mattestelle120
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oooooo shiney i must have
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@mattestelle120
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Hi all.
I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news but there’s a scammer on the forum somewhere.
I put a wanted add up for a spoiler and just had an email from
kronski_12041@yahoo.com under the name plc d.hendrick Simply saying “if you want to buy let me know” with the title Chevy Firenze American racing spoiler
I googled the email address and it looks to be a well known scammer of several other forums.
Please be safe all
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If at first you don't succeed........
....Don't try skydiving!
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mattestelle120
Club Retro Rides Member
oooooo shiney i must have
Posts: 294
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Scammer the forum mattestelle120
@mattestelle120
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Looks like I’m Not the only one on here to get it then
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gte86
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 I'm guessing that is what this was about then? |
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I have just received as similar message offering to sell me an Austin Maxi front wing! Surely a Forum Moderator can block his user name?  ? |
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The problem with that is they'll just start up another account. Always some moron out there trying to take advantage of good honest folks.
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Too good for people who make a dishonest living... |
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ken21
Wales
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ban his IP
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I suppose all you can do is to ask for photos and if he sends library pics then request a copy of the days newspaper attached.
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Nov 11, 2020 21:22:58 GMT
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Yep I’m admin / moderator on another forum and that’s what we do |
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melle
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It'll come out in the wash.
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Nov 11, 2020 22:05:35 GMT
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He PM'd me with an offer for a MK3 Escort fuse box. He sent me a pic by email of a MK4 one, and such ridiculous asking price it'd never occurred to me it was a potential scam.  |
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jimi
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Nov 12, 2020 11:27:54 GMT
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Yep I’m admin / moderator on another forum and that’s what we do Trouble is they can change/spoof IP's like the weather, most people are on dynamic IP's, reboot your modem - different IP! and their old IP gets allocated to someone else, who may be a totally genuine forum member but finds themselves blocked for no apparent (to them) reason |
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Last Edit: Nov 12, 2020 11:32:39 GMT by jimi
Black is not a colour ! .... Its the absence of colour
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Nov 12, 2020 14:52:03 GMT
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Its then down to some sort of reputational mechanism unfortunately a new person with no or limited prior activity on the forum has to be viewed with suspicion.
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jimi
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Nov 12, 2020 16:59:10 GMT
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I'm an admin on another car forum, bascially we rely on the Admin/Mods to pick them up and members to report anything suspicious so we can investigate. We also have informal contact with admins on a couple of other forums and IP/email/usernames of confirmed spammers get passed on. As long as you keep on top of it, then it's quickly dealt with and doesn't happen that often. If you get to restrictive/heavy handed with new members it can put people off. Walk softly, don't interfere to much, but carry a big stick  Which seems to be the Admin/Mods ethos on here  |
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Last Edit: Nov 14, 2020 12:22:57 GMT by jimi
Black is not a colour ! .... Its the absence of colour
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