My wife was selling her Macbook. Like most Gen X/Y couples do, we posted her for sale Macbook on eBay, and other trading sites. Two days later, we received an email from someone with a yahoo account asking what the prices would be in US dollars, including shipment to Nigeria. He didn't give a name and he didn't leave a shipping address. We told him the price would be US $450, but that he will have to shoulder the shipping cost depending on the address, and his favored shipping method/company would be. He said he wants to transact via Paypal, and even offered to up the price to US $580 including shipping cost -- what generosity.
So that night, I sent him an invoice from my Paypal account. 24 hours past and I received a notification claiming to have come from services@intl.paypal.com informing me that payment had been made. Careful examination reveals it was a spoofed/phishing email. He was bamboozling me! Here's how I immediately knew it was fake (click the picture to enlarge):
