The term originated from a Seinfeld episode. The episode where Dr. Tim Whatley gives Jerry a label-maker that was originally given to Whatley by Elaine. Elaine calls him a regifter.
Yeah, he was trying to sell a camera. Some "woman" contacted him via email saying that she wanted to buy it because she needed it for a photoshoot (What? A photographer without a camera?). My Dad wanted to meet with her and sell it to her in person to avoid the hassel of shipping and everything, but she kept dodging around the idea, insisting that we use Paypal.
So he gave her his Paypal address and received a fake payment confirmation from a "@paypal .com" address (note the space), confirming that Paypal had received the money, and is waiting for my Dad to email them the tracking number as verification that the package was sent, in order for the transaction to be reflected in his Paypal account; he was supposed to send the number to "paydeutschland@europe.com." The email specified that he had to send the number within 48 hours, and that the shipping address of the woman was in Nigeria.
The thing is though, we were stuck as to how to actually ship it. The email reported that she sent the money to Paypal, along with an additional $300 for shipping and handling via Purolator. We weren't sure if he had to go to the post office and they'd handle everything or not. Paypal had a walkthrough for how to ship, part of which explained how you could print out your own shipping label. It involved pushing a "Print Label" button on the transaction's entry in your Paypal Account History, which was obviously still blank.
So I looked at the email from the fake Paypal address closer - it looked legit, something which you wouldn't really bring notice to if you just skimmed it. But it was riddled with spelling and grammar errors, and at second glance looked extremely unprofessional. Finally I copied a few suspicious lines into Google and there you go - quite a few hits.
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Yeah, he was trying to sell a camera. Some "woman" contacted him via email saying that she wanted to buy it because she needed it for a photoshoot (What? A photographer without a camera?). My Dad wanted to meet with her and sell it to her in person to avoid the hassel of shipping and everything, but she kept dodging around the idea, insisting that we use Paypal.
So he gave her his Paypal address and received a fake payment confirmation from a "@paypal .com" address (note the space), confirming that Paypal had received the money, and is waiting for my Dad to email them the tracking number as verification that the package was sent, in order for the transaction to be reflected in his Paypal account; he was supposed to send the number to "paydeutschland@europe.com." The email specified that he had to send the number within 48 hours, and that the shipping address of the woman was in Nigeria.
The thing is though, we were stuck as to how to actually ship it. The email reported that she sent the money to Paypal, along with an additional $300 for shipping and handling via Purolator. We weren't sure if he had to go to the post office and they'd handle everything or not. Paypal had a walkthrough for how to ship, part of which explained how you could print out your own shipping label. It involved pushing a "Print Label" button on the transaction's entry in your Paypal Account History, which was obviously still blank.
So I looked at the email from the fake Paypal address closer - it looked legit, something which you wouldn't really bring notice to if you just skimmed it. But it was riddled with spelling and grammar errors, and at second glance looked extremely unprofessional. Finally I copied a few suspicious lines into Google and there you go - quite a few hits.
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