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Obviously fake??

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  • #2
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    deffo! isnt it that when people ring up they get charged a fortune or something like that, thats how they scam you


  • #3
    sh1tstirrer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,489 ✭✭✭sh1tstirrer


    Obviously fake. Why didn't you report it instead of starting a thread about it on here :confused:


  • #4
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    sh1tstirrer wrote: »
    Obviously fake. Why didn't you report it instead of starting a thread about it on here :confused:
    he wanted us to see it:D


  • #5
    13spanner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,006 ✭✭✭13spanner


    Just after trying to see it there but Donedeal have pulled it. It's a good service, Donedeal.


  • #6
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    my husband hauls tractors etc , he hauls for an exporter and he said if you see an ad you know is fake 9 times out of 10 its a dublin number and as soon as you dial the number you are charged at an extoritnate rate...so beware


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  • #7
    Tora Bora
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭Tora Bora


    whelan1 wrote: »
    my husband hauls tractors etc , he hauls for an exporter and he said if you see an ad you know is fake 9 times out of 10 its a dublin number and as soon as you dial the number you are charged at an extoritnate rate...so beware

    You cannot be ripped by phoning a Dublin (01) number. That's standard rate number any way you call it, without exception.
    Now if it was an 18.. prefix or a 15.. prefix :eek::eek::eek:, you could loose your shirt:eek:

    Anyway these tractor scams work differently. They post an add for an impossibly good looking tractor at a stupidly low price and stupid people fall for the trap. Call up the number. Get lured into sending a cheque for the freight of tractor from Europe or USA. Then you would be supposed to pay for the tractor once it lands. People send a couple of grand for the freight cost and wait for the shine tractor to arrive at the dock .......... it never turns up :confused::confused:


  • #8
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    you try ringign the number next time, they are redirected to a premium number


  • #9
    lanod2407
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 641 ✭✭✭lanod2407


    1. If its redirected to a prem number I'd imagine that the charge would not be borne by the person dialing the 01 number - is this not the case?

    2. The Journal had a story a few weeks back I think where someone 'bought' a tractor and spent weeks sending on more money to get it cleared from the port, onto the ship, through customs, etc. ......... painful reading and a lot of sympathy for the victim, but you do need to be somewhat naiive to go for some of those 'too good to be true' offers.


  • #10
    Dusty87
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,920 ✭✭✭Dusty87


    Tora Bora wrote: »
    You cannot be ripped by phoning a Dublin (01) number. That's standard rate number any way you call it, without exception.
    Now if it was an 18.. prefix or a 15.. prefix :eek::eek::eek:, you could loose your shirt:eek:

    Anyway these tractor scams work differently. They post an add for an impossibly good looking tractor at a stupidly low price and stupid people fall for the trap. Call up the number. Get lured into sending a cheque for the freight of tractor from Europe or USA. Then you would be supposed to pay for the tractor once it lands. People send a couple of grand for the freight cost and wait for the shine tractor to arrive at the dock .......... it never turns up :confused::confused:

    do people still get caught out by that one. Thats years old!
    @whelan,
    heard the same thing as your husband said, but i heard it with mobile numbers. Your call is transfered to the number. Very easy do on most mobiles by the way.
    Edit; 'call divert', thats the words i was looking for


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