This is incredibly important to the people on this page as Im 99.9% sure this cretin currently resides in Linlithgow. If you’re going to do anything important today, make sure it’s sharing this message across any forums you use, any Facebook groups you use & with anybody you care about within the community. On Wednesday I was browsing Gumtree and came across some Rota Grids which were just what I was looking for, the price was realistic, not overly cheap and as such didn’t raise suspicion on first impression. I enquired about them, and since the seller was a few hours away from me agreed that it would be better for the wheels to be posted than for me to collect. I’m not a particularly trusting person by nature, and as such asked for a photo of some ID for some security on a transfer to somebody I’ve never met. This was provided over and above with a photo of his passport, his counterpart driving licence and my name and the current date written on paper next to them. Still not 100% confident, I did A LOT of google searches using all different variations of his name, middle names, birth year & location with nothing untoward showing up. Fast forward to me having transferred him the money & him saying he would get a courier sorted, I hadn’t heard from him for about 8 hours, despite him saying he would sort it and send me the tracking details “ASAP”. I do a little more research and find a thread on a 350z forum; 350z-uk/topic/75687-ebay-fraudster/ this thread tells you plenty about the guy and what he’s about, as you can see on Page 2 – he receives plenty of beatings for it and still carries on. At this point I knew that the chances were my £500 was gone for good. I did some reverse image searches on the photos on his advert and those that he sent me of the wheels in message, and they were taken from this thread in 2009; 350z-uk/topic/26310-brand-new-boxed-18-grid-drift-wheels/ and a Driftworks advert in which the photographs no longer show, so he’s been using these for quite some time. I also did a reverse image search on the photos on his other adverts and, surprise surprise, they were pulled from old adverts too. The likelihood is I won’t ever see my money again, this is a message to EVERYBODY in the community, a message to John Varney and a message to anybody looking to scam people out of money. This is our community and we will not allow this to continue, please make sure these cretins are known to everybody. My advice for anyone else looking to distance buy car parts or any other items would be; - Pay via PayPal, this offers you some security, not full security, but some. - Always request a photo of ID with your name and date next to it AND a photo of the item with your name and date next to it. - Do searches on the person with the kind of variations shown below to ensure nothing has been posted previously. - Do a reverse image search – this is something I knew of but didn’t even think of doing until it was too late, 2 seconds using this would’ve ratted him out immediately. You can do this via google. If you go to Google’s home page, then images, there is a small camera icon next to the search icon, click this and then select upload image, browse for your photo and then upload – anywhere it has been used on the internet previously will be detailed. If you’ve come across this guy, whether it was ratting him out before he took money or afterwards, please let me know – I want to compile a list of people to further pass to the Police once I’ve been myself and reported it. Thanks :). The following are for any searches people may do in the future about him; John Varney, John William Varney, John William McGran Varney, John McGran Varney, John William M Varney, John Varney 1986, John Varney Livingston, John Varney Linlithgow, John Varney Scam, John Varney Car Parts, John Varney Wheels, John Varney EH49, John Varney Glasgow, John Varney Scotland, John Varney 122/8 Waverley Crescent, John Varney Gumtree, John Varney eBay
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 10:03:38 +0000
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