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Bogus Buyers on DoneDeal?

  • 06-03-2012 4:07pm
    #1
    batm!ke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 517 ✭✭✭


    Sorry mods, had no idea where to put this!

    Has anyone ever listed anything on DoneDeal and gotten a text from a strange number asking to email them along with an email address? I listed a coffee table last week and nothing... and yesterday I listed a camera and a playstation 2 (!) and got 3 texts all from a numbers like +1 (678) XXX-XXXX, +1 (347) XXX-XXXX and +1 (731) XXX-XXXX... thought this was very strange, has it happened to anyone else? Are these genuine? :eek:

    The texts all read something along the lines of "Your camera, on DoneDeal, how much? Email me on X@yahoo.ie


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  • #2
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    Consumer Issues probably, or at least they will point ya in the right direction if I am mistaken. :) l'll move it over for you!


  • #3
    MissFlitworth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,057 ✭✭✭MissFlitworth


    Sounds very much not genuine, best thing to do is to maybe drop Done Deal an email. If it's a scam they'll have seen about a million versions of it so far & be able to tell you to avoid. I'd just consider it a scam from the get-go though


  • #4
    batm!ke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 517 ✭✭✭batm!ke


    I Googled the numbers just to see... the results said the 3 different numbers are all from the states, Georgia, Tennessee and New York! Hmmm :confused:


  • #5
    arodabomb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 256 ✭✭arodabomb


    batm!ke wrote: »
    I Googled the numbers just to see... the results said the 3 different numbers are all from the states, Georgia, Tennessee and New York! Hmmm :confused:

    Yeah, I was about to say that. They are all US numbers. It happens a fair bit over here. Seems like it's an automated thing, trawling the ads page for numbers. Most people on craigslist put their number up as oh-eight-seven instead of 087 for that reason.

    Avoid them, it's unlikely someone from the US is interested in some advert on donedeal.


  • #6
    whippet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,718 ✭✭✭whippet


    its a variation on a paypal scam.

    You'll be asked to send a payment request via paypal to their email address and within minutes you'll receive a bogus email from paypal to say the money has been paid, which will look somewhat genuine.

    When you log in to paypal (don't follow the link in the email for obvious reasons) you'll see that nothing has been paid.

    Just ignore and they'll go else where looking for someone to fall for the scam


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  • #7
    batm!ke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 517 ✭✭✭batm!ke


    Thanks for the replies! Ignore it I shall!


  • #8
    S28382
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,326 ✭✭✭S28382


    Yeah i got one like that, it claimed to be some woman who was looking to buy her son a new car, she said she was on business oversees and she would send some one to have a look and take away the car, the number she was giving was weird, the email was a yahoo one and it was very suspicious from the start needless to say i emailed back saying thanks but no thanks so if i see anything like that now i just ignore it.


  • #9
    dudara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,518 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    Moved to Online Buying & Auctions.

    dudara


  • #10
    LittleZ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭LittleZ


    This guy, he claims he's from waterford but working at sea, he's getting quite pushy with trying to get me to send him a request via paypal. Freaky stuff...:eek:


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