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Beware: Adverts Scammer

  • 23-01-2017 10:11pm
    #1
    pajodublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 994 ✭✭✭


    If this has done the rounds already I do apologise. It's the first I've seen.

    Put up a Wanted ad on adverts. A while later I get a comment asking if I'm ever in Dublin (my ad says my location is Meath).

    We exchange PMS about price and I offer a unashamedly derisory offer to get the ball rolling. He accepts saying that's fair.

    I ask for some pictures of the item and he replied no problem to give him a few mins. (you see where this is going). He sends me an email with the photos which I recognise almost immediately as they are from a website forum that I happen to visit of a user on there selling the same item a few weeks ago.

    The user is WhizzMan who has now been banned bit more importantly their PayPal email address is ogough1 @ outlook.com

    His email says Oliver Gough but his PayPal says Oisin Gough.
    Just in case anyone might come across him again.


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  • #2
    lawred2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,560 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    pajodublin wrote: »
    If this has done the rounds already I do apologise. It's the first I've seen.

    Put up a Wanted ad on adverts. A while later I get a comment asking if I'm ever in Dublin (my ad says my location is Meath).

    We exchange PMS about price and I offer a unashamedly derisory offer to get the ball rolling. He accepts saying that's fair.

    I ask for some pictures of the item and he replied no problem to give him a few mins. (you see where this is going). He sends me an email with the photos which I recognise almost immediately as they are from a website forum that I happen to visit of a user on there selling the same item a few weeks ago.

    The user is WhizzMan who has now been banned bit more importantly their PayPal email address is ogough1@outlook.com.

    Just in case anyone might come across him again.

    What payment method was he looking for?


  • #3
    pajodublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 994 ✭✭✭pajodublin


    lawred2 wrote: »
    What payment method was he looking for?

    PayPal. He even sent me PayPal invoice after being banned from Adverts


  • #4
    lawred2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,560 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    pajodublin wrote: »
    PayPal. He even sent me PayPal invoice after being banned from Adverts

    I buy nothing on adverts without visiting the seller..


  • #5
    Lvstar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭Lvstar


    Looked at his facebook,little squirrel of a man


  • #6
    SweetCaliber
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,483 ✭✭✭SweetCaliber


    pajodublin wrote: »
    PayPal. He even sent me PayPal invoice after being banned from Adverts

    Just out of curiosity was it a gift payment (you pay the fee) or goods payment (he pays the fee) over paypal he sent you?

    If it's a goods payment you'd be fine under paypal getting your money back.

    I suspect it was a gift payment though?

    Thanks for the info, plenty of scammers going around, I never buy anything off adverts thats to be posted unless its a shop with good feedback.


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