13 April 2017, 03:47 PM | #1 |
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Is this a scam? Fake DavidSW
Hey All,
I posted a WTB ad in the forum. Since then I have received this email with a Rolex Watch offer: Hello, I'm David, Here in my office is a nice watch for sale and i wish to ask if you are interested in buying of them. So get back to me soon and i will get all information of the watch to you. Thanks David S-Williams Email: dswoirlando@gmail.com www.davidsw.com Visit us in person at: 8015 Turkey Lake Rd. Suite 500 Orlando, FL The email has an extra 'i' in it as opposed to dsworlando@gmail.com - safe to assume it is a fake/scam? |
13 April 2017, 03:50 PM | #2 |
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Sounds like a scam to me.
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13 April 2017, 03:52 PM | #3 |
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Looks like a scam to me. Easiest way to find out would be to email david (obviously you know his real email) and ask him about it. Assuming it is in fact someone posing as David, I'm sure he'd appreciate the heads up.
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13 April 2017, 03:52 PM | #4 |
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Of course it's a scam. The crappy English is an instant red flag.
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13 April 2017, 06:08 PM | #5 |
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I agree, grammar, punctuation, and wording all shout SCAM.
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13 April 2017, 07:04 PM | #6 |
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What do you think?
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13 April 2017, 07:21 PM | #7 |
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I do not understand why top dealers do not use their own domain as their email, instead they use Gmail or similar and that opens space for this kind of fraud.
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13 April 2017, 07:54 PM | #8 |
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Pretty obvious that it's a poser.
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13 April 2017, 08:22 PM | #9 |
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Yep and David just posted about this the other day.
https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=529398 To know the future is to be trapped by it |
13 April 2017, 08:22 PM | #10 |
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Definite scam. Stay away.
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13 April 2017, 08:23 PM | #11 |
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Yes. Scam.
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13 April 2017, 10:03 PM | #12 |
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Scam tell David if you have not already
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13 April 2017, 10:55 PM | #13 |
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Not just watch dealers. I never have understood how people think a gmail, Hotmail, yahoo, etc email address is ok to use in business. Here is a secret; it isn't.
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14 April 2017, 02:04 AM | #14 | |
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Some have lost emails that have cost them significant amounts of money one way or another, and many many headaches. gmail is reliable and has been accessible anywhere in the world for more than a decade. |
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14 April 2017, 02:28 AM | #15 |
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These guys are always trying and PREY on WTB posts
Please call me always to verify they can't take my phone number 407 460 2259
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14 April 2017, 07:27 AM | #16 |
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look at the email address. the "i" that doesn't belong in Orlando is the giveaway....
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24 June 2017, 04:06 PM | #17 |
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This scammer (with that email address) has been at it for quite some time...I had been contacted at the end of 2016, so made sure to let David know then. Seems like a perpetual scammer.
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24 June 2017, 07:56 PM | #18 |
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Not him, that's not his email address and David never solicts directly for business. Just posts some of his watches for sale here.
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24 June 2017, 11:05 PM | #19 |
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If you are going to impersonate a guy like DSW at least use proper English and grammar!!!! C'mon man.
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25 June 2017, 01:32 AM | #20 |
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What is wrong, with English like that? I as well speak in scam.
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