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Posted By Discussion Topic: possible scammer -- page: 1 2     oldasi 02-23-2017 @ 3:12 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 85 Joined: Feb 2010 We should have a Topic Title on here, something like ''These guys are scammers" and when you run across one you show the name and email address, lets do something to stop them, get them off this site cliftford 02-18-2017 @ 5:58 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 845 Joined: Jan 2014 That's up to you, but from my experience, If I don't know any thing about a client, these things raise a red flag. kubes40 02-18-2017 @ 11:53 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 3395 Joined: Oct 2009 Cliftford, That describes a few of the guys within this very same thread. Am I to be aware of them as possible scammers? cliftford 02-18-2017 @ 9:58 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 845 Joined: Jan 2014 Clue #1: poor grammer, clue#2, they seem to know little about the item being bought or sold, clue #3, a third party is involved. trjford8 02-18-2017 @ 8:05 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 4214 Joined: Oct 2009 Scammers are everywhere, not just on this site. They especially hit want ad sections on the car sites. Just be on your toes and if you don't feel good about it, don't do it. If you stop posting on sites that have occasional scammers you may miss the good seller who has what you need. fordv8j 02-17-2017 @ 1:13 PM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 176 Joined: Jan 2015 A guy named Paul e mailed me about some parts I have advertised, said he wanted them. I sent him my address and told him to send a postal money order, I would send them by mail..he e-mailed me back said he would a check for more than my parts, I was to cash it take my payment out, give the remainder to the guy that would pick up the parts, to pay the other people he had bought from around here. I told him to forget it ...I didn't need to sell them, haven't heard from him sence...SCAM???? hardtop25 02-16-2017 @ 6:55 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 67 Joined: Dec 2009 jretter is correct. My systems have generally never received phishing scams until I used 'parts wanted' on this website. Ever since all manner of outright and suspect proposals have come through email and phone. Some very sophisticated appearing to be from vendors I do use. This message was edited by hardtop25 on 2-16-17 @ 7:35 PM jretter 02-12-2017 @ 7:51 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 44 Joined: Jan 2015 Haven't heard of this guy, but I hear from plenty of others every time I post a "Parts Wanted" ad. In fact, I don't expect to place any more ads on the V8 Club website, because I seem to get nothing but spammers responding. The latest was from a Gavin Blau, claiming to be in the UK, responding to my ad about bumpers for a 34. His wording was typically poor English, which was the immediate suspicion. I sent back a response saying I was still looking, so he sent me 3 photos of a pretty-decent, and complete 34 2dr, obviously taken somewhere in the US desert southwest, and claimed he was "parting it out" and to let him know what I wanted. I then asked him what was the condition of the "rumble seat" and "trunk lid", and he said they were "good". I told him he failed the test. For the first time, the spammer was not using gmail, but juno instead. Stroker 12-21-2016 @ 5:24 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1460 Joined: Oct 2009 Some years ago, I was looking for some splash aprons for my 38. Like many, I got photo's of the "needed item", and an assurance that the vendor had what I was looking for. The vendor had an address in London, so I went to Google Maps and pulled-up a "Street View" of the location. It turned out to be a "Walk-up" in an Islamic neighborhood. I have since discovered that the "perps" are from middle-eastern countries that "monitor" this site along with many others. They don't "do" Pay Pal, and will only take Money Orders. BEWARE. oldasi 12-21-2016 @ 4:00 AM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 85 Joined: Feb 2010 CLIFTFORD, that's exactly what Crowngail told me, word for word ........... I am deaf-mute and cannot communicate by telephone

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