After perusing ebay for many months now i keep coming across pay £3.00 into someones paypal account, go on a list and wait your turn to receive thousands of pounds!! Does anyone know if this is yet another scam or if it really does work?

Thanks

Scam, scam, scam. If you've got £3 to throw away, go for it. I wouldn't expect the promised £thousands to roll in for quite some time though.

sounds like a scam if u ask me!!!!

it sounds like the thing that used to come thru my letter box, send a pound to each of the five names on the list then send the same list but substitute the last name for your own to as many people as you could ( 100 at least) which they in turn were supposed to do hence you getting lots of pounds back.
(NOT)

Litha

tis a BIGGGGG scam, however if you feel like giving away 3 quid i will have it with the guarentee of nothing back cepts my thanks :))

dave

we did it with knickers at the shop where i used to work, we all sent letters off and substituted our name at the bottom of the list and just sent one pair of knickers to the first name on the letter, i got 6 pairs of knickers back for the price of a £1.99 thong from George at Asda, but suppose it'd be different for money :P

Originally posted by Cutglass
we did it with knickers at the shop where i used to work, we all sent letters off and substituted our name at the bottom of the list and just sent one pair of knickers to the first name on the letter, i got 6 pairs of knickers back for the price of a £1.99 thong from George at Asda, but suppose it'd be different for money :P

hmm...... hope they were clean ones! :gag:

If something looks like a scam, it more than likely is!

totally and utterly off topic...........

Kristian when did you get moderated ???? ooo just noticed :D

Kristian has NEVER been moderate!

Mod Note: Stick to topic please! :D ;)

i did this invested my £3 got £12 back

Originally posted by Kristian
Mod Note: Stick to topic please! :D ;)

ooo looky here whos throwin their weight around <heehee>

bet ya been dyin to say that eh? i would be its like people just need to jump in a taxi n say
* follow that car*:hihi: :hihi:

Originally posted by f_g
i did this invested my £3 got £12 back

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I can't believe people are still falling for pyramid schemes (http://www.pyramidschemealert.org/), I mean it's not as if they're the most common & obviously stupid scam in the world, is it? Oh actually, yes they are. And they've now hit the Paypal generation. Contact Trading Standards, they are illegal in this country, despite what they may say about "fees to join your mailing list". Oh puh-leeese.
</rant>

who cares - if you have £3 to lose then do it, like i said i did it about 3 months ago and got 12 quid back. i didnt think it would work at all

i know what you are saying steev, and so will many others .. but there are still some people that have never come across this sort of thing, its a shame but there you have it. so its good that folks actually post their findings to warn others about them :)

Litha

Originally posted by Litha
ooo looky here whos throwin their weight around <heehee>

And that's a lot of weight to throw too :P

well if he wasnt that way and i wernt married he could thro it my way heehee :hihi: :hihi:

Originally posted by Litha
well if he wasnt that way and i wernt married he could thro it my way heehee :hihi: :hihi:

Notice that when you're complimenting him he doesn't tell you to keep it on topic?!? :P

ahh now ya come to mention it steev.......... this is true heheee
i hadnt noticed :D

But as evil moderator Joe who rarely gets complimented....I do tell folks to keep it on topic. :D

And it is a nasty scam that shpouldn't be encouraged because it just adds to teh piles of spam that get sent!

Joe

Flattered as I am by Litha's comments, (DaB; we'll talk later! :| ), please keep on topic!

no it shouldnt be encouraged at all, and its not just the fact that it causes more spam either , it is not fair and i know there are many people who will fall for this, perhaps people with very little money as it is hoping they will make the big time or at least be able to pay the bills etc.. i can not beleive ebay have a loop hole letting this sort of thing in :(

Litha

lol, y do u think that you need to pay £3 to be part of it. All I did was copy what it said and substituted the name on the bottom for my own, but didnt pay.
Surprisingly, I didnt get a penny, but it was a waste of half an hours work;)
But I didnt waste my time putting it on eBay as it is rather annoying

Here's a good scam that you & 29 friends (or fellow forrummers) can do with no risk:

First, 30 people each with £1000 spare form a syndicate.
Purchase the maximum Premium Bond allowance in 6 x £5000 blocks.
Sit back & wait.
Give it a year.
If you've won nowt you can agree to fold & get your £1000 back.
If (when) you win, split the winnings 30 ways or, if it's another big amount, buy another load in £5k blocks in the next persons name & so on...

Now, Don's been watching the nsadi website for a year now
& have seen a massive proportion of winners are dropping big prizes with block purchaces of £5000 or multiples of...

See the evidence yourself:
http://www.nsandi.com/products/pb/winnerlist.jsp

click on any month & review the winners list.
Print it off & highlight the £5k blocks.