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Message |
Topic: Do you think this could be a scam? |
cakesy
Replies: 5
Views: 1745
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Forum: Stuff For Sale Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:06 pm Subject: Do you think this could be a scam? |
| Looks like Scammy Mc Scamscam has come to town with a big bucket of scam to sell you. |
Topic: Advice please |
cakesy
Replies: 6
Views: 1267
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Forum: Stuff For Sale Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:02 pm Subject: get a postal order |
| Postal order is the safest way to be sure. It won't cost you anything, and if it goes wrong you will know straight away, and it still won't cost you anything. Just take it into the post office, and th ... |
Topic: CONNECTOR TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATION ARE FRAUDSTERS!!!! |
cakesy
Replies: 8
Views: 1679
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Forum: Stuff For Sale Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 6:45 pm Subject: Big warning sign |
| There is a big warning sign, don't deal with people who have @hotmail, @yahoo, @gmail accounts if they are claiming to be professionals or businesses. Have you ever seen a business card with an email ... |
Topic: PAYPAL CHARGEBACK SCAM |
cakesy
Replies: 6
Views: 3447
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Forum: Stuff For Sale Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 6:34 pm Subject: never heard of that one before |
But if he was going to pick up, why didn't you get cash.
Are you sure the paypal account is the same guy who picked it up? |
Topic: Estate agents |
cakesy
Replies: 5
Views: 2748
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Forum: Accommodation Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 3:01 pm Subject: Estate agents are scum |
| They really are. They are manned by the dodgiest sort of characters, because most civil people don't feel comfortable continuing to lie to people, and ripping them off (what exactly do they do for the ... |
Topic: Beware Ryden Lettings |
cakesy
Replies: 3
Views: 1866
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Forum: Accommodation Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 2:59 pm Subject: Beware Ryden Lettings |
| At least in Edinburgh, they are the biggest scum. Firstly, they charge you £150 just to move in, for their own pocket. They actually lied to me about what was in the flat (the furniture that came with ... |
Topic: Stupid landlords don't believe in advertising in advance |
cakesy
Replies: 7
Views: 2368
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Forum: Accommodation Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:13 pm Subject: Blame the agents, as always. |
Yeah, I am not talking about scams here, there are plenty of apartments like this (and I am looking in Edinburgh, where the scam doesn't appear to have filtered through yet)
You should still be ... |
Topic: moving to edinburgh |
cakesy
Replies: 9
Views: 2421
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Forum: Accommodation Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:37 pm Subject: moving to edinburgh |
Nothing too weird.
Council tax is huge, need to cost that in. The bands go from A to F (or something), with A being the cheapest.
Most letting agents really suck (avoid Ryden like the plague), u ... |
Topic: Stupid landlords don't believe in advertising in advance |
cakesy
Replies: 7
Views: 2368
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Forum: Accommodation Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:32 pm Subject: Stupid landlords don't believe in advertising in advance |
What is the deal with all these landlords advertising their properties for rent NOW - haven't these people heard of advertising in advance. What a joke.
I am very suspicious of properties advertise ... |
Topic: How Dumb do they think we are???????? |
cakesy
Replies: 12
Views: 8829
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Forum: Stuff For Sale Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:54 am Subject: How Dumb do they think we are???????? |
[quote="djnang"]Yeap total scams, no life thats why they do this crap....
[/quote]
No, they do it because it works, and they can make a living out of it.
The best thing to do is ignor ... |
Topic: A idiot trying to make business |
cakesy
Replies: 11
Views: 4233
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Forum: Stuff For Sale Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:50 am Subject: A idiot trying to make business |
[quote="djnang"]Where can i report it as spam?[/quote]
If you use gmail. which you should, click the report spam link above the email.
Another one to watch out for is when people send ... |
Topic: Don't see the fire but I smell smoke... |
cakesy
Replies: 11
Views: 6062
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Forum: Stuff For Sale Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:47 am Subject: Don't see the fire but I smell smoke... |
| If you are scammed on Ebay, you claim the fees back. Make a non-paying bidder request, it is right there on the seller information page. |
Topic: Don't see the fire but I smell smoke... |
cakesy
Replies: 11
Views: 6062
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Forum: Stuff For Sale Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:44 am Subject: Western Union Scam |
Hi,
I have seen many scams, where you are supposed to send them money via Western Union - but I have no idea how the scam is supposed to work, if you recieve money from WU. Since you get cash fr ... |
Topic: PAYBACK...... |
cakesy
Replies: 2
Views: 2405
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Forum: Stuff For Sale Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 1:43 pm Subject: PAYBACK...... |
| You can easily tell the scammers from the real people - there english is really bad, for some reason they type it all on one line, they ask some really weird question that has nothing to do with the i ... |
Topic: My hat's off to you Saffas |
cakesy
Replies: 15
Views: 3812
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Forum: Travel Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 2:29 pm Subject: sounds like a nice place |
| but how do you get past their annoying accents? I didn't think their could be anything more annoying that a new zealand accent - heh, I am sure that the oz accents must be just as annoying to a number ... |
Topic: WARNING: never buy electronic goods from china or europe |
cakesy
Replies: 15
Views: 8701
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Forum: Stuff For Sale Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 1:52 pm Subject: don't buy anthing unless you can pick it up |
I won't but something I can't pick up, and I won't sell to someone who doesn't want to see the item first.
(except on ebay, where they offer you protection)
I have been getting 5 scammers for 1 ... |
Topic: Scams and frauds: post your examples .... |
cakesy
Replies: 382
Views: 199066
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Forum: Stuff For Sale Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 1:49 pm Subject: Watch out for this guy |
roberts24020@jojomail.com -
"Hello,
here is responding to the advert you put up for sale of this item.
Could you please inform if it is still available as am interested
in its purchase.
... |
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