| 01-31-2023, 07:44 PM | #1 |
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Buyer beware of scammers.
All users and moderators be advised I was scammed for $500 dollars by this user!!
Took advantage since I’m new! It might even be someone on this platform and the reason why is because I tried sending a private message to a member here but it wouldn’t let me since I’m new so I posted on the member’s classified post and told him to message me a number since I can’t send messages yet so this guy hit me up pretending to be the other person. I can post a picture of the $500 I sent to his/her Venmo account. |
| 01-31-2023, 08:30 PM | #2 |
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Sorry to hear. But yes, the scammers do this on every single classified listing on here. I just assumed everyone knew. But as you said, You're new, no way for you to know.
I can tell you usually in the scammers messages, something is misspelled or not what you'd expect as standard English. |
| 01-31-2023, 08:34 PM | #3 |
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Yea gotta be sure to look at the original poster user name and compare to the person thats sending you a PM. Sucks man gotta be careful.
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| 01-31-2023, 08:52 PM | #4 |
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Sorry didn’t know how to tag you guys.
I just didn’t want anyone else to fall for it that’s why I took a picture for everyone to see. This could’ve been much worse because after I sent the $500 deposit last night he/she was trying to sell me M5 conversion kit this morning and wanted a much higher amount as a deposit and the rest in cash upon delivery that’s when I started getting suspicious. It’s just sad to see this happening to this community as I used to be here all the time back in my E60 days. |
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| 01-31-2023, 09:00 PM | #5 |
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On top of the good advice here, only transact through PayPal. I never send Zelle, Venmo, Cash App to strangers.
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| 02-01-2023, 12:47 PM | #7 |
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My neighbor reached out to me yesterday because he sold a laptop in person to someone and they paid him by Zelle. Turned out to be a fake Zelle account and the money didnt deposit to his account. Sucks. So many scammers out there.
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| 02-01-2023, 03:28 PM | #8 |
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Sorry man. Seems like we need an attorney to set up an app like escrow. Seller opens account on Escorow it dot com. . Buyer send $ there and when goods are recieved monies are released less a small fee.
I guess the issue becomes the buyer scams tbe sell by saying stuff never arrived ? Who knows. Gotta be a way. |
| 02-06-2023, 07:43 AM | #9 |
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I wish there was a window that pops up when you first register for this forum that details this scam. It's a very common scam that gets almost every newcomer.
I've been hit up multiple times this same way, but always go back to the original poster and message them directly. If I can't do that, then I'll post the info on the actual for sale thread and wait for the OP and only the OP to respond. I tried updating the scammer post, but these guys go through so many screennames that you just can't keep track of them all. |
