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chiefton

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Put car on gumtree earlier,within half hour I get this message saying someone is interested. ....




iv gone along with it to some extent incase it is genuine.....but im not sure but apparantly he gonna send the money but he hasnt asked where car is or anything,doesnt seem to want to see it,sending a agent to collect when payment cleared. I bet he does the old chargeback after his "agent" has collected lol

He has not got my addy or anything like that yet.

what you reckon???

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Posted 27th Jun 2014 at 22:45
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chiefton

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Bear in mind he just messaged through gumtree saying "how much im interested more details"

I just said id take 1950 and he sent the above

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Posted 27th Jun 2014 at 22:47
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Phil white

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Paul hill writes like an African con artist. This is definitely a con man. Steer clear. He will most likely over pay you by accident!
Posted 27th Jun 2014 at 22:48
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Phil white

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Tell him you're not sure if he's genuine. Ask him to send you a picture of himself with a loaf of bread on his head and a sign saying I am Paul! I am love 306!
Posted 27th Jun 2014 at 22:50
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rallyeash

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Looks dodgy!

Plenty if genuine buyers who will come along wit cash.

If your initial gut feeling thinks it iffy then most likely is.

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Posted 27th Jun 2014 at 23:03
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anth

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He'll just reverse the payment and run Smile
Posted 27th Jun 2014 at 23:19
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gilesy

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That's a known fake. A simple google will tell you this xx
Posted 27th Jun 2014 at 23:25
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chiefton

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Confirmed my suspicions lmao good effort but computer says no

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Posted 27th Jun 2014 at 23:32
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AndyJ

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Phil white wrote:
Paul hill writes like an African con artist. This is definitely a con man. Steer clear. He will most likely over pay you by accident!


This. ^^^ Brother Kennedy would hang his head in shame.

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Posted 27th Jun 2014 at 23:38
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chiefton

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Phil white wrote:
Tell him you're not sure if he's genuine. Ask him to send you a picture of himself with a loaf of bread on his head and a sign saying I am Paul! I am love 306!



top advice just done this lmao

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Posted 27th Jun 2014 at 23:54
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buzzbrightyear

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Post #11
Tell him his agent can pay cash?
Do people actually fall for this?
How does this con work I don't get it

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Posted 28th Jun 2014 at 00:01
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bigbadbowen

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Report this guy to PayPal it's 100% a con Yes
Posted 28th Jun 2014 at 00:11
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buzzbrightyear

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How's it work tho?
Buyer uses dodgy card to pay thru paypal and then gets refunded and gets to keep the stolen money??
But how tho?

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Posted 28th Jun 2014 at 00:21
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167gti6.

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Buzzbright year.

They will send you the money. Then collect the car. At which point they will dispute the transaction with pay pal. Pay pal will automaticaly return the cash to the sellers account untill it is settled. (which is a fake account for a fake person) BUT the seller will with draw the cash as soon as it comes back then dissapear with the car and the cash . And pay pal do nothing because the person they are trying to trace does not exsist

This is my understanding of how it works anyway

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Posted 28th Jun 2014 at 09:17
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buzzbrightyear

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why would they want an old car only worth £2000 that's reported stolen anyway tho?
I don't get it lol

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Posted 28th Jun 2014 at 09:38
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6waysforward

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Post #16
Get him to paypal the money over. Send it straight to your bank account and with draw the cash. Then sever the link from your bank to paypal so they can't take any money's from your account.

Then send him a message saying it's ready for collection, if he don't turn up then you have made 2k.

If need be make a new paypal account Smile

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Posted 28th Jun 2014 at 09:59
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Niall

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buzzbrightyear wrote:

Do people actually fall for this?


Yes. The missus mum very almost fell for it when selling her car until we all said its a blatant con.
When selling my Saab it took me about 2 months to sell and i must of had 50 of these emails in that time. A few of them i played along just to see how ridiculous i could get it. One of them offered me double the asking price eventually if i met his "Courier" to exchange the car and then he would bank transfer the money LOL
Posted 28th Jun 2014 at 10:03
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167gti6.

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buzzbrightyear wrote:
why would they want an old car only worth £2000 that's reported stolen anyway tho?
I don't get it lol



They just mass email trying it on with any one and every one. From 1k pugs to 50k mercs trying to get a bite a guess a score is a score to them

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Posted 28th Jun 2014 at 12:28
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chiefton

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Just had another from bob wright....wants to buy my gumtree ad its says . You click the link and asks for payment details lol but the web page isnt even gumtree lmao

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cherry rallye daily (the money pit)
Posted 30th Jun 2014 at 14:19
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