Just seen this on gumtree....[link=http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/canon-eos-5d-mark-iii-223-mp-digital-slr-camera--blacko/1007447268#gallery-item-full-2]Link[/link] £800 WoW

Just seen this on gumtree.... Link

£800 WoW

If there's any scams to be seen it's certainly on Gumtree. I remember a while back seeing a high-end full carbon road (racing) bike, unused apparently and for an absolute fraction of the new price, which would have cost several thousand pounds. I had a bit of fun winding the fool up who was clearly a thieving Nigerian. My suspicions were certainly proved accurate after the seller positively confirmed several of my questions, i.e. Is it a fast bike? Does it come with a bell? Is a shopping basket fitted? Is the shopping basket carbon fibre and the latest aerodynamic shape as used by Mark Cavendish in the 2012 Tour de France? Does the bike come with a puncture repair kit? Is it possible for me to fit my stabilizers to the bike?, etc. etc. :P:P The bike sounds like a dream machine as the seller answered yes to [b]every[/b] question thrown at them, and there were certainly quite a few ;), until I got bored of winding him up.

If there's any scams to be seen it's certainly on Gumtree.

I remember a while back seeing a high-end full carbon road (racing) bike, unused apparently and for an absolute fraction of the new price, which would have cost several thousand pounds. I had a bit of fun winding the fool up who was clearly a thieving Nigerian. My suspicions were certainly proved accurate after the seller positively confirmed several of my questions, i.e. Is it a fast bike? Does it come with a bell? Is a shopping basket fitted? Is the shopping basket carbon fibre and the latest aerodynamic shape as used by Mark Cavendish in the 2012 Tour de France? Does the bike come with a puncture repair kit? Is it possible for me to fit my stabilizers to the bike?, etc. etc.
The bike sounds like a dream machine as the seller answered yes to every question thrown at them, and there were certainly quite a few , until I got bored of winding him up.

Read it again carefully, low price, no reciept, =stolen goods?

Read it again carefully, low price, no reciept, =stolen goods?

Add to that the caution needed when we see a poor standard of English. Then again, there are genuine bargains. You could meet the "seller" and pay cash. but you'd never be safe sending it to Canon for repair because they keep a register of dodgy serial numbers.

Add to that the caution needed when we see a poor standard of English.

Then again, there are genuine bargains. You could meet the "seller" and pay cash. but you'd never be safe sending it to Canon for repair because they keep a register of dodgy serial numbers.

One local man "found" a Rolex watch and decided to keep it rather than hand it in to the police. He was caught out when he sent it in for service and it was logged as "lost". He was prosecuted for theft.

One local man "found" a Rolex watch and decided to keep it rather than hand it in to the police. He was caught out when he sent it in for service and it was logged as "lost". He was prosecuted for theft.

Definite scam. Think about it: if you were short of cash would you be selling your new-in-box 5D Mark III and 24-105mm f/4L for 800 quid? You’d have to be singularly daft to do that. The camera wasn’t stolen, it simply doesn’t exist. Some warning signs: • photo isn’t of the actual item being sold (this is even more significant now than it used to be, because everyone has a phone with a camera) • lens isn’t mentioned in the subject. No real seller would omit such an important element • littered with typos • the SEO-friendly title, obviously taken from an online shop, would rarely be used by a personal seller, and the specific wording with the bizarre spelling ‘Blacko’ has been used in several other deleted auctions on Gumtree and elsewhere, i.e. the guy’s a serial fraudster • anniversary gifts don’t come with the junk included in this package, e.g. universal battery charger, gadget bag, compact tripod. Package deals on e-commerce sites do. This one came from [link=http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-digital-slr-camera-with-ef-24-105-mm-f-4-l-is-usm-zoom-lens-extreme-pro-udma-6-compactflash-memory-card-16gb-100eg-deluxe-gadget-dslr-camera-bag-black-mkc3-ho1-compact-tripod-essential-universal-battery-charger-PN961693-pdt.html]Currys[/link] • claims to be a woman, since people trust women more. Always a warning sign in combination with other risks Don’t be a sucker.

Definite scam. Think about it: if you were short of cash would you be selling your new-in-box 5D Mark III and 24-105mm f/4L for 800 quid? You’d have to be singularly daft to do that.

The camera wasn’t stolen, it simply doesn’t exist.

Some warning signs:
• photo isn’t of the actual item being sold (this is even more significant now than it used to be, because everyone has a phone with a camera)
• lens isn’t mentioned in the subject. No real seller would omit such an important element
• littered with typos
• the SEO-friendly title, obviously taken from an online shop, would rarely be used by a personal seller, and the specific wording with the bizarre spelling ‘Blacko’ has been used in several other deleted auctions on Gumtree and elsewhere, i.e. the guy’s a serial fraudster
• anniversary gifts don’t come with the junk included in this package, e.g. universal battery charger, gadget bag, compact tripod. Package deals on e-commerce sites do. This one came from Currys
• claims to be a woman, since people trust women more. Always a warning sign in combination with other risks

Don’t be a sucker.

Advert no longer available - nuff said!

Advert no longer available - nuff said!

I was never going near it ;) Would of been a bloody bargain if it had of been real:)

I was never going near it Would of been a bloody bargain if it had of been real

Recently, in the Leicestershire section, there was for sale, a brand new Canon 300mm f2.8 for £600! Talk about ringing the alarm bells as one posts! I treat all adverts placed on Gumtree with the contempt that they, most likely, deserve! Andy

Recently, in the Leicestershire section, there was for sale, a brand new Canon 300mm f2.8 for £600!

Talk about ringing the alarm bells as one posts!

I treat all adverts placed on Gumtree with the contempt that they, most likely, deserve!

Andy