Fraud alert !!!!

[frankv11]

after commenting on this thread ( 134180-Cobra-Masino-Anniversary-Seats (https://www.pro-touring.com/threads/134180-Cobra-Masino-Anniversary-Seats) ) that I was looking to buy . I got a private message from a very new member Davidson , say his friend had some for sale . so I got response on email but guy ( Martin ) was very hesitant to call me over phone ,exchanged a few emails and he was willing to Fedex right away , after telling him if he would drop off at a location near him ( San Francisco ) he said yes but would need to PayPal 1/2 and other once there . anyhow to many details back and forth with guy but im 100% its FRAUDLENT activity so BEWARE!!!!!

please forward to appropriate moderator

[frankv11]

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[Larry Callahan]

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[Steve68]

They're everywhere. it's a very bad problem!!!

I tried to buy a Suzuki DRZ400 Super Moto, bike was being sold in FL. but it was in Cali. son owned and he was overseas working for the WHO, they had even made there own website to "hold" the money till the bike arrived, complete SCAM.

BUYER BEWARE!!!

[frankv11]

Yep , trying to separate you from your money [emoji383]

[andrewb70]

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Swing the ban hammer Larry.

Andrew

[Smooth67]

I got this one recently as well and it smells kinda bad...I never got a response and I noticed this person has two other post in the parts wanted section but hasn't responded

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[Rod]

yes all these super deals floating around and real shops like mine have a tough time because the scammers

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[frankv11]

yes all these super deals floating around and real shops like mine have a tough time because the scammers

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Agree with Rod but most scammers stick out the minute you get them on the phone , or to many red flags . If it’s legit the all the small things make sense

[ryeguy2006a]

I received a bunch of replies when I posted a wanted ad for an LSA supercharger and all of them were worded just like that. It was even worse on other sites too.

[frankv11]

I received a bunch of replies when I posted a wanted ad for an LSA supercharger and all of them were worded just like that. It was even worse on other sites too.

Sad we just got to stay on our toes and get them of the board

[Bad Bowtie]

Same thing over on Camaro.net too. Put a wanted ad for camaro side glass with certain code and guy tried to scam me with the same crap. I noticed he had like only 2 post and I alerted the moderator. Be careful everyone
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[FlyDoc]

at least with paypal, you could pay, then put a hold on the payment as long as you don't call the money "to family/friend" to avoid fees.
but if it's to good to be true, it probably is.

[68Formula]

I received a bunch of replies when I posted a wanted ad for an LSA supercharger and all of them were worded just like that. It was even worse on other sites too.

We used to have a minimum post count before someone could put up ads. Not sure why that went away, but might help a little to bring that back.

[Larry Callahan]

Swing the ban hammer Larry.

Andrew


Done.

[Rod]

Larry deciding.... ummm left hammer or right hammer

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[tigerhays]

i assume it was Martin Schnell he got me for 130 bucks acting like he was the guy with parts from here that wasnt going to seperate then decided to so i paid him friends and family of course so paypal said to bad

[badazz81z28]

We used to have a minimum post count before someone could put up ads. Not sure why that went away, but might help a little to bring that back.

I don't know if I agree with that....its not uncommon for people to join simply to sell some parts. The buyers just need to be "smart" about the dealings. Scams are all over...even on Ebay/FB/CL and I'm even starting to get scam Paypal emails....And here we say voter fraud is a impossibility lol.

[Larry Callahan]

I have something in the works for setting a minimum number of posts and days before you can post in the classifieds secition. I think during an upgrade long ago that didn't get set back up.

I have never been crazy about people signing up to sell something and then going away. Sure some people will just make stupid posts to work the system but I think it will weed out at least some of the scammers. If it doesn't work it will be easy to turn off.

[andrewb70]

We used to have a minimum post count before someone could put up ads. Not sure why that went away, but might help a little to bring that back.

The recent scam attempts have been coming not in the For Sale ads, but through PM messages.

Andrew

[minendrews68]

Too bad these idiots (and yes you know who you are) can't just get a real job like the rest of us. A few years ago I was on the "being played" end of a Publishers Clearing House giveaway. I answered the phone, and was told I had won the PCH sweepstakes. They were very nice, but when I looked at the ID of the number calling, it was from Kingston, Jamaica. Yes, I had fun with them. I acted like I was blown away that I had won etc. They asked me to go to my local Krogers and get a Western Union Moneygram and send them $135. I told the guy just take the $135 out of what they were going to send me and cut me a check. Ironically, he told me that would be fraud. I told him to wait just a minute and I would run to Kroger and get the Moneygram. The idiot said ok, I'll just hang on. Really? I laid the phone down and went about doing what I was doing and finally he hung up. Go figure.

[Rod]

The recent scam attempts have been coming not in the For Sale ads, but through PM messages.

Andrew

yep, I have seen that also, I do PM many folks though, I don't think there is a way to weed out scams, I guess look at who you are dealing with and the profile, number of post and actual responses, is it all sales BS or are they a contributor to the overall forum

[BMR Sales]

I don't know if I agree with that....its not uncommon for people to join simply to sell some parts. The buyers just need to be "smart" about the dealings. Scams are all over...even on Ebay/FB/CL and I'm even starting to get scam Paypal emails....And here we say voter fraud is a impossibility lol.


If someone can't Posts a few times, they don't need to be here - plenty of other places to Scam people

[badazz81z28]

If someone can't Posts a few times, they don't need to be here - plenty of other places to Scam people



Haha....this place doesn't give too much opportunity to post with the lack of traffic. This is most action I have seen here all week!

