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Hi All,

I put up a Wanted advert here for some Wingback seats and got a PM stating the below:

Sent: 11 Jun, 2020 - 12:48
by brian72

Have you checked with holmes in 38901 via holmg72@ gmail.com,he has a Wingback seats from a 3 door he wants to part with.

I emailed Holmes but tbh I hadn't noticed the 38901. Anyway he replied back today:

Hello Mate,

Sorry for the late reply.Yes please,for sale is a Recaro wingback leather bucket seats removed from a B7 RS4,Seats are in good shape and fits the following cars, Audi R8 RS6 RS4 RS5 RS3 S3 RS7, also VW T5 T6. Please do research wether they will fit your year of car before purchaseYours for $1700 with local pick up in 38901 or you mail me your complete shipping address.

Respectfully,
G Holmes

Looked pretty dodgy and they clearly made a mistake in thinking I was in the USA. Anyway, I recognised the photos from a Facebook advert so contacted the seller to warn them. They've since done a Google Search and seen many cases of these scammers using the same process

Be aware!

Good heads up

I've just had the same with a request for a C6 S6 Mlltek.......

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Sent: 11 Jun, 2020 - 12:46
From: brian72
Recipient: wardy124

Have you checked with holmes in 38901 via holmg72@ gmail.com,he has a S6 C6 Milltek he wants to part with.

Scum bags!

Thanks for the updates.

Got this today in a pm on here. We've been infiltrated again. Seems to want to buy my RS4 according to the heading. Looks like the IQ level is heading into the minuses.

Hello, you can Contact Harry am certain he as an offer to make. Wharry757@gmail.com..

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Take it you've reported it to MrT?

You bet

I've deleted and banned brian72 but that doesn't mean it's safe. Please be cautious.

Yeh think I just got something too. I’m not even looking for a rear ARB

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Sent: Fri Aug 21, 2020 7:00 pm
From: albertjustin500
Recipient: se4njb7

Hi you can contact Steven he has a for sale if you are still interested
stevenmarcky@gmail.com

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Mr T,
Sent you a PM. Noticed that Brian72 is now in the netherworld.

I've done a little investigation.... It seems there's a few scam attempts going on. Thankfully, with the help of the users, we have detected this early. Please be super careful. If in doubt, use PayPal for payments, but do not send as a gift. Bank transfers are unlikely to result in money back if it is a scam.

Private Message MO seems to be:

Hi you can hit up <name> he has a for sale if you are still interested
firstnamesurname1234@gmail.com

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Scam/phishing going on here too by the looks of it Phil.

viewtopic.php?f=64&t=135359

I got one for an Eventuri - emailed me afterwards and wants $550 for it

If that’s not a scam nothing is same message (exactly) on several other wanted posts, from wheels to cars.