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Scammer Warning
« on: Feb 15th, 2007, 2:48pm »

Copied and pasted from another forum:
 
Theres a guy doing a scam at the moment on UK car forums. He posts up saying he has a garage full of car parts to shift, all very rare, desirable stuff. ANd great prices. Only accepts Paypal and if anyone wants to collect he goesa bit quiet on them. Usually claims to be rebuilding a V8 Landrover but whatever the forum is (Opel Manta, Mk1 Astra, Ford Escort) he's got piles of stuff for them from an old project.
 
Needless to say people get excited, pay him hods of cash by Paypal and then he disappears...
 
Examples of him in action
 
http://www.escortevolution.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=74748
http://www.mantaclub.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11186&whichpage=1
http://www.vwgolfmk1.org.uk/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&a mp;t=19749&highlight=
http://www.mk1oc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5219
 
he took the Escort guys for well over a grand before he was busted.
 
Please keep it in mind that forums are no more trustworthy than the local rag and probably far less safe than eBay.
 
Be wary out there. If it seems to good to be true it probably is and if someone won't play ball with cash on collection then run a mile.
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Re: Scammer Warning
« Reply #1 on: Feb 15th, 2007, 4:36pm »

hi there
 
this is something everyone should be aware of.
 
thanks for the tip off.
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« Reply #2 on: Feb 15th, 2007, 5:23pm »

Just read a couple of the threads (some of them aren't working),
 
What a Dirtbag. People like him want taking to a very dark alley and topping. Angry
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Re: Scammer Warning
« Reply #3 on: Feb 15th, 2007, 5:39pm »

Just been reading This thread from an Escort forum, there are some very upset people on there, and who can blame them, what a scumbag.
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Re: Scammer Warning
« Reply #4 on: Feb 15th, 2007, 6:04pm »

ian, you need to paste the whole link, not the shortened version...
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« Reply #5 on: Feb 15th, 2007, 6:09pm »

on Feb 15th, 2007, 6:04pm, Kjetil S wrote:
ian, you need to paste the whole link, not the shortened version...

 
Done  Smiley
 
I just copied and pasted the whole thread, it didn't occur to me that the links would be abbreviated.
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« Reply #6 on: Feb 15th, 2007, 6:36pm »

Surely Paypal can help with this via the Police. Paypal have to have certain details; bank accounts, card details address etc. before you can use the system.
 
Must be easy enough to sort it out?
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« Reply #7 on: Feb 15th, 2007, 6:40pm »

on Feb 15th, 2007, 6:36pm, Baz wrote:
Surely Paypal can help with this via the Police. Paypal have to have certain details; bank accounts, card details address etc. before you can use the system.
 
Must be easy enough to sort it out?

 
I was thinking that too, wouldn't it be possible to track him via his IP address as well?
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Re: Scammer Warning
« Reply #8 on: Feb 15th, 2007, 6:41pm »

From what I have read Paypal don't really care and aren't being very helpful to the police.
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« Reply #9 on: Feb 15th, 2007, 8:10pm »

on Feb 15th, 2007, 6:41pm, Mummra wrote:
From what I have read Paypal don't really care and aren't being very helpful to the police.

 
Sound about right - that's why I no longer accept PP for my ebay auctions - haven't done for a long time actually, what with chargebacks, etc...
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