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That's the one. Glad to see everyone is ahead of the game and thanks for the heads up on other scams. I think in general if anyone has any difficulty in getting funds to you it should ring alarm bells, but as Stokie says, it's a shame, someone will always fall for them somewhere. I like the idea of posting a few bricks postage due. Chokes anyone?

Hi all, I wasn't sure where to put this topic so hope this is the right place. In short I've just escaped being scammed by a US Navy person from Nigeria! I've got some chokes advertised on Gunstar and received an email from a potential buyer, "Jordan David" a "Navy (USNR-VS-82 NAS Alameda)" wanting to buy them for his friend as a surprise gift. Apparently due to the nature of his job he made arrangements for his "agent, who is a registered arms dealer to come pick it up when payment is cleared in your account". He asked for my PayPal email address and pick up location. I just gave my email address. After asking him to be sure the chokes would fit his friend's gun as I didn't want him to be dissapointed or the hassle of refunding and returning goods it all went quiet for a few days. Suspicions arose. I sent another email asking if he was still interested. I got curt reply saying "okay send me your paypal account". No hello. No signature. I sent it and then got an instant email from Jordan David saying PAYMENT HAS BEEN MADE!. But he told me he sent £320 and that because he had sent £200 too much PayPal were holding the payment which he said he had added to pay for his agent's pick up costs, and that I would receive an email to this effect from PayPal and that I must reply to this email accepting the payment. Here's the crunch. He said I would then need to send £200 to the pick up agent Headquarters via Western Union or Moneygram Transfer. And there he lost me... Why would anyone in their right mind give me £200 to send to their agent? why not do it themselves? He also sent the pickup agent's details. Augustine Aihetuamen 147 Barrack Road City: Ibadan State: Oyo State Zip Code: 23402 Nigeria. Any of this make you nervous? In return he wanted my full name, address, MTCN reference numbers etc. I did get some scam emails from a fake PayPal address which landed in my spam folder. I was warned they may land there. Why, when I get PayPal emails into my inbox all the time? PayPal addresses were wrong. spelling mistakes and bad grammar in the so called PayPal emails and the generally contrived manner of the whole thing makes me think Mr "David" isn't playing nicely. Emails were forwarded to PayPal's fraud address. And of course a check on my PayPal account revealed no such payment were made or awaiting my acceptance. I think they are relying on people replying instantly and doing everything on the move through their mobile phone. That's the only way they've showed a bit of intelligence. As for the rest, it's the usual poor grammar, dodgy looking links and poor layout. PayPal also warn against anyone who asks for payments to be made through Western Union or Moneygram Transfer. Be warned, scammers are now trawling Gunstar!

Jonniemax, I'd be really interested if you find something, I'm just north of Bristol and I've found nothing around here in terms of clubs.

18 a couple of weeks ago on barley stubble. 8028 + 18 = 8046

Hi Chris, Thanks for the offer, I'll pop in as soon as I get my license re-issued. The police came around last night to have a look at the cabinet which they were happy with, and offered to take my license to get it re-issued by Gloucestershire police as it was originally issued by Staffordshire. Should take 1-2 weeks max apparently. Thunderbird, I spoke to the gentleman that runs the Kingswood shoot last weekend (Neil?) as I had turned up there and there was no-one around and he mentioned that all dates for shoots were on the website. It does look like there are no shoots at Kingswood over the next couple of weeks, only Huntingford shoots, but he didn't mention anything on the phone about Kingswood being closed...

Thanks for the replies guys, I know this is a bit of a late response but we have now moved down to Alveston and we're just letting the dust settle. We've finally got internet as of yesterday and so its good to be back on PW, and now I'm desperate to bust some clays somewhere! I've had a chance to look around for clay grounds and spoken to the neighbours who luckily know some shooting folk and mentioned Huntingford too. I'll be trying out Huntingford this weekend hopefully. Went to Kingswood last weekend before realising they weren't shooting! Nice drive through some beautiful country though. I had a look at Lady's Wood too and while 20p per clay for the 'Pay and play' option seems very reasonable I don't think I'm ready to lay down £395 for membership at the moment. That might change depending on how desperate I get for practice!

Thanks for the info guys, they all look like top venues and well worth a visit! I guess the closest to where we'll be living (Alveston) are the Treetops and Lady's Wood Schools. I should be moving down in a few weeks all being well, so looking forward to trying them out!

Hi folks, does anyone know of any clay pigeon practice grounds near Bristol? I've found a fair few shooting grounds all with shoots on one or two days of the month, but no practice grounds other than the Lady Wood shooting school?

Hi Oscar, I had some FUDs off you a while ago, which have been serving me well - great service by the way! Thanks for the welcomes folks, hope you all had a good christmas!

Hi Folks, thanks for the welcome

Hi all, I'm new to PW so hello to everyone! Been shooting locally and up at Mickley Hall in Nantwich over the last year or so but sadly I'm having to leave Staffs and now I'm moving the family to Bristol with the job in the new year. Can anyone recommend any practice grounds down there? (I need lots of practice!) Cheers Drew.