of Atlantic ocean:     Hi, Thanks for your response. I'm going on a vacation to London but I   will instruct my assistant to prepare and mail your payment which I'm   sure you will get in about 4 - 6 business days. I'll add $20 extra for   the delay. I'll pay by M O or cashier check so send me your info (i.e   full name, mailing address and your phone number) so payment can be   mailed out immediately. I will also make arrangement for pick-up which   will be after you must have received and cashed the payment. Awaiting   your info. Thanks   I have seen similar scams before, but they send checks instead of money order or cashier check. I later learned that checks are not guaranteed for the payment, but cashier checks and money orders are, since they are made when the payer pays first to the finance institutes that issue cashier checks and money orders. So how can the quoted scam that promises to send me cashier check or money order work, I wonder?  Thanks!
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I'll receive a USD cheque shortly. I prefered payment by money transfer, but all attempts to do so - i.e. SWIFT/IBAN, Payoneer, transferwise - failed. Now I will receive a cheque by mail.  I contacted my bank and they say that they can cash a cheque for me, given a (prob hefty) fee. The bank employee was so kind to warn me, that in case of a cheque the funds are cashed, but reserved until the legal reimbursement period ends, which apparently is between 3 and 6 months.   Is there really no quicker way to receive payments by cheque and have access to the funds quickly?
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When I wanted to download Ubuntu 12.10 from ubuntu.com, I was asked to make a donation. However, there is only a PayPal option to make the payment. But I don't use PayPal. Is there any other option to make the payment?
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With just under a week to go until I head for Europe I made an epic faux pas.  Instead of ordering a Visa debit card with 1500 Euro added to it, I have ended up with 1500 Euro in cash.  I cannot take it back to the currency exchange place as they will charge me a fee to put it onto a card etc.  I do not really want to be travelling around Europe with 1500 cash in my hand especially when I will be staying in hostels where it could be stolen.  Is there any Euro cards or banks where I could dump the cash and then access it when I need it ?  I will start my trip in France and will be there for 3 weeks.  Like a temporary bank account?
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I have an visual force email tempalte however the currency field is giving me some problems:                     We are writing to advise you that an amount of £{!relatedTo.Amount__c} is outstanding on your account    This works ok however if the amount is £200.00 when the email is sent it displays as £200.0  The same thing happens if this is £200.50 it will show as £200.5  It works correctly when the amount is e.g £200.11  Can anybody help?
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I had a scammer call me. The person knew my name, birthday, address, email and my bank. I didn't give them sort code, account number, or anything else. Am I still in danger of fraudulent transactions? I hung up as soon as they asked for the sort code.