Beware of Amazon Marketplace Scammers

So, I'm selling some of my camera lenses on Amazon.com. My most expensive lens, the Canon 17-55 f/2.8 was one of them. So, I got this email from a prospective buyer. As you would expect, I was pretty excited to try to unload this one. The request (through Amazon's mailer):

"Superb item"will puchase today if photo is received to my addy only"kizzmenf4@ ya h o o . com....

So, naturally I replied with some photos to the guy's yahoo.com address and then I got this as a response, along with an official-looking Amazon.com email that listed the record of the sale:

Hello Seller,

              I've recently made and complete your payment and i'll like you get my order shipped express mail service from the post office to the below address and get back to me with the shipment tracking reference number. Please do not include the price of the item on the package due to heavy custom charges here in Nigeria, pack it as a gift item only and you can value it under 300 dollars if compulsary.



Mr Frank Mero
8, anibel street
Oworonsoki
Lagos
23401
Nigeria


Regards
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in Advance
Frank

The Nigeria address raised a red flag, and when I went to Amazon.com's seller marketplace, there was no record of a purchase. Clever scammer...

Well, my buddy Dr. F taught me how to handle these a-holes, and so I responded:

Frank,
Since you requested a photo of the item, I as a seller, also request that I get a photo of my buyer as well before sending the item. It's a little practice that I've done before that helps me get to know my sellers better. We here at the kmiller15211 Amazon selling marketplace find that we're really a tight family, and I like to get my buyers to know each other so that you all order from me again.

PS I prefer that you wear a blue shirt in the photo and maybe do something nice with your hair.

- Kurt

Let the fun begin...