[Closed] Matthew Smith anyone know him?

Cool story bro.

Needs more dragons.

Didn't he write jet set willy, manic miner that kind of thing

Getting coned? sound's painful!

Who? Is he a doctor

Anyone know someone who uses the name Matthew Smith

Nearly got coned by him.

Dunno whether he aimed a pine cone at you & missed or you mis-spelt & he tried to clone you.
Either way, 'nearly' simply isn't good enough!

I think he meant road cone.....

Whatever you do, don't google "coning". (Or did my friends make it up?)

I know somebody who calls himself John Smith if that helps. I could.ask if he's related to Matthew.

Don't leave us hanging howie ! Tell us more

this fellah, looks well dodgy
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That's him kimbers.

One of his other coning victims apparently is James Corden. So all is forgiven.

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Do you mean James Coneden?

Nearly had more than a n missing

Are we talking about Smithy here??

The horseshoe guy?

I'm called Matthew Smith, but I use the name Matt Smith.

*breathes a sigh of relief*

Don't suppose you have had yor passport & driving licence stolen?

Nope, looks like I'm still me.

That's good, as long as you like yourself that is.

no relation

Why, what happened?

Can't you read? He almost got coned! Coned I tells you! Can you believe it?!

Quite clearly, everyone who is poking fun at the OP here has never taken a serious coning from an expert.

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This him?

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It could be my cousin. He has always been a nice trustable sort of chap but I could get a couple of nutters to interogate him about this coning situation just to be sure.

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I just got coned by howie.. into opening this thread

I need more of an explanation, as I have had contact with someone with that name over the last 2 days on the forum.
E-mail in profile

So the guy calling himself Matthew Smith offered me a pair of carbon R1 levers after placing wanted ad,

Sent me picture of a pass port & driving licence which showed his name & address.wanted me to do bank transfer, just struck me as odd, searched on Google images & found the image he used.

Quick search on his email & not the first time he has done this stuff.

Me too. 🙁

Thread takes serious turn

why would you send someone a pic & a driving license ?,that in itself raises suspicion dosnt it ?,so what did ya do then send him some £,or thought **** off ?.

TBH if I was paying by bank transfer, with little or no way to get it refunded, if something went wrong. Having the recipient send his photo and address would be a reassurance, though not necessarily any guarantee

Back story:

Placed a Wanted Ad for a seatpost:

"Matt" contacted me saying he had one. After a few emails we agreed a price, he said he couldn't accept paypal, but could do a transfer. I said I wasn't comfortable with this and he offered to send a pic of his DL along with his address. He also offered to do 50% now, 50% on delivery, something others have done on STW in the past.

I did a bit of due diligence, found his FB, Twitter, MSE accounts and checked his bank account details against the register..all seemed fine, I also found something else for sale on another forum, but nothing untoward and so agreed and paid.

That was Thursday...

I don't think I'd be very reassured by a pic of [b]a[/b] passport and driving licence which could belong to anybody. How exactly does that prove anything? I'd never use a bank transfer to somebody I didn't know, and asking for that is more than suspicious. I'm also struggling to think of any legitimate reason why somebody can't use PayPal.

I'm also struggling to think of any legitimate reason why somebody can't use PayPal

me also

Some folks don't want to use it, my wife for example won't use it.

I nearly got taken in by this guy

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Does she sell stuff? What is her objection to it?

She sold a phone, a chargeback was applied and the money was reversed by paypal. She lost the phone and the money.

Yeah I have used PayPal for years including selling stuff on here.
Sold a processor on eBay, the buyer didn't have the right socket motherboard and broke the chip. PayPal refunded him and I ended up with nothing.
Not keen to sell anything on here without using gift from now on.

@Shermer75 -- that made me laugh nice one!

Matthew Smith approached me after I put up a wanted ad for some forks. He offered the same thing as the other poster said: a picture of a driver's licence and passport. Seemed totally dodgy so I declined.

At the risk of sounding like a keyboard warrior, did you get an address ?

I'd be collecting names of "victims" and near-misses and considering talking to the police, I think

Matthew smith appears to always have what others want....coincidentally,does he ever buy anything/post on singletrack or is he just a chancer who trawls the wanted list looking for buyers?

Set a trap:

Wanted: Tardis (blue), the version with the whoshy bellows sound.

Same here, Unfortunately.

Emailed me in regards to an X01 mech i was after. All the same checks as Daffy and all checked out so sent the money. only 50% of what he was after fortunately.

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So far I've got the following:

Full Name, bank details, passport, driving license, phone number (landline and mobile), IP address, FB account, Twitter, MSE, and am currently attempting to find where he works.

If anyone else has been defrauded, contact me via e-mail, I'll be contacting the police, his bank and hopefully (if my search algorithm works) his employers by close of play on Monday.

