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Tuesday, October 7, 2014

BLACKLIST GUMTREE - SCAMMER ALERT!

Firstly, let me start off by thanking the readers once again whom
read my previous post on SCAMMER ALERT which I posted few months ago.
I'm really happy that my post is able to help people stay safe online.

Secondly, I just came back from my BKK trip and
I will update about it soon, promised!

Now back on topic.. recently, theboys' impulse buy was put up for sale on
my Carousell & Gumtree.

I'm attempting to sell his Nitendo 3DS XL (Red) away.
Very soon, I got interested parties.

This time round on Whatsapp, displaying overseas number (+234 9099028255).

So what happened was same same but different from my past experience.

1. Same old grandmother story (Wanna buy for his Son in Nigeria.)

2. Same thing, saying he's located at this place but
need to send the item that place.

3. Keep asking you to send asap.

4. Doesn't seems to understand English.

(We literally had communication breakdown.)

5. Instead of Citibank, it's Lloyds Bank this time round.

6. That person knows the existence of SingPost even though I offered other courier services.

7. Acted like he cares about the expensive shipping fees but afterall don't really care about total charges.
(He probably wanna mislead me in feeling that he's serious about buying.)

I was really too busy to entertain and go through the nonsense with him.

I told him I'm not interested to deal with him but he insisted.
So, I GAVE HIM A NON-EXISTING ACCOUNT NUMBER.

If you log on to Lloyds Bank, the website looks weird and not much details.

8. As usual, I received the email, claimed to be from the bank as below:-

"TRANSFER ORDER

The Online Transfer Order From Lioyds Bank Of United kingdom Has Been Approved Transfer Number :- SW1340592933KHM

=================

Transfer Order Confirmation of a payment charged by our customer (Mr Jimi Charles) have the summation of ($ 504.20 SGD ) transferred to you, Christine Tan, as a payment for (item) and it has been successfully processed and has consequently been APPROVED .The financial details of the transaction are stated below:

Transfer Receipt Confirmation

Order Status:	APPROVED
Date Placed	30/09/2014
Transfer Order Number	SW1340592933KHM
Payment Method	Visa Card/Cash
Card Number	4***********7197
Exp.. Date	12/2016
Name on Card	Mr Jimi Charles
Street Address	25 Gresham Street, London
State, City, Zip	England, London, EC2V 7HN
Country	United Kingdom
Services Purchased	Direct Transfer/Cash
Item price	$ 450.20 SGD
Courier Charges	$ 54.20 SGD
Transfer charges	£ 9.16.00 Pounds
Item description	Auction
Auction Site	Gumtree.sg
Item Name	Nitendo DS XL Bundle
Courier Service Name	Singpost
Country	Singapore
	Use our online transfer to pay for online purchases, the companies / individuals you buy from all over the world. This is an important security feature and certainly is better than having your credit card number transmitted all over the Internet. Our Service is secure, and we screen our merchant accounts very closely in order to protect the sellers and the buyer
Item Shipping	Information
Name Address City	Onyeka Charles 7, Ajetunmobi lane Agbowo UI Ibadan
State	Oyo
Zip Code	23402
Country	Nigeria
Contact Number	+2349099028255

Seller Account Information

Name of Bank	OCBC
Name of account holder	Deleted
Account number	32825388
Contact phone	Deleted
Total Amount transferred to seller	$ 504.20 SGD
Email Address of the seller	qiuxues@gmail. com

Thank you for using the Online Banking System (Wire Transfer) as a payment. We look ahead to attending your online with better services in the future. Your bank account will be Activated with the money immediately we receive the shipping details and has been verified. This measure is required in parliamentary procedure to protect both seller and buyer interests and to reduce fraudulent activities. Please kindly check the above info if they are correct as entered by our numerous customer.

Note: Your account will be credited immediately upon confirmation of the details required by us, moreover, our customer cannot abort the transfer after you might have sent the tracking number to us.

Lloyds Bank International Limited United Kingdom

Evergreen House, 43 Circular Road, Douglas, Isle Of Man IM99 1AT

Landline: +447031968797

Email: Customerserviceteam@LloydsBanksInternational.com

Yours sincerely,

James Richardson

THANK YOU FOR USING LlOYDS BANK®ONLINE TRANSFER.

#1 HOW CAN PAYMENT BE APPROVED WHEN ACCOUNT NUMBER IS WRONG?!

#2 I wasn't as lucky this time round.. when I google the bank contact number (+447031968797), it's an invalid number.

So I called the number found on Llyods Bank website to the customer
service officer to check on this transaction.
I was told they won't reveal their customer particular/existence,
-_______________________-
So I went on to ask if they have any staff by the name of
James Richardson (stated as the sender of the email.)
The person told me "yes.".
Still in doubt, I sent an email to Llyods Bank.

Here's the reply from Lloyds Bank.

