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Offline Porny

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« on: September 20, 2005, 05:41:01 »
Received this the today on Ebay....


Q: HI I AM INTERESTERD IN UR BOAT, BUT UNFORTCHERNATLY I HAVE COMITED ALL MY SPARE CASH FOR RENAVATING MY HOUSE, AND I HAVE JUST BAOUGHT MY FIRST ROLLS ROYCE, BUT AS PART OF MY ASSETTS I OWN SOME VEREY FINE VALUBLE EXPENSIVE JUELRY, VALUATION WELCOME,,, IF U ARE INTERESTERD IN SOME SORT OF A DEAL FEEL FREE TO E MAIL ME REGARDS DEREK


Has he never heard of a spell checker???

What's with writing in capitals???

As far as I'm concerned just a scammer... do people agree???


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« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2005, 06:31:55 »
Ian

Sounds like he's 9-quid short of a tenner :(mad):

Chris

or should that be: -

IAN

SOUNDS LIKE HE'S 9-QUID SHORT OF A TENNER :(mad):

CHRIS

sorry, could not resist - capitals on the net indicates agressiveness (F7)
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« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2005, 07:49:59 »
I received one with a question about a seedoo i have never had, or seen. I clicked the link which then made you sign into ebay.....which i did without thinking. I then scurried round on my usual method of getting onto ebay and changed my password quick smart. I use a different one for paypal anywat. I think its a very sneeky scam. If i had been asked for my paypal sign on i wouldnt have done it, how many people out there use the same password for both??? LOADS!
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« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2005, 08:28:03 »
If he has a Rolls and a new house he can afford a posh keyboard with a capslock key, and a dictionary.

I read a fantastic article the other day on the nature of Internet crime being far more impersonal than standard methods of fraud and are percieved to some extent as being victimless.

Not much of a consolation when you're the victim of course, but with relatively few methods of prosecuting anyone and not many more ways of claiming compensation, you have to admit they may have a point.
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« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2005, 08:29:07 »
YEP :lol:
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« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2005, 08:36:23 »
Tell him ok, but your safe is broke and he can just leave the gear in the glove box of the roller, and let you hang on to it till he raises the cash :wink:
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« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2005, 09:09:00 »
I had an odd one once selling a car on eBay.  Romanian chap wanted to buy it, and seemed fine on the phone, but I got cc'd on a mail sent from him to some chamber of commerce in Romania and it all started to get very surreal.

The risk of getting stung outweighs the benefits to me so I just walked away.  If anything sounds doubtful I'll leave it - there are plenty of good buyers out there, so why take the risk of a dubious one?
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« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2005, 10:45:54 »
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I had an odd one once selling a car on eBay.  Romanian chap wanted to buy it, and seemed fine on the phone, but I got cc'd on a mail sent from him to some chamber of commerce in Romania and it all started to get very surreal.quote]

had something similar but was from albania not romania.
Got all the normal "I like your item very much and i bid on it with your aproval. yes?" mail and then started sending mails about how his agent in the UK would need to view the car and he would offer over the asking price if i shipped to albania or could this guys agent collect etc

eventualy just sent him a mail saying that the car would not be going anywhere untill all funds had cleared.

Strangley enougth never heard from him again

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« Reply #8 on: September 20, 2005, 11:00:12 »
i advertised a car with loot and got this responce
 Peugeot 306 Diesel,

and we are delighted to send you the following customer response:

