Have you got your ports right?
See:
https://answers.splunk.com/answers/194810/62-forwarder-configuration-on-linux-why-am-i-getti.html
and
https://answers.splunk.com/answers/115511/problem-in-setting-up-forwarder-and-reciever-received-unexpected-369295360-byte-message.html
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