Possible Scam Attempt

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,447
    Roland01 tried to sell me an L400...
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,307
    Tell him you only carry rubles
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,601
    Ask him if he has a beard and all his teeth are pulled.
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  • BeefJerky
    BeefJerky Posts: 1,320
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Roland01 tried to sell me an L400...

    Was he successful?
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  • motorstereo
    motorstereo Posts: 2,145
    The local Ford garage tried to sell me an ev. :)
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,113
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  • BeefJerky
    BeefJerky Posts: 1,320
    Look like "roland01" is still registered and actively trying to scam people. How do we actually report these things to get these accounts banned?
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  • Jimbo18
    Jimbo18 Posts: 2,336
    BeefJerky wrote: »
    Look like "roland01" is still registered and actively trying to scam people. How do we actually report these things to get these accounts banned?

    He could just start a new account. Probably better off if it's one you recognize.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,572
    edited April 2022
    Jimbo18 wrote: »
    BeefJerky wrote: »
    Look like "roland01" is still registered and actively trying to scam people. How do we actually report these things to get these accounts banned?

    He could just start a new account. Probably better off if it's one you recognize.

    No if your banned your ip, is also banned and will not let you rejoin....or so I thought.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,145
    BeefJerky wrote: »
    Look like "roland01" is still registered and actively trying to scam people. How do we actually report these things to get these accounts banned?

    This morning, I reported/flagged your quoted post above to the moderators. Not for you but to make them aware of the content of your post. I just looked up this member, "roland01" and it appears as if this person is no longer a member here because they are no longer found on a member search. FWIW.

    Tom
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  • BeefJerky
    BeefJerky Posts: 1,320
    treitz3 wrote: »
    BeefJerky wrote: »
    Look like "roland01" is still registered and actively trying to scam people. How do we actually report these things to get these accounts banned?

    This morning, I reported/flagged your quoted post above to the moderators. Not for you but to make them aware of the content of your post. I just looked up this member, "roland01" and it appears as if this person is no longer a member here because they are no longer found on a member search. FWIW.

    Tom

    He does indeed seem to be gone, thanks! With the regular occurrences of these PM scams, I think this forum needs to implement an easy way to report those rogue PMs.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,145
    Just flag a post that reports it. The mods will take care of it when they see it. No worries.

    Tom
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  • BeefJerky
    BeefJerky Posts: 1,320
    edited April 2022
    Well, we got a new one, boys!

    Robert9001 sent me a PM telling me a Mr. Sam mentioned he had a pair of LSiCs, and I should totally reach out to the scammer's email address.

    EDIT: I flagged my own post, so hopefully that will do it...
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  • DaveHo
    DaveHo Posts: 3,536
    Before vanilla, you couldn't PM with less than a certain number of posts. What happened to that?!
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  • BeefJerky
    BeefJerky Posts: 1,320
    And, we got another one:

    markmill12 sent me a PM with a scammers email address.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    Got the same email about the Belles remote, So I paypaled and he wanted a copy/screenshot of the transaction,like a dummy I complied, he refunded the money because he would not be able to get the funds for a few days, then did the same with another email as where to send the funds to, I complied,he wanted a screenshot of the transaction,I complied, then the money was refunded, he sent another email wanting me to resend the 45.00 from friends and family, which I did Not do, should I be worried about my bank accounts etc?
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    I did change my passwords,, I might be wrong but It seems he wants monies by PayPal so he can have immediate access to it. Sure wish I had his address.
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,572
    edited April 2022
    The scams being ran in out of the WTB ads are out of control.
    We never had this problem when new members had to have a specific number of posts to do certain things.
    Time to bring it back into play.
    It would also be nice if everything NEVER went to hifishark as well.
    I think we are all old enough and smart enough to network ourselves should we want to.
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,907
    I've got 2 of these lately for stuff I said I was looking for in the WTB ads. Both times pretty much identical verbage. Like, "I purchased some items from "so and so" some days ago and "what you're looking for" is among the items he showed me that he wanted to part out with. Maybe you should text him to know if it is still available.. Here's his email blahblahblah@scamme.com"
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    Yea we basically have no mods and no one at Polk who cares…
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  • BeefJerky
    BeefJerky Posts: 1,320
    dragon1952: Yeah, I've had about 4 over the past couple of months, and pretty much the same verbiage as well.

    rooftop59: Yep, I agree. And, they make it difficult to report the issue to begin with. I have to post here, then report my own post to get anything reported. Many other forums have an easy way to report the DM itself direct to the mods.
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  • skipshot12
    skipshot12 Posts: 1,174
    These rat-**** scammers should be coated in flour and deep fried to a golden tasty brown color.
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