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Age: 60 Zodiac: Joined: 09 Oct 2002 Posts: 3749 Location: S/W New Forest Border
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:32 Post subject: WARNING!!! |
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I've had a discussion this morning with one of our Club Members, who's had some wheels listed in the Classified Ads service ...
Offered for £200, he was delighted to receive a cheque for £3000 to cover the wheels and shipping.
OK ... a couple of alarm bells started ringing from the off!
1. Very poor English in the email dialogue
2. A ridiculous amount of money paid for a fairly low-value item.
He was right to be suspicious and, it turns out, the cheque was from a stolen cheque book - the matter is now in the hands of the police
The Club's Classified Ads service is not unique in the fact that sellers are targeted by unscrupulous people - every online service is hit in just the same way
The thing is, if the offer is at all suspicious, or seems in any way 'too good to be true' - then it's probably a scam!
Just a heads-up really - however you're offering stuff for sale, whether on a note in a post-office window or, more specifically, using an online service, from our own Classified Ads to ebay, autotrader and the rest ... don't let yourself get caught out!
Simon |
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