CAAD4 Posted September 13, 2018 Posted September 13, 2018 We should let Feargal Sharkey know we have finally found him Minoura!
CalvinSimig Posted September 20, 2018 Posted September 20, 2018 Thank goodness I decided to google this guys email address as I had a bad feeling! He is now going by the name of Daniel Williams and he has used the exact same messages from the first WhatsApp message, to the emails, right to the pick-up agent story supposedly to buy a tv cabinet from me. I am curious though, what is his plan here? I don't see how he is going to steal money from me if he says he is going to pay me through Skrill before I let the pick-up agent collect the item.
GrahamS2 Posted September 20, 2018 Posted September 20, 2018 I am curious though, what is his plan here? I don't see how he is going to steal money from me if he says he is going to pay me through Skrill before I let the pick-up agent collect the item.He's going to say he can't afford to pay the pick up agent, can you please pay for them (usually at Shoprite) and then he'll just include that with the final skrill payment for your cabinet. Obviously there is no pick up agent, just like there is no Barry Smith or Daniel Williams.
CalvinSimig Posted September 20, 2018 Posted September 20, 2018 He's going to say he can't afford to pay the pick up agent, can you please pay for them (usually at Shoprite) and then he'll just include that with the final skrill payment for your cabinet. Obviously there is no pick up agent, just like there is no Barry Smith or Daniel Williams. So what you are saying is that people are actually dumb enough to go pay the pick-up agent at shoprite before the funds from "daniel"/"Barry" have cleared in their accounts?
Jaws677 Posted September 20, 2018 Posted September 20, 2018 So what you are saying is that people are actually dumb enough to go pay the pick-up agent at shoprite before the funds from "daniel"/"Barry" have cleared in their accounts?Every single day He makes a living off stupid people
GrahamS2 Posted September 21, 2018 Posted September 21, 2018 So what you are saying is that people are actually dumb enough to go pay the pick-up agent at shoprite before the funds from "daniel"/"Barry" have cleared in their accounts?Desperate sellers do silly things. peetwindhoek 1
Bonus Posted September 24, 2018 Posted September 24, 2018 It's a well know fact, and this is not a new thing, that people will gamble (or be tricked into gambling) "much" to gain "little". To take unreasonable risk for little reward. As a very basic example, 15 odd years ago my dad had a friend who received a text message saying "Respond to this message to win R20000!! (Text costs R2)". The friend mentioned it to my dad who said "don't do that you muppet" and the guys response was "well the worst I can do is loose R2, but I could win R20000" He was unable to grasp the concept of it costing him a definite R2 and there being ZERO chance of him winning anything, because he really wanted the R20000. Some people are "genuinely conned" and so "Blinded by greed" is a bit harsh and doesn't apply to everyone, but I'm sure it applies to a pretty big number of the victims...... Pusher 1
TheStylist Posted September 25, 2018 Posted September 25, 2018 Hi guys. I googled goodhearted002@gmail.com This Barry guy also goes by the name of Daniel Williams! He obviously gets tired of coming up with different stories and just copy and pastes the same email. I'm selling a couch and he wants to buy for his cousin. It was obviously a scam. Where does one report this guy!? He has to be stopped somehow.
mavrix365 Posted September 25, 2018 Posted September 25, 2018 Hi guys. I googled goodhearted002@gmail.comThis Barry guy also goes by the name of Daniel Williams!He obviously gets tired of coming up with different stories and just copy and pastes the same email. I'm selling a couch and he wants to buy for his cousin. It was obviously a scam. Where does one report this guy!? He has to be stopped somehow.Also got approached by him today. Thanks for the tip. If anyone knows how to report this please let me know. TheStylist 1
timwightman Posted September 25, 2018 Posted September 25, 2018 Same guy tried to scam me today as well. Oil rig worker, such an old story. TheStylist 1
TheStylist Posted September 25, 2018 Posted September 25, 2018 I think a temporary way to stop him would be to report his gmail address to Google, being that he is enough of a nitwit to keep on using the same email!Here's a link to report his email. https://support.google.com/mail/answer/8253?hl=en&visit_id=636735025328228937-3654816574&rd=2
Jaws677 Posted September 26, 2018 Posted September 26, 2018 I think a temporary way to stop him would be to report his gmail address to Google, being that he is enough of a nitwit to keep on using the same email!Here's a link to report his email. https://support.google.com/mail/answer/8253?hl=en&visit_id=636735025328228937-3654816574&rd=2Actually better not to report this. This way if people Google his email they will find this Thread and know it's a scam. If he changes his email then it will be harder to know it's him
Boerklong Posted September 26, 2018 Posted September 26, 2018 (edited) I will send him a little parcel from Shoprite... Edited September 26, 2018 by Boerklong
Tabula Rasa Posted September 27, 2018 Posted September 27, 2018 I had my gfs MTB up for sale a few weeks back on olx and some guy(had a light Indian accent) calls me looking to buy it because it was his son's birthday on that day. He tells me he can deposit the money and send some Uber guy to collect. I told him sure but as a rule of thumb he would have to collect it the next day as I never sell items on the day of striking the deal and that it would give him the time to get the cash instead of making a deposit. As you can guess I never heard from him again. If it feels rushed then it's 100% a scam. A serious buyer will always wait a day or two or even longer to get what they want.
TheDirtStarr Posted September 28, 2018 Posted September 28, 2018 This idiot made contact with me last night. Same messages, same email going by the name of Daniel Williams 0746733404. Phone number is off tho.
lechatnoir Posted September 28, 2018 Posted September 28, 2018 I posted my camera on Gumtree, and a guy contacted me using a number is dialing code in Nigeria... seriously?
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