CAUTION ON CLASSIFIED

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x works

Original Poster:

172 posts

170 months

Wednesday 17th September 2014
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One of our customers has had his classified advert changed...
contact details changed...
price change...
account details locked..
so just check if you have a add its all ok

waiting until 9am until i can contact pistonheads to sort it out

x works

Original Poster:

172 posts

170 months

Wednesday 17th September 2014
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just spoke to pistonheads... they now about it/ problem sorted

slimtater

1,035 posts

169 months

Wednesday 17th September 2014
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That would be the advert that led to these emails then:

Hi Tim,

I am a flight attendant and will be leaving tomorrow morning at 8 am, I will be back in Copenhagen by the end of next week and until then I am hoping to sell the vehicle that is why I have posted it at a reasonable price. If you wish to purchase the vehicle I suggest we close a safe deal through Amazon Payment, they will guarantee your funds. The way Amazon Payment work is simple is 5 steps:

1. We register our deal with them.
2. A payment invoice will be sent to you to transfer the funds.
3. After their confirmation I will send the vehicle to your shipping address.
4. You will have 5 business days to personally inspect the vehicle before contacting them and accept the vehicle, in case you are not satisfied with the vehicle you can decline the transaction and a full refund will be provided.
5. If you accept the vehicle they will forward the funds to me.

Let me know if you wish to move forward and purchase the vehicle using Amazon Payments system. In order to register you as a buyer I will need your full name along with your shipping address.

Kind Regards


On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 11:00 PM, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX wrote:

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. How far away are you from Copenhagen (CPH) airport? Just looking at flights out in the next few days.

Do you have any more pictures – engine bay and VIN plates included?

Regards,

Tim

From: stan XXXXXXXXXXX
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 8:02 PM
To: Tim XXXXXXXXXXX
Subject: Re: Sag for sale

Hello Tim,
I just got your message regarding my 2005 TVR Sagaris Chameleon Orange . Please note that the location is not shown correctly on Pistonheads, that's my old address. I recently moved back to the Denmark and the car is in Copenhagen ready for test drive or delivery. It's a right hand drive car and can't be driven in the Denmark so I'm selling it. The car runs just perfect, looks great in and out as shown in the pictures, no smoking owner, no mechanical flaws, accident free & HPI clear.

Has full service history,8 months of MOT and 7 months of TAX and odometer reads 33,000 miles. Reg. number is X6MFM and number plates are included.
Considering the offers I received I'm asking £19,500 and this includes delivery to your location. It's ready to be delivered with all registration documents, service records, original invoice, both car keys and the bill of sale.

Regards

On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 9:27 PM, Tim XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX wrote:

Presume the price is incorrect at £19500? If not, I will have it!




I was 99.9% certain it was a scam. Well 100% really but thought I would have a fish!!

x works

Original Poster:

172 posts

170 months

Saturday 20th September 2014
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Think these sort of adds are growing every year now..
I found 3 dodgey adds on e bay last year when I was looking for an Audi
You get all excited like Father Christmas is coming...
Then someone tells you different ....

glow worm

5,800 posts

226 months

Saturday 20th September 2014
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  • ** PH MODS ****
Please can you comment on this issue , which to me appears to be a breach in PH security . Are our passwords and accounts secure ? or is there a hole in PH's security ? Thanks

scotty_d

6,795 posts

193 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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I had very similar e mails to above when selling our cooper s last month, contacted by merchant navy engineers , offshore workers etc but wanting to use pay pal. hehe

SCAM!!!!

ctsdave

872 posts

173 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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When we sold our Chim someone got into PH account and downed the price but left contact details the same!!? I couldnt understand but it caused a few harsh words with certain people... All sorted in the end and the car has a nice new home but very frustrating!

rigga

8,727 posts

200 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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Seems PH has flaws in the classifieds, as peter (phazed) has experienced the same
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...