does this sound legit?

[shereen]

Selling my boyfs bike on autotrader.
Got this message this morning.

Message:
Hello,

I saw your BIKE advertised on a

classified advert on the Autotrader Which am interested in it .

Am from south wales {Cardiff CF145YA } ,i want the BIKE please let me know if it is still available for sell and what is the total price.i will also want you to send me more pictures of the BIKE and am willing to pay with a Cheque/Bank Transfer ? Pls send me your name and address to which the payment will be send to likewise you can give me your account details so that i can transfer the money once into your account

I will await a quick response to my inquiry via email.Thank you and God bless.

CALL ME ON ................


THANKS



Do you think this guy is legit? Or does it sound a bit dodgy??
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[P.addy]

Well, lack of actual grammar could just mean he is a school taught bean..

I wouldnt trust as straight away its about money money money

[shereen]

[fiveus]

Sounds a bit dodgy to me.and the post code he gives is for a refurbished office block.

https://wzeu.search-results.com/r?t=p&d=apn&s=zuk&c=a&l=dis&o=1921&sv=0a65294d&ip=5c0d30e4&id=466DBEB35211FC01635D621AC84DE442&q=Cardiff+CF145YA&p=1&qs=121&ac=121&g=4c07Pb3arEXQ1M&cu.wz=0&en=gs&io=0&ep=&eo=&b=a001&bc=&br=&tp=d&ec=1&pt=HM%20Revenue%20%26%20Customs%3A%20Wales%20proposals%20Cardiff%20and%20Swansea%20urban%20...&ex=&url=&u=https://www.hmrc.gov.uk/local/wales-urban-centre.htm

that's your postcode which he gave

[shereen]

[MinhDinh]

If it sounds dodgy then move on. Anyone interested would come and have a look if they were a serious buyer.
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[fiveus]

it's defiantly the hmrc offices in cardif..it's a goverment building.

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Classic Nigerian scammer. Who writes god bless in an email. Tell him cash or nothing and I suspect you'll not hear from him again.
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[shereen]

https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/07031954397

Just found this

same mobile number he supplied!!
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[DrDonnyBrago]

I'm not far from that postcode, when googling it comes up as inland revenue and customs building postcode, there are other houses on that road but the ionland revenue office would be quite an obvious choice for a foreigner to choose the post code for. The dodgiest bit for me is the god bless remark, Nigerian scammers frequently try and use religion to sound like honest people.


South Wales Area office
Ty Glas Road
Llanishen
Cardiff
CF14 5YA

Suggest the FULL asking price as the price, if they try and haggle they are probably genuine, if they offer the full price or even more they are frauds. Either way I'd be wanting cash.

[shereen]

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[DrDonnyBrago]

[MarJay]

As soon as anyone asks for 'Best Price' or 'Total Price' then its a scam.

Blatantly a scam.
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[Stowelly]

[shereen]

[DrDonnyBrago]

[shereen]

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[Hyaon]

[ajbsmirnoff]

He's a scammer.

He wants your bank details and address to go with your name. If he'd just asked for your date of birth and mum's maiden name straight away it would have seemed too obvious.

[Casper]

Scam

However i go as far as to get them to send the cheque. Got three here to the value if 1500 quid. They look good.

[Rogerborg]

They sure do. You'll take them to your bank, they'll deposit them in your account, credit you the money, they'll even tell you that the funds are "cleared", and you can take them out in cash and roll around in them.

Then 2 weeks later, they'll debit you and say "Oops, that piece of paper was bogus / stolen / drawn on a random victim's account, tough luck, that money was never yours at any time, even though we said it was. Here, have some overdraft fees."
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[Raffles]

You lot make me sick. Just because he may be from Nigeria you all automatically think that he is a scammer. Not everyone from that region is bad. I've recently become a very good friend of a man from Nigeria. His uncle works for the Nigerian Government and he has a large amount of unallocated money that he needs to dispose of. All that I need to do to in order to receive a cut is to let him transfer the money into my bank account, sit back and say nothing. All this money will be coming my way very soon and I hardly even know him.
So you see, they're not all badbastards.
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