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iainkane
Joined: May 12, 2002
Posts: 99
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Yeah the picture is a real n96 but i hadnt seen this before we met. We met face to face and excanged them, I cant believe i never spotted it was fake.
He stays in Stevenston I think near kilmarnock as one of his ads said that and he wanted to meet there. | |
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skblakee
Joined: May 07, 2007
Posts: > 500
From: St.Kitts, West Indies
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Is the phone still available? 45 Here if it is.
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dougproctor
Joined: Jan 07, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: Gosport, UK
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I'm sure this guy is more interested in getting his N95 and £60 back than selling the imitation. That might come later..... |
RLP06
Joined: Jul 10, 2007
Posts: 342
From: London
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On 2008-10-29 16:24:16, dougproctor wrote:
Iain,
Have you not got his address if he had your N95 plus money to him? Not Hangman resurfaced is it?
Doug
He still owes me money from May
RLP06 (+17, -0) [e]
http://a-zott.com/ps.aspx
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blerk
Joined: Jun 12, 2008
Posts: > 500
From: London, UK
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Does the imitation work, and how well did they copy it?
I'm always amazed at how fast and sometiems very accurate the Chinese can copy stuff, like the iPhone clones.
Good luck getting your N95 and money back mate.
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Marly
Joined: Jun 04, 2006
Posts: > 500
From: Netherlands
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These imitations usually work ok for calls and texts, but they miss the more advanced options of the original, so they're being sold way too expensive, as they're not "the real thing".
Btw, it's possible to find the senders' I.P. address in Hotmail, but you need to have a Hotmail account yourself :
http://aruljohn.com/info/howtofindipaddress/
edit: the scammer's now also selling a N95:
http://glasgow.gumtree.com/glasgow/91/30423991.html
Googling his phone number, I've found another ad, dated 21.10., this time on Edinburgh Gumtree (Irvine), where he writes "made in korea", but again with the picture of the real Nokia N96:
http://edinburgh.gumtree.com/edinburgh/66/30064666.html
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Yasman
Joined: Dec 14, 2006
Posts: 277
From: London
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hi,
one thing to note there is
a) chinese fakes which are imitations: these will not have GPS, 5 megapixel camera (check the camera pic settings), no wifi, and will not accept standard nokia codes like *#0000#
b) there is the asian nokia stock which is original but made in china but uses slightly inferior parts to european stock.
you need to determine which it is.
I will warn you though that gumtree is full of people selling fake stuff. I used to buy off gumtree before and used to sell my items on gumtree before.
You can get some unsavoury charachters buying stuff from you and at the same time many people use it for scamming as once they have your cash they can disappear withour repurcussions as you don't know where they live and normally the no they are using is a pay as you go no which will go dead soon after the deal. a friend of mine bought some phones on gumtree and after collecting them three days later they all got barred and the no he was calling was dead.
ebay allows some protection via paypal and also ebay has contact details of sellers and esato is a feedback based system so has some security but gumtree is a different ball game. However I have to balance my statement and say on the whole 99% of my dealings on gumtree have been very pleasant.
regards Yasman
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iainkane
Joined: May 12, 2002
Posts: 99
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Surprisingly he is proving rather difficult to get hold of, I am considering calling from another mobile and arranging a meeting to buy another one and getting whatever I can back from him. His response when I text him was try and sell it on gumtree. I bet the n95 he is selling is my bloody one.
Gutted!!!
PS Thanks Marly for the IP Address stuff I got it sorted, I know his IP if anyone here is capable of messing with him and finding some useful info on his pc, drop me an im.
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Marly
Joined: Jun 04, 2006
Posts: > 500
From: Netherlands
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The ad with the N95 is gone now, might be sold already, or he's been reading the topic here.
Found another victim : http://glasgow.gumtree.com/glasgow/80/30277380.html
Maybe you should contact him and compare the info you have on the scammer.
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tsj
Joined: Apr 20, 2006
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ring him regarding his other phones for sale and meet up with the guy and sort him out | |
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Posted: 2008-10-29 17:03
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