The truth is now out and clear.
That person didn't follow up on the item even though I didn't reply him.
Guys.. I urge you to be really careful when you're selling your stuff on Gumtree.
Double confirm and triple confirm before you lost both item and money.
I find the need to post this because Google don't have any relevant result
when you try to search for more information
It is something a new way to scam away I guess.
Personally, I am going to blacklist Gumtree, seems like both Ads
which I posted before, I encounter such nonsense,

Feel free to ask me any question.
Let's stay safe.
xoxo.

Labels: +2349099028255, +447031968797, be wary, beware, gumtree, lloyds bank, nitendo 3ds xl. item on sale, scammer, scammer alert, scams

Thursday, July 10, 2014

2nd SCAMMER ALERT!

My friend found this seller from Gumtree. All the prices that seller offered, were too good to be true.

The seller do not accept C.O.D but accept 100sgd deposit & the balance to be C.O.D.
After my friend transferred 100sgd to the person, the person sent another email telling my friend to pay another 120sgd for the shipping to be process.

My friend refused to pay this "hidden cost" which was not even mentioned at all beforehand so my friend asked for refund but the seller refused.

About a day later, the seller replied saying that He had paid 50sgd, and my friend has to pay balance 70sgd.My friend refused and asked for refund again but the seller kept on rejecting.

The seller also refused to provide any contact number and claimed that only if my friend pay that 70sgd, then he will issue an official receipt which has contact number printed on it.

Alternatively, my friend, got one of his friend to do a check and try to fake a deal with this seller.

The seller apparently agreed to discuss more details on whatsapp and his number begins with +229 (Greenland).When the seller was questioned about why is it a different country code the seller said: "it's cheaper using this number."

What B*LLS**T!~
In Singapore, we all know that the cheapest is to use Singtel, M1 or Starhub's prepaid card isn't it? Like if we go Taiwan, it's always cheaper to use their "inhouse brand"?

After 2 days of "email war" my friend decided to make a police report yesterday.

The seller also claimed to be from a registered company: "singnetmobilestore" which was unable to be identified in our Singapore's IRAS website, and claimed that he/she is not afraid of police.

Guys.. if you all google this email address you will find that seller is selling all kinds of gadget stuff on Gumtree, Locanto or whichever Free Ads platform.

Email: moureankwan.singnet@hotmail.com

Acct Name: Mourean Kwan

Acct Number: 068-20231-0

Acct Type: Posb Savings

Police is now investigating this account (hopefully).

Let's be careful when we buy things online.
ONLY STRICTLY ALLOW C.O.D FULLY

If they are not transparent, they don't worth the deal.

Do not transfer any money online so easily.

Keep your money well, before your money starts to teach you a lesson.

xoxo.

Labels: alert, fake accounts, fraud, greenland, gumtree, locanto, mourean kwan, moureankwan.singnet@hotmail.com, online scammer, police case, scam, scammer, scammer alert, shopsafe, singapore, singnetmobilestore

Thursday, July 3, 2014

SCAMMER ALERT!

So as I did mentioned in one of my past post that I was trying to sell my Samsung camera
as I really wanted that new camera.

However, I wanna try to be able to cover as much cost as possible.

I've received an email days ago, from SCAMMER!
Points to note:-

1) He asked if it's still available.

2) He tells you grandmother story like "I'm getting for my daughter who is in Malaysia, however he is from US.

3) All he ever does was to ask for prices and shipping charges only, didn't even asked for pictures until I offered to show him.(Will you ever wanna buy used item online but yet never request for pictures? NOT FOR ME LAH!)

Okay, I don't buy used item though.
4) I tried tested him by telling him, I will only ship out the items after the cash is in, he agreed.
5) But here comes the payment time..

"Ramos Adrian

Jul 2 (1 day ago)

Hello am happy to tell you that I have made the payment into your bank

account,kindly check your email both inbox,spam and junk email for the

payment confirmation from Citibank what you have to do now is that you

get the item shipped and send the Shipment receipt and Tracking Number

to Citibank for verification and after Citibank verify the Shipment

the money will be fully credit into your account thanks reply asap.."

WHAT?! MEANS MY MONEY WON'T COMES IN UNTIL I SHIP THE ITEM OUT?!

SOUNDS LIKE A FRAUD!

Next moment, I've really got an email, subject: ***TRANSFER CONFIRMATION***

Signing off: THANKS FOR USING CITI-BANK® ONLINE TRANSFER.

Managing Director

FOR MORE INQUIRIES CONTACT

(+1) 434 322 0772

customerconsultant@usa.com

One look at this email, it looked really fake and super unprofessional. Since when banks will use such format..

or rather does bankers email client personally? Isn't citibank's email should end with citibank.com or whatsoever?

I went on to google the contact number. I was linked to all the scammer alerts and surprisingly, email format/style are all the same just sent using different name.

What if I didn't check? But I really thank God I've checked, otherwise I would have lose my camera just like that.

Google is really super helpful. I was nearly a victim, so close..

Guys, please be really careful when you're selling stuff online. Always be on high alerts for scammer.

Always check and double check or even triple check.

Don't be the next victim.

xoxo

Labels: camera, cheater, experience, fake accounts, fake email, google, online, sales, scam, scammer, scammer alert

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