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Pistonheads resently emailed me this:
PistonHeads: Alert of potentially fraudulent communication
We have reason to believe that you may have been contacted by hbetty100@gmail.com in relation to an advert on PistonHeads.com.
We take fraudulent activity very seriously at PistonHeads and as a result we are constantly checking for any suspicious activity so that we can remove problem adverts swiftly and alert our customers of any contact made from an unreliable source.
If you have received communication from the above email address we strongly suggest that you cease communication with this person and ignore any future correspondence you may receive, and it is essential that you refrain from entering any financial transaction.
If you would like more information on how fraudsters act with regards to adverts, please read our comprehensive fraud warnings here http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/warnings.asp In addition PistonHeads is a member of VSTAG, a group formulated to stamp out fraud, and more details on this group can be found here http://www.vstag.co.uk
We are very sorry that you have received communication of this sort by using our site, but we hope you can appreciate the measures we go to in an effort to ensure our customers are not affected by fraudulent activity and we hope you achieve a sale through PistonHeads very soon.
Regards,
The PistonHeads Team.
Well it seems the same person has a new email adress: Nina McNair [ninmcnair@gmail.com]
What allerted me is its the same email:
Hi, I'll like to know the present condition as I won't be available to inspect it as I'm just recovering from surgery so I'm homebound, why do you need to sell it ? Any accident history?
Just a heads up guys
PistonHeads: Alert of potentially fraudulent communication
We have reason to believe that you may have been contacted by hbetty100@gmail.com in relation to an advert on PistonHeads.com.
We take fraudulent activity very seriously at PistonHeads and as a result we are constantly checking for any suspicious activity so that we can remove problem adverts swiftly and alert our customers of any contact made from an unreliable source.
If you have received communication from the above email address we strongly suggest that you cease communication with this person and ignore any future correspondence you may receive, and it is essential that you refrain from entering any financial transaction.
If you would like more information on how fraudsters act with regards to adverts, please read our comprehensive fraud warnings here http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/warnings.asp In addition PistonHeads is a member of VSTAG, a group formulated to stamp out fraud, and more details on this group can be found here http://www.vstag.co.uk
We are very sorry that you have received communication of this sort by using our site, but we hope you can appreciate the measures we go to in an effort to ensure our customers are not affected by fraudulent activity and we hope you achieve a sale through PistonHeads very soon.
Regards,
The PistonHeads Team.
Well it seems the same person has a new email adress: Nina McNair [ninmcnair@gmail.com]
What allerted me is its the same email:
Hi, I'll like to know the present condition as I won't be available to inspect it as I'm just recovering from surgery so I'm homebound, why do you need to sell it ? Any accident history?
Just a heads up guys
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