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Robin Olbrich

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  1. Well done Andrew. I was taken by a similar incident where confirmation of EFT payment was sent by text message to my phone and I then released the bike but the money never was depositied into my account. The text messages are sent from a computer using SMS software. Fortunately the fraudsters were prosecuted after trying to sell the bike on Gumtree 5months later. Unfortunately money cleared in the bank is the only proof of payment.
  2. I advertised a large Stumpjumper Expert 2012 model on Gum Tree during the festive season and received an email form an interested buyer James Malinga. He called me to meet his son for whom he was buying the bike and asked to meet at a convenient location in Cape Town. I agreed to meet his son Shaun on Saturday 4th January at a KFC in Cape Town. I met his Shaun as planned with the bike and he was very happy with the condition and agreed to buy the bike but needed call his father James to do the EFT. Shaun spoke to his father and then he handed the phone to me to speak to his father to confirm the price and my bank details. He said a transfer would be done immediately from his FNB account and I would receive an SMS from the bank within a few minutes confirming the transfer. After 10min an SMS bank transfer confirmation from FNB was delivered to my mobile from a 16 digit number confirming payment with details of my bank account a payment reference and an FNB help line number. I released the bike to Shaun (picture of him below) and we parted ways. Two days later the money was not in my account and I contacted the FNB help line number sent with the confirmation of payment and they confirmed that they have no record of the reference number given nor do they use the text message number used to confirm the payment from James Malinga. I HAD BEEN SCAMMED! Beware and be on the lookout for the bike below and contact details of Shaun and James. James Malinga Cell Phone: 0735410335 and 0603238884 Email Address: taison.c.corparation@gmail.com Note the name James gave me does not match the name on the link below. Shaun Cell Phone: 0604083240Picture of Shaun: http://www.facebook....&type=1 Sent: robino@icon.co.za
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