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Please spread the word 13th December 2014

Gumtree.........Deus for sale with 11" coil, remote & WS5, the seller shows a picture with all items then makes an excuse for payment direct to his/her account, there is no Deus !

One person has already lost £760, please let all forums know.


From Nigel at Regtons.

I got done a few weeks ago for Deus on gumtree for £660 police are dealing with it for what that is worth

More like SCUM !! .... Thanks for the tip off

Sorry to hear that mate, hope they get there comuppence one way are the other ;)

http://www.gumtree.com/p/other-sports-leisure/xp-Deus-with-11-inch-coil-ws5-headphones-and-control-unit/1092675861 (http://www.gumtree.com/p/other-sports-leisure/xp-Deus-with-11-inch-coil-ws5-headphones-and-control-unit/1092675861)

There is a section by his ad where you can report it as being fraudulent, has anybody done this ??

It's happening all the time on Gumtree, about a year ago I contacted two sellers on the same day about different machines that were going cheap and both turned out to be scams.  If you see a deal that seems to good to be true it probably is, I ask them if I can pick it up and pay cash, I have no real intention of doing that but if they are genuine they will supply an address and I feel a bit safer continuing :-\

Perhaps better buying second hand or reconditioned from a dealership!

also trading with this number 07596346636 selling Deus coils isle of white

nice one geoff,a good ploy for scammers.

why do people do it is it the greed of the buyer hoping to find gold or just a complete A-hole?

http://www.gumtree.com/p/other-sports-leisure/xp-Deus-metal-detector-with-two-coils-and-contol-unit/1093004981 (http://www.gumtree.com/p/other-sports-leisure/xp-Deus-metal-detector-with-two-coils-and-contol-unit/1093004981) ???

Its not only happening on metal detectors, its happening on vehicles a mate of mine lost a large deposit..... Gumtree is best avoided.

Cheers for the heads up ;) 

My detecting partner fell for this exact scam this week. £750 down the drain, thought he was buying a Deus. Police told him that he won't get his money back.  >:(

Surely if your money has gone into a bank account, then the authorities don't have to look far for these villains. Or have i missed part of the story???

They would close the account as so as they were paid, then open another bogus bank  account ???

That's not the scam. What they do is sell you the detector over a mobile phone conversation and give you a false name, address/location (far from where you live, eg Isle of Wight), they tell you that they will ring you back in a day or two with their bank details. In the meantime they buy something else like an expensive bike or another detector for the negotiated same amount and they give them your name, they then ask them for their bank details in order to pay them and arrange collection.  Then they ring you back with the other guys bank details, you transfer the money and the scammer goes to collect item you have ended up paying for. You end up with nothing, the other innocent guy gets your money and the scammer get an expensive item for free that he will sell on. Obviously he cuts up the sim on the mobile. Dozens of people are getting ripped off this way every week.

Thanks rob,i get that

Mind you their timing would have to be spot on