Author Topic: Private Sale Scam (Read 4590 times)

tinkerman · « **on:** January 23, 2010, 07:14:00 AM »

There is a guy running around Calis and god knows where else with a big cheque 224,000 Lira offering it to people with private sale signs up, he acts as an agent for a 'friend in Antalya who has a very big fruit and vedge business, he will offer you the cheque but wants the excess today! 24,000 in my case, the cheque is dated 26th Feb.

He is quite happy for you to go to the bank and chck out the company details, probably because its the details of a proper company.

He tried it on with me and I know he a couple nearby and got them as far as the Tapu office ready to sign over, it wasn't until the Turkish lady in the office explained to them what was going on that they realised.

BEWARE!

Tinx

Eric · « **Reply #1 on:** January 23, 2010, 07:30:13 AM »

Has this been reported to the Police?

tinkerman · « **Reply #2 on:** January 23, 2010, 07:32:53 AM »

Not at the moment Eric, I only found out last night that someone else had been approached, if anyone else has had any contact with these guys please let us know.

sootysweep · « **Reply #3 on:** January 23, 2010, 08:00:59 AM »

Yes, we have had him and his so called friends doing very similar thing with us, offering us the asking price immediately and producing the same cheque with a date of 26th February mentioned. We sussed him as a conman after his 2nd visit on the same day, but decided to see how far he would go, since he wouldn't let us get a lawyer. We took a friend and his turkish girlfriend as a witness to the Notary Office, where we noticed the first signs of him panicking by beads of sweat on his forehead....because it became apparent he was trying to get POA to sell our house....at which point we thanked the Notary for explaining it to us and walked out, assuming that the Notary would report him since they had a copy of his ID.

sootysweep · « **Reply #4 on:** January 23, 2010, 08:05:12 AM »

Forgot to mention that there is a lady down the road from us who also had this man calling on her too.

tinkerman · « **Reply #5 on:** January 23, 2010, 08:21:33 AM »

The other lady you are talking about is probably part owner of the apartment which I spoke about

loz · « **Reply #6 on:** January 23, 2010, 12:51:27 PM »

quote:
Originally posted by sootysweep

Yes, we have had him and his so called friends doing very similar thing with us, offering us the asking price immediately and producing the same cheque with a date of 26th February mentioned. We sussed him as a conman after his 2nd visit on the same day, but decided to see how far he would go, since he wouldn't let us get a lawyer. We took a friend and his turkish girlfriend as a witness to the Notary Office, where we noticed the first signs of him panicking by beads of sweat on his forehead....because it became apparent he was trying to get POA to sell our house....at which point we thanked the Notary for explaining it to us and walked out, assuming that the Notary would report him since they had a copy of his ID.

If the Notary has a copy of his ID would it not be a good Idea for you to approach the Notary or Authorities to report this, or at least ensure that wheels are already in motion to arrest this Lowlife.

Scunner · « **Reply #7 on:** January 23, 2010, 14:03:34 PM »

It's a necessary warning but how long will it be before we are reading about the people who's greed helped them see an opportunity not to have to pay a registered agent 3%, and lose substantially more.

Eric · « **Reply #8 on:** January 23, 2010, 14:37:01 PM »

I agree Keith, will some one please report him to the Police, particularly as his ID is on file.

sootysweep · « **Reply #9 on:** January 23, 2010, 18:22:01 PM »

Thank you Tinkerman for bringing it to peoples attention, but we for one wish we hadn't have bothered, with the sarcastic comments made on this forum without the knowledge of individual cases or circumstances it beggers belief that anybody trys to help anybody.

Having had a bad experience in the past of the so called Authorities not being any help at all, we for one will not be reporting it, but thought we were doing our bit for the community by taking it as far as the Notary (being a Government Authority) and having his ID produced to them and them being fully aware of what this conman was trying to do, one would have thought that they would have got him arrested there and then.

Incidentally, we would be more than happy also to pay the 3% to anyone of the 10 Agents that have our property up for sale should they eventually find us a potential buyer just as we were willing to pay a lawyer of our choice as we pointed out to the "conman" to make sure our sale went through correctly.

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