Motorhome scam

Below is message I received from crook after contacting him through ebay to purchase motorhome. Ad advertised as classified ad and to contact seller direct of which I did. The ebay user name is preet_inder, the persons name is Danny, his email [email protected], his telephone number is 07547369847 and the bank details he had the cheek to email me after my receiving congratulations on your purchase ?????? didn't purchase but just asked to view but he was in Aberdeenshire for a few days are posted below. Please be vigilant and don't let these people get away with it, warn others give them the info I've given everybody so no-one will get robbed, thanks for reading...

eBay representative bank account details:

Bank Name: Yorkshire Bank
Account Owner: Richard Avelino
Account Number: 41204956
Sort Code: 05-06-33
Reference: PBT2398883
Bank Account Noted (BW)

IN ORDER TO AVOID PAYMENT DELAYS,

PLEASE WRITE DOWN ONLY THE REFERENCE PROVIDED ABOVE.

NO OTHER WORDS OR OTHER NUMBERS.

There you have all you readers, warn others that might be looking for a motorhome or anything actually if this person contacts you.

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Hi,
MOT is available until June 2015.
The camper-van is in perfect condition without any signs of damp/damage. No scratches inside or outside, no rust everything does work as it should with no faults. Engine perfect condition!

The van is in a very good condition as you can see from the pictures.
HPI clear.
Only 61000 miles.

More pictures here: http://postimg.org/gallery/qej5wwwc/

Thank You

Danny

Welcome to Scamwarners elana909.

Many thanks for your post - and I'll show you why a little later. Meanwhile I'm sure one of my colleagues will pass on details of the bank account to the authorities.

The person you've been dealing with is part of a well organised professional gang of international hackers and scammers. I concentrate on their activities on Autotrader UK but they operate on all ad sites.

please see - https://scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic ... 77#p226377 for the e-mail address

also -

From: Daniel Udrea <[email protected]>
Date: 6 November 2014 17:38
Subject: Re: Motorhome
To: Michelle


Hi,

MOT is available until June 2015.
The camper-van is in perfect condition without any signs of damp/damage. No scratches inside or outside, no rust everything does work as it should with no faults. Engine perfect condition!
The van is in a very good condition as you can see from the pictures.
HPI clear.
Only 61000 miles.
More pictures here: http://postimg.org/gallery/qej5wwwc/

Thank You
Danny

The phone number enabled me to track down this advert on Gumtree that the fraudster is using to dupe eBay sellers into posting their fake items for sale. The eBay seller doesn't realise that he/she will get stuck for the cost when he/she pays the money on to the scammer and the buyer complains to eBay.

More frequently the scammer will try to move the buyer off using Ebay for payment as that makes it easier to work the scam.

This is a very recent example of the scammer's Gumtree advert trying to recruit eBay dupes



He'll probably use an online texting service and switch numbers frequently. Also by inserting a photo that embodies his message he's trying to make it harder for his adverts to be traced by people looking to track what he's doing.