The lady 'Adriaan' made contact, with standard chatter and bargaining on price: Of course this was exciting news for Rachel, she needed the money for some car repairs etc, the FB messenger chat log looks like this. They gave me permission to share the chat logs so I can show you which flags were there, but were just missed in the moment. Now before I go on, in case you haven't read my book, Facebook Marketplace and GumTree are absolutely rife with scammers and scams so you should always be weary when listing and buying from these sites! The next day after listing to FB MarketPlace and the FB groups, she received a request from an interested buyer. The dress costed well over 3K and it was being sold for 1.5K, a pretty good deal. A week ago Rachel listed her wedding dress for sale on a number of different places, Ebay, Facebook Marketplace, Facebook buy swap & sell groups, Gum Tree etc. Early this year Mike & Rachel got married, (I had the pleasure of being invited to their wedding). For background, Mike is a seasoned IT security Guy, used to seeing scams, Rachel works in healthcare. This week I was reached out to by some friends of mine, Mike & Rachel who had been scammed.
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