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A DPD driver will give me the money? Really?!

110 replies

ItsAllAboutTheLighting · 08/11/2021 16:08

I'm just trying to sell a full sized keyboard.

Someone is keen, she said she will send a DPD driver tomorrow, he will give me the money and I don't need to package it.

Is that real? Can that really happen? I've not heard of this before?

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HumousWhereTheHeartIs · 08/11/2021 16:54

Scam. I have had this tried on me loads of times. I just reply with a laughing emoji now and get immediately blocked by them

Nanny0gg · 08/11/2021 16:57

Scam. I had it for something quite expensive.

And I had to shell out 'insurance' first which would also be reimbursed by the driver.

mam0918 · 08/11/2021 17:00

SCAM

Penistoe · 08/11/2021 17:04

Can someone explain how the scam works. If someone (DPD person) takes the item and pays cash. Where is the scam?

MLMshouldbeillegal · 08/11/2021 17:04

Of course it's a scam. Hmm It couldn't be more scammier if it tried.

Delete her messages and block her from contacting you.

astoundedgoat · 08/11/2021 17:04

God that sounds so complicated.

So what happens when this driver arrives tomorrow? Does he then say "Oh no give me the item and... "? what next? Or is the next step the "buyer" saying I've transferred you X amount and then something convoluted happens there?

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 08/11/2021 17:06

Aside from all the above dodginess about a courier giving you cash on behalf of a customer, why would they say not to bother packaging it up? However expert a driver the DPD person is, the back of their van is still a big box that delicate items can fall around in and get trashed if not packaged carefully.

A DPD driver is just that: somebody who loads and unloads their van with boxes/packages that they are given and drives it between locations - why would they have anything to do with packaging the items up?

MLMshouldbeillegal · 08/11/2021 17:06

@Penistoe

Can someone explain how the scam works. If someone (DPD person) takes the item and pays cash. Where is the scam?
Well for a start it probably won't be a DPD driver. A random friend of the scammer's.

And the money won't be real either.

CoAntrim · 08/11/2021 17:07

I have been trying to sell an iphone 12 for weeks, I had the same thing, A dpd driver will give me the money for it and he will take it and drop it off to her as she can't pick it up due to work. When I told her to come for it when she has time to come and see it working she got really arsey with me telling me to 'just listen to her for one second because she doesn't think I understand her and she will explain it all to me'

Also had: Will you post it to the USA/Yemen/The Moon

Can I pay you now via bank transfer and pay you more than what you are asking because I REALLY want the item so willing to pay more, But I can't come for it until 2029.

People living in London/India/Spain/etc saying they will pick it up if I just give them my address, phone number, email etc (I'm in Northern Ireland)

I end all conversations by saying 'Cash on collection, if you want it come to my house, see it working, pay me and leave.' Never hear back from any of them when I say that.

Penistoe · 08/11/2021 17:08

I have had the please send the item and I will PayPal a few times- I get they will get PayPal to refund saying they didn’t get item.
Just can’t work out this one- like to keep up to date with these scams

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 08/11/2021 17:10

Can someone explain how the scam works. If someone (DPD person) takes the item and pays cash. Where is the scam?

They might bring a cheque instead - that bounces ("Oops, I forgot to withdraw the cash in time, so I wrote a cheque - trust that's OK").

They might bring counterfeit cash.

They might have 'forgotten' to get the cash from the buyer, but will 'promise' to get them to transfer it ASAP - whilst they take your valuable item away now.

My money is on the above scam, where the 'buyer' cons the seller into transferring the 'difference' - and then no DPD driver ever turns up at all.

Penistoe · 08/11/2021 17:10

Well for a start it probably won't be a DPD driver. A random friend of the scammer's

And the money won't be real either.

Right got ya. Old fashioned fake money then. Bloody hell scammers get more creative in some ways but less in others.

MurielSpriggs · 08/11/2021 17:13

Nothing much to lose. Give them the keyboard if they give you cash.

Mol1628 · 08/11/2021 17:13

Definitely educate yourself on online scams before buying or selling online. This courier one is extremely common on marketplace at the moment.

Notthissticky · 08/11/2021 17:15

@ChatterMonkey

Total and well known scam.

Before selling things of a decent value online, it may be worth doing some research into what sort of scams you might come across.

True, but I had someone try this scam on me when I was selling a £10 bath seat...
Wannakisstheteacher · 08/11/2021 17:15

Hermes, now that I’d believe. DPD are actually a reputable company, so no way.

Elderflower14 · 08/11/2021 17:17

A lad near me did this with selling a game system. He was paid with shonky money.... 🤔 🤔 🤔

vajingleberry · 08/11/2021 17:20

@MurielSpriggs

Nothing much to lose. Give them the keyboard if they give you cash.
I really hope you don't sell stuff online!!

As others have said, DPD aren't ever going to do this in the first place.

The "driver" is most likely the scammer or a friend of the scammer.

The money will be counterfeit or they will fob you off with a cheque (that will 100% bounce).

OP then has no keyboard and no payment.

How is that "nothing much to lose"?

CharityDingle · 08/11/2021 17:23

Well known scam, unfortunately.

SpiderinaWingMirror · 08/11/2021 17:33

It will be at least money from the bank of Disney

astoundedgoat · 08/11/2021 17:37

I had no idea!

Wouldn't it be a lot simpler for Felicia the Fake Buyer just to have somebody who could plausibly answer to the name Felicia turn up tomorrow with the counterfeit money? Why complicate it with Fred the Fake DPD driver too?

52andblue · 08/11/2021 17:41

I've only sold about 10 things on FB over the last 2 years.
All are big items (old pram, playpen etc).
The first time I nearly fell for it (I'm pretty naive).
It was a real sob story about wanting the old vintage silver cross pram for years, but sister having an operation and mother going shopping and car broke down and and and (my life can be like this so I was patient). In the end I realised. I've had 4 more. That's a 50% strike rate!

Now, I'm hard as nails. Cash on collection. Won't keep. Won't deliver.
Sad really, it's made me cynical.

Wowthisisreal · 08/11/2021 17:44

Yes this is a scam! Next step is they will ask you to pay insurance on the delivery and send you a link. I've had this happen to a friend recently and she was confused so asked the group about it - we all worked out it was a scam. I then listed something and got the same thing!

Practicebeingpatient · 08/11/2021 17:48

@ItsAllAboutTheLighting

I'm just trying to sell a full sized keyboard.

Someone is keen, she said she will send a DPD driver tomorrow, he will give me the money and I don't need to package it.

Is that real? Can that really happen? I've not heard of this before?

Bollocks to that. Unless the DPD driver is her husband it can't happen. You want cleared money in the bank before you release it.
Londonnight · 08/11/2021 17:50

I had this recently when I was trying to sell a television on FB marketplace. She was very keen, didn't drive, so would send a DPD driver to collect and give me the money. I blocked her.
It is a scam.

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