Off Topic Scamming the scammers

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Off Topic Scamming the scammers

Having read through this thread, I would be involving the police or at least passing everything received thus far, to them for intelligence purposes. I would also inform Trading Standards or whatever it is they are called these days.

I have a suspicion that Hartwell at Dunstable don't have any clue here what is going on. If this just slips by and turns out not to be legitimate, then some unfortunate person, could be out of pocket to the tune of several thousand pounds.

This goes on all the time, and the Police will not be interested I suspect. The person doing this is almost certainly in West Africa and so there is not much the police can do. Hartwells also probably don't care because they won't be liable for anything.

Fortunately most people will spot what is happening before they get sucked in.

The only thing you could do is tell the website where the fake ad is up, but if you did this another one would pop straight up in its place.
 
a few years ago some one posted a seicento on here that was too cheap to be true £300 when they was all selling for over £1000, i bought it, stuck a years mot on it and put it through an auction and got £1300 for it

 
This happens all the time when selling too "I work at sea and want the car delivered to my brother blah blah blah, I'll give you the full asking price directly to your account blah blah"

The next bit I don't understand exactly how it works. They overpay you and ask for a refund of the overpayment. It looks like you have the money, then after you refund the difference, your bank 2 weeks later remove the rest of the money. If you're really unlucky, they've sent someone to collect the car too.
 
This happens all the time when selling too "I work at sea and want the car delivered to my brother blah blah blah, I'll give you the full asking price directly to your account blah blah"

The next bit I don't understand exactly how it works. They overpay you and ask for a refund of the overpayment. It looks like you have the money, then after you refund the difference, your bank 2 weeks later remove the rest of the money. If you're really unlucky, they've sent someone to collect the car too.


do it drug dealer style go there with hard cash buy the car then ship it yourself. you cant get scammed out of that!
 
I'm expecting "her" to say that I can pay the money to an "escrow agent" and then she will have the car delivered to me, and if I don't like it they will take it away and the agent will give me my money back.

An escrow agent will do just that - hold funds until the parties agree who should have them. The trap is that the person who supposedly is an escrow agent in this scenario actually is not, and just hands them striaght over to the receiving party.

Hopefully we will see soon....
 
I'm expecting "her" to say that I can pay the money to an "escrow agent" and then she will have the car delivered to me, and if I don't like it they will take it away and the agent will give me my money back.

An escrow agent will do just that - hold funds until the parties agree who should have them. The trap is that the person who supposedly is an escrow agent in this scenario actually is not, and just hands them striaght over to the receiving party.

Hopefully we will see soon....
Ye of little faith!
 
do it drug dealer style go there with hard cash buy the car then ship it yourself. you cant get scammed out of that!

Ahmett. Let me try to explain this using words of only one syllable.

They don't have a car to sell.
So they won't let you come with cash.
They need you to send funds to them.
That's how the scam works.

Got it?
 
Ahmett. Let me try to explain this using words of only one syllable.

They don't have a car to sell.
So they won't let you come with cash.
They need you to send funds to them.
That's how the scam works.

Got it?
Sorry, how does it work again? :confused:
 
Ahmett. Let me try to explain this using words of only one syllable.

They don't have a car to sell.
So they won't let you come with cash.
They need you to send funds to them.
That's how the scam works.

Got it?

Oh ok now i got it. Did you inform the relevant authorities?
 
Bingo.

We have a reply. Kelly (funny how her name was Laura in the advert) seems not to want to answer my question as to where she lives in Ireland. Funny that. This is her latest message:

Hello ,

First i will need your ALL YOUR DETAILS , FULL ADDRESS so i can
search for a good delivery company and find out the delivery fees and after that
i will be able to give you more information.

best regards, Kelly
Wilson

I think Maxi's advice is good (about appearing keen), so I went back with this:

Hi Kelly

I'm really relieved to hear from you - I was beginning to worry that you had sold the car to someone else!

Anyway, there really is no need to deliver the car. You're price is a very fair one so I am happy to cover any costs myself. I would very much like to come and see the car this weekend with my wife, Maxi. She is very excited about the car!

I am happy to tell you my address though, if you want that so you can trust me. There are lots of bad people out there so it is important for honest people like you and me to be open with each other, don't you think?

So, my address is [an old address of mine].

Hope that is enough information for you!

So where will we go next I wonder? I suspect we will find out tomorrow.
 
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