Got scammed by this guy thomas miranda on venmo
 

Was looking to buy a turbo action e shift box and this person contacted me
I sent him 175.00 for box 28.00 for shipping
Beware of Thomas miranda
Venmo address @tmaq8

Someone is trolling classracer wtb ads
Just thought everyone needed to know
Thanks Eddie longhany jr
910-574-0136

Re: Got scammed by this guy thomas miranda on venmo
 

Eddie, a bunch of us were on here a few months back discussing this very
thing. It seems anybody that puts up a WTB ad gets an attempted scam.
My scammer sent me a picture of what I wanted, and it looked re-produced
rather than fresh. I asked him to send me a picture of it with todays newspaper in it.(Sounds like a ransom movie, I know). He said he lived in the country and wasn't near a newspaper. So I asked him if he had electricity, and he said yes. I said send me your latest electric bill. he couldn't do that either for some reason, so to satisfy myself one last time,
I asked how he wanted to be paid, and he said Venmo or PayPal friends and family. I then suggested he go forth and multiply, and hung up. Sorry
you went through this.

J.R.

Re: Got scammed by this guy thomas miranda on venmo
 

i was selling a high end camera and had someone who wanted to pay by venmo. i asked him for his account name and he refused to give it. Most likely he hacked someone's account

Re: Got scammed by this guy thomas miranda on venmo
 

thanks guys you saved my ***,almost sent money thank you same guy

Re: Got scammed by this guy thomas miranda on venmo
 

Every time something like this happens or potentially happens, it needs to be posted. As previously mentioned some of us have been communicating in regards to these issues and the guilty people need to become public knowledge. The majority of the time it happens in response to a "Wanted" posting and the organizing of payment is generally not a common method.

A method of prevention is to research the responder. Speak to the individual over the phone, get to know him and establish a trust baseline, if you can't walk away from the deal. Pictures are also imperative, if the pictures sent are off a Google Search that is also a Red Flag. Most items that are "Wanted" on this site are pretty specific. The responder should have a good reason of why he has what you are requesting, as well as a solid description of the component(s).

Awareness and Aggressive Prevention will hopefully discourage the False Acts of the Unfavourable of Society, sneaking into this site.

Hope this helps…MB.

Re: Got scammed by this guy thomas miranda on venmo
 

was not a wanted sale but someone was selling quite a few items just a few days ago . the post was erased and no he is not accepting any PM. it might be something happened but not notifying me makes me wonder

Re: Got scammed by this guy thomas miranda on venmo
 

You may be referring to Lenny. He was hacked and there were numerous parts posted for sale. Lenny is one of the GOOD guys on this forum ….

Re: Got scammed by this guy thomas miranda on venmo
 

I really hope nobody was taken by the guy who jacked my account.

I’m not sure if they somehow got me again, or the admins disabled my account because of the scams.

Thanks for the kind words, MJ!

Re: Got scammed by this guy thomas miranda on venmo
 

not lenny, this person has a total of two posts and they are things for sale.



i was trying to buy a master cut off switch from this person and i asked him for a photo with today's date and his personal info. i did not get any response from him.


if you want his name i will be happy to share it in a PM

Re: Got scammed by this guy thomas miranda on venmo
 

David, no reasons for PM's. Share the thief's name so nobody that
is a member here gets hurt.

J.R.

Re: Got scammed by this guy thomas miranda on venmo
 

Darrell Steiger

Re: Got scammed by this guy thomas miranda on venmo
 

You know , I am here at a Super Bowl party and a gentlemen out west calls me and we talked about the blinder rule for over an hour. The beer is ice cold and the food is delicious AND then I see this post. I can ASSURE you that the real Darrell Steiger from Clayton, Indiana is not a scammer. He is a close friend of mine that would do anything to help someone out. Don’t take this wrong but if you wanted to buy a 30 dollar master cutoff switch from me and wanted me to provide a photo with todays date I don’t believe you would hear from me again .l!!!!!!! With Warmest Regards ….

Re: Got scammed by this guy thomas miranda on venmo
 

why should i trust him? his listing was removed and every cell phone has the capacity to place a date on the pic

Re: Got scammed by this guy thomas miranda on venmo
 

I'm with M.J. on this. Although I don't know Darrell personally, I have seen
his name for years in Div. 3, and MOST racer's are extremely honest.
Because somebody doesn't want to do something we want them to do to
make us comfortable, doesn't make them a scammer. We must always
quantify things when we make accusations. Lets keep filtering out the
scammers, Darrell isn't one of them.

J.R.

Re: Got scammed by this guy thomas miranda on venmo
 

I have bought and sold many parts here on class racer
I do payment with a personal check never have never had a problem with know Nhra racers or members
Electronic payment are scam city. Stay away from that

Re: Got scammed by this guy thomas miranda on venmo
 

how is taking a photo the day i asked for it wrong? i did not ask him to write anything


and derby asked for the name. i did not want to make it public.

Re: Got scammed by this guy thomas miranda on venmo
 

I have bought and sold on classracer, if I can't find them on drag race central and talk to them on the phone, I don't deal with them Period. I like checks when I sell when it clears I ship it. Lot of ******* FJB supporters out there.

Randy Wells
I/S 5628

Re: Got scammed by this guy thomas miranda on venmo
 

Derby did not ask for his name. Darrell Steiger is a stand up guy….

Re: Got scammed by this guy thomas miranda on venmo
 

we are now in communication. i did not know him at that times.