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Old 18 June 2012, 17:56   #1
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Bargain revenger!!!

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewi...w=320928476290

Wow, be quick, wouldn't want to miss it.....
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Old 18 June 2012, 18:29   #2
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That's been on a few times now. Wonder why it's relisted again ?

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Old 18 June 2012, 18:35   #3
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Scam.
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Old 18 June 2012, 18:58   #4
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And this, must be the same guy

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as i'm in the market for a new (to me) boat at the moment these scams are getting out of hand!
Seems there arn't any genuine boats out there!
So i thought i'd do a little scam of my own.
It's not complicated and i wont be bothering you after,
So if you can just all PM me your email address/bank codes with log on details that would be great
P,S i'l take cash if i have to but can you send it to my nigerian cousin, thanks
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Old 18 June 2012, 20:12   #6
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And the text is a picture, if you click anywhere on it who knows what happens
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Old 18 June 2012, 20:20   #7
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And the text is a picture, if you click anywhere on it who knows what happens
I tried it-there's no personal info on my PC.

It goes to an anonymous 'enter details' form.
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Old 18 June 2012, 20:26   #8
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Well this whole buying a bigger rib thing is really starting to pi$$ me off.

What I can't belive is the amount of bids on both boats
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first one's been removed now
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Old 19 June 2012, 07:03   #10
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I tried it-there's no personal info on my PC.

It goes to an anonymous 'enter details' form.
is that bad? (non computer expert)
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Old 19 June 2012, 18:12   #11
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It means you don't have a clue where the email's going so they can't be tracked as easily.
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Old 19 June 2012, 23:05   #12
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I see its back on again????

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Its been a while since we have mentioned anything on the forum but the XPRO 590 that has been appearing on Ebay is a fraud as you have all noticed. The worrying thing is that we received 6 phone calls from people ready to pay this guy the £7500 he was asking by money transfer after he harvested email addresses. If we received 6 calls then we can safely assume that twice this number probably sent money without asking. Be careful guys and girls. Times are hard and fraudsters are becoming very clever. If any of our boats appear for sale, feel free to call us first, we probably know if its a genuine sale or a scam. 01626 366985 if in doubt. So you all know. The 590 on sale was actually sitting in our yard whilst it was on sale on ebay. we tried to find the scammer but they were too well hidden.

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Its been a while since we have mentioned anything on the forum but the XPRO 590 that has been appearing on Ebay is a fraud as you have all noticed. The worrying thing is that we received 6 phone calls from people ready to pay this guy the £7500 he was asking by money transfer after he harvested email addresses. If we received 6 calls then we can safely assume that twice this number probably sent money without asking. Be careful guys and girls. Times are hard and fraudsters are becoming very clever. If any of our boats appear for sale, feel free to call us first, we probably know if its a genuine sale or a scam. 01626 366985 if in doubt. So you all know. The 590 on sale was actually sitting in our yard whilst it was on sale on ebay. we tried to find the scammer but they were too well hidden.

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