Another 'Mr Neale' scam!

Hi vickscamkel 73
Regarding the bank it was the same details as a family member.
The police station is The Metropolitan Police Station in London
Telephone Number is : 0207 2301212

The more people that get in touch with them the better let me know how you get on.

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Hi, Thanks for that number - will keep you updated.


Regards
Victscamkel73

Received a letter from Barclays Bank Yesterday to say that we will not get our money back as you have willingly paid the money into the bank for it to be transfered. So as you can imagine we are very angry, i am not going to give up i am going to write to watch dog through there online site i think every one that has been scammed by these people should do the same as this has gone on long enough and there is too many fraudulent accounts going through Barclays Bank and they dont seem to be doing much about it. Ebay are also to blame as they should do more thorough checks especially when people are complaining to them about this if they did so they would see the same address that the so called John Neale is using all the time and maybe this would stop people from losing money to them. How many more people are going to be scammed we told the bank we were going to do this they just said more or less go ahead i dont think they actually believe people will do it, but if watchdog were interested and took this up then it would'nt look good for Barclays Bank. We have also been in touch with our local papers and they said we have got a story if and when we are ready to contact them.
I believe in the saying What Goes Around Comes Around Mr Neale and his Cronnies will get their comeuppance one day.

Depending on how the scammer is running the scam, ebay really isn't to blame.

If the scammer is posting fraudulent ads under the same ID and ebay hasn't closed or addressed that ID in spite of reports, then they are definitely contributing to this.

But, if the scammer is posting these items using different authentic ID's (which would most likely be purchased from someone running a phishing site), then there really isn't much ebay can do, because the ID's will be registered using authentic email addresses, not the scammer's address. Unless they start screening all members' messages looking for these email addresses--which would be a major invasion of privacy for all of the innocent users, they really don't know, especially if the scammer is logging in using a proxy.

FYI
Just to inform all, sarah is trying to sell a pickup truck on ebay
take care

Sarah <[email protected]>

MITSUBISHI TRITON L200 3.2 DID PICK UP TRUCK
Hello,
Are you still interested ? The mitsubishi l200 is still for sale. Immaculate condition, no damages, nothing to worry about. All necessary documents available. My current location is Scotland due to my work commitments. If this is going to be a quick sale, I will let it go for £4,500 delivered at my costs.
The deal will go strictly according to eBay Buyer Protection rules and policy.

I have done some homework and have added all the information I have below..

[email protected] offered me the same..

Her messages come through as being from sarahsale22

When you try and reply to the message, (as a phone call) the number shown was 72724725322


I'm a little annoyed about the whole thing and am keen to take it as far as I can. If anyone else has any info to add, I have a few contacts with the police and some very clever I.T. people that owe me a few favours.

Sarah is advertising through Ebay

Username is Kaysnorks65.
Supposidly based in Cornwall but we all know the story there!!

Kaysnorks65 has been a member on ebay since 28-Jan-2011. Only had 8 transactions all of which have been purchases...NO sales! (I'm assuming this is to get their rating up.~)

They havent purchased anything since 27-June-2011 so again I'm assuming this was created to be used at a later date.

We're going to try and use Google maps and some clever little apps that might be able to tell me where the photos were taken. There is a possibility we might be able to get the street name from the pics on ebay too.

I have been told to go to watch dog etc... and ignore any further correspondence..

But I can't help but think that because I know its a scam and they don't know I know, there must be a way of at least having a try at stopping sarah in her tracks.

Any and all advice, help etc is welcome..

cheers

Kaysnorks65 has been a member on ebay since 28-Jan-2011. Only had 8 transactions all of which have been purchases...NO sales! (I'm assuming this is to get their rating up.~)

It's simpler than that, I'm afraid. The owner of that account is most likely really from Cornwall. The scammer did not set it up--he merely took it over. Chances are it was phished or hacked--ebay accounts are targeted all the time, and accounts with positive histories are shared and/or sold among scammers because they lend credibility to scams. The real account owner, who doesn't frequent eBay, probably doesn't even know it has been compromised.

