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Possible Scam?

Andrew Ray2026-03-24 12:17:06

For iinformation of those selling a tandem, I recently put our tandem up for sale and soon afterwards had an email from MARK ATTWELL (attwell2@hotmail.com) offering to buy it unseen, and no haggling over price. He said he lived in Pembrokeshire and so would have to send courier, pay by BACS or cheque etc.  I asked him to first send evidence of address and ID, but after a few emails to and fro  (all very polite and  very well written) he still hadn't done this, but was offering to book a courier.  When I insisted on documents first he then replied that he had had an offer of a tandem nearer home and thus was no longer interested.

There is someone in Pembrokeshire called Mark Attwell, so I may be doing him an injustice, or it may be that someone is using his name.  

Take care, Andrew

Jonathan Stone2026-03-24 13:21:14
Hi Andrew. Yes this looks like a scam. My advert attracted 7 similar replies mostly from people promising a banker's draft and their 'agent' would collect the tandem. Red flags are the person has no questions, knows nothing about tandems and immediately agrees to pay whatever amount. Take care!