| From: WillMac
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| Date: 06-Dec-17 |
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Hi all. Just got an email from some one about a bow I have for sale in the classifieds. [email protected]
They copied the heading of my classifieds ad (which contains the price in it)and posted into the subject line. The they put this in the body of the email:
"Send me the picture and the asking price"
I replied that I didn't understand and they replied this: "Kindly tell me the price you want to sold Limited edition X-200 from Cabelas"
I revealed the code behind their reply and it showed this:
So the written English was not great and I replied that I had the price in the ad and they had themselves placed in the subject line. Further since the syntax shows a third party email provider, not from a gmail account, I asked them point blank if they were a scammer. I have not heard back from them.
Just be aware.
Be safe all.
-Will
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| From: Spider
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| Date: 07-Dec-17 |
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The same person contacted me, I told them to beat it. Stinks like a scammer to me.
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| From: Sawtooth (Original)
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| Date: 07-Dec-17 |
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I looked at the ad. I love that bow. Glad you sniffed out the scam.
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| From: MStyles
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| Date: 07-Dec-17 |
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Last week I had two separate people contact me about two different bows, each offering more than the asking price, both wanting to pay with a certified check, and both wanting to send someone to pck up the bow after I cashed the check, at my bank, of course. I responded with; “where are you located?” No response from either one.
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| From: Bones44
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| Date: 07-Dec-17 |
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Scammer
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| From: nomo
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| Date: 07-Dec-17 |
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Tenacious lot ain't they? It's just a shame there is not much that can be done to them and they know it. The Gov. won't go after them because they aren't picking/attempting to pick big money's pocket. Just Joe's pocket.
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| From: 4nolz@work
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| Date: 07-Dec-17 |
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they got your picture now theyll try to sell it
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| From: Spider
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| Date: 07-Dec-17 |
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I probably should have mentioned it's not only on this site also on the bow sight forum as well because that's where they contacted me.
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| From: GLF
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| Date: 07-Dec-17 |
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I don't sell often and I'm not that anxious so if there's no history or very little spread out over a long time I don't fool with it ,right or wrong.
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| From: nybubba
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| Date: 07-Dec-17 |
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To quote Monty Python, "run away, run away!"
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| From: Elkpacker1
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| Date: 07-Dec-17 |
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They are and you wont,Scammers are all over craigslist. Always the same #$$%^. I always replie , you are a #$%^&^ scammer however not ver good at it.
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| From: rb61
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| Date: 07-Dec-17 |
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This may not be news but it was to me. I was given a cashier's check - handed to me by the bank clerk- for sale of a vehicle. I deposited it at my bank and was told that it the funds would not be available for approximately a week.
This involved two banks approximately 5 miles from each other- I guess I have been out of touch for some time. Too easy to print forged checks. I can see why PayPal is relatively popular.
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