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Clubroom => General Discussion => Topic started by: Sorelegs11 on June 19, 2014, 08:58:58 am

Title: Another Suspicious buyer.
Post by: Sorelegs11 on June 19, 2014, 08:58:58 am: Has anyone been contacted buy a bloke called Ben who allegedly works for New Zealand Oil and Gas wanting to buy a bike?
I have received the same email before after advertising a bike, wants a paypal acc no and wants to pick up by courier.

Sounds a bit SUS to me.
Title: Re: Another Suspicious buyer.
Post by: 80-85 husky on June 19, 2014, 09:41:38 am: very suss, ignore him (hmmm best look up nz oil and gas and see if they exist?) sounds like the std scam .. off shore , courier, paypal overcharged fake invoice, refund please.....

I ignore them figuring if they are genuine, they will chase harder and call you. suprizingly, none have ever called... ;)
Title: Re: Another Suspicious buyer.
Post by: Lozza on June 19, 2014, 10:20:29 am: Quote from: Sorelegs11 on June 19, 2014, 08:58:58 am
Has anyone been contacted buy a bloke called Ben who allegedly works for New Zealand Oil and Gas wanting to buy a bike?
I have received the same email before after advertising a bike, wants a paypal acc no and wants to pick up by courier.

Sounds a bit SUS to me.

easy peasy, here's how it works, your paid through pay pal, you give the bike to a courier, they say they never got the bike Paypal take the money back , you have no money and no bike.
There was a celebrated case in the UK where a fellow dumped the pay pal money into his bank acct ASAP, then did not relese the bike to a courier, because they were not authorised, after much too in and fro-ing he kept the cash and the bike
Title: Re: Another Suspicious buyer.
Post by: Sorelegs11 on June 19, 2014, 11:30:06 am: Maybe I should give that a go ;)
Title: Re: Another Suspicious buyer.
Post by: Tossa on June 19, 2014, 12:44:27 pm: Had the same type email when selling my camper. actually 4 different people working offshore (NZ) problem was 4 different email addresses from the same mobile, amazing
Title: Re: Another Suspicious buyer.
Post by: 80-85 husky on June 19, 2014, 01:41:50 pm: I have saved a couple of numbers with the headings scam 1 2 &3 as it always seems to be the same phone
Title: Re: Another Suspicious buyer.
Post by: Sorelegs11 on June 19, 2014, 05:14:35 pm: Just got 2 more emails and you guessed it from the same phone and exactly the same email with 2 different names :o ??? ::)
Title: Re: Another Suspicious buyer.
Post by: pokey on June 19, 2014, 05:20:38 pm: Bots looking for a fat wallet to vacuum.

If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck and you can hear quacking ..its a duck.
Title: Re: Another Suspicious buyer.
Post by: mudguard on June 19, 2014, 06:24:09 pm: I have had 4 of these sus sms messages, ( trying to sell my boat ). They say " how much you want for the item " and what is the condition. Obviously cant read my ad as this info is in the description. You cannot call the number back as it is blocked. The one I got 2 days ago stated me to reply by email only. Another sms stated that they worked on the same NZ offshore oil rig and is only able to communicate via email, funny that the message was sent from a mobile. Scammers are rife trolling most common web selling/ buying sites.
Title: Re: Another Suspicious buyer.
Post by: albrid-3 on June 19, 2014, 07:23:20 pm: Yes, Scam don`t reply. :(
Title: Re: Another Suspicious buyer.
Post by: SlideRulz on June 19, 2014, 07:36:35 pm: Wank wank, money in their bank.
Avoid at all costs, if it sounds too good to be true, it is.
Title: Re: Another Suspicious buyer.
Post by: Lozza on June 19, 2014, 09:06:27 pm: Ask for a pic of the NZ oil rig if it's bigger than this you know its a scam

(http://www.okeefes.org/Photo_Journal/Fall_2011/yabbie_pump_100_0161.jpg)