jimboy2 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 See below email Someone has sent you a message: Email: garthbarnes777+4ewsd323@gmail.com Name: Phone: Message: " I am interested in your vehicle. Can we negotiate a little on the price? Regards " Looking at the email address flags as a scam to me. Your thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian@TORQEN Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Scam. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-G- Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 That email address lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mylo Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Anyone with a gmail account can put +anything after their email address and it will reach the same email so instead of me@gmail.com it could be me+pistonheads@gmail.com which people use for tracking and organising mails, but the random letters is a bit odd and plenty of scams via pistonheads so would be cautious. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Slightly off topic but I happened to catch an episode of PistonHeads TV on Sky earlier (Showcase channel). And dear oh dear, what awful drivel. I'd have thought with a varied and vibrant forum that they have they could have cobbled together a reasonably interesting 30 minute TV show but they failed miserably. It seemed to be a bunch of London-centric foppy toffs making a show for other London-centric foppy toffs. And I'm from Chester so a bit of a toff too! /rant over. S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fodder Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Scam but Chester = toff?!? Thanks Squee I feel part of the aristocracy now On a serious note I know what you mean, there is an elitist sort of atitude especially in places like bar lounge which is full of want to be people who aren't. I once witnessed a guy who ordered a bottle of "their most expensive champagne" to impress a girl only to get declined on his credit cards. *says he who has just got in from "Church" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnH Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Anyone with a gmail account can put +anything after their email address and it will reach the same email so instead of me@gmail.com it could be me+pistonheads@gmail.com which people use for tracking and organising mails, but the random letters is a bit odd and plenty of scams via pistonheads so would be cautious. The real email address would be "garthbarnes777@gmail.com", which is actually quite normal. Why he's chosen "+4ewsd323" is anyone's guess, maybe he has a reason for that code... personally I'd reply to him but be a bit cautious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdunbar Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Yeah, looks genuine. I often register for services etc with the +whatever after my email to avoid spam in return. You can also tell who is selling your data without permission to spammers by doing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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