[Closed] Caution - Allen Sharlow...asharlow@blumail.org

Hi,

Just a word of caution. I advertised a while back that I wanted a set of Ultegra cranks and after a few weeks of hearing nothing the above chap got in touch to say he had what I wanted. Below is his email...

Hello,
Allen Sharlow Here. I still have the requested items in perfect condition.
Whats your phone #?

Thanks,
Allen Sharlow
*asharlow@blumail.org <accallen2@gmail.com>*
275,Church St,Blackpool,
Lancashire,FY1 3PB

I thought the email might be joey so asked for pics and a price and received this reply...

Thanks for the mail. I encountered a problem trying to
attach photos to you. I still have the Shimano Ultegra 6750 (compact)
chainset in mint condition. I'm asking for a £200 including shipping
to you. Whats your complete shipping address and phone #. i can ship
via UPS or FedEx whichever you prefer.

I wait to read from you soon.

Many Thanks,

Allen.

Now to me that email doesn't read as though Allen has a clue about bikes, what I'm after or the English language. I challenged the price and he stated he'd drop it by £50 without any haggling. I then refused to have any further to do with him as it just smelt fishy. I may be barking up the wrong tree here and Allen may be a genuine STW user but I got the impression if I sent him money I'd never see a set of Ultegra cranks or ever hear from him again. I'm also pretty sure if I managed to trace his email address it'd come back to another country.

As such I thought I'd let users of STW know of Allen just incase he is scamming as we all put a lot of faith in each other when trading on the website. If he's genuine then I hope he excepts my apologies.

Cheers,

Ed