I Almost Got Spoofed!

For those of you not familiar with the term "spoofed", it's when you receive an email that resembles a company like your banking institution, but it is a fraud. They are usually asking for money or information. I got spoofed this way. I put up a laptop for sale on eBay. About an hour later I get informed on official looking eBay site, that my laptop had been sold. I then received another email from PayPal, again looking completely legit, that money had been transferred and I would get paid when the item was shipped. But here's where the guy screwed up, I then get a third email this time from the person who bought it stating he was a U.S. citizen currently doing business in England. That the laptop was for his son, who lived in Nigeria, and that I needed to ship right away. He said he even added an extra $150.00 for shipping. Well, I gave PayPal a call and no they never received any money from anyone for me on any purchases. So I sent them a copy of the webpage I received to their spoof department. Then I had to contact eBay because it had shown up as being bought. Again I talked with their security department, they reimbursed my advertising and I put it back for sale. Now here is where someone could get tripped up. PayPal will not send you the money until they have proof that you have shipped, and rightly so..therefore if I had shipped right away I would have been out a computer and no money. Again these purchase request web pages I got looked exactly like eBay and PayPal but they were obviously not. So be careful out there..hope this helps raise awareness.