-
March 19th, 2007, 11:12 PM
#1
Junior Member
I've been conned (phishing)
hello my name is joe, im not very computer knowledgable, which has probably led to my nievity, which has led to me being cond. i saw an advert for a car on www.usedcarmart.co.uk which i obviously though was a ligitamate site. any way i found the only contact info for the seller was an email. the car turned out to be apparently from finland, although british car. we exchanged a few emails. he then said he was selling through ebay. i recieved what i thought to be an email from ebay. i payed through western union, which later i found out ebay never promote western union as a method of payment, so it turned out to be a mirrored ebay message, a fake, looked so real to untrained eyes, ive screwed up, iv'e lost £3,500.00, no car. i have been to the police,doubt they'll do anything. can someone else please tell me if there is anything i can do?
i feel so stupid everything became clear soon after...
edit by admin: please do not post contact info on the forum, thank you
-
March 20th, 2007, 01:43 AM
#2
No, there is nothing you can do.............
Except learn from your experience?
This has nothing to do with computers, it is all about human greed and stupidity.
Think of the old days before the internet .................. a "classified advert"......... in a newspaper or magazine...... would you have sent £3,500 to an unknown person, whom you had never met, for an expensive device you had never seen, or tested?
Talking of stupidity, why is it I find something "wrong" about this post? OK: a clue in that the personal contact details were removed by an Admin?
The English is very interesting............. some bits are quite sophisticated whilst others imply a downtrodden, working class, ill-educated person.
We don't know about computers, but we can spell "phishing" in a particular way?.........a "mirrored ebay message"?.....
JP old chap, please pull the logs on this one............ I think I have something for my mates in New Scotland Yard
-
March 20th, 2007, 01:56 AM
#3
-
March 20th, 2007, 02:32 AM
#4
My comments do not apply to the header.............I corrected that.........just read the rest.
Scam artists are born every minute, as are their prey.............. I guess that is why e-bay have so many problems with fake auctions?
If the guy is genuine, all he can hope for is the police.............. who might well write him off as a total pillock, and chase something more obvious?
I wonder if this is not some exercise by university students?....... errrrrr Department of Psychology.......... we respond badly..... and when the "Job" arrive, they will be walking their house pets...... or sniffer dogs
-
March 20th, 2007, 12:25 PM
#5
What a sad, sad way to reply to a quite simple request for some help or advice.
I gotta say - the normal antionline standards of helpful, friendly advice seem to have slipped quite dramatically here.
Why not help him out, and if you think he is not genuine, then just ignore him.
I happen to know this guy is genuine. I spoke to him. At my house. In person. I explained what phishing is (including spelling) and I suggested he come here for some good advice. I wish I hadn't now.
Anyway...
Hi Joe, sorry we didn't get to talk a bit longer while you were at my place.
Having had a quick look around myself I have some other links for you...
It would seem that the site you mentioned is a genuine site. It's just the particular seller you had dealings with that is the scammer. usedcarmart.co.uk has a forum with a section dealing specificaly with scams...
http://www.usedcarmart.co.uk/forum/f25-scams.html
You could also try
http://antionline.com/showthread.php?t=263266 for a contact directory related to anti Phishing.
or
http://www.euroconsumer.org.uk/index...rnet_fraud.htm
and
http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/
that last link is probably the most useful for you (though you will have to spend some time reading through it all).
Good luck! I think you will probably need it.
\"Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth,
nor does lightning travel in a straight line.\" -Benoit Mandelbrot
-
March 20th, 2007, 01:26 PM
#6
Apologies for the reception he got. I guess we did think it wasn't genuine. Sorry about that.
-
March 20th, 2007, 01:47 PM
#7
Originally Posted by JPnyc
Apologies for the reception he got. I guess we did think it wasn't genuine. Sorry about that.
How do we know he is genuine.
Anyone could drop a post saying someone was round at their house.
What were the details that were edited out?
Steve
IT, e-commerce, Retail, Programme & Project Management, EPoS, Supply Chain and Logistic Services. Yorkshire. http://www.bigi.uk.com
-
March 20th, 2007, 02:03 PM
#8
We don't, but apologies are free. I edited out his email.
-
March 20th, 2007, 02:12 PM
#9
Tis the nature of the business of Computer Security....
to be suspicious...trust your instints.
I see nothing wrong with delving deeper into the issue to see if it is genuine request for help...
This statement got my spidey sense tingling
i have been to the police,doubt they'll do anything
MLF
How people treat you is their karma- how you react is yours-Wayne Dyer
-
March 20th, 2007, 02:18 PM
#10
Originally Posted by morganlefay
This statement got my spidey sense tingling
MLF
Actually having been to the police on an unrelated matter, I can sympathise here.
It seems that following an RTA where no one is injured the police couldn't care less if insurance details are exchanged or not.
Steve
IT, e-commerce, Retail, Programme & Project Management, EPoS, Supply Chain and Logistic Services. Yorkshire. http://www.bigi.uk.com
Similar Threads
-
By tonybradley in forum Phishing and Cyber Scams
Replies: 10
Last Post: February 17th, 2022, 08:33 PM
-
By MrLinus in forum Miscellaneous Security Discussions
Replies: 15
Last Post: January 22nd, 2005, 06:52 PM
-
By phishphreek in forum Phishing and Cyber Scams
Replies: 2
Last Post: August 20th, 2004, 11:17 PM
-
By phishphreek in forum Phishing and Cyber Scams
Replies: 3
Last Post: June 17th, 2004, 10:53 PM
Posting Permissions
- You may not post new threads
- You may not post replies
- You may not post attachments
- You may not edit your posts
-
Forum Rules
|
|