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Scammer reminder

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Created by Waiting4wind > 9 months ago, 17 May 2012
Waiting4wind
NSW, 1871 posts
17 May 2012 7:16PM
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I know that this has been mentioned but I thought it wouldn't hurt to raise it again.

I operate a shipping business and we save 2 to 3 people a month from scammers, generally it's laptops and phones. It happened again today so I thought Id mention it.

Typically it the PayPal scam and a request to ship the goods to Malaysia. we always do a quick on line search when asked to ship to dodgie countries. Pretty much instantly we found a thread naming the scammer Steve Williams at the address in Malaysia. also one for Sheila Williams and the other week for John doust. All of these are known scammers that have been operating for a long time and continue to get away with it. Doust has been operating for a decade.

The customer today even argued with us, explaining that he received a confirmation from PayPal. I sent him the link and asked him to check his PayPal account. He was very grateful.

So be very careful when dealing with OS on line buyers, a quick search on the web can save a lot of money and regret!

Waiting4wind
NSW, 1871 posts
19 May 2012 7:38PM
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billyboy402 said...

http://www.johndoust.co.uk/help.htm

is that the same guy



Yes that's the guy, he's been scamming for over a decade! This guy has even ripped off his own family members.

He is very brazen, even sent me a copy of his passport as proof of ID.



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