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PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 8:50 am    Post subject: [email protected] - Scammer Reply with quote

Posting a feedback thread on this person as a bunch of people have asked me about them recently.
I want something to appear on the site and come up on a Google search for the email address

THIS IS A SCAMMER, DO NOT SEND THEM ANY MONEY

I have also had reports of them using other emails and texting people.
After the initial contact from a different email or via text, they reply from the [email protected]

Their IP address is from a few different countries, including Nigeria.
As most people know:
Nigeria = huge red flag it's a scammer

This email is banned from the site
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 18, 2020 10:32 pm    Post subject: Re: [email protected] - Scammer Reply with quote

Someone reported they were contacted on a wanted ad for Bay Window parts and the scammer used these photos, saying they were parting out this Bay Window Westy:
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Yeah right, no one would be parting out such a super nice Bus.
Especially when it's for sale for almost $40K here: Smile
https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/volkswagen/westfalia/2129547.html
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 11:02 am    Post subject: Re: [email protected] - Scammer Reply with quote

They are also contacting tons of people with wanted ads.

They are often contacting people directly too, not through the site.

How? They have emailed people from various other emails in the past, which I have been banning from the site.
They "cc'd" themselves on those emails and now they have your direct email to contact you outside the site.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 9:36 am    Post subject: Re: [email protected] - Scammer Reply with quote

Here is what they say in their emails back and forth. Beware. SAD THING IS I'M STILL LOOKING FOR THIS PIECE. But I still have my money. Check out the pics they used. Each pic had a file name of hunn90 and hunn91


Yes, $150 plus shipping is fine.
Yes, PayPal is fine and use my husband PayPal e-mail and send it but you need yo send it via PayPal family and friends yo his email cause if you don't send it via PayPal family and friends they will charge us for international transaction which means I will need to pay up to $35USD before they release the funds to me.
Here is the PayPal to send it via family and friends below: [email protected]
I just find out about shipping and I appreciate you sending me your shipping name and address where I will be shipping it to.
Yes, I have those parts you mentioned and are you paying for them together so I can ship them all together or you will first pay for the first part?
Send me a confirmation pics after you make the payment via PayPal family and friends.
Trying to send you message on samba.
Wait to hearing from you soon.
Thanks

I then asked for their address.... and this is what they sent me.

Here is my address
1286 W Capitol Dr, San Pedro, CA 90732.
Please make sure you send me the payment via PayPal family and friends.
After sending it, send me a confirmation pics from PayPal.
Thanks

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 10:13 am    Post subject: Re: [email protected] - Scammer Reply with quote

jackspratt wrote:
I then asked for their address.... and this is what they sent me.

Here is my address
1286 W Capitol Dr, San Pedro, CA 90732.


This appears to be a small apartment building. They live in whole thing, no apartment number? Smile

The scammers will often use an address of a property that was recently for sale, I've seen that several times in the past
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 10:13 am    Post subject: Re: [email protected] - Scammer Reply with quote

Google image search shows they stole those interior cabinet photos from this ad on oldbug.com
https://www.oldbug.com/hunn72.htm

If you suspect something, using Google Image search to upload and search for the photos they send is a often a good way to see if they are stolen from somewhere else
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 4:40 pm    Post subject: Re: [email protected] - Scammer Reply with quote

From another thread, same Bus but with title and fake ID pics:

Both of these images have clearly been photo-shopped... poorly:
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 2:52 pm    Post subject: Re: [email protected] - Scammer Reply with quote

Yep this guy just got me

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