Scammers in the Buy Sell Trade Section

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by jayshum

This guy has emailed me 4 times asking if I am still interested in the card even though I didn't respond to him after he first answered me and didn't provide any more information or his net54 ID. I'm surprised he's being so persistent.

Request that he pp/ffs you one dollar to show good faith, then tell him thanks for the buck for the time it took to read his emails.

[BobC]

Why not someone tell this guy they don't have a Paypal account, and ask if you can just send him a check instead. If he bites and actually gives you an address, you can act real surprised and tell him that you have a real good friend that lives near him, and instead you could simply have your friend stop by to drop off the cash for you and pick up the card at the same time. See what he thinks and says to that. And if he still plays along, you can actually try to get him to give you a time for your friend to drop the cash off.

Now if he hems and haws about not wanting to meet someone in person, you can reassure them not to worry, your buddy just happens to be a local cop so he should have no qualms about meeting up with him.

Hopefully that will get the point across!

[Wanaselja]

Steven Hurley - stevenhurley92@gmail.com - just offered me a T206 Evers Port, SGC 8 for “$1850 (negotiable)”.

[Wanaselja]

I asked for his user name for reference:

“Sure thing. My username is “wazoo”
Been on the forum for a while now”….

I don’t think Steven is very bright.

[timzcardz]

Originally Posted by Wanaselja

I asked for his user name for reference:

“Sure thing. My username is “wazoo”
Been on the forum for a while now”….

I don’t think Steven is very bright.

Wazoo has been on here for awhile, but I know for a fact that Wazoo’s name is not Steven Hurley!

[Wanaselja]

Originally Posted by timzcardz

Wazoo has been on here for awhile, but I know for a fact that Wazoo’s name is not Steven Hurley!

Me too.

Per Phil’s post above I tried to get him to send me $10 as buyers collateral as “that’s the norm for 4 figure deals between members who’ve never dealt with each other before”. His response was great:

“Of course, we both want to be safe but this way is not safe for me. What’s the assurance that you’ll send it after i send the collateral.
Lately, lot of people have been getting ripped off thru this way”

[Leon]

Another member got scammed this morning out of almost $400. The scammer had ALL of the red flags we talk about daily, and didn't check with me for a reference. The member has been here a few years with over 150 posts. There just isn't anything I can do when people are not being cautious. It's the freaking internet. Be alert or learn the hard way. Always sorry to hear it happens.
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