Scammers on the site?
I'm almost 100% sure a newbie user was trying to scam me for money. He contacted me about a part I've been looking for in the wanted section and said a friend of his had it, put me in contact with the guy. After a few back and forth emails and the guy saying he was old and was technically challenge and said he could post any pictures via email, but assured me the part was clean and good, sent me Venmo info, which didn't match his name or email and just to send him the money and he'd ship it out.
Pretty scammy to me, be careful.
Jason
Yeah, it has happened before on here. What is the person's user name and email so we can all watch for it?
Quote from: silverton_ford on February 18, 2022, 12:25:39 PM
Yeah, it has happened before on here. What is the person's user name and email so we can all watch for it?
Well, I didn't want to say just incase, but since you asked, the user was Luven and the person he turned me onto was Grant Adams (binghamgrant2@gmail.com).
Just seemed awfully fishy to me after digging a little, and would have been a decent amount of money to be scammed out of.
Jason
You were smart, that is a classic scam that has been floating around the net for 10+ years.
Bill S
Too technically challenged to send pics, which even I can do, but uses fancy payment methods????
Hmmmm . . . Good call!
John
I don't do pictures and I am old and often slow to ship. BUT I am real , DO have the parts and offer a 100% guarantee on my parts. Morsel and many others have dealt with me . I too was scammed "once" , never again, by the bait and switch tactic. $80 to learn the lesson hurt for sure.
Glad you avoided being taken and thanks for exposing the contact person.
Randy
Quote from: gt350hr on February 18, 2022, 02:24:01 PM
I don't do pictures and I am old and often slow to ship. BUT I am real , DO have the parts and offer a 100% guarantee on my parts. Morsel and many others have dealt with me . I too was scammed "once" , never again, by the bait and switch tactic. $80 to learn the lesson hurt for sure.
Glad you avoided being taken and thanks for exposing the contact person.
Randy
We still love you anyway Randy . :)
Quote from: Bob Gaines on February 18, 2022, 02:34:43 PM
Quote from: gt350hr on February 18, 2022, 02:24:01 PM
I don't do pictures and I am old and often slow to ship. BUT I am real , DO have the parts and offer a 100% guarantee on my parts. Morsel and many others have dealt with me . I too was scammed "once" , never again, by the bait and switch tactic. $80 to learn the lesson hurt for sure.
Glad you avoided being taken and thanks for exposing the contact person.
Randy
We still love you anyway Randy . :)
Yes, Randy, I still love you too! By the way, the parts did finally arrive the other day, I guess when you said "I'll ship them out, Saturday", you didn't say which Saturday!🤣. Thanks again!
I received two responses from the above mentioned member regarding two different WTB posts. I did not respond to either and assumed they were bogus....Worded the same as mentioned...
Pat
Dang BAMBOOZELERS !
Quote from: gt350hr on February 18, 2022, 02:24:01 PM
I don't do pictures and I am old and often slow to ship. BUT I am real , DO have the parts and offer a 100% guarantee on my parts. Morsel and many others have dealt with me . I too was scammed "once" , never again, by the bait and switch tactic. $80 to learn the lesson hurt for sure.
Glad you avoided being taken and thanks for exposing the contact person.
Randy
Haha, Randy you're the man, I've dealt with you many times so I know you're real and are true about everything you say when you sell a part ;)
Quote from: azdriver on February 18, 2022, 05:40:52 PM
I received two responses from the above mentioned member regarding two different WTB posts. I did not respond to either and assumed they were bogus....Worded the same as mentioned...
Pat
Interesting, he's still trying to get me too, email me several times today, I will feel bad if he's real though, haha.
Jason
You could have some fun. I googled his email and the page below came up. It ells his IP address and other emails from that IP address. Says he's in Italy.
https://www.stopforumspam.com/ipcheck/212.102.63.29
Now it's been confirmed! user "Luven" is a scammer, do not get scammed!
He sent me this image, did a reverse image search because it sure looked familiar to me. Check out the website...
https://www.fridayparts.com/transmission-parts/torque-converter
I called him on it and he sent back one email "LOL" What a pill of S%!*& of a person...
J
I went further and got this rats photo
Quote from: KR Convertible on February 18, 2022, 07:27:10 PM
You could have some fun. I googled his email and the page below came up. It ells his IP address and other emails from that IP address. Says he's in Italy.
https://www.stopforumspam.com/ipcheck/212.102.63.29
Quote from: morsel on February 18, 2022, 06:56:52 PM
Quote from: azdriver on February 18, 2022, 05:40:52 PM
I received two responses from the above mentioned member regarding two different WTB posts. I did not respond to either and assumed they were bogus....Worded the same as mentioned...
Pat
Interesting, he's still trying to get me too, email me several times today, I will feel bad if he's real though, haha.
