Scammers among us.

[huntersdog]

Dave,

Many with zero posts, few posts in the last year, want to communicate via email are red flags. Dave is a good guy and dealt with him a few times.

What stinks are these scammers are using USA VPN's that many, many good people in the USA use and are blocked here. I remember all the good times and still have my leather Cast Boolits leather wallet.

[ShooterAZ]

The thing to really watch out for is someone sending a PM to contact a third party to send money to. WTB ads have been especially targeted by the Scammers, but it's not just the WTB ads. We do our best to weed them out, but once in a while one slips through and rips someone off.

[dverna]

I must be thick. Why in the Wide World of Sports would a buyer respond and send funds to someone who is not the seller? Why would the seller deal with someone who is not the buyer?

I have never been burned either here, the SASS site, Trapshooters site, or GunBroker. Ditto for Amazon or eBay.

[truckerdave397]

I must be thick. Why in the Wide World of Sports would a buyer respond and send funds to someone who is not the seller? Why would the seller deal with someone who is not the buyer?

I have never been burned either here, the SASS site, Trapshooters site, or GunBroker. Ditto for Amazon or eBay.

Just so that everyone knows, I did not respond to the random PM or use the email that was sent to me. I knew better. I just photoshopped it and started this page to warn others.

[Winger Ed.]

I must be thick. Why in the Wide World of Sports would a buyer respond and send funds to someone who is not the seller? Why would the seller deal with someone who is not the buyer?
I have never been burned either here, the SASS site, Trapshooters site, or GunBroker. Ditto for Amazon or eBay.

The scammers have nothing invested except a few minutes of time.
When someone does pay them, it's all profit.
If it works for them with 2% of the messages they send out--- they come out ahead, and make money.

[dverna]

The scammers have nothing invested except a few minutes of time.
When someone does pay them, it's all profit.
If it works for them with 2% of the messages they send out--- they come out ahead, and make money.

WE,
I understand scammers are preying on a small percentage of folks. My question is why folks fall into the trap. It is so obvious….unless…like I said…I am thick and missing something.

[Winger Ed.]

WE,
I understand scammers are preying on a small percentage of folks. My question is why folks fall into the trap. It is so obvious….unless…like I said…I am thick and missing something.

People want to believe and trust others. Scammers just capitalize on that human weakness- for lack of a better word.
The older and older people get, the easier it is to con or scam some of them. That's why so many scams target older people.

That amount of theft and fraud in the US is greater than the entire Gross National Product of most other countries.
There's stories all the time of folks getting scammed out of their life's savings because they miss placed their trust..

[trebor44]

Scammers rely on the "Foto Mat Business model", just one time and they make a profit!

[MrWolf]

Dave,

Many with zero posts, few posts in the last year, want to communicate via email are red flags. Dave is a good guy and dealt with him a few times.

What stinks are these scammers are using USA VPN's that many, many good people in the USA use and are blocked here. I remember all the good times and still have my leather Cast Boolits leather wallet.

I use my Cast Boolits wallet every time I leave the house. Folks here have come to trust our "family". We have had a few instances just like any other family. What sucks is when these scum take advantage of the trust that was built up. Some folks may not have been paying as much attention as they should have and got bit. I can't stand scammers and liars.

[Barry54]

This happened to me not too long ago, and the CLUE was scammer employed, too, my "real" eMail address, as opposed to just using the Private Messaging on this forum!" I immediately informed a Mod and scammer was gone . (Funds did get to seller, and I received that which I had purchased )
Anyhoos -- this is a headsup for me -- perhaps, too, for you? -- if the "seller" contacts you vis anyother means than your handle on this site, and Private Message on this site -- for me, I view it as a scam!
geo

Learn something everyday...

I didn’t know offering to use real email was a trait of scammers. I offer my real email for two reasons. It’s on my smartphone and I don’t have to remember to come here to look for messages. And secondly I can not figure out how to attach images to private messages on this site.

[Winger Ed.]

I didn’t know offering to use real email was a trait of scammers.

They're just free 'throw away' accounts, not their 'real' one they use like we do.

[Dekota56]

It is a shame to see a scammer was on this site. but, at least they called out with the post.
Thank you for your post. This is one of the best sites that I trust going on.

[huntersdog]

I use my Cast Boolits wallet every time I leave the house. Folks here have come to trust our "family". We have had a few instances just like any other family. What sucks is when these scum take advantage of the trust that was built up. Some folks may not have been paying as much attention as they should have and got bit. I can't stand scammers and liars.

Meet many good folks here over the years.

[truckerdave397]

So I just got hit with another scammer. Again absolutely nothing to do with the poster selling the bullets. I did report this one.

[Minerat]

Everyone if this happens to you, pick that little triangle in the lower left of the message and report it to us so we can deal with them. In this case he has been banned.