King of the downhill Posted October 16, 2023 Share Hi Guys...Just had an experience with a possible scammer. I had a "Wanted ad" on Bike Hub for a Mavic Ksyrium Sl front wheel. This guy (Pic attached) Whatsapp's me and says he got my number from a friend called Jason...His name is Daniel and he has a wheel for me. Sends me pics of wheelset...First offer I make of R500 he accepts and then says I can have the set for R1000.. Just one request though.. Can I do an instant payment... And here is where the alarm bells start ringing... Also...The wheels are of the newer Ksyrium SL Pro range...easily worth about R8k. When I suggested to him that I would send someone to collect and pay cash...that was it...guy dissappears....no further responses from him. So obviously a SCAMMER.. Just doing my duty to warn my fellow Hubbers. Bike Dewing, Zebra, Boktiet82 and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaGearA Posted October 16, 2023 Share 15 minutes ago, King of the downhill said: Hi Guys...Just had an experience with a possible scammer. I had a "Wanted ad" on Bike Hub for a Mavic Ksyrium Sl front wheel. This guy (Pic attached) Whatsapp's me and says he got my number from a friend called Jason...His name is Daniel and he has a wheel for me. Sends me pics of wheelset...First offer I make of R500 he accepts and then says I can have the set for R1000.. Just one request though.. Can I do an instant payment... And here is where the alarm bells start ringing... Also...The wheels are of the newer Ksyrium SL Pro range...easily worth about R8k. When I suggested to him that I would send someone to collect and pay cash...that was it...guy dissappears....no further responses from him. So obviously a SCAMMER.. Just doing my duty to warn my fellow Hubbers. The obvious willingness to send a pic of their ID is such a dead give away I had one send me pictures of an ad I was actually looking at while he was on the phone 🤦♂️ Me rida my bicycle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted October 16, 2023 Share 1 hour ago, King of the downhill said: Hi Guys...Just had an experience with a possible scammer. I had a "Wanted ad" on Bike Hub for a Mavic Ksyrium Sl front wheel. This guy (Pic attached) Whatsapp's me and says he got my number from a friend called Jason...His name is Daniel and he has a wheel for me. Sends me pics of wheelset...First offer I make of R500 he accepts and then says I can have the set for R1000.. Just one request though.. Can I do an instant payment... And here is where the alarm bells start ringing... Also...The wheels are of the newer Ksyrium SL Pro range...easily worth about R8k. When I suggested to him that I would send someone to collect and pay cash...that was it...guy dissappears....no further responses from him. So obviously a SCAMMER.. Just doing my duty to warn my fellow Hubbers. I presume it is this same guy with this number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas_187 Posted October 16, 2023 Share It seems to be a scam every time I get message from a WhatsApp business account Skylark and BigDL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of the downhill Posted October 16, 2023 Share That's the number yes..079 095 2981...I just received a message from Bikehub admin saying that they have banned him from Bikehub. splat, Danger Dassie, Zebra and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted October 16, 2023 Share 21 minutes ago, King of the downhill said: That's the number yes..079 095 2981...I just received a message from Bikehub admin saying that they have banned him from Bikehub. Good👍 trying to sell a Campagnolo Record groupset for 2k😂🤣 Duane_Bosch and BigDL 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OVERDRIVE Posted October 16, 2023 Share Am so happy Jesus doesn’t use the phone because I don’t believe anything told to me over the phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Dassie Posted October 16, 2023 Share 9/10 that isn’t even him in the pic. Well caught though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott roy Posted October 16, 2023 Share 7 hours ago, Barry said: I presume it is this same guy with this number. This guy tried me as well the other day for a wanted add I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bike Dewing Posted November 13, 2023 Share On 10/16/2023 at 9:09 AM, King of the downhill said: Hi Guys...Just had an experience with a possible scammer. I had a "Wanted ad" on Bike Hub for a Mavic Ksyrium Sl front wheel. This guy (Pic attached) Whatsapp's me and says he got my number from a friend called Jason...His name is Daniel and he has a wheel for me. Sends me pics of wheelset...First offer I make of R500 he accepts and then says I can have the set for R1000.. Just one request though.. Can I do an instant payment... And here is where the alarm bells start ringing... Also...The wheels are of the newer Ksyrium SL Pro range...easily worth about R8k. When I suggested to him that I would send someone to collect and pay cash...that was it...guy dissappears....no further responses from him. So obviously a SCAMMER.. Just doing my duty to warn my fellow Hubbers. Yaaa I just got contacted by this scammer.. replying to my wanted add.. had a funny feeling and knew I’d seen this image of him somewhere.! BigDL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobynE Posted November 13, 2023 Share This face is very familiar - not in person, but linked to some other sort of completely unrelated scam. I want to say Jaco, but maybe I’m wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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