Triumphrat

kyloe

Did you know your bike could be up for sale?

I recently searched several sites and found some cracking bikes at unbelievable prices - all images and detailss taken from other sites/eBay etc then offered out again by scammers to unsuspecting punters.

Example - I am currently being offered a Triumph Sprint for half its real value, yet it's in mint condition! Registration YN05 CCO

If this is your bike, get in touch - I've got the scammer exchanging emails with me daily. How do I know it's a scam? Well it just so happens that like many of these transactions, the scammer is stuck abroad or going abroad and needs you to prove your genuine by making a transfer with western union/coinstar/moneygra etc. If they can't proved the VIN and dodge simple questions beware!

Attached pics are of the one I'm currently being offered, which was previously on eBay. Tip - download pics, right click and look at photo properties!! This will show when the pic was taken, and if copied from eBay it will say so as it's marked by eBay's uploading software.

Regards
Kyloe

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Jedi

Thanks for the tip Kyloe...

I am looking at a 2000 Sprint (blue) on ebay ths minute... and he mentions he is overseas.

I will be careful. Thanks for the tip on seeing the pics properties. I did not know I could check that.

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PatrickO

I have recently sold a bike and I got 3 or 4 scammers trying to rip me off. Luckily I had read about these scams and was prewarned.

Things to warn you it's scammer :

Can't give you a landline phone number.
Won't talk on the phone
Won't give you an address
Offers to pay more than the bike is worth.
Says he will pay for shipping without seeing the bike.

Finally remember "If it sounds too good to be true then it probably is..."

rwantin

It's unfortunate, but they're out there, to be sure.

Recently, I've had my eye on a couple of bikes, that just both happened to be Caspian Blue 955 Daytona's. A couple of months ago one appeared in the Cycle Trader, allegedly in Santa Monica - way underpriced but I inquired anyway. He told me he was on a business trip to Denmark. Why would someone run an ad and then leave the very next day? He said he'd stay in touch. The ad disappeared. So did his email.

This past weekend, another one on Ebay up in Gardena. I noted the seller had zero feedback and had a number of bikes listed. I asked if he was a dealer or worked for one, and about the bike. He replied it was privately owned, and that the registration was current in his name. He went out of his way not to email me through Ebay messaging. His name was "Norbert." The auction disappeared - in fact, all of his bikes did.

Be careful out there. If it smells, there's probably a reason.

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kyloe

Just to update... I'm still playing games with my scammer. Asked to see a photo of him with a form of ID and suggested he took a pic holding up his passport lol. What I got back was a copy of a fake UK driving licence - I should know, I have one ha!

Good of him to try though

Just goes to show what lengths they are prepared to go to though.

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