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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: klinger (spa clean) on December 05, 2007, 08:24:24 am

Title: Is it our dodgy friend again?beware!!!
Post by: klinger (spa clean) on December 05, 2007, 08:24:24 am

Polaris 500 on ebay.Is it him do you think?...no paypal, no collection,bank details....Careful chaps!!!!!  klinger.

Title: Re: Is it our dodgy friend again?beware!!!
Post by: klinger (spa clean) on December 05, 2007, 09:49:56 am

CRIKEY!!!  They,ve got rid of him already(I thank you!) they worked a bit faster this time.

Title: Re: Is it our dodgy friend again?beware!!!
Post by: Mike Osbourne on December 05, 2007, 12:26:16 pm

How come people get away with this? Surely it's the easiest detection opportunity for plod since speed cameras and school kids scrumping.

Title: Re: Is it our dodgy friend again?beware!!!
Post by: John Kelly on December 05, 2007, 02:36:47 pm

We have people trying to con us quite regularly on our online shop. Thankfully we have excellent tracking software which alerts us to unusual activity. I guy in London tried it on 3 times. He had an address for stuff to be delivered to, a BT telephone number. We contacted other suppliers who had fallen for it. The Police weren't interested, BT weren't interested.

Title: Re: Is it our dodgy friend again?beware!!!
Post by: klinger (spa clean) on December 05, 2007, 02:54:48 pm

Mate of mine works in CID,told me about groups of nigerians working in and around london.He said even when they track back its only to find that the bank account is actually in nigeria..what chance eh?

Title: Re: Is it our dodgy friend again?beware!!!
Post by: spencer davies on December 05, 2007, 03:43:28 pm

I noticed from e mail exchanges regarding the Speedster, their command of the English language is a little..... sloppy, which flagged up that they may be SCAMMERS.

I have just deleted 11 scam emails today, aus lottery, update bank details etc etc, what chance would you have if you were a silver surfer?


Regards


S

Title: Re: Is it our dodgy friend again?beware!!!
Post by: gwrightson on December 05, 2007, 04:33:24 pm

Is this the guy who was selling a speedster? along with cfr tool , and other items

I won the bid!   but was to cautious for his liking  :)

geoff

Title: Re: Is it our dodgy friend again?beware!!!
Post by: Mike Osbourne on December 05, 2007, 04:51:40 pm

I feel sorry for Nigerians 99.9% are probably honest people, but you are always hearing about Nigerian crooks.

Title: Re: Is it our dodgy friend again?beware!!!
Post by: Neil Williams on December 05, 2007, 08:31:38 pm

If it's 0.01% are the baddies then you want to see the amount of dodgy mail shots intercepted by the P.O and handed over to the Police.
At one point it was 5 sackfulls per day. I saw it myself at what was then the NCIS in London.
Add to that the e-mails and other scams and it's a major business in Nigeria.

Title: Re: Is it our dodgy friend again?beware!!!
Post by: spencer davies on December 05, 2007, 10:42:49 pm

0.01% is a lot of people.

S

Title: Re: Is it our dodgy friend again?beware!!!
Post by: klinger (spa clean) on December 06, 2007, 07:25:37 am

And its a bit optamistic.....if it was only 0.1% you could probably take it on chin.Never mind, he,ll slip up one day...they all do!   k