Scammer on this forum

PostPost by: alexblack13 » Tue Sep 03, 2013 5:27 pm

Of course John.. Don't panic bud.. I admit to this going over my head a bit and also admit to not fully reading all posts etc.. I just missed the point..

I do apologise.. And I've ran out of the hard stuff.. :? Having to make do with a stella or two.. :wink:


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PostPost by: elanner » Thu Feb 27, 2014 12:46 am

Innocent until proven guilty and all that, but I'm pretty sure that I've contacted by a scammer.

I posted a request for diff rear cover in the Wanted section a few weeks ago and a known member of the forum is helping me. So I think I'm going to be all set.

However, a couple of days ago I received, via email:

<<<<<Beginning of email>>>>>

To: elanner
From: davvid

If you are still interested in the purchase. You can send me an e-mail on
[email protected]" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank with list of what you are looking to purchase and a
phone number to reach you.

Cheers,

David Peterson
United Kingdom

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There were a few instant alarm bells here:
- I've no idea how he got my email, which wasn't in my Wanted request.
- I checked his membership of the forum and he joined the same day that he contacted me. I figured that anybody with an Elan diff cover to sell would almost certainly be an established forum member.
- I did a Google search for his email address and he pops up in other automotive forum comments as a scammer posing as a seller of auto parts.

So, out of curiosity I responded and he has claimed to have a cover and some other stuff for sale, at a high but not totally outrageous price, and added: "I will be shipping via UPS or FedEx on a 3 - 4 working days delivery and will accept payment via Money Gram as my PayPal is currently dormant."

Bingo, the last alarm bell:
- He wants payment via MoneyGram (gee, do we all seem that dumb?)

I responded again saying that I would never use a Money Gram service and asked for some photos. I've not heard back (but then it's only been 24 hours).

Once again, innocent until proven guilty, and I wouldn't normally post something like this until I was more sure of what's going on. But if he's started trolling the Wanted section I don't want anybody to get bitten.

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PostPost by: elanner » Thu Feb 27, 2014 1:58 am

I've suddenly realized that this is exactly the same modus operandi as reported by dave240 as the first entry in this thread, back in 2012.

Heck - at least change the pitch!

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PostPost by: trw99 » Thu Feb 27, 2014 8:28 am

Nick, anyone can send you an email as there is an '@' sign under your name and location information on each of your posts on elan.net.

Anyway, well spotted and thanks for the heads up.

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PostPost by: elanner » Thu Feb 27, 2014 11:40 am

Tim,

Oh, right, I'd never noticed that before. So he didn't have my email address until I replied. Ho hum.

I now see that some folk don't have the @ sign, and that contact via email can be disabled under Board Preferences in my Forum Profile.

Thanks,

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