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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Rusty on December 13, 2023, 07:05:58 AM

Title: This seems suspicious to me....
Post by: Rusty on December 13, 2023, 07:05:58 AM
I got this PM.   It strongly fits the profile of what has been discussed before regarding posting a want ad and then a NEW member advises that they know of somebody else that has the item and gives their email address.   

Title: Re: This seems suspicious to me....
Post by: Jim Svitko on December 13, 2023, 07:07:13 AM
Most likely a scam.  I have seen this same thing on gun forums.
Title: Re: This seems suspicious to me....
Post by: Marty Hammersmith on December 13, 2023, 07:11:31 AM
Very very likely a scam. That is a classic template for one.
Title: Re: This seems suspicious to me....
Post by: doug coursey on December 13, 2023, 12:55:24 PM
I got this PM.   It strongly fits the profile of what has been discussed before regarding posting a want ad and then a NEW member advises that they know of somebody else that has the item and gives their email address.


its a scam alright i know someone that got scamed that way for $20
Title: Re: This seems suspicious to me....
Post by: John Carrodus on December 13, 2023, 01:08:14 PM
Unfortunately, these buggers are everywhere.  mw~It's got to the stage where we now assume EVERY communication via ANY channel is phony/ a scam. We work backwards from there and engage with only those we know (or think we know) is genuine. Otherwise it is dumped and ignored. I now find for eg that I only treat about 3/10 emails as straightup clean. The good news, it's getting worse by the day. What with the politicians, media and big tech, it's got to the stage where I believe nothing of what I hear and only half of what I see, and I'm struggling with the last one too.  H^^ And I am aware that everything you email or txt is retrievable. I can appreciate why folks like to go off grid. D>K
Title: Re: This seems suspicious to me....
Post by: Arlan McKee on December 13, 2023, 04:54:57 PM
That's not even a valid Gmail account.
I was going to send him an email and play along but there is no such account.
Title: Re: This seems suspicious to me....
Post by: Rusty on December 13, 2023, 05:13:08 PM
ATTN Sparky!  Can you remove this culprit from the forum?   

Thanks