New scammer technique using BST?

[Leon]

They are lying. They can't get to the BST through Google, as far as I know. The BST area is password protected. I think the scammers are just finding a hole in the s/w, get in and create a user id, and then the scamming attempts begin.
And don't be fooled if they give you a good id. They do that frequently but their id they use doesn't match the real member. ALWAYS PM me if there is any question.....

Love this pose...
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[Snapolit1]

Leon - don't know if this would be doable or if it would just be a huge pain in your you know what . . . .but what about a system like Twitter where people who are know entities and have successfully done BST transactions in the past get a verified blue checkmark, gold star, or some other kind of designation? Maybe too much work and aggravation . . . .

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Leon - don't know if this would be doable or if it would just be a huge pain in your you know what . . . .but what about a system like Twitter where people who are know entities and have successfully done BST transactions in the past get a verified blue checkmark, gold star, or some other kind of designation? Maybe too much work and aggravation . . . .

I don't know of a way to easily do that. Members really need to look at the person they are interacting with and look at their profile. If they just registered then you really need to be careful.
Some members put the members whom they have done transactions with, at least some of them, in their sig lines.... That can help too.
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[Alaskanmade]

Does anybody know what their end game is?

I have been contacted by 8 separate email addresses, most with pictures obviously taken from Ebay (one still had Dean's watermark). But they always agree to Good and Services. What is their ultimate plan to scam money? PayPal buyer protections are water tight (some would say too good). I just don't understand.

[Wanaselja]

Literally just received the same email from Frank Thompson thompsonfrank237@gmail.com and after asking for his Username got this back:

“I am not on Net54. I came across your WTB on Google on the forum.
No, it doesn't have any creases or wrinkles on it.
Paypal Goods and services???”

[Ben Yourg]

Two days ago I also got an Email from Frank Thompson.(From Where?)
And,just like "Charles Litts" Email to me, Frank also sent a scan
of 1911 Zeenut "Halla", this time And he said how much will you pay for this?
Be careful there's a Carnival in town.
Ben

[TCurry85]

Had this same issue with 2 different responses in my request for a Willie Mays signed card. One would’ve been more then I’ve ever spent on a card, they were able to “coin” the image with my name and todays date but was still very fishy so I had to back away from the deal. One of the things that threw me off even on the coining of the image is they used the international way of writing the date 27/6/22 instead of 6/27/22.