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PostPosted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 10:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Scammers will often reply to you by text only now.

Some of the many phone #s used and have been reported to the site are below. They are sorted by number.
Email me at [email protected] if you get a text from a new number and I can add it to this listing

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141-020-0503 / 1410200503
141-020-0504 / 1410200504
141-020-0506/ 1410200506
141-010-0011 / 1410100011
1-410-200-500 / 1410200500
201-340-8979
201-578-4882
201-578-6040
201-817-9702
205-632-0185
206-407-7364
206-234-9720
208-274-0587
208-563-8027
208-800-5283
208-800-5644
213-295-2642
213-295-5534
213-314-5750
213-433-0864
213-478-3832
213-929-7375
214-935-4747
216-865-7698
218-331-1913
218-413-0678
219-232-1312
226-240-2020
226-240-7211
226-499-2681
231-745-5266
234-205-1923
240-332-9637
245-845-8765
248-716-5965
248-845-8765
249-700-1148
256-405-9282
262-777-5975
276-258-6869
281-624-0767
281-942-8168
281-962-8038
301-288-5193
301-288-5729
303-569-9728
303-886-2244
304-548-9739
305-501-8976
305-560-6187
305-814-1057
307-275-9019
310-881-5374
310-924-6908
314-400-8421
314-492-0846
316-350-7673
320-318-2122
320-322-8551
320-365-0492
321-257-8470
321-406-3015
323-483-4587
323-873-0158
331-308-8832
334-380-5611
337-541-5907
339-210-5491
347-481-3581
347-482-3581
347-566-9821
347-676-4003
347-980-1919
352-655-5423
380-206-2409
402-933-9255
404-390-0753
404-465-2388
404-596-7109
405-352-2443
405-369-4063
406-838-6178
407-706-8245
408-234-5075‬
410-343-9205
410-100-0001
413-728-9213
415-325-3672
415-471-8846
415-594-5306
415-738-9354
415-910-0907
419-595-5106
419-777-6016
423-520-6914
424-245-2787
424-254-7017
424-276-8839
424-283-6284
424-672-4616
435-255-6154
435-554-7451
435-612-5537
443-296-2946
443-488-9067
469-414-7868
469-532-7462
469-658-8439
469-708-9941
469-751-8725
470-215-6591
478-216-1548
480-666-3339
503-396-4855
503-854-4173
503-966-7430
505-305-1835
505-329-3520
507-299-4638
507-299-4738
508-276-6808
509-262-3794
509-550-0224
509-739-7013
509-903-9740
510-331-2130
510-369-2469
510-671-4663
510-682-7813
512-952-5237
515-329-4377
516-218-3667
517-492-1196
518-203-2221
520-355-2827
530-338-5199
530-362-3647
530-451-3899
530-488-2957
530-648-9153
530-648-9396
541-357-8718
541-615-7002
551-209-0170
559-366-9584
559-390-1551
561-240-1151
561-285-7203
571-305-5865
571-443-8043
580-634-8701
580-789-4829
602-562-8853
602-789-4996
602-812-2263
603-552-9853
603-824-3807
603-836-8912
606-283-7877
607-965-5890
609-382-9306
609-483-4037
614-304-1471
628-204-7291
628-222-5548
641-632-2629
646-349-4592
646-547-0392
646-628-9287
650-300-1257
650-300-7841
650-300-8918
650-451-7312
651-400-0476
657-207-7390
660-570-1192
662-601-4191
678-752-7387
678-757-4914
678-837-7004
702-342-3073
702-610-1920
702-623-1362
704-266-1309
704-937-2111
747-204-8440
747-207-3859
707-296-1430
707-329-3520
707-341-4842
707-341-9382
707-403-3736
707-590-3484
707-771-0091
707-828-7409
712-828-8202
714-459-2144
715-760-6620
716-490-3864
719-224-2387
720-361-0073
720-593-3678
720-710-4662
725-222-8682
732-307-0040
732-436-7389
732-828-9708
737-200-0222
737-215-3008
737-221-3377
740-495-6312
747-400-6480
754-307-8323
765-287-5131
769-206-6791
770-407-7814
770-966-3640
770-966-4906
770-966-4905
773-312-7185
773-902-5764
773-974-4171
775-403-2834
775-583-7570
785-600-6337
786-386-5218
786-504-5985
801-609-7787
801-938-3911
803-573-0018
805-931-6455
806-464-4327
810-447-0139
812-546-9134
813-540-1693
814-433-0757
814-920-8635
817-592-2529
817-631-7820
830-468-4780
832-246-4362
832-436-4574
832-650-7328
832-753-1407
832-821-4072
834-974-1445
841-561-0859
843-428-4098
845-271-6769
857-219-0493
856-462-0494
857-219-3178
857-240-9342
857-297-1678
859-393-6748
859-787-8591
862-203-5252
863-592-4595
864-657-5631
864-695-3438
872-870-1437
901-424-5338
904-530-3371
906-401-5076
906-448-4633
910-216-4355
913-730-6587
915-301-6301
917-663-5532
918-268-6455
920-212-9328
925-309-7006
925-597-3365
928-362-9454
929-266-7046
931-362-1150
936-874-9754
936-874-9754
937-598-9513
949-534-6995
956-254-0472
956-307-8326
971-512-2592
973-814-6163
973-963-9257
978-447-9162
989-283-3176
989-818-3993
971 52 911 6082 (Whats App)


Sample Message:
Quote:
How long have you been using it, why are you selling it and I can't make it there with cash, due to the nature of my job, I can only pay through Paypal, am verified Paypal member. The shipper will take care of the picking up after you got your payment.


