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Seller beware of scam!
Dear forum members,
I wish to make you aware that there appear to be fraudulent "buyers" looking to defraud people who have advertised their watches for sale on this forum.
You will certainly ask how do I know or why I suspect criminal activity.
I try to explain a bit:
Yesterday, I received a text message by someone from the US wanting to buy a watch. We agreed on the price and the person told me that the money will be wired to my bank account via HSBC instant pay.
They also contacted me from phone numbers which had area codes in Manhattan/New York City and then Texas...
+1 (646) 362-9909 and +1 (469) 283-3847
In my e-mail inbox I received something which does not look like something you would normally expect to receive from a top tier global bank. Furthermore, the text had spelling mistakes etc. (see attachment)
Essentially the "wiring confirmation" pretending to be from HSBC stated the following:
"In order to complete this transaction and get the funds approved in your account. We advice you to get the item send to the buyer s given address and get back to us with Scanned Copy/Photograph of shipment sending receipt"
Seller beware of scam!
Dear forum members, I wish to make you aware that there appear to be fraudulent "buyers" looking to defraud people who have advertised their watches for sale on this forum. You will certainly ask how do I know or why I suspect criminal activity. I try to ...
Thanks for sharing this Alex, that is no doubt a (pretty old and poorly executed) scam.
I'd just suggest you to eliminate your personal information from the picture, as there's quite a lot of it 😉 Thanks again for alerting everyone, and best wishes😁
Thank you for letting us know.
And what an amateurish and poorly executed scam at that.
The saddest part about this
is that scammers wouldn't try this if they didn't have a modicum of success. Best, NickO
This seems to be the latest fashionable scam
Hi all, I was just reading a thread over on Omega Forums of exactly the same scam but using Yorkshire Bank which has very similar bad spelling and grammar. It seems the scammers are trying to use what looks like an irreversible bank wire to get people to ...
One of the best to spot these is by...
the appalling level of English these supposedly „bank“ e-mails are written in
I contacted the bank in question and they confirmed it’s scam/phishing!
Nothing more to add.
HSBC seems to be an easy "decoy" for those scammers...
.. I once got HSBC Certified Cheque, as the buyer in Malaysis insisted on paying by cheque due to the financial regulation there. I deposited it and a few days later, I got a call from my bank saying that HSBC Tokyo Branch said it was a fake cheque. Phew!...
The same is happening with eBay
I went through same process and a confirmation PayPal statement was issued with the instruction the money was there but would be in account once tracking number was sent be me. EBay buyer account was hacked to do it. Again. Beware. Chess