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scam warning of rip off merchant

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I would like advise people to be awear of someone called sean hoben.He is from the preston lancashire area and will take money and give allsorts of excuses for you to pay more,he does not deliver nor does he even have the machines.I have informed the police and any info would be very nice,thankyou
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Do u meet the guy off this site or off eBay or an other site like that
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duomat wrote:I would like advise people to be awear of someone called sean hoben.He is from the preston lancashire area and will take money and give allsorts of excuses for you to pay more,he does not deliver nor does he even have the machines.I have informed the police and any info would be very nice,thankyou
Had the same problem with this guy! Bought a DOND fruit machine about 2 months ago...
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Was the sale arranged on here?
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showthread.php?15531-Wanted-Barcrest-Ri ... hine-Parts
I assume its not the sean in this thread?
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are you sure it was him,if so what info do you have on him,we need to catch this twat.Make it clear everywhere about this nob head.He contacted me through a advert i had on gumtree i think,I was after maygay machines.we need to put ads anywhere you can to warn people about this sort of thing.Do not part with cash untill you have the machines.when i find this idiot i will rip his arm off and hit him round the face with the soggy end,come on guys,lets find who it is.Non of us can afford to lose money
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i paid with bank transfere,this was march but my account dont go back that far,i will try to get details and post asap.he has done me for £240 quid.just be aware when buying.i will post his email on here soon aswell,although its an iphone crappy jobby.
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darren wrote:showthread.php?15531-Wanted-Barcrest-Ri ... hine-Parts
I assume its not the sean in this thread?
Yes that's the one, different phone number every couple of weeks...
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feel sorry for ya m8

robbing bastard .


never pay up front ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, at least with ebay and paypal you can report it and make a claim
Little discipline = BIG issue

**** ****
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thanx guys,i will be more cautious in future,he caught me at the right time,just avoid this twat,i will find him and i will put him in hospital.when i find some details i will pass them on so you can smack him aswell.i will not part with money now untill the machine is in my garage.so would you like to give him a good hiding as it were
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I assume you have saved a pic of his face from face book just in case
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... 382&type=3
He actually has a machine for sale on fb.
He also likes to sell lizards and not deliver
http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/forums/m ... hoban.html
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Hi everyone,spread this fast,sean j hoben,from chorley lancs.I noted his number on one of the threads and it matched one of many texts he sent me,the number was o7703825900 and his user name seanj86.avoid this bastard,lets all get together and give him a good hiding.DO NOT DEAL WITH THIS PERSON
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If anyone knows his address I would be happy to pay him a visit to, wonder what he's spent to £300+ on... Phones him everyday last week to get the reply "The money is being sent through PayPal today" but still not arrived...

I have his bank details as we sent the money through a bank transfer
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Does anyone have a picture that is definatly him?
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birthday 19th september 1986 in his registration details , email sean at ........... seanhoban@hotmail.co.uk

he posts from a blackberry so trying to pinpoint him with his ip address on geobytes is a a no go.
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