Farmers guide scam. 135

[Will 1594]

Any one seen ad for a 135. £400 Shrewsbury , Messaged and get vague messages back , at 5,30 this morning smell a con , may be genuine and don’t know it’s value
offered 1000 says it won’t start but turn over. Turd or treasure
Ringing farm ads se if any resolve or genuine , wonder how many deposits they will get of 400

 

[Jsmith2211]

400 for a 135... Buy it! If its genuine ofc. Those engines will always start up unless its seriously broke. The old saying does spring to mind... If its too good to be true it probably is.

 

[grainboy]

Saw it yesterday, tempted to phone, but probably same scam that I fell for last month, as in same area, but details are different,
Stupidly bought a small livestock trailer, spoke to person, all checked out, same story, clearing out FIL, paid by bacs , went to collect, nothing,
Yes I should have known better,

 

[grainboy]

Contact Greg at Farmads, am always letting him know of dodgy ads on Farmads,
Like yesterday Massey for £7 k , £20k tractor, photo from G m. Stephensons yard,

 

[redsloe]

Surely with bacs you can pay on site on collection? If they demand a deposit then it must be a big F U?

 

[grainboy]

Yes, there was no demand on payment, just I bought the story, item wasn’t too good too be true price,
As I deal definitely should have known better, and feel total prat telling you all,
But I often let items go out of yard, ‘with pay when you get home’, you must be able to trust people.
Believe me, I will get my money, as in a couple of years ago, I went banging on a tff members door, to retrieve goods or money, and that was a 300 mile round trip.

 

[lloyd]

Had someone trying to sell me item before Christmas, traced their email
address to Nigeria .
Unless someone trustworthy can vouch for said person payment on uplift.

 

[essexpete]

The ad looks like Andrew "Long Leggs" Wilkins yard nr Chippenham.

 

[Dave W]

The ad looks like Andrew "Long Leggs" Wilkins yard nr Chippenham.

What company does he trade as?

 

[pear]

Massey ferguson 135 tractor flexi Andrew Wilkins Ltd

Same one??

 

[Goweresque]

The ad looks like Andrew "Long Leggs" Wilkins yard nr Chippenham.

Yes, its this machine currently on his website:

Massey ferguson 135 tractor flexi Andrew Wilkins Ltd

His price is £4k so the scammer is pricing at 10% of market value!

 

[essexpete]

Definitely old adage if it looks too cheap........

 

[Andrew K]

Yes, there was no demand on payment, just I bought the story, item wasn’t too good too be true price,
As I deal definitely should have known better, and feel total prat telling you all,
But I often let items go out of yard, ‘with pay when you get home’, you must be able to trust people.
Believe me, I will get my money, as in a couple of years ago, I went banging on a tff members door, to retrieve goods or money, and that was a 300 mile round trip.

Name and shame Terry,these low life people need sorting out!

 

[grainboy]

Yes, but then that makes me know better than them,
Also would probably get liable for deformation of character, in this weird and wonderful world in which we live !!

 

[Dave W]

Name and shame Terry,these low life people need sorting out!

Yes, but then that makes me know better than them,
Also would probably get liable for deformation of character, in this weird and wonderful world in which we live !!

Forgive me being thick. The person exists? As in it's not some Nigerian pretending to be John smith? But he was advertising something he didn't own?

 

[grainboy]

Bit confused with your comment DW

 

[Dave W]

Bit confused with your comment DW

I thought you were inferring you'd get your money from the scammers but reading again you meant the non payer. My bad

 

[Will 1594]

Saw it yesterday, tempted to phone, but probably same scam that I fell for last month, as in same area, but details are different,
Stupidly bought a small livestock trailer, spoke to person, all checked out, same story, clearing out FIL, paid by bacs , went to collect, nothing,
Yes I should have known better,

Terry ,log it with action fraud .police .uk they will log it , might or might not get you any where , but worth a try ,
i suppose a throwaway mobile can will be used ,for the number wonder how many will get scammed same ,

 

[grainboy]

Lol, think my money has long gone with that one, should have known better,
The other was 10 months of promised payment, around £2500, I finally lost patience,
Went door knocking, he wasn’t very cooperative to start with, but by the time that I uplifted some of my property, the difference in £ suddenly appeared,
Quite a satisfying day !!

 

[lloyd]

My friend from Nigeria logged on here as a new member
in the 'introduce yourself 'thread.