BEWARE

[Melba Nolan]

Beware I received an email wanting to purchase an item.. He wanted to send me a check for $1900.00. I was to keep what he owed me and then send the balance to the guy who would be shipping it to him.

Mathew Colon is the name he gave with an email of stylestreetapparal@proton.me

[TWrenn]

Thanks Melba! Sadly there's so many of these creeps out there anymore and it's getting worse by the day.
Hmmmm....if memory serves me right I bought my former '15 Touring from a guy in Fenton. I think. Memory fades over the years, lol. Think his first name was Dave, forgot last name, he had a big storeage/workshop garage with lots of cars in it.

[TXGOAT2]

Appropriate name....

[Allan]

Excellent spotting Pat! Full of S##T.

Allan from down under.

[csnailnrun]

Open platform problems!

[Jerry VanOoteghem]

Appropriate name....

You're a mind reader!

[AdminJeff]

Here's the check I got a month ago for the same scam. I led that scammer by the nose all the way. He backed off once I told him the FBI wanted his cell number!

[Chris Haynes]

Both Helena and Michael are real people,

[TRDxB2]

Both Helena and Michael are real people,

The email address .me ending is the internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Montenegro.
The signature on the check is "Madame Curie" and she was real

[AdminJeff]

Too funny. Yup. They are real. I called their office and they confirmed that their account had been hacked!

[Art Ebeling]

Just about every WTB ad I place on any site generates scam responses. Usually they start with " Contact so and so at blah blah auto parts he has what you want". Then they provide pictures that when I do a Google search on are from other sellers on the internet. It just happened last week when I posted wanting to buy some Model A running board aprons. When I told the guy they were pictures off of the net and he was a scammer he sent more pictures of splash aprons he "had". Some pictures had snow on the ground and some had palm trees in the background. The second batch was from a completed Ebay listing. Art

[George House]

Thats interesting Art. Scammers must be territorial and of different ilks. Every FS ad I’ve placed on the HCCA site has resulted in scammers - only. Whereas every FS ad placed here results in bonafide customers… just my 2 cents worth

[CTLeonard]

I agree to that! I have a lot of A parts for sale and have had terrible luck on any of the sites . Thank you again mtfca!

[TRDxB2]

Exposing ones eMail address or phone number invites scammers to contact you. Even if you attempt to encrypt it from being read by a BOT

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The MTFCA Forum has a process to protect you from scammers for the most part in that the seller or sender must be registered.
Just clicking on the Username, then send email address provides a screen to send message text (subject & message)
The PM process allows pictures to be included but isn't as easy & but the recipient must be logged in to see that the have a PM pending to read.
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They (and you if you opted to get a copy) get a message from the FORUM as the sender with the originator of the message email's address in the REPLY TO

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The MAFCA site is an open door to scammers exposing phone numbers and allowing emails to be sent without having to be logged in. They also show a picture of the item for reference

[J1MGOLDEN]

A few years ago, a guy in Michigan had his Mercury auto on a ship that had left port when the bank notified him the check was bogus!