Scammers are active on this site

[wyattheck]

I see that someone just posted about a scam and I thought it necessary that I make a post since I experienced the same scam yesterday.
I posted something in WTB and had a response late last night from a new member who said he had a friend in Texas (same place the other person posted their scammers said they were from ) who is selling the item I was looking for. He gave me the persons email so I emailed them back. This morning I received a polite response with pictures but it was not the specific item that I was looking for. I responded with a real respectful decline and that was that.
When I went back here this morning to respond to the original messenger and thank him for the effort he had deleted the message.
Very suspicious.

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[JohnnyMac]

I'm gonna start posting wanted items that are super obscure and screw with a few of them....

 

[Kruel J]

Please use the Report feature to let the mod team know of any discrepancies.

 

[wyattheck]

Ok I did. Thanks

Please use the Report feature to let the mod team know of any discrepancies.

 

[Kruel J]

Ok I did. Thanks

Received. Please include the members name.

 

[CountryGent]

Please use the Report feature to let the mod team know of any discrepancies.

^. This. The scammers are removed with extreme prejudice.

 

[wyattheck]

Received. Please include the members name.

He deleted the message and I was not able to get their name. It's gone

 

[deadeye]

He deleted the message and I was not able to get their name. It's gone

as I stated before in the other thread I believe he has been dealt with and that is why the messages disappeared. The messages can not be deleted by members they can be left, but only on one side so they should have still been visible to you, this is why I think we already dealt with them.

 

[Flymph]

Honestly sounds like less of a scam and more of a dumb waste of time...

 

[wyattheck]

Ok thanks for explaining. I appreciate all you guys do for this site.

as I stated before in the other thread I believe he has been dealt with and that is why the messages disappeared. The messages can not be deleted by members they can be left, but only on one side so they should have still been visible to you, this is why I think we already dealt with them.

 

[Dr Prepper]

He deleted the message and I was not able to get their name. It's gone

Sounds like its resolved but just for scholastics is it possible to go into your alerts history and find when he posted a response to your thread and get his name.

In other words i guess im asking if he deletes his post the alert still stays with his name associated doesn't it?

 

[wyattheck]

Once he was caught by the administrators and his profile blocked and deleted all messages and even alerts that mentioned his profile name were gone.
Thanks

actually I'm pretty sure that I remember his name it was Guywhoeatspoopandisdumb

Sounds like its resolved but just for scholastics is it possible to go into your alerts history and find when he posted a response to your thread and get his name.

In other words i guess im asking if he deletes his post the alert still stays with his name associated doesn't it?

 

[ilikegunspdx]

Once he was caught by the administrators and his profile blocked and deleted all messages and even alerts that mentioned his profile name were gone.
Thanks

actually I'm pretty sure that I remember his name it was Guywhoeatspoopandisdumb

Blocked his profile or banned his ipaddress? What's to stop him/her from making several more profiles and trying it again? I saw this happen on camera site. Scammer re-emerged as three different profiles until I convinced them to block his ipaddress (maybe they blocked a range of addresses, I don't know). They are scum and like a virus they will keep trying.

 

[trevi]

I had the same thing from a guy in TX, too. He contacted me about my HK USP45 for trade, referred me to his HKPRO site ad for his USP9. I asked a question and he went poof.

 

[trevi]

Blocked his profile or banned his ipaddress? What's to stop him/her from making several more profiles and trying it again? I saw this happen on camera site. Scammer re-emerged as three different profiles until I convinced them to block his ipaddress (maybe they blocked a range of addresses, I don't know). They are scum and like a virus they will keep trying.

found his handle: @Echelon7x.

 

[trevi]

found his handle: @Echelon7x.

I meant to reply to my post, not his. Sorry.

 

[po18guy]

"WTB" is a scammer magnet. You are declaring that you have money and they are revealing that they want it.

 

[Member 34319]

"WTB" is a scammer magnet. You are declaring that you have money and they are revealing that they want it.

Might be time I play a little game and post up a couple WTB threads.

 

[Dr Prepper]

"WTB" is a scammer magnet. You are declaring that you have money and they are revealing that they want it.

I guess that makes sense, ill keep that in mind i post one of those every now and then. They dont ever seem fruitful, i usually emd up buying off fleabay.
Thanks for the heads up.

 

[po18guy]

Might be time I play a little game and post up a couple WTB threads.

Ever watch Jim Browning's anti-scammer vids on YouTube?