Be HONEST? have you ever been scammed / conned.

[TWR]

Just been speaking to my Niece in OZ, gets an Email from a buyer regards her car, the buyer will pay for the car to be shipped to Malaysia they will sort out all the shipping cost, this is it, can you forward from your Pay Pal account $4000. I knew straight off what it was, would you?

[marval]

yes, not genuine at all

[ummmm]

Yep....trust no one.

[boxtops]

Too right, never pay the money til you've inspected the goods.

[daffy654]

The buyer wanted the seller to forward $4000 to him? What was his reason for that?

[TWR]

She was selling her car Boxtops. lol

[tinkerbell23]

YEp on ebay xx

[steg]

last time i was in London a couple guys tried to sell me London Bridge, I knew they were trying to con me as i bought the bridge the year before

[sherrardk]

We have our own business and there have been a lot of people in Africa who want our stuff for an orphanage (we sell stuff related to heating).

[craft1948]

Didn't the yanks buy London Bridge thinking it was Tower Bridge?

[puternut]

Yep but not on net.

Got in touch with a guy selling baths from a famous maker - sort that are for disabled.

Turned out he was ex-employee with a load of headed paper, orders etc.

We paid him deposit for fitting at a greatly reduced price to official prices.

To the cerit of the real company they honoured the deal at the remainder of the price quoted. Had Trading Standards and police involved too. Not sure if they got him or not.

[puternut]

^ cerit = credit

[dzug2]

<Didn't the yanks buy London Bridge thinking it was Tower Bridge?>

Urban legend - not actually true. The guy who bought it knew what he was doing.

[welshlibranr]

Not a chance! Money up front!.....................

[Brinjal]

Beware the Nigerian 419 scam. Offering millions of dollars for helping them shift dodgy money from Nigeria via your bank account.