Beware
of Cheaters & Scammers
One of our free advertisers has made us aware of a Scam! The Scammer
will contact you and claim he is interested in buying / purchasing
your stairlift. He / She will say they want to export the stairlift
abroad to another country etc..
Over a period of email correspondences they will
ask you to send a cheque/check for the import/export of the stairlift
plus add additional shipping payments and claim they will reimburse
your payment / money on receipt of the stairlift
Imports / Exports of stairlifts is not viable for
anyone! Not even large "Sole Traders" or "legitimate
companies" unless they are moving large volumes of stock.
Stairlift Trader is not aware of any person or company that would
export used second hand stairlifts to another country. If you
receive such a request please throw the email in the bin and contact
us immediately
These people are low life scum preying on people
when they are most vulnerable and in many cases still in bereavement.
Though the scam is very crude and badly implemented. We feel it
only right to bring this to your attention
You can see an example of the type of email you
may receive below
Kind Regards
Admin Team
http://www.stairlifttrader.com
Nigerian
Scam
Nigerian scam (plural Nigerian scams)
An attempt to defraud by sending out large amounts of emails stating
that the recipient has inherited a vast fortune, but will need
to supply banking account details, or to send payment for fees,
before the inheritance can be passed on. Claim they wish to buy
/ purchase goods for sale and endeavor for you to supply Bank
details or send cheque's / Money orders or payments through a
third party payment processor
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Stairlift Scam
GoodDay Sir,
I came across your ads at the website you have it posted,i'll
like you to understand that i have so much interest to buy your
Acorn
Slimline Stairlift if still available,though some info are on
the site but
i'll appreciate if you give following details here.
1)The present condition.
2)why you want to sell it
3)Exact and final price.
4)Send picture if available
5)Let me know the pickup arrangement though i've a reliable shipper
who use
to take care of my shipment that can come for the pickup.
Read from you.
Cheers
Hello James,
Thank you for your enquiry, the background to this
stairlift is as follows:
We purchased the stairlift direct from Acorn and
it was an ex demonstration
unit from their showroom, it had never been installed at anyone's
house and
looked brand new. Acorn checked it thoroughly before installation
and then
they installed it at my Mother-in-Law's house on 7th May 2008
and we were
given a 12 month warranty agreement.
Sadly my Mother-in-Law died on 7th June so you can
see that it was only used
for a month and only one trip up and one trip down per day. My
Mother-in-Law
by the way was tiny in her last year or two and probably weighed
around six
stones if that, so she was no strain on the lift.
Until now my wife has been too upset to want to
deal with disposing of the
stairlift but the time has come to do so and so I will be dealing
with it.
The unit looks (and virtually is) brand new and I will be happy
to
demonstrate it operating perfectly. It has both remote and manual
controls
and a battery charger, the straight rail is 12 feet 9.5 inches
or 3.936
metres long with a hinged section at the bottom.
I believe that the unit supplied new would have
been around £2,800 but we
bought it for £1,770 so I think £500 is an extremely
good price it probably
should be around £800. Acorn will move it and re-install
it if required and
I think they charge around £350 with 12 months warranty.
Otherwise I will
uninstall it myself, however I would not install it. Due to the
long rail I
would be unable to deliver it as I only have a saloon car so I
think we must
say that the buyer collects after funds have cleared.
I will photograph it during the weekend and I will
be happy to email you the
pictures if required. If you need any further information please
don't
hesitate to come back to me.
Best regards
***** ***** (Name removed by admin)
GoodDay Mr.***********,
Thanks for you responce how is work and family ?And hope all is
well with you ?I need your Acorn Slimline Stairlift and the present
condition you say is ok by me, I will like to bring to your notice
that i
live in germany and there will be no problem in transporting the
Stairliftt.But i urge you not to sell it to any body, Pleas hope
the Acorn
Slimline Stairlift document or recipt is intact pls try and understand
b'cos
i will not want any mistake,But i want it transpot to my new house
in
germny,I will arang for the pick-up my self, I will be willing
to make the
payment by a certified MONEY ORDER payable in Uk funds will be
accepted by
you in regards of your payment,pleas If this is alright with you
Do get back
to me with your phone number and home address were your payment
will be send
to,thanks and
God bless
Regard..
Hello James,
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I have all of the documentation supplied with the
stairlift including our
receipt of purchase. I am very happy for you to buy this and I
will
co-operate fully with you and your shipper. My address is above
with my
telephone numbers but the stairlift of course is at my Mother-in-Law's
house
which is only about 2 or 3 kilometres away.
Please explain how you will want this to happen
including expected dates of
demonstration, removal and payment, etc.
We live close to the centre of the South Coast near
the port of Poole but
the car ferries in our area are to France. The channel tunnel
is about 2.5
hours drive away depending on traffic conditions.
Best regards
***** (Removed by admin)
GoodDay Mr..*****,
Thanks for the mail,and Thanks for your responds how was your
day? Mine was hectic as usual work and all, Hope all is well with
you? Am
buying the stairlift ,Pleas dont sell the stairlift to any body
i have
arang for your payment through my costormer who is indepted to
me and she
live in UK,And i have tell her that i want to buy a stairlift
from you,And
we have discuse about the payment and she has agred to make the
payment to
you......And she promise to send the cheque across via a faster
courier's
company which will deliver it at your door step ok, And she said
she can
only make your payment and the shippment cost in one cheque B'cos
my
transporter base in Holland in which he can never cash the cheque
B'cos my
client is making the payment from a UK bank and she said the transporting
cost will be included...that she is travling to Australia for
a busness
tripe by monday night, And i want her to make the payment befor
she left for
Australia....Pleas mr.***** i need your help As soon as the cheque
clear to
your account will deduct your own part of the money and wire across
the
remaining ballance to the shipping agent.......via western-union
money
transfer store around your location......For the quick pickup
of the
stairlift from her location.....And the money transfer charges
will be at
my client cost ok......The payment will be like this £800,.for
the stairlift
£1,100 for transporting,,,,+£100 for money transfer
to make it be £2,000
ok....Hope all is fine and better.....So let me know if its ok
with you
b'cos she promise to send the payment by next wenesday.....Pleas
dont be mad
at me b'cos I could have pay you by cash but i am finacialy handicap
to pay
at this moment of time........B'cos i just lost my store in a
fire accident
few week's ago and i need the stairlift ,And this is my home address:
Mr.Godwill James,Jesinger Str.20, 70320 Kirchheim/Teckhope Germany
love to
hear from you soon, thanks and GOD bless.
My Regard.
Dear James,
In this time of scams, frauds and money laundering
you will understand that
I am very cautious of how this deal proceeds. Please be very clear
that no
money will leave my bank and the stairlift will not leave the
house until
the purchase money has cleared and been verified in my bank.
Also, a shipper of course will accept a UK cheque
in Holland as they would
in Germany which you will know if you live there. Western Union
is well
known as an insecure payment method which I do not like to use.
You should
tell your customer to send you the cheque and then pay me by PayPal.
***** (Name Removed by Admin)
There has been no further contact. In addition to
the emails were a couple of late night 2-3am telephone calls regarding
the proposed deal.
The advertiser in question had intellect
and seen what was coming. Please do not become a victim of fraud!
Ignore all such emails and contact us immediately
Admin Team
http://www.stairlifttrader.com
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