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lizbethse
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 Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:12 pm Post subject: Scammer or not? URGENT |
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Hi
Can anyone help please my daughter advertised her 3 piece suite for £300, she has recieved a cheque for £2,500 and was told once the cheque had been cleared they would arrange for someone to pick up the item and she should pay the shipping costs!
i THINK THIS IS A SCAMMER PLEASE REPLY SOON
MANY THANKS
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htf666
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Oldest scam in the book. If you were daft enough to put the cheque in your bank and pay this thief the rest you would find the cheque bouncing in the next few days.If they wanted to pay you by cheque why did they not make the cheque out for the price of the goods? |
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Stuart
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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 100% scam
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adriankidd
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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scam! it can even take weeks for the bank to realize its a dodgy cheque so by that time you think the funds have cleared but then the bank will just take it back again and you will have an empty bank account  |
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lizbethse
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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Hmmm Thought as much have told my daughter not to go down that road. As it would all end up in tears.
The cheque (HSBC) was sent from Interpipe service Ltd.
Now we have the cheque would it help if we took it to the bank and explained so they could look into this.
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adriankidd
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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| tell him you have lodged the cheque but want to wait 6 years to see if it turns out to be stolen, if you had of went through with it he would never have even turned up for the sofa, he is only interested in the shipping money that you would be paying his "friend" with, money which you think is his to begin with |
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Rickeezee
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| Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:30 am Post subject: |
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call the police and set the swine up.
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SteveL
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| Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 11:03 am Post subject: |
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| Rickeezee wrote: | | call the police and set the swine up. |
Ditto to that !! keep him keen by saying you have put it in the bank then
get his details and hand them to the police ..
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