Tracking the photos won't get you anywhere, I'm afraid. Even if you find the exact address where they were taken, it has no absolutely connection to the scammer. The scammer has absolutely no connection to the truck and has never even seen it. The scammer very likely has never been within 1000km of the real truck. All he did was copy the photo(s) from the internet--likely from a real ad posted by the real owner. Or, he responded to a real ad, and the owner sent him the photos--but he would have used completely fake information with the real owner too.

It's the exact same thing some rental scammers do. They copy the photos and addresses from real property ads, and then post their own ads as owner of the property. They are able to provide real photos to the victims in spite of the fact that they probably have never even been in the same country as the property.

Another example folks of the scam :

Caravan for sale for worth 9k was been offered for 3.6k outside of ebay.

Terms were, carry out the bank transfer then delivery of the caravan would be made from Dundee.

Sarah Neale was the name been used.

What do you do if you've been a victim? Register it with watchdog! - [email protected]

I don't think anyone will get much mileage out of ebay, as to be fair they are pulling the scam listings. Further communication is carried out via email.

Also the banks may not assist that easily either as it's individuals that are initiating the bank transfer!

Remember, if it's too good to be true, then it probably is (too good to be true!)

Hi YorkAndy
Do you know what user name they were using on ebay and what there contact telephone number was so i can pass it all on to the national fraud department

Kind Regards

Blossom cheshire

Help please!

Recently interested in a camper for sale on eBay, and have had exactly the same thing happen as per others.

Numerous emails outside of eBay, then fake eBAy emails.

Eg.
----- Reply message -----
From: "john" <[email protected]>
To: "
Subject: Ford Transit 2.4tdi motorhome/camper conversion
Date: Fri, Apr 20, 2012 14:23


Done eBay have sent all details necessary to proceed, please check your
email folders also junk email folder, due to internet traffics their
invoices may be caught there.
Thank you

John

Fortunatley i haven't paid, but was one step away from it when i noticed the email address of the eBay invoices!

But i have given the bloke my name and full address, should i be worried?

He also has me email address details and eBay ID...

Regards, Matt

Don't worry about the information you have given him. He is just after quick cash, and those won't give him any.

Just drop him completely. Don't tell him he was reported as a scammer, or try to argue (it's pointless, he is a liar and a thief). Just ignore him and move on.

This is the eBay ad, he was using the user name eddystonehouse.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/270939166356?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Matt

Don't worry about the information you have given him. He is just after quick cash, and those won't give him any.

Just drop him completely. Don't tell him he was reported as a scammer, or try to argue (it's pointless, he is a liar and a thief). Just ignore him and move on.

Ok thanks for the reassurance

I know what i'd like to send to him!

Hi, I almost got done by this guy as well but fortunately found this forum when I googled his name & address.

My experience is the same as others on here - very low price campervan, ad gets pulled from ebay when I show interest, offers to deliver the van for free & to use ebay buyer protection, requests for ph number, MOT info etc were ignored, official looking invoice arrives with details of bank transfer. Feeling very lucky as I was all set to send the money.

The details he's using are:
John Neale
19 Grange Road
Dundee, Angus
DD5 4LU
Scotland

[email protected]

The 'invoice' arrived from [email protected]

Unfortunately I can't remember the original ebay username & of course the listing has disappeared.

Bank account details:
Beneficiary: I. Bunea
Bank Name: Barclays
Account no: 13831965
Sort Code: 20-29-41
City: London

It's interesting that he seems to have a lot of different bank accounts - how do you go about setting up so many fraudulent accounts with the same bank?

I won't post his emails or the invoice as they are word-for-word the same as those received by other people.

So sorry to read how others have been caught out but thanks for speaking up otherwise I would be in the same boat.

Craig

seems this scam is ongoing and the scam always seem to involve a barclays account, wonder if they have someone on the inside. a friend of mine just got scamed in south africa sent money to,

jurgi goldberg
barclays bank, 53 broadway, w5 5js
account 23378837
s code 20-27-49

seller using stolen sa. id doc and name Mr Joseph

Does anyone know how to contact uk police fraud squad, because barclays should be audited with all these scams going through there accounts.