Another scammer alert!


nealt2000

nealt2000

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Saw these Meister R coilovers Parts & Accessories : meister R zeta S
being sold on piston heads the other day & been in contact with the seller arranging to go pick up/ cash on collection next week.
He told me he was from the Plymouth area.

I read on the forum on here last night someone who was scammed buying Meister coilovers a month ago on there, so got me a little worried.
Decided to make a false pistonheads account this morning and contact him pretending to be someone living near Exeter interested in buying.
Just got a reply saying he is located in Southampton/ Portsmouth area.
Had my friend mail him to asking the same, he said he lived near Basingstoke, seller then replied saying he was from Kent.
He also has a set of new rota grid drifts, carbon bonnet, ek9 breaking, and front lip for sale also.

aka making it sound like the item is to far away to collect in person, therefore paypal+delivery the only option.

Ive reported it to pistonheads now, so hopefully he'll get banned

Name & Shame, Kevin Little, paypal kevlittle55@yahoo.co.uk tel 07516638253
 
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Good job mate. Its always good when someone out smarts a scammer.
 
i got scammed on there 2 weeks ago, £240 on gaz coilovers, 2 others from civic life got caught by the same one, currently in a paypal 'claim' now
 
Not good! Bloody scammers! Nice investigation cheers for the heads up
 
My mate had paid for these and PayPal had flagged it as a dodgy transaction and locked it. Thankfully he's got his money back.

Stay away is all I can say
 
Fuker.... how do these people get away with the ££ though, they cant withdraw in cash so there has to be a bank account connected to the paypal!
 
New thing I read about in the paper recently is the seller will put something of no significant value e.g. a rock, or something similar in kg weight to the object your buying into packaging, and send that to your address. The seller can then prove the postage/ time & date/ weight of contents with the receipt if an investigation is made, leaving the buyer out of pocket. Only backfire to the seller is if you open the packaging in front of the delivery person
 
nealt2000 said:
New thing I read about in the paper recently is the seller will put something of no significant value e.g. a rock, or something similar in kg weight to the object your buying into packaging, and send that to your address. The seller can then prove the postage/ time & date/ weight of contents with the receipt if an investigation is made, leaving the buyer out of pocket. Only backfire to the seller is if you open the packaging in front of the delivery person
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WOW.................expensive rock!

these planks need a good kicking.
 
smart. im thinking about making two accounts so i can check to see if they are scammer before i buy.
 
bloody bastards are everywhere just now :angry:
cheers for heads up man :nice:
 
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