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My daughter upgraded her phone last week. I put her old one (iPhone 7) on Gumtree.
Got a couple of responses, one that asked for a few more photos by email. I sent them.
They replied saying they would take it, could I post it, could I give them a quote including postage.
I worked out the postage cost, sent the final price, they agreed and said they would send the money by PayPal.
I got an email from PayPal, a nicely laid out invoice, saying that the money had been sent but wouldn't be released to me until I had provided the tracking code from posting the item.
I looked, couldn't work out how to provide the tracking code other than by email, checked the email address I had received it from, the display may have said paypal, but the address underneath most certainly wasn't. Quickly worked out the whole thing was a scam.
They've emailed today asking if I have posted the phone yet and asking for the tracking code.
So, what should I do next?
I know the address they want something sent to, I'm quite prepared to pay £7.40 sending them something.
Any ideas?
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Send them the police?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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CodeWraith wrote: Send them the police?
Probably the safest thing to do. I certainly wouldn't send them anything else.
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I doubt very much if the police would be interested. Particularly as I haven't actually been scammed.
It is annoying me that Gumtree have no way (that I can find) of reporting dodgy buyers, only of reporting dodgy ads.
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Depends - it's "obtaining goods by deception" which counts as theft, and I doubt you are the first attempted victim.
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OriginalGriff wrote: and I doubt you are the first attempted victim.
and I am pretty certain that he won't be the last one
And I am pretty sure too, that many others have already been cheated / scammed by them, biggest part of the people won't check the email under the display name or the address to be sent to.
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Some years ago a friend received by chance two iPads as a present at the same time. Her husband suggested to sell one of them. They received a similar message and she told me she was unsure about sending it because she found it very strange. I told her not to do it, that it was an obvious scam. For instance, they sent a document from a bank that didn't even exist. But her husband insisted in giving a vote of confidence to the purchaser (to tell you the truth, I expected the husband to do just the opposite of what I suggested). Some weeks after that I asked her about the end of the story and she begged me to never mention this issue in front of her husband.
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The bigger problem is that whoever lives at that address will claim to know of nothing and has no apparent connection to the mail address or the guys who wrote the messages.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Use their phone numbers and address and register at as many places as you can with it. Let scammers get scammed and spammed!
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Send a copy to paypal - spoof@paypal.com, and follow up with the police.
I'd suggest a quick google maps / streetview for the address and see exactly what is there - they'd have to be pretty dumb to use their real address, so it may be worth finding out where they say they are.
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Yep, I forwarded it to spoof@paypal as soon as I realised what it was.
Looks lovely!
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40 minutes drive from me. Whereabouts are you?
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I'm near Lichfield (well Coventry at this exact moment, as if I weren't suffering enough already).
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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What's the matter with Coventry. It was a lovely place to be born in during the blitz.
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chriselst wrote: Looks lovely!
Indeed.
I wonder if they have any holiday homes free.
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OriginalGriff wrote: they'd have to be pretty dumb to use their real address
Why? Whoever that may be, he just needs to pretend to know of nothing and have no provable connection to the guys behind the mails.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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It's probably a private post office box rental store.
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chriselst wrote: I know the address they want something sent to, I'm quite prepared to pay £7.40 sending them something.
Any ideas?
Dog sh*t!
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I was considering a more personal touch.
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Remember not to send anything with DNA on / in it.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Remember not to send anything with Your DNA on / in it.
Random doggie droppings from a park should be fine -- as long as you wear gloves throughout all stages of the process.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: as long as you wear veterinary gloves and a cap throughout all stages of the process.
FTFY
Hair can be a problem too
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 and a note saying "The next knock at your door will be the police, oh and by the way F*** You"!
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chriselst wrote: Any ideas?
Some talcum powder that gets spread when they open the packet?
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