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rg171352
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Beware Classified Scammer

Post by rg171352 » Sat Sep 28, 2019 6:17 pm

I received a PM on a wanted ad on the classifieds today from member wend555.

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wend555
Posts: 0
Joined: Wed Sep 25, 2019 2:57 pm
First Name: wendell
Last Name: loadholt
Location: chicago
Model Ts owned: Prins Bertil Memorial 2010
Board Member Since: 2019
Contact: Contact wend555

Message:
jno brown carbide generator hardware
Sent: Thu Sep 26, 2019 5:10 am
From: wend555
Recipient: rg171352

You can try Gene Morgan,he has a jno brown carbide generator hardware he wants to part with.Here's his email Genem365 @gmail.com
Goodluck...

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The actual email is genem365@gmail.com and his phone number is 5413578718 / (541)357-8718.
I emailed this person and he had a single photo and communication was fairly odd. When I texted, communication was again odd. He couldn't get more photos because he put the item back in storage. When I called him, I could barely hear/understand him and he couldn't really give me any details about the item. However, he wanted payment via venmo or gift cards. After I insisted on paypal, he never sent me any further information.

For additional allegations of spamming see: https://mbworld.org/forums/site-announc ... mmers.html

Beware!

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Susanne
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Re: Beware Classified Scammer

Post by Susanne » Sat Sep 28, 2019 9:35 pm

Any time someone wants payment via gift cards or venmo it's a scam - those are 2 ways to not trace your payment. They go there I just hang up, hoping they didn;t get my phone number from caller ID to use my number (next) for their next scam on "Duesenbergcollectors.com" classifieds.

Also 541 is Oregon, not Chicago. Probably bouncing through a hijacked cellphone to the scammer in Albania.


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Re: Beware Classified Scammer

Post by rickg » Sun Sep 29, 2019 12:53 pm

Good to see you posting again Sue.

Rick goelz

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