Just doesnt sound right.

[TubbyTommy]

Selling my car on Autotrader and have had a couple of replies. One of them has been purely email contact only offering to give me the full asking money which he will send in the form of a bankers draft or simular. In exchange he wants my Name, Full address & phone number. He also offered to give me a little bit extra for my troubles. At first glance i thought this must be a scam but thinking back, where can it go wrong? Surely if the money clears i'm ok right? Like i said i would prefere cash can they de-fraud me with those details?

[Shaw Tarse]

Mrs Miggins fingers?
If it smells fishy?

[whitechief]

It's a scam FFS.

[TubbyTommy]

I thought it was a scam of some description but how are they scamming me. What can they get from me with those details i.e. Name and Address.

[Soovy]

FFS.

Get a grip. It's a scam.


Look at your thread title. Think about what you wrote.



Let's assume that he (or a member of his extended family, or gang, or group of dodgy mates) works in a call centre for a big mobile company. So he has your name, address and mobile number....... So now he has your bank details............ and what else..............?


WAKE UP SUNSHINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edited by Soovy on Wednesday 26th May 20:34

[Soovy]

Alright tonker.

We're gonna have to start charging more for night shifts.

[Nolar Dog]

:waitsforit:

[Cotty]

Soovy said:

Let's assume that he (or a member of his extended family, or gang, or group of dodgy mates) works in a call centre for a big mobile company. So he has your name, address and mobile number....... So now he has your bank details............ and what else..............?

If you advertised your car and put your mobile number in the advert could they not find out the above info without his name and address.

[TubbyTommy]

I do apologise i'm not to your standards of being super intelligent as you may have well discovered in my previous post. But i do like to take some advise in certain areas. And as you would have seen in another previous post i didn't know how i would be scammed. Thank you for showing me the errors of my ways.

[Shaw Tarse]

Mr Vesuvius A Mr Tonks is on the 'phone for you

[Funk]

I got a scam email today for the hi-fi rack I'm selling. They'll really try it with anything.

[GTIR]

I quite like him actually, tubbytommy. He's like the modern day Roland, I want to be your friend...

TT rules!

[TubbyTommy]

^^^^^^This Roland?

[Soovy]

TubbyTommy said:

I do apologise i'm not to your standards of being super intelligent as you may have well discovered in my previous post. But i do like to take some advise in certain areas. And as you would have seen in another previous post i didn't know how i would be scammed. Thank you for showing me the errors of my ways.

Sorry mate, but if I seem harsh it's because THOUSANDS of nice decent people like you get ana11y reamed by scumbags.

Trust me, you did right to ask.

Tonks and me do this for a living, you don't.


I'm pretty sure that you are better at a lot of things than me.

[Funk]

Soovy said:

TubbyTommy said:

I do apologise i'm not to your standards of being super intelligent as you may have well discovered in my previous post. But i do like to take some advise in certain areas. And as you would have seen in another previous post i didn't know how i would be scammed. Thank you for showing me the errors of my ways.

Sorry mate, but if I seem harsh it's because THOUSANDS of nice decent people like you get ana11y reamed by scumbags.

Trust me, you did right to ask.

Tonks and me do this for a living, you don't.


I'm pretty sure that you are better at a lot of things than me.

Con people out of vast sums of money for not doing a lot..? Sounds about right for solicitors.

<runsandhides>

Edited by Funk on Wednesday 26th May 20:48

[Shaw Tarse]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Yep, far better to ask now & keep your car than ask when it's gone. If you think it's fishy then don't go ahead.

[750turbo]

TubbyTommy said:

Selling my car on Autotrader and have had a couple of replies. One of them has been purely email contact only offering to give me the full asking money which he will send in the form of a bankers draft or simular. In exchange he wants my Name, Full address & phone number. He also offered to give me a little bit extra for my troubles. At first glance i thought this must be a scam but thinking back, where can it go wrong? Surely if the money clears i'm ok right? Like i said i would prefere cash can they de-fraud me with those details?

Scam

Scam

Scam

Listen to the learned heads on here.

If it sounds too good to be true.....

Please, no more of these... Oh and where is Merlot, I need a laugh

[Soovy]

Funk said:

Soovy said:

TubbyTommy said:

I do apologise i'm not to your standards of being super intelligent as you may have well discovered in my previous post. But i do like to take some advise in certain areas. And as you would have seen in another previous post i didn't know how i would be scammed. Thank you for showing me the errors of my ways.

Sorry mate, but if I seem harsh it's because THOUSANDS of nice decent people like you get ana11y reamed by scumbags.

Trust me, you did right to ask.

Tonks and me do this for a living, you don't.


I'm pretty sure that you are better at a lot of things than me.

Con people out of vast sums of money for not doing a lot..? Sounds about right for solicitors.

<runsandhides>

Edited by Funk on Wednesday 26th May 20:48

The sort of comment made by people who beg for our help when they're about to get reamed.

[Cotty]

Maybe I am being a little nieve here but if you advertise a car for sale you have to give them a telephone number so you can received calls about the car. Likewise it would be pretty hard for them to view the car without the address, to be honest most telephone books hold this information.

[Funk]

anonymous said:

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