Scammer Alert

Tim Ellis · 01-09-2022, 11:47 PM

The problem probably is...dummies like me put my email address in the ad...

e vassar · 01-10-2022, 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Tim Ellis

The problem probably is...dummies like me put my email address in the ad...

johntyler2029@gmail.com found me here,then lured me off this site everything else was done between us by E-mail. There were red flags all over it. The E-mail address I sent the money to wasn't even johntyler2029@gmail.com....I should have used a little common sense here...but. anyway it was only $150 so lesson learned and I'm still eating....I think we should only deal with folks we know who are legit

jmcarter · 01-10-2022, 06:46 AM

Don’t feel bad Tim, scammers can get our email address from contact info. Going to “quick links” you can click “edit options” and you’ll see where you disable others from getting your email address. Easier still just don’t respond to emails from unknowns.

Rob Petrie E395 · 01-10-2022, 07:31 AM

He tried to get me on a metric 200. Funny the pictures he sent were on another website. And he wasn’t the seller on that page. Nor had they ever heard of him. It also didn’t help that he couldn’t answer any questions about it.

sox · 01-10-2022, 10:47 AM

I had a add asking for a sbc and he sent me pics of a elcamino . When I said I was looking for a sbc he sent me pics of a electric water pump motor.

e vassar · 01-10-2022, 02:58 PM

Be aware this person also uses raydawson879@gmail.com to collect funds.
I just spent over an hour on the phone with Chase and Zelle and gave them everything I had. My hope is to deploy some advanced design software to track this individual down to a physical location.

Terry Cain · 01-10-2022, 06:14 PM

Have a question about stuff like this. Seems Paypal has become a joke. What about mailing a check? If it go's thru mail can post master get involved, if needed. Which would then make it Federal.

Tim Ellis · 01-10-2022, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Terry Cain

Have a question about stuff like this. Seems Paypal has become a joke. What about mailing a check? If it go's thru mail can post master get involved, if needed. Which would then make it Federal.

I think a lot of scammers prefer payments that don't require a physical address. I would probably assume many of them aren't even in this country. They get real quiet when you want to actually go see the car/item for sale

SSDiv6 · 01-10-2022, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by e vassar

johntyler2029@gmail.com found me here,then lured me off this site everything else was done between us by E-mail. There were red flags all over it. The E-mail address I sent the money to wasn't even johntyler2029@gmail.com....I should have used a little common sense here...but. anyway it was only $150 so lesson learned and I'm still eating....I think we should only deal with folks we know who are legit

Could you share the email he used for the transaction?

e vassar · 01-10-2022, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by SSDiv6

Could you share the email he used for the transaction?

raydawson879@gmail.com

01-09-2022, 11:47 PM	#1
Tim Ellis Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Beavercreek Or. Posts: 272 Likes: 31 Liked 7 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Scammer Alert The problem probably is...dummies like me put my email address in the ad...

01-10-2022, 06:46 AM	#3
jmcarter VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Richmond Hill GA (and Port Ludlow WA) Posts: 4,302 Likes: 2,400 Liked 3,205 Times in 977 Posts	Re: Scammer Alert Don’t feel bad Tim, scammers can get our email address from contact info. Going to “quick links” you can click “edit options” and you’ll see where you disable others from getting your email address. Easier still just don’t respond to emails from unknowns. __________________ Jim Carter 2340 Super Stock 2340 SST/2340 Stock Set another place at the table Last edited by jmcarter; 01-10-2022 at 06:51 AM.

01-10-2022, 07:31 AM	#4
Rob Petrie E395 VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Woodlawn IL Posts: 1,092 Likes: 162 Liked 216 Times in 77 Posts	Re: Scammer Alert He tried to get me on a metric 200. Funny the pictures he sent were on another website. And he wasn’t the seller on that page. Nor had they ever heard of him. It also didn’t help that he couldn’t answer any questions about it.

01-10-2022, 10:47 AM	#5
sox Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 99 Likes: 21 Liked 13 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Scammer Alert I had a add asking for a sbc and he sent me pics of a elcamino . When I said I was looking for a sbc he sent me pics of a electric water pump motor.

01-10-2022, 02:58 PM	#6
e vassar Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 382 Likes: 67 Liked 271 Times in 107 Posts	Re: Scammer Alert Be aware this person also uses raydawson879@gmail.com to collect funds. I just spent over an hour on the phone with Chase and Zelle and gave them everything I had. My hope is to deploy some advanced design software to track this individual down to a physical location.

01-10-2022, 06:14 PM	#7
Terry Cain Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Georgetown, Indiana (close to Louisville, KY) Posts: 778 Likes: 530 Liked 231 Times in 107 Posts	Re: Scammer Alert Have a question about stuff like this. Seems Paypal has become a joke. What about mailing a check? If it go's thru mail can post master get involved, if needed. Which would then make it Federal. __________________ Terry Cain ???? STK tcain19689585@gmail.com