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Guest Mr Thorens

Just a note about an experience I had yesterday. And something to watch out for if you're buying online.

A new member offering me a piece of equipment based on my WTB, at seemingly a very good price. The danger signs were: the pictures were downloaded from a recent sold eBay listing of that exact same item, he wanted payment by direct money transfer to overseas bank account or Moneygram (no paypal), claimed he was a US citizen living in the UK, claimed he was another person and gave references to himself (using another person's identity) on other forums and a personal website, poor English language and punctuation compared to the real person's posting on other forum.

So just to be wary - I asked for a paypal account to pay, and a photo of himself holding the item in question. He then disappeared.

I think I saved myself losing quite a bit of money on a scammer.

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It just goes to show that PayPal can be worth the fees. I also like to call the person before I pay across funds through pay pal or visa. Google street view can also be a good tool.

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Yep he tried it on me as well. Looked at my WTB ad then said he had one to sell. All the usual scam alerts went off. Pretty easy to pick but still upsetting that vermin like that may catch the unsuspecting off guard. Marc was lightning quick to remove the scammer from SNA.

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I've had two similar experiences, in both cases I reported the PMs to the mods without replying to them and in both cases the perpetrators were booted on the same day. In one case within minutes, I was pretty impressed with the "mod service" on that one.  

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one thing to be carefull off...is when you post a wtb...and a recent member joins up and contacts you re availablity of the item overseas....be carefull...be very carefull. put in same category as getting an email from a nigerian scammer asking you to send money...give bank details etc..

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Here's his crude attempt at identity theft:

"OK, I am US citizen that base in London,UK.if still interested,Let me

know how much you willing to offer including shipping and insurance to

your doorstep,.I got married to a British lady and i have been here

for months now to see my family.. it is a very wonderful place.. I

stay in Spokane,

Washington, US 99208. when i was in the State. ..Do you have a

positive feedback transactions online you can show me. Below is a link

to my feedback..

http://www.head-fi.org/classifieds/feedback/index/user_id/100309 and

below is a link showing my wonderful family

(Deleted) I am bless with a daughter..and You

can also see my employer's page:

http://www.fbchurch.org/pastors-elders/ My picture is on the bottom

right, second to last line of photos.. I am a well known Elders in

church.. I am a man with solid reputation.. As soon as i receive

payment, I will ship via UPS or Fedex and email you the shipping

tracking details thanks and i wait to hear from you"

And when I asked for his paypal and photo of him with the item

"I felt so bad with the tone of your email, it sound like an insult to

me and i really felt so bad.. You saw my feedback and still you not

satisfied. really felt bad thanks"

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:lol: yep he feels so bad ? hehe

 

yes he should the scamming SOB ! 

 

I like this ..

"As soon as i receive
payment, I will ship via UPS or Fedex and email you the shipping
tracking details thanks and i wait to hear from you"

 

it should be replaced with...

 

as soon as I receive payment...I will be too busy being an elder in the church dusting the alter and doing gods work :D

 

yep right....

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Obviously a student of W. C. Fields, "a sucker is born every minute" .

Also doesn't know the Yogi Bear theory on life . "Gotta be smarter than the average bear. "

I didn't waste my life in front of the TV as a growing lad!

HB

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