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possibly a scam??
Bald Eagle 86
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Hey guys so I'm surfing kijiji trying to find a good deal on a ps3, and I find this posting
Brand New Playstation 3 60gb with 4 controllers and 5 free games
Price: $300.00
Figure might as well check it out and this is the series of emails i've had with the guy,
dont really have an altogether good feeling about it so I thought I would post here and ask!
Him:hey it comes with 5free game sof your choice okay, where are you located
me:5 games of my choice, so any 5 games i want? are you for real...
him:yes sure, okay cos we are on promotional sale for the month of oct
me:I'm located in edmonton, are you selling from a store then or from yourself?
him:we are selling from a store okay, and our head office is located in london, uk
me:Alright, I am located in Edmonton alberta canada. Does your store ship?
him:yes very well we can shipped to your address same day, but note we don,t accept cash at hand okay
me:umm ok is there a website or something to order it on or how do I know this is legit?
him:this is legit okay,you can reach my Boss in Uk on +447551248318
okay, we delivied via Ups courier and we have safe way of sending money
me:Ok so how do I go about buying this??
him:good , you are going to make payment via this address in western union 5,leicester Road.city-Croydon.Town-London.Postcode-CR0 6EB
recievers name to our own name so that our accountant can picked up the money, hope you understand , we have been using these methods for years okay
and use any of your family names as the receivers name and get back to us with the senders name and the 10digit Mtcn number
and immediately we track it on www.westernunion.com and it shows Money is available we shipped to your address and immediately you recived the goods
you will change the reciveres name to our name so that our accountant can picked it up
him:hello can we have your delivery address
Brand New Playstation 3 60gb with 4 controllers and 5 free games
Price: $300.00
Figure might as well check it out and this is the series of emails i've had with the guy,
dont really have an altogether good feeling about it so I thought I would post here and ask!
Him:hey it comes with 5free game sof your choice okay, where are you located
me:5 games of my choice, so any 5 games i want? are you for real...
him:yes sure, okay cos we are on promotional sale for the month of oct
me:I'm located in edmonton, are you selling from a store then or from yourself?
him:we are selling from a store okay, and our head office is located in london, uk
me:Alright, I am located in Edmonton alberta canada. Does your store ship?
him:yes very well we can shipped to your address same day, but note we don,t accept cash at hand okay
me:umm ok is there a website or something to order it on or how do I know this is legit?
him:this is legit okay,you can reach my Boss in Uk on +447551248318
okay, we delivied via Ups courier and we have safe way of sending money
me:Ok so how do I go about buying this??
him:good , you are going to make payment via this address in western union 5,leicester Road.city-Croydon.Town-London.Postcode-CR0 6EB
recievers name to our own name so that our accountant can picked up the money, hope you understand , we have been using these methods for years okay
and use any of your family names as the receivers name and get back to us with the senders name and the 10digit Mtcn number
and immediately we track it on www.westernunion.com and it shows Money is available we shipped to your address and immediately you recived the goods
you will change the reciveres name to our name so that our accountant can picked it up
him:hello can we have your delivery address
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Ask if they accept paypal, and since they won't, ask why.
Can trade TF2 items or whatever else you're interested in. PM me.
The whole point of using sites like Craigslist and Kijiji is dealing with buyers and sellers in person. In the past month, my boyfriend and I have picked up just a ton of stuff at incredible prices - Gears of War, Halo 3, and a guitar controller for $50, a 6x8" Intuos 3 tablet for $35, a studio-grade 19" CRT monitor for $15, a new-in-box D-Link router for $20, an unused Canon Pixma all-in-one photo printer/scanner for $30, a decent vintage Strat copy with new Fender pickups for $100 - and all of those deals have been made in person. The sellers gave us their addresses, we drove there during broad daylight with cash in hand, we looked the stuff over, we paid for it, we left. Even if something had gone wrong - if, say, we had taken the CRT monitor home, plugged it in, and found out that it didn't work at all - well, we would have known where the seller lived, and we would have been able to just take it back, in person, to demand a refund.
I refuse to make any deals with somebody who uses a site designed specifically for local interactions to try to buy or sell things internationally. I wouldn't even deal with somebody who wanted me to ship stuff within the province. If you can't see the person, don't trust them. Period.
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@gamefacts - Totally and utterly true gaming facts on the regular!
Alternatively you might get shanked.
Scam.
I don't know how many threads this has been repeated in, but it will always be true.
Also be on the lookout for internet sites that seem reputable and are selling electronics equipment for way cheaper than anywhere else. This is especially bad for high end cameras I've noticed. They'' take your money and have some weird problem come up and you have to call them. Then comes the old bait and switch high pressure sales pitch. Total scam artists.
This is a really good point that deserves to be reiterated. We can make a whole long list of things to watch out for (like Western Union), but at the end of the day, if your gut feeling is bad, don't go through with it. Trust your instincts.
I'm not gonna say it, but you can tell who is sending that email.
Certainly a scam. Western union fails.
Also westernunion money transfers = scam
I wouldn't use this as a qualifier to determine whether or not something is a scam. I've seen legit eBay sellers from both the UK and the US type in worse English than THAT.
@gamefacts - Totally and utterly true gaming facts on the regular!
Or, more generally, the advice your mother gave you...if it seems to good to be true, it is.
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Yeah, speak to someone from London sometime. I'm from the UK and some Londoners I'm just like o_O
But Western Union is just always, always, always a scam when it's being used for paying for goods or services. Only use WU if you are sending money to someone you know.
Why is Western Union bad? I can run a few assumptions through my head, but I'd probably be better off if other, smarter people explained it to me.
http://scams.flipshark.com/westernunion.html
Basically, they can collect the cash with nothing but the unique ID number of the transaction, so you don't even know if the name the person gave you is true.
Guess I was wrong.
Western Union doesn't have any of these protections as it was never intended for use as a payment system for online orders anyway, it's more about sending money to your kids in Ibiza after they get wasted on Sangria and Ecstasy and give their wallet to a street whore.
I think that every time I visit any given American forum other than PA.
You've never been to London have you?
Looking at google maps, the address looks to be a residential address. However it isn't far from the main commercial district