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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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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 shit!
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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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. :sigh: :sigh:
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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 shit!
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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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?
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
chriselst wrote:
Any ideas?
Some talcum powder that gets spread when they open the packet?
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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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?
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
It's likely a scam. Paypal doesn't do escrow.
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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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chriselst wrote:
Any ideas?
Some talcum powder that gets spread when they open the packet?
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
Glitter bomb. Package Thief vs. Glitter Bomb Trap - YouTube[^]
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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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?
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Yep, I forwarded it to spoof@paypal as soon as I realised what it was. [Looks lovely!](https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4217842,-0.2782338,3a,75y,300.32h,83.39t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sJOr4z67D99Nd8A2CjjPL\_g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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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 shit!
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
:thumbsup: and a note saying "The next knock at your door will be the police, oh and by the way Fuck You"!
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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?
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
chriselst wrote:
Quickly worked out the whole thing was a scam. ... So, what should I do next?
Really?
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Glitter bomb. Package Thief vs. Glitter Bomb Trap - YouTube[^]
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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?
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Or like in the films... 50% now, 50% at the end :)
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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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.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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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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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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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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?
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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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?
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
If you really want to piss them off... send them an Android phone! ;P
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If you do this, make sure it's not specified as a *gift*. Gifts can be refunded to the buyer.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
