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PostPosted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:32    Post subject: WARNING!!! Reply with quote

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 Shocked 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 Evil or Very Mad

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 Sad

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 Cool
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