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Old 17 April 2022, 06:08 AM   #1
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Sale of Rolex through the guarant service

Hi everyone!
I need your advice.
One girl wrote me that she wants to buy 2 my Rolex watches. I sent her an additional photo with a paper of her initials to prove that I have it. After that we agreed on the price and she offered to pay by bank transfer. I agreed and gave her information for the transfer of funds . After that I received an e-mail from the payment company that makes that transfer. But I have never heard a such suspicious messages. I attached photos of these messages below.
Have any of you ever heard or cooperated with PLATINUM INVESTMENT TRUST BANK? I didn’t find any information about it, but only their site. What do you think? Is this another trap of fraudsters?
Hoping for your help. Let me know what do you think. Thanks a lot.
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Old 17 April 2022, 06:16 AM   #2
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Nope, no way. “Proof of shipment to finalize payment”. A bunch of red flags, but this one is on fire!
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Old 17 April 2022, 06:30 AM   #3
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I would in NO WAY trust anything from this person/bank. Looks completely wrong.
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Old 17 April 2022, 06:33 AM   #4
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Looks legit to me!
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Old 17 April 2022, 06:33 AM   #5
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The entire message is written by someone whose primary language is not English. Do NOT proceed or deal with this person anymore.
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Old 17 April 2022, 09:05 AM   #6
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The entire message is written by someone whose primary language is not English. Do NOT proceed or deal with this person anymore.
Def looks like a scam and thread moved to Watchout, but the fact that someone's primary language isn't English doesn't make them more likely to be scammer. I'd say most scam attempts on TRF are made using perfect English, and usually from the US.

OP, if this is a TRF member, you can put the name here and I'll check it out.
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Old 17 April 2022, 06:36 AM   #7
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Found the site. Now I have to clean my phone. No way I would trust this one.
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Old 17 April 2022, 06:40 AM   #8
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No, just no.
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Old 17 April 2022, 07:07 AM   #9
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Sale of Rolex through the guarant service

100% scam.

The English use in the text does not feel right. This looks very suspicious to me.

No way I’d agree to an escrow that I’d not know of.

Stay away…. Besides, since when can she send an “officer” to collect the watch? And now make sure your home alarm is always on and your watches are secured - hopefully you have not shared your home address.
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Old 17 April 2022, 07:52 AM   #10
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100% scam.

The English use in the text does not feel right. This looks very suspicious to me.

No way I’d agree to an escrow that I’d not know of.

Stay away…. Besides, since when can she send an “officer” to collect the watch? And now make sure your home alarm is always on and your watches are secured - hopefully you have not shared your home address.
Its Scamer 100%
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Old 17 April 2022, 08:16 AM   #11
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100% scam.

The English use in the text does not feel right. This looks very suspicious to me.

No way I’d agree to an escrow that I’d not know of.

Stay away…. Besides, since when can she send an “officer” to collect the watch? And now make sure your home alarm is always on and your watches are secured - hopefully you have not shared your home address.
Agree as well, stay away OP!
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Old 17 April 2022, 07:10 AM   #12
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Scammer. Don’t sell to a stranger if you are not in the watch business. Sell to a reputable grey dealer.
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Old 17 April 2022, 07:15 AM   #13
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Nope.


I’d contact your bank and have them them let you know if the funds have cleared and are in your account before shipping anything
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Old 17 April 2022, 07:23 AM   #14
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Investment Trust Bank scam comes up #1 in a Google search!
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Old 17 April 2022, 07:26 AM   #15
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Only ship when you have the money on your bank
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Old 17 April 2022, 09:17 AM   #16
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Send a box full of poop and see what happens. Confirm she gets the hood and the “fund” stay lol


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Old 17 April 2022, 09:27 AM   #17
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Old 17 April 2022, 10:24 AM   #18
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Only way you should ever consider sending anything, is if you can veify funds in YOUR account.

Stay away!
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Old 17 April 2022, 10:34 AM   #19
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Scam, scam scam!! Do not send until funds are in your bank , period. What a joke! Glad you asked us . :-))
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Old 17 April 2022, 10:56 AM   #20
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This one is a really close call, but I’m leaning toward scam?


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Old 17 April 2022, 11:40 AM   #21
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i haven't ever heard of a 'platinum investment trust bank,' hence sounds fugazi to me.

if it were a large global bank, would be easy enough to verify.

i'd stay away from this one.
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Old 17 April 2022, 11:42 AM   #22
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Needs more positive adjectives in the title: Honest Platinum Investment Trust Bank We The Best .
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Old 17 April 2022, 11:49 AM   #23
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Needs more positive adjectives in the title: Honest Platinum Investment Trust Bank We The Best .

This is funny.


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Old 17 April 2022, 12:17 PM   #24
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If they've agreed to forward you a pre-paid shipping label, that could be fun...
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Old 17 April 2022, 02:06 PM   #25
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Send him a moon swatch lol
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Old 17 April 2022, 10:08 PM   #26
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Send him a moon swatch lol

No, they’re far too rate!
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Old 17 April 2022, 10:12 PM   #27
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Its a scam the buyer will always ask for your email to send the fake confirmation of transfer.
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Old 17 April 2022, 10:26 PM   #28
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No way.
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Old 18 April 2022, 12:28 AM   #29
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Yeah, NO!
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Old 18 April 2022, 01:30 AM   #30
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It would be tough to find a more obvious or more often used scam.

The old “fake wire payment” trick. Hard to even imagine that it still works, but so it goes.
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