Anyone know of any buyer scams

[jandjlockhart]

We are selling our Motorhome and we’re contacting to yesterday by a dealer who travelled from Hertfordshire claiming to be visiting a friend and interested in the van. We met tonight and he wants to purchase obviously at a reduced price. He’s given a deposit in cash to complete tomorrow

There were 2 of them the buyer and his technician. I know there are a few scams about. I will be taking the cash to the bank first thing to have it checked as genuine.

Any advice?

Thanks Janey

 

[Jon Stewart]

I realise that in days of yore that was a commonplace jibe but isn't that rather racist in view of today's sensitivities?

Sorry what race are the Irish?

I thought we were Caucasian, like most of Europe!

 

[swemmy666]

My bank will not accept more than £10k in cash without references, so much drug money about. I would be very wary.
Phil

You should be able to clear it up by talking, or in a recent case I had, app messaging

 

[swemmy666]

Sorry what race are the Irish?

I thought we were Caucasian, like most of Europe!

actual all of Europe are Heinz 57, which make it sad that many of our fellow citizens think we are somehow different.

 

[Spriddler]

Sorry what race are the Irish?

I thought we were Caucasian, like most of Europe!

My underlying point was how is it that roguish behaviour has been especially attributed to Irish people in the same way that Scottish and Yorkshire folk have a reputation for being 'careful' with their money?
Is it simply that their accent makes them identifiable?

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[Puddleduck]

actual all of Europe are Heinz 57, which make it sad that many of our fellow citizens think we are somehow different.

And further back we are all African

 

[Gaston aires]

This post has morphed from Buyer scams to ancestry
Keep it to the point please.

 

[swemmy666]

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My underlying point was how is it that roguish behaviour has been especially attributed to Irish people in the same way that Scottish and Yorkshire folk have a reputation for being 'careful' with their money?
Is it simply that their accent makes them identifiable?

Trying not to cause outrage, I'm not sure it was meant to be all Irish

 

[Jev88]

And further back we are all African

Latest research suggests another population started in the very far East ......

 

[Puddleduck]

Latest research suggests another population started in the very far East ......

I thought that had been disproven???

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[Jev88]

I thought that had been disproven???

I think it depends when you draw a line and say homo sapiens....... Some evidence shows several populations of early homo xxxx interbred and lead to homo sapiens......

 

[ianp]

I think it depends when you draw a line and say homo sapiens....... Some evidence shows several populations of early homo xxxx interbred and lead to homo sapiens......

I think the research shows that those 'peoples' that left sub Saharan Africa interbred with the fading Neandertal people of the North to such an extent that all current people now have between 2 and 4 % of Neandertal DNA except for those of sub Saharan decent who have none.
I also seem to remeber that in terms of DNA the difference between a person and a chicken is somewhere about 4 % difference in their DNA........Mmmmm......

 

[Sdrawde]

I read last month that 90% of Europeans share a hefty amount of our DNA with Vlad the Impaler.

To this day, he continues to be held as a national hero in Romania, although those who were affected by his marauding and impaling tendencies may hold a different view.

However, I think we can fairly blame any untoward nasty tendencies we might have squarely on Vlad's shoulder.

 

[Sdrawde]

Or shoulders

 

[swemmy666]

think all Hominidae originated in Africa, even if different branches met again in Europe and Asia and interbred

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[swemmy666]

I read last month that 90% of Europeans share a hefty amount of our DNA with Vlad the Impaler.

To this day, he continues to be held as a national hero in Romania, although those who were affected by his marauding and impaling tendencies may hold a different view.

However, I think we can fairly blame any untoward nasty tendencies we might have squarely on Vlad's shoulder.

If true, we now know what he used for most of his impaling. I think it might be ghengis khan you were thinking of

 

[Sdrawde]

We went for meal at a pretty posh restaurant in Manchester last year and the guy who was our waiter had a large tattoo on his arm.
I said 'is that Vlad the Impaler?' - he was so impressed he gave us a bottle of wine for free.

Ahhh. Yes, it may well have been Mr Khan, and I'm quite happy to shift the blame from Vlad to him as by all accounts he had a particularly nasty side to his character.

 

[swemmy666]

We went for meal at a pretty posh restaurant in Manchester last year and the guy who was our waiter had a large tattoo on his arm.
I said 'is that Vlad the Impaler?' - he was so impressed he gave us a bottle of wine for free.

Ahhh. Yes, it may well have been Mr Khan, and I'm quite happy to shift the blame from Vlad to him as by all accounts he had a particularly nasty side to his character.

and the name of the restaurant is, and what did he look like?

 

[cyberyacht]

If true, we now know what he used for most of his impaling. I think it might be ghengis khan you were thinking of

He, allegedly, didn't take his boots off during any 'impaling' activities.

 

[ianp]

He, allegedly, didn't take his boots off during any 'impaling' activities.

who....? The waiter or Vlad...?

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[cyberyacht]

Ghengis Khan

 

[ianp]

Puddleduck

I think the research shows that those 'peoples' that left sub Saharan Africa interbred with the fading Neandertal people of the North to such an extent that all current people now have between 2 and 4 % of Neandertal DNA except for those of sub Saharan decent who have none.
I also seem to remeber that in terms of DNA the difference between a person and a chicken is somewhere about 4 % difference in their DNA........Mmmmm......

Why do you find it funny? the numbers vary but the principle is a given.....

 

[Puddleduck]

Puddleduck

Why do you find it funny? the numbers vary but the principle is a given.....

Just the thought of only being 4% away from a chicken. No offense meant.

 

[Dave and Jen]

I am amazed by how posts about one thing degenerates to a load of rubbish.
I was going to say sh9te- but that's a bit rude!
Cheers Dave

 

[ianp]

I am amazed by how posts about one thing degenerates to a load of rubbish.
I was going to say sh9te- but that's a bit rude!
Cheers Dave

Well your under no compulsion to read any of it.......in much the same way that your under no compulsion to be rude...... !

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[Dave and Jen]

Or you!
Dave

 

[gus-lopez]

My bank will not accept more than £10k in cash without references, so much drug money about. I would be very wary.
Phil

I assume that must be every day as otherwise it isn't even a 'bank'?

 

[gus-lopez]

Ahhh. Yes, it may well have been Mr Khan, and I'm quite happy to shift the blame from Vlad to him as by all accounts he had a particularly nasty side to his character.

I take it we are talking about the Mayor of London?

 

[KASPAR]

I've met many Neandertals, including Vlad the Impaler during my working life, particularly in the construction industry in the UK. Beyond prehistoric in their mindset.

 

[rob1234]

Don't take cash insist on a bank transfer.
If you pay large amount of cash into a bank the bank willcheck it after close of business and if there are forgeries it will come back on you and he will be long gone.

i remember i lifted a large sum out my bank (natwest at the time ) to buy a car went to car auction bought the car went to pay for it ,,cash office looking at the cash saying 2 of the twenty notes were fake ,,they gave me them back and i paid them back into my account ,that they never questioned. a week later i told them about the fake £20s they gave me ,,they said they dont check all the notes ,,brilliant cant even trust the bank

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[MichaelT]

i remember i lifted a large sum out my bank (natwest at the time ) to buy a car went to car auction bought the car went to pay for it ,,cash office looking at the cash saying 2 of the twenty notes were fake ,,they gave me them back and i paid them back into my account ,that they never questioned. a week later i told them about the fake £20s they gave me ,,they said they dont check all the notes ,,brilliant cant even trust the bank

I think the counting machines check them now.