Bummer, this is hard on the phone, lost the bottom to keep writing.
So I immediately deleted this salters txt,
Oh the warning.said he would steal my money. Can't see how he could steal mine. More likely to put ad up with all the photos and steal from some poor unsuspecting buyer who would find after paying there is no car.
The first alert for me would have been the emails address with AOL. Is anybody still using AOL in Australia, especially as their primary email address? Cheers Ozjohn.
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Retired Engineer, Ex Park Owner & Caravan Consultant. Holden 2.8 Colorado - Roma Elegance 17'6" Pop Top. Location: Mornington Peninsula Vic.
That was the first question I asked my son ozjohn. It aroused my suspicions also. I hadn't heard of anyone using it recently.
It is very prevalent,,,,,and there will be variants to come you can bet on it,,, Aussies are too trusting in this regard and you hear tales weekly of hundreds being ripped off,, for heaps of $.
A friend had a phisher when trying to sell a van,,, we played her for weeks by email,,,,, everything we said she had an answer for,,, van was here, there, everywhere, son was sick, she was away overseas,,, called her bluff finally when I said I'd fly from Darwin to wherever the van was and just view it, even from street.
She gave up,,, but it was FUN. all she wanted was his bank details,,, just a minor point eh.
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Why is it so? Professor Julius Sumner Miller, a profound influence on my life, who explained science to us on TV in the 60's.
That's interesting Baz. I have always contacted the seller by phone when I've bought anything. Never gone through the gumtree message.
Tha's OK it's the email addy they are after,,, they then have your phone number and email addy and then they'll try to get more from you,,,,,, send you heaps of spam emails, lonely hearts (if female or male and they find out which), offers, cheap travel competions etc etc.
Make sure the phone number has 61 prefix NOT 01 OR 1 FROM THE USA
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Why is it so? Professor Julius Sumner Miller, a profound influence on my life, who explained science to us on TV in the 60's.
Same thing happened to me as I've been trying to sell stuff through Gumtree. Gumtree and eBay have parts of their site dedicated to warning people of the scams and recommending what actions to take. It always pays to be cautious
we have recently sold loads of gear on ebay as we pack up the house and on the ad i always put WILL NOT REPLY TO EMAILS PHONE CALLS ONLY worked a treat
Neil
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you are never too old to set another goal or to dream another dream
thats been going on for years, i had a friend had a block of land for sale ,they contacted and said we will pay and come and pick it up
what a laugh.
others contact and say they are working on an oil rig or someplace idiotic ,so many scammers out there, i fail to see how one could
give out bank details without realizing that its a con, but people do ,crazy realy.
but what a laugh the people were going to pick the block of land up hahahaaha ,ive emailed some that tried to scam me and
he said his name was david, i said yeah more like rashneeeshhh lol.
Just had a phone call form microsoft about my computer, so just let her have it with a few %$^%&*^& and hung up
If anything they are persistant and will catch out a few
Ken
Put Myrtle up on gumtree this morning. This afternoon got an email via gumtree to ring Dean and gave his number.
Now that's how it should be done. No complications.
Put Myrtle up on gumtree this morning. This afternoon got an email via gumtree to ring Dean and gave his number. Now that's how it should be done. No complications.
Correct way yessssssssssssss
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Why is it so? Professor Julius Sumner Miller, a profound influence on my life, who explained science to us on TV in the 60's.
Just had a phone call form microsoft about my computer..................................,Ken
I get these calls all the time - depending on how much time I have on my hands, I often play them along. They say to click here, and then I say I can't find the click point, then progressively feed back to them, mouse click points from either an Apple or a Linux operating system - that confuses the s..t out of them, and by stringing them along for a few minutes adds extra cost to their phone bills. When I get bored I tell them to 'go jump' as MS doesn't have Apple or Linux operating systems.
Other times when I'm too busy, I just tell them to go jump 'You're a scam - I've been a professional MS computer consultant for over 20 years and know way more about PC's than you'll ever know'.
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Wondering about ShortNorth ? - Short North is the railwayman's nickname for the NSWGR main line between Sydney and Newcastle
