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    Posted: 17 Feb 07 at 9:18am
Corby  thats only 5mins from here, i'll go get my pitchfork.
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Hi guys, Although we don't directly sell on this forum, I have noticed from other forums about a current sales scam going on:

Taken from a Ford Escort Forum (no I don't have one):

Right most of you are probably aware of the fact that quite a few of us got conned by the user Mud-Plugger and that he has potentially got over £1000 from various members, me be being one of them. He has done this using almost the exact same con, even using almost the same back story, on at least three other forums:-

UK Fiesta Network

Opel Manta Forum

Mk1 Astra Owners Forum

He used three different names, Martin or Kevin Dines and I think he has used Mark , various different user names, that all look too familiar, Mad-Un, Mud-Plugger, Landy-Loon. We got two different fake addresses, an IP address and he knows his stuff, about different type of cars and what we buy.

He only accepted PayPal payments, so if you've haven't already done it, put in a claim. If you paid through your credit card on PayPal make a fraudulent payment claim with them also, they will be quicker and you're more likely to get your money back. If not the wait through PayPal is going to be at least 30 days, but with the amount of people claiming against him, they should realise something is up.

RussyBoy contacted the police and was given the e-mail address of officer Ann Wallis (ann.wallis@northants.police.uk), I've contacted her with as much info as possible and she has asked me to contact Northamptonshire Police on 0845 700700 and speak to Central Recording Bureau. They are going to take the details and pass everything onto Ann, quote the crime reference number of NB/28905/06.

I suggest again if you haven't done so, report it to them. The more people that do it will mean that the more seriously they will take the crime and hopefully get hold of this guy.

He needs to be stopped, it's been done here and other places and he will probably do it again somewhere else - even with all the warnings we've been sending to other forums.

He has dented my trust, and probably that of others, and I hate him for that more than anything else!

Sortedford:
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62.253.32.4 this is his ip, which is an NTL ip, only shared on this site by Lee R, and 1 post by tim2000 within the last 500 posts, which would suggest hes local to them?

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You have a new member just joined your club .
user name = Mud Plugger .
he joined our club as LANDYLOON
he joined the mk1 stra club as DINESEY

He is running a scam Advertising non existant goods !
taking the money via PayPal and then disappearing !

many of our members have lost a few quid recently.
BEWARE = KEEP AN EYE ON HIM.

If you have contact details for him
pass them on to the various clubs above .

He seems to be based in the Northampton area .

The OPEL MANTA OWNERS CLUB are
actively searching for him as I type

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

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This was dug up by another member :

An electoral roll search done by John (bettyswollox again !! amateur p.i.)

Martin/michael Dines.

31 west walk.
corby old village.
corby,
Northants.

other occupants : Karen M Dines. Callum T mccallum.

Neil M Dines.

1 west view.
corby old village.
corby.
Northants

Other occupants : Karen M Dines. Michael M Dines, Nicola H Mccallum.

Trevor Dines.

7 west side.
corby old village.
Corby,
Northhants.

Other occupants : Christina A Luczynski. Callum T. McCallum.

A bit odd that some of the name appear at other addresses, seem to be a few folk with mighty similar names too.

Probably a camp of "travellers" or nest of scammers.

Old bill might be interested though. 


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