[raustinss]

Maybe some members need to pull up their shorts and post more ( including me ) lol then we can have other things to talk about ??

[214Chevy]

Frank, the same guy pm’d me too as you can see. He said the same thing to me about Zelle, etc and how he could ship out so fast. I caught on to his game when I asked for pics. Then he got shaky and it seems as if he sent me some stolen pics too. I asked him what city and where he was from. He then asked me “what do you mean?!” At that point I knew he was a scammer.

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[ryeguy2006a]

509, I've gotten probably half a dozen PMs written very similarly to that one you posted. I was just deleting them, but after I realized they are likely trying to scam others I've been reporting them.

[nokones]

I had a guy try to scam me out of one of my cars. He told me that he couldn't come out and see the car but, by the pictures he really wanted to buy my car. He said that he was going to send me a cashier's check, with some extra money for my troubles, and once I receive the check, I was suppose to notify him so he can send a person to pick up my car in order to ship it to him. He said that he was very busy with work and traveling a lot, and he said that he worked for the government and he couldn't say anything about his work. I actually did receive a cashier's check and it looked "very real" and had the extra $400 dollars like he said it would. The cashier's check was made out from Chase Bank so I called them to verify the validity of the check and Chase Bank said that none of the numbers matched any of their accounts nor did the routing and the ABA numbers match, nor did they have any customer with the name that was listed on the check. I did nothing at that point nor did he ever contact me again. He just vanished.

I wonder how long would it have taken for the check to bounce and I be notified by my bank that the check was bunk. Thank god that I didn't fall for it. The red flags in this deal went up when he said that he didn't have time to come look at the car and he went by the pictures, and offered extra money, and of course the usual bull**** story about being too busy with work. If he was that busy why was he looking on-line for a car in the first place and with his traveling all the time for work why would he need a car.

Also, I noticed all the grammatical errors in his writing, was another clue. If he was a business traveler I would think that he would be at least be educated and know how to write in properly in English. I'm sure if I notified him so he can have someone come and pick up my car, my car would have been on a boat going to some non-english speaking country.

At least he didn't try to do the gift card or bit coin transaction thing. The fake check thing was a good one. I wonder how many have fallen for that scam.

[andrewb70]

If anyone ever gets these PMs just report it and we will ban them immediately.

[Steve68]

Speaking of scams, a director with the company I work for got the SSA scam, he liquidated assets, took out 401K money, emptied out his bank accounts and never told his wife, went to the federal building to turn himself in and they were like "what are you talking about, you're not wanted" big problems in his life now!!

So, remember the phone scams to, and the SSA and IRS we only contact you by mail or in person if you've done wrong!!!!

[Smooth67]

If anyone ever gets these PMs just report it and we will ban them immediately.

I believe this is another one...very odd that he typed the name exactly like I posted it

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[Larry Callahan]

I looked at some posts for juzzt565 and it looks like a legit account.

[ilikeike]

I had a guy try to scam me out of one of my cars. He told me that he couldn't come out and see the car but, by the pictures he really wanted to buy my car. He said that he was going to send me a cashier's check, with some extra money for my troubles, and once I receive the check, I was suppose to notify him so he can send a person to pick up my car in order to ship it to him. He said that he was very busy with work and traveling a lot, and he said that he worked for the government and he couldn't say anything about his work. I actually did receive a cashier's check and it looked "very real" and had the extra $400 dollars like he said it would. The cashier's check was made out from Chase Bank so I called them to verify the validity of the check and Chase Bank said that none of the numbers matched any of their accounts nor did the routing and the ABA numbers match, nor did they have any customer with the name that was listed on the check. I did nothing at that point nor did he ever contact me again. He just vanished.

I wonder how long would it have taken for the check to bounce and I be notified by my bank that the check was bunk. Thank god that I didn't fall for it. The red flags in this deal went up when he said that he didn't have time to come look at the car and he went by the pictures, and offered extra money, and of course the usual bull**** story about being too busy with work. If he was that busy why was he looking on-line for a car in the first place and with his traveling all the time for work why would he need a car.

Also, I noticed all the grammatical errors in his writing, was another clue. If he was a business traveler I would think that he would be at least be educated and know how to write in properly in English. I'm sure if I notified him so he can have someone come and pick up my car, my car would have been on a boat going to some non-english speaking country.

At least he didn't try to do the gift card or bit coin transaction thing. The fake check thing was a good one. I wonder how many have fallen for that scam.

I had a guy try this for an air compressor I sold.

Same deal, send me a check then send a guy to pick it up..

I said Great! send your guy the check, have him cash it, and then bring me the money when he picks it up. Fkn idiots...

I actually enjoy messing with them now.

[raustinss]

i have 10,000 acres of prime ocean front property in north dakota , 10 bucks an acre, you pick the lot size , please mail me cash lmao

[frankv11]

Sucks that’s life altering situation there

[Smooth67]

I looked at some posts for juzzt565 and it looks like a legit account.

It may be, but he hasn’t been back on since sending me that message, and I suddenly started getting very random trash emails. You’re the moderator but I’m saying it’s shaky at best

[2yellow69]

i have 10,000 acres of prime ocean front property in north dakota , 10 bucks an acre, you pick the lot size , please mail me cash lmao

Which ocean? This is a smokin' deal!!!

[eville]

Which ocean? This is a smokin' deal!!!

probably both of them. lol

[79 Camaro]

Any good pheasant hunting on those 10,000 acres?