" MAIL NOTIFICATION I SAW YOUR CAR ADVERT ON THE WEB WHICH I AM INTERESTED TO BUY.I AM A BUSSINESS MAN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM,BUT I AM BASED IN FRANCE.I WILL BE HAPPY IF THIS CAR IS MINE AS I HAVE BEEN LONGING FOR THIS PARTICULAR MODEL.THESE ARE MY TERMS OF TRANSACTION; 1 I AM OKAY WITH THE STATED £2,993.00. 2 I WILL BE PAYING WITH A BANK DRAFT 3 I WILL PAY IN EXCESS WHICH WILL BE £7,500 THE EXCESS FUNDS IS FOR MY AGENT WHO WILL COME FOR THE PICK UP OF THE CAR.I WILL WANT YOU TO GET BACK TO ME WITH YOUR FULL NAME,ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER.THIS INFORMATION WILL BE NEEDED FOR SMOOTH TRANSACTION AS THE NAME GIVEN WILL BE ON THE CHEQUE OR BANK DRAFT AND IT WILL BE SENT TO TH E ADDRESS GIVEN SO THAT YOU CAN CLEAR FUNDS AND SEND THE BALANCE TO MY SHIPPING AGENT VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER INOTHER TO ENABLE THEM TO COME FOR PICK UP.THE PHONE NUMBER WILL BE FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION.IF YOU ARE OKAY WITH MY TERMS.PLS SEND GET BACK TO ME WITH THE INFORMATION NEEDED WITH THE PRESENT LOOK OF THE CAR.I BELIEVE THIS TRANSACTION IS ON TRUST,AS YOU TRUST ME WITH YOUR INFORMATION SO DO I TRUST YOU WITH MY FUNDS AND THE STATUS STATED THAT THE CAR IS OKAY AND IN GOOD CONDITION.LOOKING FORWARD TO A HAPPY TRANSACTION. REGARDS DAVID. "


i also advertised my brothers car and he got this responce:
Title: Volvo 850,

and we are delighted to send you the following customer response:

" MAIL NOTIFICATION I SAW YOUR CAR ADVERT ON THE WEB WHICH I AM INTERESTED TO BUY.I AM A BUSSINESS MAN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM,BUT I AM BASED IN FRANCE.I WILL BE HAPPY IF THIS CAR IS MINE AS I HAVE BEEN LONGING FOR THIS PARTICULAR MODEL.THESE ARE MY TERMS OF TRANSACTION; 1 I AM OKAY WITH THE STATED PRICE OF £ 1395.00.FOR THE CAR. 2 I WILL BE PAYING WITH A BANK DRAFT 3 I WILL PAY IN EXCESS WHICH WILL BE £5,500 THE EXCESS FUNDS IS FOR MY AGENT WHO WILL COME FOR THE PICK UP OF THE CAR.I WILL WANT YOU TO GET BACK TO ME WITH YOUR FULL NAME,ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER.THIS INFORMATION WILL BE NEEDED FOR SMOOTH TRANSACTION AS THE NAME GIVEN WILL BE ON THE CHEQUE OR BANK DRAFT AND IT WILL BE SENT TO TH E ADDRESS GIVEN SO THAT YOU CAN CLEAR FUNDS AND SEND THE BALANCE TO MY SHIPPING AGENT VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER INOTHER TO ENABLE THEM TO COME FOR PICK UP.THE PHONE NUMBER WILL BE FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION.IF YOU ARE OKAY WITH MY TERMS.PLS SEND GET BACK TO ME WITH THE INFORMATION NEEDED WITH THE PRESENT LOOK OF THE CAR.I BELIEVE THIS TRANSACTION IS ON TRUST,AS YOU TRUST ME WITH YOUR INFORMATION SO DO I TRUST YOU WITH MY FUNDS AND THE STATUS STATED THAT THE CAR IS OKAY AND IN GOOD CONDITION.LOOKING FORWARD TO A HAPPY TRANSACTION. REGARDS JOHN."

this was to close for comfort  :(bigangry):
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« Reply #9 on: September 20, 2005, 18:13:57 »
Avoid anything that has WESTERN UNION written in it!
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« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2005, 18:44:46 »
Most of these scamms come from Nigeria I believe.
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« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2005, 19:12:49 »
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eventualy just sent him a mail saying that the car would not be going anywhere untill all funds had cleared.

Beware - cleared funds doesn't mean you have the money.

One such scam involves forged banker's drafts.  These will clear in your account, but several weeks later the bank will reverse the funds when they discover the forgery.  The only way to confirm these is to ring the issuing bank - but even then, when I tried this with my local Lloyds (slogan:  "The Clueless Idiot Bankers") they knew less about it than I did.

The scams Woody got above were probably one of these.
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« Reply #12 on: September 20, 2005, 23:34:14 »
even a personal cheque with cleared funds can be retracted by your bank several weeks hence. One of my customers got stung about 18 months ago, evded up about 5 k out of pocket and then had to take a loan to pay off the sudden overdraft. Their bank werent any help at all...I work for a bank by the way. Cash its the only really safe way to do it, and dont forget the scum bags could be casing your house at the same time!
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« Reply #13 on: September 20, 2005, 23:58:09 »
ive had a few dodgy emails when selling on ebay....sounds like another you got there mate
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