Bonus Posted August 6, 2018 Posted August 6, 2018 Arrange to meet him in person with a great bike at a cheap price - then do what you want with him.
IH8MUD Posted August 6, 2018 Posted August 6, 2018 Arrange the sale and send him an empty box with a friendly letter in it... At least you get some enjoyment out of it at the small cost of the courier charge. Maybe even get a few hubbers to deliver the box to the chosen location? A box with some dog poop is worse than an empty box.
FrikkieMeyer87 Posted August 6, 2018 Posted August 6, 2018 Headsup, we have another player in the game. My ad was picked up by someone asking me to mail them back at carlosjanet016@gmail.com. A quick Google confirms that this person never actually collects the item, but "pays" you the full amount and then asks that you pay the shipping company. Their transaction is reversed and you basically give them whatever money was paid to the false shipping company. "i will like to inform you that am buying the item for my Family in Thornton Heath,so i will be the one responsible for the pickup and delivery stuff.kindly get back to me with your full name and address so that i can forward it to the pick up agent to calculate the pick up fees for I have forwarded the address to the shipping company so they can calculate the pickup and delivery cost for me to make the payment. Im sure they will contact you soon. I would like you to know that the payment will be made via PayPal because is fast and secured to send and receive money online,All you have to send me is your PayPal email address so I can make the payment immediately. Hope to hear back from you asap."
Guest Ratchet road Posted August 6, 2018 Posted August 6, 2018 Oh and btw, these guys also use fake paypal sites created by them
FirstV8 Posted August 6, 2018 Posted August 6, 2018 Arrange to meet him in person with a great bike at a cheap price - then do what you want with him. These scammers are active on any site with goods for sale . I am on a few classic car forums and you get the same "oil rig " or working in" Papua New Guinea " story about the surprise purchase .Classic car parts of old era SA build cars are of particular interest to them because of the rarity .
Bigmozzarella Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 Thanks hubbers!!!Got a whatsapp, asking for an email... it was so odd I googled his email address... and found this post. His number:+27 74 430 0208His messasgeI am interested in buying the bike. Kindly get back to me via email at barry4smith02@gmail.com waiting to hear from you soon From what I read, he's going to tell me he's working for Diamnd Offshore as a petro enineer, and he's buying the bike as a surprise for his cousin.... and it goes downhill from there. I repliedHi, my email address is cousin-surprise@diamandsoffshore.com. Cheers to the OP for starting this post. You saved me and others a lot of admin!
KB280DT Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 Thanks hubbers!!!Got a whatsapp, asking for an email... it was so odd I googled his email address... and found this post. His number:+27 74 430 0208His messasgeI am interested in buying the bike. Kindly get back to me via email at barry4smith02@gmail.com waiting to hear from you soon From what I read, he's going to tell me he's working for Diamnd Offshore as a petro enineer, and he's buying the bike as a surprise for his cousin.... and it goes downhill from there. I repliedHi, my email address is cousin-surprise@diamandsoffshore.com. Cheers to the OP for starting this post. You saved me and others a lot of admin! Ditto. Just got the exact same message for the bike I'm selling, Thanks OP and BikeHub
TheJ Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 Can't believe this guy doesn't change his MO as clearly he has been busted. LOL, shame. For all we know there really is a Barry Smith really looking to buy a bike and can't figure out why no-one wants to deal with him
Vetplant Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 Saw this on Youtube last night, can somebody with a little programming power not do us all a favour and do this to the scammers registered with Admin...?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtNYzv8gLbs
MBMtbGirl Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 Old Barry was trying to scam my hubby today as well...same classic one about being on an oil rig and wanting to buy the bike for his cousin...Same s... different day
MBMtbGirl Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 Barry’s latest email address: barry4smith02@gmail.com
Rick Sanchez Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 Who the **** buys a bike for their cousin?
MBMtbGirl Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 Who the **** buys a bike for their cousin? Apparently the rich guy on the oil rig!!
Andymann Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 Who the **** buys a bike for their cousin? Barry Hilton
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