Potential Scammer - Beware

[Merc125]

Hi I think I've had a near miss today.

• I advertised for a part in our classifieds section and was contacted by a member who's not been on the forum very long (Sept 2020)
• They recommended the following e mail "comichael464@gmail.com"
• I sent a list of parts via e mail with a list of parts, they claimed they were in California.
• They provided prices to which I replied they were too expensive and the price dropped by $300 !!
• I googled comichael464@gmail.com e mail address, the results from other forums make interesting reading!!!

Perhaps I should have googled the e mail first... insight is a wonderful thing.

Needless to say I politely withdrew from the communication, however this person could be genuine, but my mantra is, "if something is too good to be true it is probably not" .

What is disconcerting is, the recommendation came from a "new member", so could a moderator contact me and I will provide full details.

Another worrying detail is:-
How to raise an alert on our forum?
Perhaps we can introduce a simple system for members to report suspicious activity?

By which a moderator can assist to prevent potential fraudulent activities on our forum?
Or how to contact a moderator or someone with the autonomy to deal with this sort of thing.

I tried a MB forum search, no result, I checked the forum drop down list, again nothing on how to warn other forum users.

Hope this is of use.

 

[DeeEmm]

That email appears on quite a lot of forum wanted pages from clothes to vehicles.
Hopefully they will be filtered out by now.

I think most forums will become paid membership soon as scammers are on the increase everywhere.

 

[davemercedes]

Thanks for the heads up - any one of us could be interested in sourcing something at any time!

 

[drmw]

I am here if you would like to contact me

 

[Blobcat]

You can press the “Report” button and also private message Moderators directly.

 

[Merc125]

Thanks everyone,
I do not and did not know who was a moderator nor how to contact a moderator hence the post to all.
I've pm'd drmw this evening with full details of this occurrence, I hope a satisfactory resolution will ensue.

If we all please remain vigilant, share any information to prevent a fraud or harm occurring to each or any one of us then that can only be good.

 

[DREAMER NO2]

Whats the reason of dealing with people in Yanki Land ?

 

[drmw]

Thanks everyone,
I do not and did not know who was a moderator nor how to contact a moderator hence the post to all.
I've pm'd drmw this evening with full details of this occurrence, I hope a satisfactory resolution will ensue.

If we all please remain vigilant, share any information to prevent a fraud or harm occurring to each or any one of us then that can only be good.

Not sure what has happened, but I did not get any email from you so can't do anything - if you can resend, I will try to do something!

 

[Merc125]

Ok, will try again, you f you don't receive it perhaps you could pm me please

 

[peterws1957]

Hi I think I've had a near miss today.

• I advertised for a part in our classifieds section and was contacted by a member who's not been on the forum very long (Sept 2020)
• They recommended the following e mail "comichael464@gmail.com"
• I sent a list of parts via e mail with a list of parts, they claimed they were in California.
• They provided prices to which I replied they were too expensive and the price dropped by $300 !!
• I googled comichael464@gmail.com e mail address, the results from other forums make interesting reading!!!

Perhaps I should have googled the e mail first... insight is a wonderful thing.

Needless to say I politely withdrew from the communication, however this person could be genuine, but my mantra is, "if something is too good to be true it is probably not" .

What is disconcerting is, the recommendation came from a "new member", so could a moderator contact me and I will provide full details.

Another worrying detail is:-
How to raise an alert on our forum?
Perhaps we can introduce a simple system for members to report suspicious activity?

By which a moderator can assist to prevent potential fraudulent activities on our forum?
Or how to contact a moderator or someone with the autonomy to deal with this sort of thing.

I tried a MB forum search, no result, I checked the forum drop down list, again nothing on how to warn other forum users.

Hope this is of use.

Thanks for bringing this up. Unfortunately "would like to buy" adverts have become a scammers paradise recently. Some forums have become riddled with scammers and buy the seller has become a necessary mantra. Fortunately you saw through it, but sadly a lot won't and will lose a fortune. Well played!

 

[drmw]

That one is now handled, but for you own sake, please make sure that any such "Wanted" type threads are scrupulously checked out - there are a lot of very clever people about.