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Topic: Should I be worried?

starbeck

14/10/2015 at 3:44pm
Location: Harrogate
Outfit: Hartford XXL and Vango MV700

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Hi guys

I have my Outwell Hartford XXL set-up for sale in the free advert section. The other day I received an email asking lots of questions about the sale and for some pics so I emailed them back with more info and some photos.

Yesterday I received the following email - quote:

Thanks for the quick response about the product am buying from you, anyway the price £350 is OK by me but i will like you to know that payment will be made by Bank Draft If this mode of payment is OK by you. Kindly send your information which you will like to receive the payment from the post man, so that i can instruct my secretary to issued it immediately.I will forwarded your information to the secretary. And she confirm to me that payment will be sent to you as soon as possible. Anyway, I will assume the product has been sold to me. Also i will appreciate it if you can get the advert off the website and don't get contacted by another buyer. Anyway, payment will be sent to your Address soon. Note: The secretary will issue an excess money on the payment which would cover both the payment and shipment alongside with some goods i bought down from other locations. All you need to do, Once you cash the payment, you are to deduct your payment, afterward send the remaining funds to my shipping agent who will be coming down to your location for the pick up....the rest of my funds is meant for the shipment of all my consignment including yours I will send the shipping agent details when the payment delivers. I will entertain any comment or suggestion. And if not okay by you kindly get back to me so as to stop the secretary to stop the payment.

Name to be on Cheque:.....
Address where Cheque will be received by you:.......
Phone Number's such as Mobile,Land line....

Never mind about the pick up, it will be after you must have cleared the payment from your Bank Account.

Await your Quick Response so that i can arrange for the payment immediately.

Thanks and Get back........

N.B....And the Bank Draft will have to be cleared before the pick up of the item...

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Does this reply seem strange? It all sounds a bit dodgy and complicated to me - I just wanted someone to pay cash/Paypal or something and arrange collection - simple.

Or am I over reacting?

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moppetsdad

14/10/2015 at 3:47pm
Location: The foot hills of no
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About a doggy as a nine bob note, forget it unless you want to be conned big time.

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14/10/2015 at 3:54pm
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Agree with the above..I would not reply..just ignore.

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thebiz

14/10/2015 at 4:14pm
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If your gut instinct says its wrong.....then its wrong ........

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Jim1977

14/10/2015 at 4:23pm
Location: Leicestershire
Outfit: Karsten 380 Veranda

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I'd say there's a very high chance this is dodgy and someone is trying to get your name address and phone number for their own use.....

paulinekezza

14/10/2015 at 5:54pm
Location: Darwen Lancashire
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Hi starbeck

What you are being presented with is a known scam.

You can learn more about these on the scambusters website. Look under Advance or Overpayment Scams.

You were right to be wary. We are alerted to scams through my job and one of the things we are always told to look for is the standard of the flow of English, rather than spellings or grammar. Spellings and grammar can both be improved with software, the flow cannot.

Good luck selling your tent to a real person with cold hard cash in their hand.

Pauline

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Tigermouse

14/10/2015 at 7:21pm
Location: Bolton Lancs
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Definitely a scam - ignore it, most of all don't make any contact or send him/them any personal details

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Mucker1884

14/10/2015 at 10:12pm
Location: Derby.
Outfit: Karsten 350+Awnings

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I think I can speak 20 different languages better than he can write English!!

Classic Google translation, I'd say! Stay away!

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duffs54

15/10/2015 at 8:52am
Location: Cambs
Outfit: Ford Duetto Autosleeper

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Yep dodgy deffo

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15/10/2015 at 1:08pm
Location: Buckinghamshire
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This is a bog standard scam. We include a link to scam details on every enquiry email any advert generates, so it should be reasonably easy to spot them.

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/forsale/scams.asp

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lidds0

15/10/2015 at 6:25pm
Location: Yorkshire
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Yep, I agree with everyone else: ignore and delete!

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Aldi Fan

15/10/2015 at 7:17pm
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This scam has probably been tried multi times possibly a hundred times the same day. They only have to find one victim daily and kerching

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starbeck

16/10/2015 at 3:32pm
Location: Harrogate
Outfit: Hartford XXL and Vango MV700

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Thanks guys

I thought it was dodgy - email deleted.

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