Also
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Another sample of messages sent:
Quote:
"Thanks,my name is jimbella why are you selling it and how long have you been using it? and I can't make it there with cash,i can only pay through PayPal. You confirm your payment before shipment.The shipper will take care of the picking up after you got your payment."

"Thanks,my name is Daniel Santiago why are you selling it and how long have you been using it? and I can't make it there with cash,i can only pay through PayPal.You confirm your payment before shipment.The shipper will take care of the picking up after you got your pay."


More text examples
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A few common scammer emails but they have new ones almost very day:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 9:05 am    Post subject: Re: --- Internet Fraud --- Please read Reply with quote

I have recently seen a number of scammers using this Bill of Sale document
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If you see someone using this Bill of Sale, you should suspect it is a scam.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2017 8:36 am    Post subject: Re: --- Internet Fraud --- Please read Reply with quote

Example email text from a fake "Paypal" email

Quote:

Subject: Follow The Verification Procedures Below To Complete The Transaction

Follow the verification procedures below and send us the requirement so we can release the fund to your account.
This is to inform you that we have received the payment of $800.00 USD from Gabriella Montex for the Merchandise bought from you and the funds will only reflect in your account after all due measures have taken place In order to complete this transaction, you are required to send a sum of $350.00 USD to the Transport Company through Money Gram money transfer, We advice you to go to the nearest Walmart office in your area and get back to us with the Scanned Copy/Photograph of the Money Gram transaction receipt or send us the Ref# including the sender name, address, As soon as we have received these information from you, we will credit a sum of $800.00 USD to your PayPal account.

NOTE : DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL

This payment has been deducted from the buyer's account and has been "APPROVED" but will not be credited into your account until the Money Gram receipt# is sent to us for verification, for more information about this transaction. Below are the relevant information required before your account will be credited:

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PostPosted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 5:27 pm    Post subject: Re: --- Internet Fraud --- Please read Reply with quote

Message reported to me recently, this is a pretty common thing they say
Quote:
Can you assure me that i will not be disappointed with it.I'm ready to pay your asking price and to be honest, i wanted to buy this for my Dad, but the issue is i am an marine officer and i do have a contract to go for which starts tomorrow and am leaving any moment from now.The contract is strictly no call due to the lack of reception on the sea area. But I'm able to access email anytime so my only quickest payment option is PayPal as i can send money via PayPal anytime..Since I'm requesting this transaction to be done via PayPal, i will be responsible for all the paypal fee/charges on this transaction.so kindly get back to me now with your paypal email address info so that i can proceed with the payment.

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2018 9:17 am    Post subject: Re: --- Internet Fraud --- Please read Reply with quote

From a recent scammer conversation I was notified about:
Scammer email wrote:
I want you to know that this is not a scam so you have nothing to be worried about all you just need to complete the transaction so that PayPal can release the money for not your PayPal account,so kindly go to the nearest store and get it done


The scammer (buyer) was insisting that the seller send money to his shipper via Western Union. Once that was done, payment for the car would be released into his Paypal account.

Reminder:
Do not send money to a "shipper".
You are sending money to the scammer when you do this.
You will lose any money you send.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 4:40 pm    Post subject: Re: --- Internet Fraud --- Please read Reply with quote

Posting this so it comes up on Google:
[email protected] is a huge scammer that has been trying to contact 100s of sellers here on the site, both by email and by text from various phone #s and there have also been reports of texts coming directly from that email address with no phone # at all.

Emails from this email are blocked by the site, along with 100s of other known scammer emails.

Sample email/text from this scammer:
Quote:
Hello do you still have this for sale,please let me know.God bless

Quote:
Thanks for the mail. I'm ready to pay your asking price and to be honest, i wanted to buy this for my Dad, but the issue is i am an marine officer and i do have a contract to go for which starts tomorrow and am leaving any moment from now.The contract is strictly no call due to the lack of reception on the sea area. But I'm able to access email anytime so my only quickest payment option is PayPal as i can send money via PayPal anytime..Since I'm requesting this transaction to be done via PayPal, i will be responsible for all the paypal fee/charges on this transaction.so kindly get back to me now with your paypal email address info so that i can
proceed with the payment.

Quote:
Thanks you for the response according to the description,am okay with the price and the condition posted on Samba. I am ready to make instant purchase. My mode of payment would be in paypal and i will be responsible for all the paypal fee/charges on this transaction, i will arrange for a pick up agent as soon as you get the payment,because that is the only convenient means for me and due to my work frame i can not be able to get there and i promise everything will go smoothly.I really wish to be there to check out the item but i don't have chance cause am very busy Person am (US MARINE). Concerning the pick up, i will arrange for it after you receive the payment and it clears... Pls get back to me with your paypal info so that i can proceed with the payment

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:12 am    Post subject: Re: --- Internet Fraud --- Please read Reply with quote

I haven't posted any sample emails in a while but here's one that was sent to me today

Quote:
I do strictly cash deals but presently, i'm away on an assignment and that is why i am offering to Pay you via PayPal, and have my bank account linked up with my paypal account and that is the only online access i have now Please do bear with me.

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PostPosted: Sun May 24, 2020 9:16 am    Post subject: Re: --- Internet Fraud --- Please read Reply with quote

Scammers often use a fake driver's license and title as proof they own the vehicle.

They are often obviously photoshopped but not always - sometimes they look almost real

A recent thread about a scammer using a fake driver's license to try to sell a car:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=734099

License:
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 2021 4:49 pm    Post subject: Re: --- Internet Fraud --- Please read Reply with quote

Another photoshopped / fake driver's license
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