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Personbessie500
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Not sure how you get a quote box but I will deffo look into it

Bessie


Persongedsjeep
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ahh, i can help with that one

when you want to answer one part of what someone has said, go to their post and hit the "quote" button above it.

delete the text that doesnt apply and bobs your aunties husband.


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Gedsjeep, every day's a school day,. I didn't know how to do the quote thing either but now I do! Thanks.


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Quote: Originally posted by Bramidan on 14/6/2019
Gedsjeep, every day's a school day,. I didn't know how to do the quote thing either but now I do! Thanks.


not a problem, its easier for those reading to distinguish what is your text and what is someone elses...


Quote: Originally posted by bessie500 on 13/6/2019
Not sure how you get a quote box but I will deffo look into it

Bessie



and dont ask how to double or triple quote


Personnavver
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You can show quoted text box by writing quote in front of it in [] square brackets and /quote in [] square brackets after it.





Post last edited on 14/06/2019 19:42:33


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Quote: Originally posted by navver on 14/6/2019
You can show quoted text box by writing quote in front of it in [] square brackets and /quote in [] square brackets after it.





Post last edited on 14/06/2019 19:42:33


or just push the button that does it for you.....


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Quote: Originally posted by gedsjeep on 14/6/2019



Quote: Originally posted by Bramidan on 14/6/2019
Gedsjeep, every day's a school day,. I didn't know how to


and dont ask how to double or triple quote



Problem solved

Bessie


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Was his name James Miller?

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The scammers name was James Miller he tried again the other day with the same scam saying he couldn’t get to see it because he was on a army base and he was buying it for his son


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Be wary of another scam method pretending to be for the purchase of high value goods, in our case, it was my husbands boat.
The ‘interested’ party claims to be abroad but wants to buy your item on sale, but can’t get home. He will arrange for an ‘agent’ to collect on his behalf, but this agent can only be paid in GBP. The ‘purchaser’ proposes to send the seller a cheque for the value of the sale item, plus extra money for the seller to forward onto the agent.
The seller pays the money into their bank account, it clears so money is sent onto the ‘agent’. It is then discovered that the cheque is stolen. The seller is then out of pocket due to having sent money onto the ‘agent’

We’d heard of this scam but played along with the ‘purchaser’. As promised, a cheque arrived for £15000 (£10000 for the boat + £5000 for the agent). Hubby paid it into the bank but told the teller of his suspicion. She looked into the cheque and said it looked genuine. 3 days later the bank reported the cheque to be stolen.

I’m glad we erred on the side of caution and didn’t send any money on to the ‘agent’

Normal tell tell signs are the ‘purchaser’ claiming to be British but the email is littered with dreadful grammar and spelling errors.


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PersonDr Zhivago
06/7/2019 at 8:41pm
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Quote: Originally posted by pcbjs on 06/7/2019
[The buyer] will arrange for an ‘agent’ to collect on his behalf, but this agent can only be paid in GBP. The ‘purchaser’ proposes to send the seller a cheque for the value of the sale item, plus extra money for the seller to forward onto the agent.

I am at a loss to understand why the seller would ever expect to handle the buyer's agent's fee.


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I know that, you know that but sadly there are some gullible people who will fall for such a scam.
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PersonGrampian91
07/7/2019 at 1:56pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Dr Zhivago on 06/7/2019

I am at a loss to understand why the seller would ever expect to handle the buyer's agent's fee.



A bit of greed and a bit too much trust. Wifes friend almost banked a £2k cheque for a games console that was only a few hundred. Buyer said dont worry they trust her and to bank it and take out her costs +some extra for being so honest and then send the rest back via western union or something where she cannot reclaim the money.

She would have lost almost £4k after the £2k cheque bounces and the £1700 or so that she would have sent them from the overpayment.

Problem is people will say the cheques safe once its cleared which is true of UK banks, but the cheque will often be a foreign one which can bounce months down the line.

You were lucky for it to bounce in just 3 days. Amateur scammers probably. The smarter ones will be long gone with the goods by the time it usually bounces.



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