davidsonmarisia Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 (edited) Watch out for a low life that goes under the alias Martin Jacobson.Tried to scam me out of R2450 "agent fee" for a bike pick up. Supposedly using Skrill money transfer to pay for the bike while asking me to "advance" cash for a pick up agent... transfer via Shop-rite money transfer... So you all know... you will receive emails from skrill.funds@consultant.com confirming the the funds have been transfered... IT'S FAKE. Note that emails addresses from @consultant.com are suspicious. Edited September 5, 2020 by davidsonmarisia
Matt Posted September 5, 2020 Posted September 5, 2020 Watch out for a low life that goes under the alias Martin Jacobson.Tried to scam me out of R2450 "agent fee" for a bike pick up.Suposely using Skrill money transfer to pay for the bike while asking me to "advance" cash transfer via Shoprite money transfer...Note that emails addresses feom @consultant.com are suspicious.He/she is still bothering me with lame stories...ThanksThanks for reporting, did he contact you via Bike Hub?
davidsonmarisia Posted September 5, 2020 Author Posted September 5, 2020 Hi,Since I've posted on both platforms, it could be the case indeed.He sent an email... The dilusional still wants to convince me that he/she is legit... I am making lose time, at least less time to scam someone else. What a SOB.
Oepsie94 Posted September 5, 2020 Posted September 5, 2020 He tried to do the same with me from my Gumtree adds.
MajG Posted September 5, 2020 Posted September 5, 2020 Watch out for a low life that goes under the alias Martin Jacobson.Tried to scam me out of R2450 "agent fee" for a bike pick up.Suposely using Skrill money transfer to pay for the bike while asking me to "advance" cash transfer via Shoprite money transfer...Note that emails addresses feom @consultant.com are suspicious.He/she is still bothering me with lame stories...Thankswhat is the story with agent fees? plz explain he buying your bike?
davidsonmarisia Posted September 5, 2020 Author Posted September 5, 2020 what is the story with agent fees? plz explain he buying your bike?Hi,Indeed glad you asked as it is not so easy to pick up the scam form this low life... here is the first email this POS sent. Note the bold statement below. I should have picked that up by then... "Hope you're doing great. I am interested in buying this for my cousin as a surprise for him, if only you can assure me that everything is in order. I am a petroleum engineer currently on a rig offshore, I want this to be a surprise for my cousin so I won't let him know anything about this until it gets delivered to him. It will be a secure payment via Skrill as I'm on a rig offshore. So let me know if you have an account with Skrill so I can arrange for the payment asap. Please note, a pick up agent will be coming for the pickup as soon as I have made the payment"
davidsonmarisia Posted September 5, 2020 Author Posted September 5, 2020 Hi,Indeed glad you asked as it is not so easy to pick up the scam form this low life... here is the first email this POS sent. Note the bold statement below. I should have picked that up by then... "Hope you're doing great. I am interested in buying this for my cousin as a surprise for him, if only you can assure me that everything is in order. I am a petroleum engineer currently on a rig offshore, I want this to be a surprise for my cousin so I won't let him know anything about this until it gets delivered to him. It will be a secure payment via Skrill as I'm on a rig offshore. So let me know if you have an account with Skrill so I can arrange for the payment asap. Please note, a pick up agent will be coming for the pickup as soon as I have made the payment"Later, after I have created a skrill account... here the punch line: Here I was able to see the scam! "Thanks for the email but I need to inform you about this, I got a message from the pickup agent, am most sure I include that in my previous emails, he said he wouldn't be able to come for the pickup unless I pay him the agent commission fee via shop-rite first in order to be able to schedule a pickup time, I would have loved to pay him directly via shop-rite but there is no way I can pay online! So I have to ask you to help me with the pickup fees, I will include the R2,450 he has charged me to pick up the item with a (1st class treatment), to the payment I will be sending to your Skrill account, so after I have made the payment I will need you to help me send the R2,450 to the pickup agent through Shop-rite. I will send a total payment of R27,300 into your Skrill account, which means R24,800 for the Item while R2,450 for the Pick-Up fee and the remaining R50 will be for the Shop-rite charges for sending the fund to the agent. Is that clear to you? I will make the payment as soon as you agree to help me with this. Kind Regards.
