Bloody Scammers!

That is definitely a scam they never ask for underwear details. Regards Jim

 

Tbh, well spotted sir.
Could have successfully worked out for him if you weren’t on the ball.

 

Agreed, you have to be so careful these days.

 

Likely to be the same bunch of twats...

 

@Tricky-Dicky is there any reason not to sell on eBay? It does cut a lot of scammers out and as long as your reasonably astute you’ll spot any that do manage to come through?

If you really want to get rid you could try the likes of MPB or Ffordes and see what they would offer?

Got to be a lot less hassle than the free ads

 

A friend of mine had his bike up for sale on the internet recently. He got an email from a guy requesting further details of the bike which my friend duly sent to him. Things went quiet for a few weeks, then out of the blue, the guy got back in touch saying sorry he had been in hospital, but he would like to buy the bike for the advertised amount. My friend of course was please and asked how the chap wanted to proceed with the purchase. The response was that the chap lived in the UK (he gave an address with postcode) but worked in France, so he would send a cheque to my friend for the agreed sale figure, but it would be in Euros rather than pounds Sterling. He also said he would add funds to cover the cost of a bike courier to come and pick up the bike and (presumably) take it to his place of residence. At this point my friend though this a little strange, but providing the funds had cleared in his bank prior to the bike being collected, he reasoned it would be ok, so he agreed to go ahead on that basis. A few days later a bank certified cheque did arrive (in Euros). The amount however was nearly double that needed for the purchase of the bike and with the excess he could probably have had a bike courier deliver it to Timbucktoo first class! My friend decided enough was enough and called the Police. They said these kind of scams were sadly very common and the scammer would probably ask for the extra funds back in cash or for the 'victim' to buy specific items on their behalf with the money. They also said the scammer might say he'd changed his mind about wanting to buy the bike and demand the full amount back in Sterling.

Be on your guard folks, there are some devious bas***ds out there!