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Strange PM offering an item for sale

#1 Post by Edward Mendelson » Wed Mar 10, 2021 9:42 am

In response to a WTB post that I made here, this private message just arrived from a user who joined the forum yesterday and has zero posts:
Hey,i'm Nike from illinos,Chicago. I has a UltraBay II HDD adapter for sale in mint condition. Here's his my email
This was followed by an e-mail address. The user's profile says they're from Atlanta, Georgia, not "Illinos, Chicago." And the grammar is a bit odd.

I wonder if anyone else got an offer to sell a WTB item? I'm not exactly eager to send my hard-earned money to this user.

Admins, if you want to ban this user, please PM me for the username.

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Re: Strange PM offering an item for sale

#2 Post by stanleylieber » Wed Mar 10, 2021 10:22 am

I received the same message from the same user, but about a different item. This user registered on 9 March and has never made a forum post.
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Re: Strange PM offering an item for sale

#3 Post by Edward Mendelson » Wed Mar 10, 2021 10:27 am

This is clearly a scam...

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Re: Strange PM offering an item for sale

#4 Post by ajkula66 » Wed Mar 10, 2021 10:31 am

stanleylieber wrote:
Wed Mar 10, 2021 10:22 am
I received the same message from the same user, but about a different item. This user registered on 9 March and has never made a forum post.
Same here.
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#5 Post by RealBlackStuff » Wed Mar 10, 2021 10:57 am

PM me details, I'll take care of it/him/her.
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#6 Post by Edward Mendelson » Wed Mar 10, 2021 11:06 am

PM sent.

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#7 Post by RealBlackStuff » Wed Mar 10, 2021 11:34 am

Taken care of (deactivated and banned).
Claimed to be from Atlanta, Georgia and Chicago, Ill.
IP located him/her in Tarzana, California.
Now a proud member of the spammers' database.
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Re: Strange PM offering an item for sale

#8 Post by kfzhu1229 » Wed Mar 10, 2021 3:09 pm

I received similar messaging too from the same person.
Hey,i'm Nike from illinos,Chicago. I has a 15.4" CCFL backlight tubes for sale in mint condition. Here's his my email nikkyibro01@gmail.com
I see the location marked as spam and well I don't need that product now anyway. I later dropped that screen and it broke...
It does sound convincing at first but yes the grammar does raise some concerns...
Clearly the wording is exactly the same as yours.
Maybe this is a more widespread issue than you might think as this might be sent from a bot to hundreds of members.
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Re: Strange PM offering an item for sale

#9 Post by Mellon » Sat Mar 13, 2021 1:49 pm

That's too funny. I just saw the same E-mail in my PM's, saying they have a X61 LED kit brand new. Oh well, I'm not looking for one anymore.

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Re: Strange PM offering an item for sale

#10 Post by pkiff » Mon Mar 15, 2021 6:59 pm

There appear to be more of these scam PM's appearing with slight variations. From what I can tell, they are all brand new users, offering to buy/sell something in the Marketplace, but not posting anything in the actual Marketplace - only sending PM's.

I would caution everyone who uses the Marketplace to be extra cautious right now about any offers received via PM from brand new forum members.

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Re: Strange PM offering an item for sale

#11 Post by RealBlackStuff » Tue Mar 16, 2021 1:30 am

Another scammer: Kylelewis789, supposedly from South Bend, Indiana, but an IP in Michigan.
Used these emails: allennewjr@gmail.com and twilliams00545@gmail.com
Deactivated, banned and reported to the Spammer Database.
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#12 Post by Edward Mendelson » Tue Mar 16, 2021 10:41 am

If you search Google for Kylelewis789, you'll find that this person just joined at least three other forums, where presumably the same scam is about to happen.

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Re: Strange PM offering an item for sale

#13 Post by H-Atkinson » Wed Mar 24, 2021 2:40 am

Got a similar message from a different user about a T25 for sale that ended up not existing.
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Re: Strange PM offering an item for sale

#14 Post by RealBlackStuff » Wed Mar 24, 2021 3:02 am

Details please.

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Re: Strange PM offering an item for sale

#15 Post by Lister » Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:47 am

Hi,
I received similar message from swagcares52

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Hey,i'm Nike from illinos,Chicago. I has a QXGA screen for sale in mint condition. Here's his my email nikkyibro01@gmail.com
and one message from Kylelewis789.

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Contact Travis in Ketucky,he has a QXGA screen for sale,here's his gmail twilliams00545@gmail.com
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Re: Strange PM offering an item for sale

#16 Post by RealBlackStuff » Wed Mar 24, 2021 12:55 pm

@Lister:
Already taken care of.
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