Got scammed by this guy thomas miranda on venmo

[Eddiejr2892]

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

[J.R. Haddad]

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.

[David Lee]

Originally Posted by J.R. Haddad

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.

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

[mikeloge]

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

[MAURICE BLENDHEIM]

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.

[David Lee]

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

[MR DERBY CITY]

Originally Posted by David Lee

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

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 ….

[Lenny5160_v2]

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!

[David Lee]

Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY

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 ….

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

[J.R. Haddad]

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

J.R.