Phishing for Bank Details

[ukkid35]

David Pritchard
10:43 (43 minutes ago)
to me

Hi,
Thanks for letting me know. Am thinking doing bank transfer would be an option cus i want it to be pick-up as soon as possible.If you don't mind leaving me your bank details so that the money can be transferred to your account straight away.Hope to read from you soon
with your bank details below

Bank name
Sort code
Account name

I will let you know as soon as possible if it's cheque or bank
transfer that was done okay.Let me know your thoughts on this okay.


Clearly not interested in the item for sale in the classifieds, just wants bank details

[Ben Lowden]

Thank you for reporting this. It goes without saying if something seems too good to be true, then it typically is.

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[Viktor10]

I got exactly the same mail as ukkid35. Clearly a fraud.