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BE WARY OF SCAMMERS - PROTECT YOURSELF.

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W3SLK:
Halcyon said:
--- Quote ---Some very good points to come out of this:

Don't use the "Friends and Family" option in PayPal if you're buying goods and services (personal payments are not covered under their buyer protection policy).
If approached by a forum member, check their profile. A zero, or low post count is suspicious. Likewise, if your spidey senses are tingling, contact a moderator and we'll do some additional checks.
--- End quote ---
Sage advice to say the least!

ZGoode:
Good ol' Schurminater75
He also reached out to me regarding the 54901A that I wanted and said Harvey at harveygrout75@gmail.com would have what I wanted.  Just like some of the other posts I noticed here, he sent me pictures directly off an eBay listing.  Even included the serial number in the photos so it would be impossible to lie about it being a different unit.  As soon as I said that I would only pay via PayPal G&S and absolutely refused to use F&F he ghosted me.  Honestly I was expecting a scam, but I was kinda hoping it wouldn't be one.  He even said he was in California when the listing on eBay showed that unit was shipping from New York.  Like at least keep your information straight if you are going to steal info from an eBay listing.

propellerhead:
I just got a PM from user "toneykane016" regarding something I'd posted that I was looking for:

"You can contact muncho. He posted he has a PM402  for sale Here's his contact +19734867575"

and when I queried him further:

"you can just text him"

There is no user "muncho" here, but if you do a net search for that name and phone number, you
get almost-identical variations on that string regarding Chevy parts, etc.  I don't know what the
nature of the scam is - whether they try to hook you and drag you into something, or whether it's
simpler, e.g. there's a hefty charge for just texting to that number.  I couldn't find out even if I wanted
to, as I don't carry a tracking device.  But I'm certain it's not real.

Actually, now that I look at his initial message, the extra space after "PM402" is interesting, as though
it's an imperfect string insertion.

madires:
Usually that kind of scam works like this:
- opener: My friend has what you're looking for. Contact him via xyz.
- closer: Send me the money via xyz (some method without buyer protection).
- you pay the money and will never receive anything

propellerhead:
So it's a simple two-stage hook, rather than an intrinsic single-stage ripoff like a big cell phone charge.

I mean, hard to get caught in that one if you have your wits about you.  If the "seller" isn't going to
engage via email in a discussion about the product, I wouldn't even remotely take him seriously.
And if the guy who PMed me won't even say where he claims he saw this post, well, that's that too.

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