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I am looking for a non running black engine Beamish for a friend in Spain.  Please contact me if you have one for sale jim@beamishownersclub.com

Write to me at jim@beamishownersclub.com if you are looking for a Beamish.

Be aware that scammers are always on the look out for wanted ads.  They don't actually trawl the internet themselves they send out robots to find wanted ads and report back to them.  Then you get an e-mail asking if you are 'still looking for the item'.  This e-mail sent to you is also automatic, only wnen you respond to it does the scammer take notice - they send out 1,000's of these each day, it's know as 'phishing'.

There are tell-tale signs of a computer generated e-mail

• often your entire wanted ad is the e-mail subject
• the e-mail refers to 'the item' or asks if you still want it without actually naming it, the scammer with research it once you respond.
• Most scammers are outside the UK and often influenced by the USA, so if they have an American sounding name, be suspicious.
• If there is a phone number - ring it.  I did with one scammer and it was obvious from the ring tone that it was outside UK.
• Don't be fooled by a UK e-mail address, you can set one of those up from anywhere in the world.

How to avoid getting caught.  Lots of people get caught every year often because the scammer will send them a photo of a nice example of the bike and pitch the price low - they have nothing to lose and the potential buyer can't believe his luck!

• ask a lot of questions and throw in one or two that will tell you if they have any idea what they are selling or not.  For example, I was asking for a cylinder head and only 3 people replied - all scammers!!  I asked if the 'gaggle pin' was straight and was he also selling the radiator - he said yes to both questions!  I was suspicious because the original message referred to 'the item' and 'I have it in good condition' - the same message was probably sent to someone asking for a watch or a welsh dresser.  The e-mail came from a 'Marvin Houston' - not an english name.  The Esses address at the bottom of the message checked out with the post office but the phone number was '0705....' I rang it and it was outside the UK for sure.
• These scammers have no idea what they allege to be selling and have to go and trawl the internet to find out.  If they send you a photo, ask for another of some obscure part of the bike like the bottom of the bash plate.

Remember, if it seems too good to be true, itt almost certainly is!  Don't get caught!

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