Scammers

[196champ]

Please be mindful of scammers reaching out with items for sale.

I had someone message me on here saying they had a friend with the item i was looking for and an email address.

Both had accounts on the site, but the messages are now gone from my inbox.

It smelled scammy but figured i would play along to see how they went about things.

They wanted me to venmo or Zelle the money for the item, i looked at the venmo and noticed where they had got someone for a rod.

asked for their phone number to call, it was a Houston, TX area number, went to voice mail with a middle eastern recording.

Be diligent!

[ness]

Nice detective work!

[Mitch f]

On 11/15/2023 at 8:37 AM, 196champ said:

Please be mindful of scammers reaching out with items for sale.

I had someone message me on here saying they had a friend with the item i was looking for and an email address.

Both had accounts on the site, but the messages are now gone from my inbox.

It smelled scammy but figured i would play along to see how they went about things.

They wanted me to venmo or Zelle the money for the item, i looked at the venmo and noticed where they had got someone for a rod.

asked for their phone number to call, it was a Houston, TX area number, went to voice mail with a middle eastern recording.

Be diligent!

That’s insane

[STLbassbuster]

Yep I had one message me. They are going through the WTB posts and messaging members…..only use PayPal goods and services online, it is the only protection for buyers.