This kinda shit has got to stop. If the police don't do anything, I'll do everything possible to make sure that when someone searches for this guy on the internet every single top result has his name, address, DOB, passport number, picture and a list of the people he's ripped off.

if my search algorithm works

Nice work daffy,I won't be pissing you off any time in my life,the net is a play area for criminals like this,just a shame it's now on our doorstep,I trust anyone who sells on here and I've had no hassles when buying/selling on singletrack,but there's always one dick who has to make us all paranoid from now on when genuine sellers/buyers trade goods,doubt the cops will be interested though as it's not happening in front of their face.

Jamie, mind if I continue imagining this ? :

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if you have a copy of his driving licence you have his address?. If other folks have been ripped off or he has attempted to rip[ them off surely there is enough to go to police with?

If he's ripping folk off, surely he won't be sending details of his driving licence and his address??

Mattonlaptop has a few interesting posts on moneysavingexoert

I'm glad he sent me the photo card as that was the main reason I never sent the money transfer.
Good work Daffy

The only time I've been defrauded recently was via my PAYPAL account. While I was cycling between Muswell Hill and Harrow Weald at about 9pm one evening earlier in the year, I was, totally unbeknownst to me, buying a bloody computer in Fort Worth, BLOODY TEXAS, to be delivered to some BASTARD address in Indonesia.....

PAYPAL were less than bloody helpful and best part of said it was my fault for not guarding the password...a password that I guarded by not telling any other living soul what it was.

NOT IMPRESSED...don't blame anyone for not using them

As for reasons to avoid PayPal, it's something I'm always wary of using as a seller. All the protection is on the buyer and PayPal are well known to chargeback with the slightest complaint from the buyer, and it's a known scam for the buyer to then disappear. Then you have a fight with PayPal, meanwhile you are out of money and won't get your fees back from them. Sometimes they freeze accounts also without discussing it.

Never keen on PayPal for these reasons and the high fees, but then again I wouldn't trust a dodgy story and request for payment by bank transfer either. As a buyer I'm happier to use PayPal in the absence of anything else. I wouldn't use Gift however, though I can understand why a seller might want Gift given the buyer can't chargeback and no fees.

if my search algorithm works

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I'm also struggling to think of any legitimate reason why somebody can't use PayPal.

I've never sold anything on here (or anywhere on the net) and have only made one purchase, which was for a complete bike. I don't do paypal - not that i can't, i just choose not to, so asked the seller if he'd accept a bank transfer. I sent him the money and he sent me the bike and we both lived happily ever after.

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Just pass on his bank details and email address to every scam "Nigerian" money changing e mail/penis enlargement/gambling/pron site etc.

Was never any good at Algorithms in school. Couldn't get my head round all that x+2y=z shite

These algorithms are making me nervous.

Matthew Smith......... never been coned and nothing to hide.

Can anyone who had dealings with this fella please email me including all correspondence, I'm speaking to the Police, Lloyds and Google, if STW can help, that'd be great.

Bump.

I'm also struggling to think of any legitimate reason why somebody can't use PayPal

I hate it. I begrudgingly use it (Same with ebay) as it seems everyone on STW loves it/trades with it. I'll always ask for bank transfer or meet where possible.

Daffy- how much are you down?

Very little - just £45.

Can all those who've been "had" please contact your bank? You probably wont get your money back, but I need as many people as possible to contact their bank regarding the recipient. This way the interbank fraud team can go about their business. It only took me 5 minutes with mine and a follow-up call from the TSB ("Matt's" bank) to get this sorted.

It's not the money, it's the principal. STW is supposed to be a relatively safe place to trade.

hat off to Daffy for doing something about this.

*I'm about to buy pitch forks from eBay - should I use PayPal to pay for them 🙂

Seriously though, well done.

I'm always wary of the wtds for this sort of reason but where I have used it, I've asked the person to post in the wtd ad so I can at least get some idea of their posting history - or more likely, potential lack of it.

Hope you guys get him/your money back.

Just a thought but if the guy is ripping people off it would seem a bit silly to send people copies of his own passport and driving license? Have you thought that he's maybe hacked into this matt whatever's email account?

If he is ripping people off then he's not done a very good job of hiding his identity.

Anyone who has been conned, please fill in this:

Also please contact you banks.

[url= http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/ ]Action Fraud UK Police Website link[/url]

Oh, I now have complete proof that "Matt Smith", is actually Matt Smith as provided in the documentation and that the account is linked to him.

I'm just trying to determine if his exact location matches his data.

M.

PLEASE CONTACT YOUR BANK!

[b]Mod edit: THIS PERSON HAS NOW BEEN BANNED FROM THE FORUM[/b]

So he scammed people and gave them his real info?

Genius.

Daffy - Member

[b]Mod edit: THIS PERSON HAS NOW BEEN BANNED FROM THE FORUM[/b]

Not me by the way, I'm still here. 🙂

[i]I'm still here.[/i]

*my hopes are dashed*

😉

🙂

Let me just check this. A scammer sent you his real passport and driving license?

Wow.

Or are we certain that he's a scammer and not just a bit crap? I've bought stuff on here that has turned up eventually with non-replies to emails for a time longer than felt comfortable.