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I wonder if its all coming unstuck

Naaaaah - it's a possibility

It's like watching a car crash in very slow motion. You know the outcome and it is just a matter of time.

What's the betting that once forced to close all those involved at the top will quickly tak ...

Those who don't learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them. Goes for investment as well.

What no proof that all those major names are their main investors?

Would that be the same International Stock market undergoing such recent turmoil and in which even established companies such as Bear Stearn and Northern Rock with massive resources have failed? Of co ...

It has become apparent that a gang of sophisticated financial fraudsters mainly operating out of the USA has been masterminding a huge financial scam. In classic scheme style they have been tempting t ...

When I went to www.kiuionline.com my browser gave the following warning which I was happy to heed:

“There is a problem with this website's security certificate.
The security certificate presented ...

Were they calling themselves Bob by any chance?

If it is not a scam then it appears to be doing a very good impersonation. As for being a Christian organisation, it is a timely reminder that only this week someone was jailed for defrauding his cong ...

You may mock, but where do all the calculators go to when they die?

I like the way this thread has turned from a discussion of censorship into a Red Dwarf appreciation society. Equally valid and in ...

Is scientology a religion? From what I have seen, its origins at least seem like second rate science fiction that has been taken far too seriously. Still this is no reason to censor them.

Looks like time to create a new category / section

I would be interested to know whether the feature ads and bump-up always been part of Gumtree or were they added subsequently. Similarly did Gumtree always have adverts?

It is an unfortunate reality that a lot of people do not follow the normal rules of polite conversation over the internet. Face to face not many people would suddenly turn around and leave without rep ...

Or just post the obtained location as part of the advert - that way we have an indication of location without enforcing locality.

I understand the location is not 100% accurate as some ISP may leas ...

Why not put a link on all initial replies to posts through Gumtree detailing all the well known scams for the relevant item / service being offered. That way it is easy for new users to find and can e ...

I suggest you make an official written complaint to the police. That way they will have to act rather than ignore, which obviously helps with the statistics and workload.

Perhaps they need glasses Smile

Maybe someone should commission an autobiography from one of them; "My life as a scammer" would make a good working title. That way we could get the story from the other side. Of course you ...

If you have emails you should be able to track down IP address, and if not, GumTree may have from original ad. From that you should be able to get ISP and then theoretically if UK with some legal back ...

Is anyone else having problems replying to enquiries from Yahoo accounts?

Several potential buyers have told me that my replies to their enquiries have gone into the Spam folder. I have created a Y ...

The one thing I did learn from watching all those episodes of "Crown Court" in my youth is that you should always get your victim, sorry opponent, to paint themselves into a corner before re ...

I have been determining the IP address of emails for some time now and then using the free Ip2Location service to determine the corresponding geographic origin. It seems to work quite well, and in man ...

In the far past I have had a similar "can't help mate" response from the Police on a road traffic matter. The solution I found was to write them a formal letter, preferably quoting the law/a ...

After reading several of the postings in this forum I became suspicious of one of the potential buyers for an item I was selling. After a little Web based research I found a method to help determine w ...