Safe to be wire transferred?

[foca]

I got this same message couple days ago. This person wanted to buy my item from tori.fi -service.

My received message looked like this:

I would like to inform you that I have made payment, and I am sure that you have receive the payment confirmation mail from my bank. so all you have to do now, is to go and ship the "**item**" to the address given to the address given to you by my bank, through the payment email alert that you have received from my bank:

Name : David Olushola Ige
Address : 54 Guilboure Road
State: : Plumstead
Zip-Code : SE 18 2NS
Country : United Kingdom

So when you sent the "**item**" at the post office, make sure that you get back to my bank, with the shipment tracking number that you received from post office where you sent the "**item**", and send it to my bank, so that my bank can then activate your total money into your bank account. So I'll wait for your respond. Thank you.

The person this sent was Sophie Werberg David

I received message from "the bank" about transaction made and it looked like it came from Ulster Bank... well it kind of looked like a really bad version of a real bank information - poor code and template looked like amateur work. Either the sender address was not from the real bank, it was ulsterservices.com@sunster.com.
I thought this is some kind of hoax. I contacted Ulster Bank just to make sure what this kind of service is about. They said they don't have such thing, only regular bank transfer from another account to another. No tracking coded etc. If you look at the street address what is in that email what appears to come from the bank, 11-16 Donegall Square East, Belfast BT1 5UB, put it into Google map, there is no bank in that address. There is a cash machine what belongs to Ulster bank.
So, do NOT SEND anything to this person!

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Scammers heard things about real bank operations but rarely have experience in more than western union kind money transfers. The above bank operation looks like a covered letter of credit, but of course lc is a complicated and regulated procedure and does not involve simple releasing the funds against post confirmation. Lc normally costs hundreds or thousands of eur and involve up to 5 banks (including advising and confirming ones). So never send any money or items unless you operate within known environment (e-bay etc). But scammers will still be trying...

[Upphew]

But scammers will still be trying...

"Two things are infinite: universe and human stupidity. And I'm not sure of the universe."
-Albert Einstein

[Alex.Sm]

Hei where did you put the product for sale? What website?

[MinnaLaa]

Hei where did you put the product for sale? What website?

If you are asking this question from me, the web site is tori.fi
I have sent them information to them about this matter.

[Waylander]

Just wondering... OP, when you'd never send the item before you get the money, what guarantee does the buyer have that you will send the item?

[Upphew]

Just wondering... OP, when you'd never send the item before you get the money, what guarantee does the buyer have that you will send the item?

Buyer can buy a COD service.