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RR RRS

Member Since: 24 Sep 2014
Location: Northants
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2007 Range Rover Sport TDV6 HSE Stornoway Grey

Sellers - beware of internet scammer

Hi guys

I am getting rid of my 2000W Range Rover DSE and though I would put the details on Gumtree.

First response within probably an hour was this guy:

" hello am mark henry,how i wish i could come and inspect it but currently i'm working away from the country. I'm a marine engineer who is presently working on the ship..so i'll be buying it without seeing it,

Also I'll be paying via PayPal and i'm more than happy to pay the PayPal transfer charges too, i'll arrange the pick-up of it with a Private Courier Service as soon as you get your payment,and they will also help me sign the bill of sale so it goes onto my name.so tell me its condition and do you have more pictures of it."

Needless to say the email just stank and so I did a quick google and came across another guy who had a similar experience - AVOID RESPONDING!

his email address was markhenry22234@gmail.com

Fri Apr 03 2015 8:22pm

Tim in Scotland

Member Since: 30 May 2005
Location: Driving along in my automobile
Posts: 17476

2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Stornoway Grey

Maybe everyone on here should drop Mark Henry an email offering him a fake FFRR/RRS if he like to buy it unseen.............. now how many members have we got? Would give him a test answering them all and block his mailbox for days! 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Fri Apr 03 2015 9:46pm

gazzc

Member Since: 07 Jan 2010
Location: cheshire
Posts: 494

2005 Range Rover Sport TDV6 HSE Siberian Silver

how do they scam you ,if they pay by paypal isn't that a guaranteed payment..i have also seen loads of cars on websites that are far to cheap to even bother contacting the seller even from garages i just don't understand how they can be scams but they obviously are silverRRS 2.7 TDV6 22"WHEELS FULL COLOUR CODE,STEPS,REMAP..gone
Rimini red rrs 2.7 tdv6 steps. Full c code. Recon engine!!loved but!gone ,thank god !!
Gone rr sport supercharged. Loved but 11mpg !!!
current,triumph stag mk2...current bmw 325 sport convertible

Sat Apr 04 2015 6:20pm

Disco_Mikey

Member Since: 08 Apr 2012
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 4393

2010 Range Rover Sport Supercharged HSE Santorini Black

PayPal only covers you, if you can prove the item has been posted/sent out etc.

I wonder how many penis enlargement pills our friend Mark Henry would like?

Sat Apr 04 2015 7:03pm

Riccarton RR

Member Since: 19 Jan 2015
Location: Scottish Borders
Posts: 11

Oooooo - that's subtle!! Who would be devilish enough to forward his email address though?

Sat Apr 04 2015 7:15pm

LandPhil

Member Since: 10 Feb 2015
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 227

2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Ipanema Sand

http://www.freel2.com/forum/topic13103.html?highlight=scam

This is an old scam don't reply!

Sat Apr 04 2015 9:14pm

JKay

Member Since: 17 Nov 2010
Location: NSW
Posts: 127

gazzc wrote:
how do they scam you ,if they pay by paypal isn't that a guaranteed payment..i have also seen loads of cars on websites that are far to cheap to even bother contacting the seller even from garages i just don't understand how they can be scams but they obviously are

You reply and they then ask for your name
And details so they can pay you.

They then advise they have sent payment

You then receive an email (in my case) from Mr John Sandford from PayPal

John advises me that buyer has deposited £50,000 into my account but it's stuck in there pending a fee

John asks me to send the money via western Union to his address in Lagos (actually it was an address in the USA)

I kept John Sandford from Paypal very frustrated with my apparent lack of competence in sending him the money, asking him to teach me how, then saying I'd sent it to the wrong address etc

This was when I was bored and selling my M3

Sun Apr 05 2015 8:05am

Bungleaio

Member Since: 06 Apr 2014
Location: Leicester
Posts: 172

2005 Range Rover Sport Supercharged Buckingham Blue

I'm sure this scam is about as old as the RR you're trying to sell.

But this hassle is part of the reason I hate selling cars.

Sun Apr 05 2015 6:52pm

mlines

Member Since: 10 Dec 2006
Location: UK
Posts: 480

The other version of this scam is the "overpayment".

Say the car is £35,000, they send you via Paypal £40,000 and request that you send their UK Shipping Agent the extra £5,000 to cover collection and shipping. You pay the £5,000 to the "shipping agent" only to find a few days later that the original £40,000 did not clear and Paypal have withdrawn it. However the £5,000 you sent was real money from your account. Therefore the fictitious shipping agent has £5,000 of your money.

They do not want your car, they want your money. 2016 RRS 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography Dynamic in Montalcino Red and Stealth Kit

Tue Apr 07 2015 12:45pm

Disco_Mikey

Member Since: 08 Apr 2012
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 4393

And yet, Paypal are doing all about it

Tue Apr 07 2015 1:17pm

Tim in Scotland

Member Since: 30 May 2005
Location: Driving along in my automobile
Posts: 17476

It appears that you don't just have to be careful of scammers, but murderers too...........
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edin...e-32232936 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Fri Apr 10 2015 1:51pm

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