Super Sywurm Posted September 5, 2020 Posted September 5, 2020 I usually spot a scam when a story is being told. You don't have to tell my why you want to buy my bike. Pay and take the bike. Muttley, Rowl, Vetseun and 2 others 5
MajG Posted September 5, 2020 Posted September 5, 2020 Later, after I have created a skrill account... here the punch line: Here I was able to see the scam! "Thanks for the email but I need to inform you about this, I got a message from the pickup agent, am most sure I include that in my previous emails, he said he wouldn't be able to come for the pickup unless I pay him the agent commission fee via shop-rite first in order to be able to schedule a pickup time, I would have loved to pay him directly via shop-rite but there is no way I can pay online! So I have to ask you to help me with the pickup fees, I will include the R2,450 he has charged me to pick up the item with a (1st class treatment), to the payment I will be sending to your Skrill account, so after I have made the payment I will need you to help me send the R2,450 to the pickup agent through Shop-rite. I will send a total payment of R27,300 into your Skrill account, which means R24,800 for the Item while R2,450 for the Pick-Up fee and the remaining R50 will be for the Shop-rite charges for sending the fund to the agent. Is that clear to you? I will make the payment as soon as you agree to help me with this. Kind Regards.[/size]Luckily you saw through this bs story, scary thing is i am sure this has worked before and ppl fell victim to this. Thanks for sharing, we all can learn from this.Luckily i havent had crap like this before
Muttley Posted September 5, 2020 Posted September 5, 2020 The words "oil rig" should get your spider senses going... Redrush, Wayne pudding Mol and Warthog whisperer 3
janeandr Posted September 5, 2020 Posted September 5, 2020 (edited) Later, after I have created a skrill account... here the punch line: Here I was able to see the scam! "Thanks for the email but I need to inform you about this, I got a message from the pickup agent, am most sure I include that in my previous emails, he said he wouldn't be able to come for the pickup unless I pay him the agent commission fee via shop-rite first in order to be able to schedule a pickup time georgetown essays, I would have loved to pay him directly via shop-rite but there is no way I can pay online! So I have to ask you to help me with the pickup fees, I will include the R2,450 he has charged me to pick up the item with a (1st class treatment), to the payment I will be sending to your Skrill account, so after I have made the payment I will need you to help me send the R2,450 to the pickup agent through Shop-rite. I will send a total payment of R27,300 into your Skrill account, which means R24,800 for the Item while R2,450 for the Pick-Up fee and the remaining R50 will be for the Shop-rite charges for sending the fund to the agent. Is that clear to you? I will make the payment as soon as you agree to help me with this. Kind Regards.Yeah, definitely some kind of scam al fraud correct me if I'm wrong but did you actually send him money for your order, if that’s is right did you manage to get them back? Edited September 9, 2020 by janeandr
DR ◣◢ Posted September 5, 2020 Posted September 5, 2020 Cash and collectCleared eft and collect / courier No skrill or agents or oil rigs or ufos Simple as that.
Vetseun Posted September 6, 2020 Posted September 6, 2020 When he said offshore and oil rig I would have told him to eff off. Wayne pudding Mol, Warthog whisperer and MBMtbGirl 3
PappaWatTrap Posted September 6, 2020 Posted September 6, 2020 He sent me the exact same message, I told him I'm a dancer in the service industry and thus just work with cash. He hasn't responded, he probably thinks as an engineer that he is better than a dancer... ThePubSA, Muttley, JacBrand and 2 others 5
stefmeister Posted September 6, 2020 Posted September 6, 2020 I usually spot a scam when a story is being told. You don't have to tell my why you want to buy my bike. Pay and take the bike.Yes seriously, how is this not obvious from the first sentence already? Asking how’s it going - do I know you or are you a f***en doctor. Just stfu and pay me, you’re selling secondhand crap on the internet, you’re not busy signing a multi million rand business deal. People are just too gullible and naive, too desperate to sell to the first idiot responding, or desperate for bargain. Balooba and MBMtbGirl 2
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