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Post by Graviga on Sept 16, 2021 18:16:09 GMT
The usual scammer play book of going down the want list and refering people to an outside email saying so and so has the item your looking for.
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Post by captainh on Sept 16, 2021 18:33:10 GMT
Did he/her contact you about a WTB that you listed?
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Post by Graviga on Sept 16, 2021 18:38:24 GMT
Did he/her contact you about a WTB that you listed? Yes and directed me to a 2nd party not on the forum. Poorly written, told me to email and brand new account.
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Post by captainh on Sept 16, 2021 18:42:25 GMT
Ok, my red flag went up when thedarksider was pm'd similarly. That is two people with WTB ads for high end swords of different makes. Same MO as the running con here. Thanks for the heads up.
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Post by Graviga on Sept 16, 2021 18:50:37 GMT
Ok, my red flag went up when thedarksider was pm'd similarly. That is two people with WTB ads for high end swords of different makes. Same MO as the running con here. Thanks for the heads up. Thanks for the confirmation. I just saw they posted in the wtb section as well. I thought for a second I might have acted prematurely and just torched a new member. Guess there just starting to put more effort into it.
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thedarksider
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Post by thedarksider on Sept 16, 2021 18:56:01 GMT
Ok, my red flag went up when thedarksider was pm'd similarly. That is two people with WTB ads for high end swords of different makes. Same MO as the running con here. Thanks for the heads up. Thanks for the confirmation. I just saw they posted in the wtb section as well. I thought for a second I might have acted prematurely and just torched a new member. Guess there just starting to put more effort into it. I messaged one of the mods when I first got the message, when I saw that they started posting in some threads, I let the mod know that they might not be a scammer after all, felt really bad that I might have got someone innocent in trouble. Turns out my first instincts were right. You're spot on about them putting more effort into it, this one's actually tried to appear to be a regular member.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2021 20:38:09 GMT
Of course, administration could put some more serious hurdles into vetting membership through communicating directly between an applicant and the administrator, and eliminating guest postings entirely.
Another option is to remove wanted to buy and trades entirely. That would leave just straight sales to worry about.
To briefly add
Request the same things you would want as proof. Actually having a sword in question to sell, etc.
Of course simple and open dialog with the person might make a difference. Email makes a difference in sharing images and for me, discussions in general but as I don't sell, trade, or request wanted to buy items on the boards; my opinion does not matter one bit.
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Post by durinnmcfurren on Sept 17, 2021 0:10:01 GMT
I note he is using my panoply as his avatar. I did not authorize this, I have no idea who he is, and he messaged me with a rather suspicious message about how some guy who isn't on the forums happens to have exactly what I want.
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Post by pellius on Sept 17, 2021 0:32:32 GMT
Member sanxxjones has been banned.
Thanks to all the membership for helping to protect the SBG community.
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stormmaster
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Post by stormmaster on Sept 17, 2021 0:33:18 GMT
the amount of scammers is really getting out of hand recently
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