Scammers are amongst us!

[Larry LaPatka]

Well it has finally happened to MTFCA. I was trying to help out a neighbor who is new to the Model T family. He needed several 1926/27 Model T parts to go a long way to get his 1926 Model T roadster up and running. I put an ad on this parts section as a favor to him. A gentleman in Utah sent photos and had all the items needed. My neighbor agreed on the price and shipping means and used paypal. To cover himself just in case it was to good to be true. He paypaled the money and as of this date, no goods. Today he called and the phone has been disconnected. Looks like these bastards have infiltrated our glorious website and
Wonderful resource in which you share and enjoy this
Great hobby of ours. This fellow goes by the email name of
“Flososweet@gmail.com”. Giving you fellows and gals out there a headsup to this scum bag! Beware. Sad state of affairs that they can’t even leave us alone!

[Will_Vanderburg]

Did he use PayPal "Goods and Services" or "Friends & Family"?

If he used Friends and Family, he is SOL. If he used Goods and Services, Paypal will give him his money back by sucking it out of the seller's bank account.

[Rod]

There isn’t a forum user with the email of Flososweet@gmail.com.

Anyone posting items for sale or wanted should NEVER put your contact info in the add. A registered user can look at your profile and send you an email or message.

Guests do NOT have this privilege. That is the ONLY way to keep us all safe.

Rod

[Scott_Conger]

Floridean Buchanan
Floridean Buchanan is 70 years old and was born in October 1954. Floridean has lived at 3865 Highway 952 in Jackson, LA since February 2006. Floridean can be reached at (225) 916-0040, a mobile number through AT&T.
Public records filings have reported Floridean under different names including Floridean Johnson Wells, Floridean M Wells, Floridean Johnson and 1 other.

Floridean's prior residences include Decatur, GA for about 21 years (from January 2004 to August 2025), Jackson, MS for about 32 years (from March 1993 to July 2025), and Atlanta, GA. Floridean's previously reported phone numbers include (770) 323-3265 (landline), (404) 289-6741 (landline) and others. Floridean's email address is flososweet@gmail.com.

Social media links, property ownership & more can be found at our partner site.

Floridean has been associated with the business Flos Contractors Services LLC since Aug 2007 as the Ceo.

Floridean is married to Sean Buchanan. Floridean's relatives include Alexis Johnson, Anita Brawner, Anthony Johnson, Arthur Johnson and 26 others. Floridean's associates include Abraham Mathews, Janice Matthews and others. Floridean's neighbors include Abraham Matthews Sr and Dee Anio and 6 others, all living nearby on Highway 952.

Floridean is currently living at 2505 Columbia Drv, Decatur, GA 30034. There are sixteen different companies which are registered at this address, for example, Columbia Autobrokers, Inc and Nicanor Barragan Miranda, LLC. Marlene Young, Wanda Janette Smith, and 451 other persons are also associated with this address. Floridean has (404) 289-6741 (Bellsouth Telecommunications, LLC), (404) 421-0416 (Powertel Atlanta Licenses, IncBellsouth Telecommunications, LLC) as phone numbers. Public records show that the phone number (404) 289-6741 is linked to D Duffy, Dedra Duffy, Dawn J Johnson, Bernice Cash

Feel free to tell him how you feel

Better yet, call his County Sheriff

[Henry K. Lee]

So maybe..., just maybe as I have recommended in the past, you all call the board members, president and "CLOSE THE SITE DOWN TO NON PAID MEMBERS"!

We all pay to play!

[TXGOAT2]

.... And "Youth Pills" are still a hot seller, along with goop that erases wrinkles and pills that incinerate that stubborn bellyfat.

[tdump]

they are everywhere. i bought a second hand gps unit, a garmon . for a back up camera it needs the BC-35 camera to work. my old 1 uses the bc-30.
well i found a website,in Australia supposedly, and they had 1 for 94 dollars. overstock,and it is discontinued so i had no reason to doubt it. i cliced by it now, used paypal and the paypal mastercard, and a red flash came up and then the transaction was done. i saw the flash ,first word was warning i think so i sent paypal a message,filed a claim right then.
well the fraudster sent a tracking number to me and to them. and it claims to have made it,delivered to the US. well paypal sided with the vendor. i changed the claim but as of so far, i have been out of 94 dollars for about 6 weeks and it aint looking good.
turns out it was a fake website, once i got to looking, none of the lower contact info icons worked, and the real company, doesn't even offer the camera. the seller, shows a address somewhere in ohio, the camera was shipped from china supposedly and oh it gets complicated.
but crooks are everywhere and we all have our turn.
sad but true, and what can i do>? not much of anything. but the last message i sent to paypal, i let them know i would close both my credit accounts that involve their name and reduce usage of paypal to a bare minumum if they can't at least provide a address where the camera was shipped to and their communications with the seller so i can file a police report.
that is the whole purpose of using a credit card online or in the store for me, protection from fraud.

i recently opened a chase account and card for online use after this fiasco started with paypal and i bought myself a tire machine and a balancer for 1500 bucks total free shipping. the first time i tried to use the card for that purchase, i got a fraud alert on my phone and on my email. as soon as i confirmed it was me , the purchase went thru the next try.big purchases, we need to make them on a publicly known site, i made the mistake when i went to a site i knew nothing about until i was out of my money and paypal and mastercard didn't send me a alert of any sort in regards to the camera , so guess which card i will be using for online purchases from now on?

[Dan Hatch]

This why we need to return to swap meets. Yes I know it is a lot easier the just hit buy it now. At a swap meet you can see who you are buying from.

[TRDxB2]

Well it has finally happened to MTFCA. I was trying to help out a neighbor who is new to the Model T family. He needed several 1926/27 Model T parts to go a long way to get his 1926 Model T roadster up and running. I put an ad on this parts section as a favor to him. A gentleman in Utah sent photos and had all the items needed. My neighbor agreed on the price and shipping means and used paypal. To cover himself just in case it was to good to be true. He paypaled the money and as of this date, no goods. Today he called and the phone has been disconnected. Looks like these bastards have infiltrated our glorious website and
Wonderful resource in which you share and enjoy this
Great hobby of ours. This fellow goes by the email name of
“Flososweet@gmail.com”. Giving you fellows and gals out there a heads up to this scum bag! Beware. Sad state of affairs that they can’t even leave us alone!

I hate to be the one to say this, but you have no one else to blame but yourself. The Forum instructions state that you should not include personnel information in an ad. It isn't necessary for someone to have to log onto the Forum to see its contents, but only to sen PM's & eMails and make postings. Some people try to encrypt it or include it in a photo. But scammers read people & can read them just the same.
So there isn't any "infiltration". The better way to process a sale is to use the Form to send to a member via a PM or eMail. In doing so you can also check how long they were a member.

Hope you realize that you have exposed yourself & friend "forever" unless you go back & edit/delete that info from every ad that has your info in it (WTB or FS) Just do a search on Larry LaPatka

gmail accounts are free to make (real or scammer). So its Here today Gone tomorrow.

Since your name and both city & state are exposed its easy to find out about people.... Did you get a Farm subsidy for $ xx8.48