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14th February 2023, 22:27 | #1 | |
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Warning About Member therw43 / [email protected]
This is a forum wide warning about a new member who joined on Saturday and has wasted no time in scamming one of our members. Thanks to that member contacting me, we've been able to confirm he has form on other forums and we have now banned him from ours.
This is a copy of the message sent to one of our members by him Quote:
DO NOT respond or contact them, it is a bogus seller and it is a scam! This scammer has form all over the net, take a look at these two examples from other forums https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewt...1544&start=270 and https://www.350z-uk.com/topic/129471...meone-on-here/ Just to reiterate, this member has now been banned, but please all be on your guard for anything to do with [email protected] and steer well clear. |
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15th February 2023, 09:12 | #2 |
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thanks for the info Paul . Had that private message suggesting I contact him ..
Almost an identical worded message , except for the item name Just in the middle of messaging about a Bonnet for the 260. Seems he? wants to send one from Ireland ?
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The Three Bloo's Wifey's Zr105, MY CDTI & 260 #50 and Number One sons 1.8T in Firefrost When I were a lad Zero to 142 in 10.25 secs at the Pod on my Blown Norton. 210 Kart Champ in 70's Last edited by ceedy; 15th February 2023 at 16:21.. |
15th February 2023, 09:20 | #3 |
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Thank you for the heads up.
To the member that was scammed, I'm sorry you were scammed, do speak to the police, may be a waste of time but who knows. How was money paid, is there any help there? macafee2 |
15th February 2023, 09:26 | #4 |
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It could be that therw43 was trawling the Items Wanted forum and targeting those that posted they were looking for particular things? Ceedy, I know you had a thread looking for a bonnet in there?
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15th February 2023, 09:34 | #5 |
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I'm pretty wary of this sort of thing, so unlikely to have sent anything, would have sussed him out, but thanks for the heads up ..
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15th February 2023, 13:34 | #6 |
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Could someone confirm he was posting from Ireland? Any other details.
Torpedo badges where some of the hundreds of parts stolen from me.
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15th February 2023, 13:41 | #7 |
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Thanks for the heads up on this scammer Paul. We need to weed any of these obnoxious people out from anywhere, especially our great club. I hope we get some info on where he is based so that Robson can take it up in Ireland.
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15th February 2023, 13:52 | #8 |
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That's where he said was, in the reply to my email ..
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The Three Bloo's Wifey's Zr105, MY CDTI & 260 #50 and Number One sons 1.8T in Firefrost When I were a lad Zero to 142 in 10.25 secs at the Pod on my Blown Norton. 210 Kart Champ in 70's Last edited by ceedy; 15th February 2023 at 13:56.. |
15th February 2023, 16:22 | #9 |
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would this seller ? be viewing this thread ?
Still in conversation here ..
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16th February 2023, 07:50 | #10 |
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Hi Everyone,
I was the unfortunate victim of this scammer. They responded to my post in the Wanted Section for Torpedo Badges and I received an email within the hour from the bogus forum member (therw43) with an email address for someone based in Ireland claiming to have two badges for sale @ £70. In my excitement I replied and had an email exchange with the seller who asked for payment via PayPal (Friends & Family). Having made the payment all went quiet and none of my emails were answered. Fortunately I was able to cancel the payment having spoken to my bank and PayPal, however on this occassion I believe i was fortunate as PayPal do not provide buyer protection for Friends & Friends. It was only because I intitiated a stop on the transaction so quickly that I didn't lose £70. Having contacted Paul (Reebs) the same day, I would like to thank him for acting very quickly on this matter and for doing the research to show this scammer has form elsewhere. As the old saying goes - 'if its too good to be true, then it probably is.!'..... |
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