My brompton stolen :(

peerjay56

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Really bad news cwah. There are some real lowlifes around, but many more honest, upright individuals. I doubt it's worth trying to trace the phone. It will be a payg, with no registered owner (or a false registration)
I really feel for you, the sense of betrayal can be so great that it hurts. :(
 

cwah

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cwah

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Yeah, terrible sense of distrust about people.... I was thinking we would all have a MINIMUM of honesty. Apparently not anymore.

It's still a lesson of life, because I don't want that to EVER happen to me again. I'll be more cautious later on.. I can't still act like nothing happened and still trust people like that...
 

flecc

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I still remember you saying long ago how much you suffered from crime in London cwah, so for this to happen to you in Paris as well is very cruel.

As others have implied, trust has to be very superficial in our complex society, especially in large towns and cities, it's best to be permanently street-wise with just a veneer of trust for appearances sake.
 

flecc

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That is cwah's appeal for help in finding it patpatbut. He's the "seller".
 

cwah

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I'm in the police station now... praying for good news...

Police told me is not a robberie, but a trust abuse lol.
 
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Cyclezee

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I'm in the police station now... praying for good news...

Police told me is not a robberie, but a trust abuse lol.
Trust abuse that that turned into theft of property surely?
 

Mrke

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What an awful thing to happen.

Hopefully you can reassure yourself most people are not like this, although the feelings of betrayal must hurt terribly.

0651216487 also returns:
MARION MURZEAU
HAMEAU STADE
56700 BRANDÉRION

HERE: French cellphone info
 

cwah

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That can't be here. He lives around paris no way he would be that far.

We were communicating via viber, and info from leboncoin leads to the right type of ads with this number.

How did he fake all of this?
 

flecc

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Stolen cellphone sold on could explain that part, maybe even identity theft could have played a part in setting up the scam.
 

trex

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I'm in the police station now... praying for good news...

Police told me is not a robberie, but a trust abuse lol.
unfortunately, the police is correct. He's got the (loaned) Brompton with your consent and his promise to refund your disboursement is not enforceable. This guy seems to be complacent for using different phone numbers with the same login. You'll find him sooner or later with the smallads around Argenteuil/Pontoise area. Get yourself a criket bat when you come back to London...
 

cwah

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The 2 bikes are made so different that the design is unique. These bikes are different enough to turn heads on the street.

I'm hoping that as many as possible people will see these warning and hopefully find the bikes back whem they'll see it on the street or an advert