WTS/WTT Possible Scammer Heads Up

[Peregrina]

Fishy. My first experience trying to purchase something off this platform

 

[MuleyFever]

Yeah, scam.

 

[Peregrina]

Ya super pushy he didnt like I didn’t not send f&f

 

[Team4LongGun]

Gone.

OP-the text verbiage screams scam. Glad you didn't send money.

Others-STOP using friends and family, unless they actually are!

 

[K_pem]

Someone here has to be able to nerd out well enough to start tracking IP addresses down right?

 

[Peregrina]

Gone.

OP-the text verbiage screams scam. Glad you didn't send money.

Others-STOP using friends and family, unless they actually are!

Dirtbags man

 

[HouseCL]

Scammers frequently use the “item available in my garage collecting dust” for some reason. Huge red flag

 

[amassi]

Someone here has to be able to nerd out well enough to start tracking IP addresses down right?

You’d just end up at some grandmas home in Iowa or wherever they can spoof their router. Or they’re using a vpn


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[Peregrina]

Scammers frequently use the “item available in my garage collecting dust” for some reason. Huge red flag

Good to know. Thank you

 

[Launchpad14]

I received some very similar messages from another user on here that mysteriously seemed to disappear after my interaction with him. No money was exchanged, but a reminder to be careful.

 

[rodney747]

That being in garage seems to be a dead giveaway!

 

[357magag]

Yes he tired to scam me also. From same phone number.

 

[Launchpad14]

So I went back to my email notifications to find the username of the suspect member. It was pavoda7. I am not able to locate any trace of that user on the site now. Area code of the text was 407 and also super pushy in the communications.

If this is a legit user that has since changed his name, I apologize for the callout, but it certainly seems suspicious to me.

 

[Launchpad14]

Just realized that the message I received was identical to the one the OP received. Even the phone number was the same.

 

[fngTony]

So I went back to my email notifications to find the username of the suspect member. It was pavoda7. I am not able to locate any trace of that user on the site now. Area code of the text was 407 and also super pushy in the communications.

If this is a legit user that has since changed his name, I apologize for the callout, but it certainly seems suspicious to me.

No, we gave him a ride to the train station

Just realized that the message I received was identical to the one the OP received. Even the phone number was the same.

It’s a very common phrase and common area code in the phone number

 

[CorbLand]

WTB threads are scam magnets. Do not use them for large ticket items and if you do, be on your toes. They are risky.

Reduce the chance of getting scammed

I have been hesitant to post anything like this for a couple reasons. 1. I am not the authority on this subject, but I have been around the block a time or two buying/selling for over 15 years on the internet. 2. Scammers read stuff like this and learn from it. But I have watched a lot of people...

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[HuntHarder]

You still sent $55.00??? WTF? Even Gronk was like, "You know that not real."

 

[Peregrina]

You still sent $55.00??? WTF? Even Gronk was like, "You know that not real."

He refunded cause I did not friends and family him

 

[K_pem]

He refunded cause I did not friends and family him

This could be a new counter terrorism tactic. Spam his PayPal, everyone pay him some random small amount via G&S then request a refund. He will be too busy dealing with them to be scamming.

Or make the payment note for guns/drugs/ect. Hahaha