There are actually 3 tip-offs within your post.
The first is to end the auction early, giving a high(er) price.
The second is the Western Union money order/method.
The third is changing the shipping address.
Never end your auction early to a higher price. They are taking
advantage of your greed. It is also against Ebay policy, this alone
may make the cops tell you to take a hike, and will definitely get
Ebay and PayPal to tell you to stuff it.
Don't ship using the "give us the goods first", followed by the money
is in the mail. Always always always wait X weeks for the money
order or cheque to clear (can be confirmed for the total wait time by
your bank). If the bank says 8 weeks, tell them, it's 8 weeks. It's not
your problem that they cannot pay via PayPal.
And finally, never ship to anywhere but where the actual address is.
PayPal has their address verification stuff, use it.
Otherwise you are probably shipping it to a stolen address (yes, you
can steal those too, just for the 20 minutes you need it, takes some
major cajones, but it can be done). In this case it was obvious, Nigeria.
But you can find the same in USA or Canada too. Avoid PO boxes
altogether.
ers
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