Unsure if its a scam website/Call/Text?

Had a piano on Donedeal and Adverts and cant say I had any issues.

I also had it on Facebook Marketplace for a few days. I was getting 3/4 scam contacts a day before I took it down. Complete waste of time.

What happens is they say the courier charges an 'insurance' amount which they say they will include in the envelope but ask you to transfer that amount to the 'courier' beforehand.

When you refuse they then threaten legal action for not completing the 'contract' as they say they've already engaged the courier. I've seen the threatening messages recently and while they're actually hilarious, if you're anyway naive they can seem scary.

In the example I saw they were looking for 100 euro to be transferred to the courier, which would be included in the envelope with the purchase price.

Of course there is no courier to begin with and no one will show up.

Curious about what appears to be a new type of text message scam, and wonder if anybody has seen this before or knows how it would work?

Just got an ordinary text (SMS) message that says "Hi Mam, I broke my phone, WhatsApp me on my new number", and it then gives a number that starts with 089.

First red flag is that I'm a Dad rather than a Mam, and second is that neither of my children are yet old enough to even own a phone.

Was going to reply via SMS in case it was a genuine case of somebody sending that message to a wrong number, but then noticed that the message came from an 085 number, rather than the 089 that the sender claims is their new phone number.

There's no link to click, or anything else - just a request to send a WhatsApp message to that 089 number.

So....scam? And if so, how would it work, or what might I be getting myself into if I did indeed message that number?

Agreed. It's been doing the rounds for a while now.

Brother looking to get a KugooKirin M4 Pro, anyone know if kugoo Ireland is safe?

Thanks

Thanks L1001,

Does the eu site look better?

Or would you give kugoo a miss completely?

Currently genuinely waiting on a parcel so was wondering is this a scam message?

100% yes! Don’t click on this links.

Did you check their address?

"Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, IRELAND.

And they actually have an excellent reputation.

How was their reply "brusk" - do you really need someone to do a pandering 2 page reply to you when one sentence is sufficient?

Btw, Amazon don't deliver kitchen appliances here

Ha ha Amazon delivered it three days later, as they do with most kitchen appliances.

Their automatic system did not let me know there was any delay, I had to contact their CS through email.. email! (no phone numbers or online chat) and then a day later 11 words "As per the listing this is due in to stock in March". eh Thanks is that in 3 months March 2024 ?

If you read the post you would know I saw the address and THAT is why I used them, its only when you try CONTACT them that you realise they are not Irish in any meaningful way.

If you like the way they do business then use them.

I was talking about an IRISH phone number and the web chat did NOT respond during those times.

I never said it was a large appliance, it was small\medium like 90% of kitchen appliances.

You are probably affliated I can tell by the tone of your responses it rhymes with their emails

A URL that was registered only on June 24th this year, for a website that looks very different from the main site at

https://www.anker.com/eu-en

Very amateur-looking pages for things like shipping and returns/refunds policy, where the content doesn't mirror the content on the main site.

Looks dodgy as hell to me.