Popular Post Nick Posted November 23, 2010 Popular Post Share Posted November 23, 2010 Back in 2001, the forum was just starting out. The members mainly were customers of the Modelsport shop, and had a real interest and passion for the hobby. As the forum had aimed to be a community to bring together enthusiasts of RC cars, there was a sense of friendship and people didn't mind helping out others with advice, knowledge or even free parts. As the forum grew, our membership shot up as the reputation the MSUK-forum built became known as THE place to go if you wanted to find something out about your RC car. However, with this increase in forum traffic, naturally, it brought an element of life that we never like to see - the scammer trying to make quick cash. Case in point, was 2007, a young man who decided that our 13,000 members were a prime target to make money. Due to the legal/court involvement on our part, we cannot use his real name or identify the member, so we'll refer to him as "Tom". Now, the easiest way to scam someone is to sell something you don't actually have. So, Tom realized that he could do his deed by jumping on the idea of the most popular RC car of recent times, a HoBao Hyper 7. He spent around....oooooh....10secs on Google images to find some pics of a Hyper 7 in decent condition, and then listed it for sale on the forum. He threw together a vague description and story about how he'd bought it, loved it, took care of it, but as times were tough, it needed to be sold, and he was asking a mere 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUNTER.P Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 to tom That'll teach him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodgemonkey Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Good, nice to know scammers get their just desserts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stebro Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Good work Scammers take note Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathan0384 Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 good work nice to see if we have a problem you do your best to sort it out 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mixmasterjay Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 that is some cracking news nick , its about time scammers got caught and dealt with , awesome mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.AJ. Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Nice one, great work Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoothybb Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Not just a pretty face then Nick! Respect where due, excellent work bringing him to justice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisknights Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 always good to hear scammers getting busted , nice one mods for helping the guys who got scammed , by the way did the guys who paided for the hyper get there money back ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revo madnesss Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 (edited) your deserve a round of applause from the whole rc community well done nick Edited November 23, 2010 by revo madnesss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kpowell911 Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Thats an epic result, Fair play to everyone involved, But why did it take 3 years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRAETORIAN Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Good work! I know most of us on here work hard to get a good reputation. Just a shame that the odd individual spoils it. To be honest, I dont think the fine went far enough. I think he should pay back everything he stole, even if it takes the rest of his miserable life. Cheers Nick and all involved. Its nice that a blow has been struck by us honest folk. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keenan Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 awesome result nick hopefully this will teach the scammers not to scam if this can be done did the guys get there money back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper_Harley Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 did the buyer(S) get thier money back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReggieC Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Not just a pretty face then Nick! he isnt even that i joke nick, love you really nice one though, he should be punished like the rest of his scummy kind 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timaaay Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 So thats what the pandas were doing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted November 23, 2010 Author Share Posted November 23, 2010 Thats an epic result, Fair play to everyone involved, But why did it take 3 years? We've never done it before, finding who to go to and how to do it proved tricky, it seemed at first internet theft wasn't really taken as seriously as breaking into someones house and taking something. We got there in the end anyway and the main thing is we know how to do it again. We have a nice little list of banned members to go through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted November 23, 2010 Author Share Posted November 23, 2010 The members we kept in touch with all got their money back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper_Harley Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 SIMON BURROWS! stick the capital monster on the top of the list! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisknights Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 The members we kept in touch with all got their money back. sweet :good: get working on your list of scammers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Electro Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Top man Nick and everyone else involved in bringing this particular nasty piece of work to book. Good to know you're not stopping there, scammers beware, NOW IT's YOUR TURN!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil-M Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Hopefully the forum will become a more trusting place again 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley@BMM Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Excellent news dude! Well done Nick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HATZY Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 great work nick and all others involved in bringin the scum to justice. if the decent people cant prove that their is still trust and good sportsmanship in the hobby, we wont get newbies to help out. once again great work nick and all others involved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICEMAN 35 Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 (edited) Well done guys , people like this ruin forums Edited November 23, 2010 by creepycrawly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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