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He’s always been different.

Had great taste, obviously. Financially, yes. Not everyone's as clever as you and I. Seriously, there'll be a lot of folk including the elderly who'll be wiped out by this kind of scam. Always worth reiterating the warnings.

Yep. A lesson in stop doing transactions in haste online or responding to emails in haste. Think on it.

Scammer wanted debit card details, Mrs.W was giving them to the scammer!

I don't care for it at all. Mrs.W loves it (household stuff buying and selling) and it was she who almost fell for the fraud. Impatience, delight in getting a quick buyer for a sofa now clogging up our kitchen. Scammers thrive on impatience and people wanting to clear their email inbox. The...

I thought this was worthy of a thread, to highlight a weakness in Gumtree and Whatsapp, if you're not careful. We almost got stung. Just 10 minutes ago we put a sofa up for sale on Gumtree. Seconds later a buyer appeared via Whatsapp, great, paying at full price. With a legit link to our...