JunkMail 'car for sale' fraudster
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:56 am
Greetings,
Just a heads-up warning for those looking for a vehicle on JunkMail. Beware of a guy who calls himself 'Peter', using 0742317550 as his contact number. He is a con-man of note, who makes like he has a car for sale, but "there's someone coming to look at it this afternoon", and talks you into paying a deposit 'to keep the car for you'. Sounds very pleasant, and helpful over the phone, but the vehicle doesn't exist. He claims the vehicle can be viewed in Sparrow Drive, Magaliessig, which exists, but the residents at the 2 different house numbers have no idea about this.
I doubt whether he has stopped using the number since he still answers on that number, and has the audacity to send 'mocking' sms's to remind you that he 'took you for a ride'. As far as we can determine, he actually lives in the DBN area.
Please do not make our R1k mistake. NEVER send money to anyone advertising on Junkmail/Gumtree without having met with the person, and seen the item in question, irrespective of how desperate you are. If you can, try and get the person to send the vehicle's registration documents, in the interim, so that you can 'start the registration process', and then use that info to check if the vehicle is actually legit. Unfortunately, good consumer tools, like junkmail, or Gumtree are now being corrupted by 'tools', like this 'Peter' character.
PS: Peter - I hope that R1k bought you enough doobie to turn your brain into a pretzel...
Just a heads-up warning for those looking for a vehicle on JunkMail. Beware of a guy who calls himself 'Peter', using 0742317550 as his contact number. He is a con-man of note, who makes like he has a car for sale, but "there's someone coming to look at it this afternoon", and talks you into paying a deposit 'to keep the car for you'. Sounds very pleasant, and helpful over the phone, but the vehicle doesn't exist. He claims the vehicle can be viewed in Sparrow Drive, Magaliessig, which exists, but the residents at the 2 different house numbers have no idea about this.
I doubt whether he has stopped using the number since he still answers on that number, and has the audacity to send 'mocking' sms's to remind you that he 'took you for a ride'. As far as we can determine, he actually lives in the DBN area.
Please do not make our R1k mistake. NEVER send money to anyone advertising on Junkmail/Gumtree without having met with the person, and seen the item in question, irrespective of how desperate you are. If you can, try and get the person to send the vehicle's registration documents, in the interim, so that you can 'start the registration process', and then use that info to check if the vehicle is actually legit. Unfortunately, good consumer tools, like junkmail, or Gumtree are now being corrupted by 'tools', like this 'Peter' character.
PS: Peter - I hope that R1k bought you enough doobie to turn your brain into a pretzel...