Jason
My good friend who is spending a LOT of $$$$ doing his 68 Shelby vert a scammer here we talked about months ago tried scamming him from wanted ads I posted here for him(he isn't much of a forum or Facebook guy so I help). How do you know? Well one thing is to ask what other parts and say you are looking for a non existent part. He asked the scammer if he had the hood scoop insert for a 68 Shelby. The scammer said yes he had an NOS one. Pay through PayPal as a biz transaction using a credit card paying on an invoice. Gary
Quote from: gt350hr on February 18, 2022, 02:24:01 PM
I don't do pictures and I am old and often slow to ship. BUT I am real , DO have the parts and offer a 100% guarantee on my parts. Morsel and many others have dealt with me . I too was scammed "once" , never again, by the bait and switch tactic. $80 to learn the lesson hurt for sure.
Glad you avoided being taken and thanks for exposing the contact person.
Randy
I love you too Randy, Don't forget the oil cooler. He He
Quote from: 430dragpack on February 18, 2022, 03:50:32 PM
Quote from: Bob Gaines on February 18, 2022, 02:34:43 PM
Quote from: gt350hr on February 18, 2022, 02:24:01 PM
I don't do pictures and I am old and often slow to ship. BUT I am real , DO have the parts and offer a 100% guarantee on my parts. Morsel and many others have dealt with me . I too was scammed "once" , never again, by the bait and switch tactic. $80 to learn the lesson hurt for sure.
Glad you avoided being taken and thanks for exposing the contact person.
Randy
We still love you anyway Randy . :)
Yes, Randy, I still love you too! By the way, the parts did finally arrive the other day, I guess when you said "I'll ship them out, Saturday", you didn't say which Saturday!🤣. Thanks again!
I am VERY close to every day being Saturday!! Probably this year. Work sucks when you don't "have to".
+ 1 don't trade health, time you can spend with your loved ones for money
Quote from: gt350hr on February 21, 2022, 10:53:26 AM
Quote from: 430dragpack on February 18, 2022, 03:50:32 PM
Quote from: Bob Gaines on February 18, 2022, 02:34:43 PM
Quote from: gt350hr on February 18, 2022, 02:24:01 PM
I don't do pictures and I am old and often slow to ship. BUT I am real , DO have the parts and offer a 100% guarantee on my parts. Morsel and many others have dealt with me . I too was scammed "once" , never again, by the bait and switch tactic. $80 to learn the lesson hurt for sure.
Glad you avoided being taken and thanks for exposing the contact person.
Randy
We still love you anyway Randy . :)
Yes, Randy, I still love you too! By the way, the parts did finally arrive the other day, I guess when you said "I'll ship them out, Saturday", you didn't say which Saturday!🤣. Thanks again!
I am VERY close to every day being Saturday!! Probably this year. Work sucks when you don't "have to".
I was contacted by the same person "Luven" who appeared as a Guest. He told me he had a friend who had a metering block I needed. The email of the friend is binghamgrant2@gmail.com. He then asked me to send PayPal to his son's account "kamathidoree67@gmail.com. I told him to have the son send me a request for payment through PayPal and the request came from Erick Rangel who was using the email of randyphillips026@gmail.com.
Definitely a scammer. I opened a ticket with PayPal to look into the Erick Rangel account.
Thanks for sharing all good to know.
Always comes to mind lately.....
"if is seems to good to be true it probably is"
With the exception of Randy of course.....
QuoteI am VERY close to every day being Saturday!! Probably this year. Work sucks when you don't "have to".
I have 6 Saturdays and 1 Sunday a week...The catch is there is always work to do and there is no start time or quitting time and no overtime... ;D But I highly recommend retirement...
TOB
I turned in my request to retire yesterday , March 31st is my last day.
Congratulations!
Quote from: 5s127 on March 02, 2022, 10:03:34 AM
I was contacted by the same person "Luven" who appeared as a Guest. He told me he had a friend who had a metering block I needed. The email of the friend is binghamgrant2@gmail.com. He then asked me to send PayPal to his son's account "kamathidoree67@gmail.com. I told him to have the son send me a request for payment through PayPal and the request came from Erick Rangel who was using the email of randyphillips026@gmail.com.
Definitely a scammer. I opened a ticket with PayPal to look into the Erick Rangel account.
Interesting choice of name
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Quote from: gt350hr on March 02, 2022, 11:58:28 AM
I turned in my request to retire yesterday , March 31st is my last day.
Congratulations!!!!
Quote from: gt350hr on March 02, 2022, 11:58:28 AM
I turned in my request to retire yesterday , March 31st is my last day.
Congratulations and Happy Trails !
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Quote from: gt350hr on March 02, 2022, 11:58:28 AM
I turned in my request to retire yesterday , March 31st is my last day.
Good for you Randy. All your time (well most of it) will be in your control from this point on - enjoy it
Congratulations ... Now you can steer clear of those virus spreading co workers. ;D
Yea , no more trade shows! I got sick off of every flight back.
Quote from: gt350hr on March 02, 2022, 11:58:28 AM
I turned in my request to retire yesterday , March 31st is my last day.
Congrats Randy!
Congratulations Randy!
Dave
Thanks again to all! I'll still be here you can count on that.
My hunger to have the "last" critical part lead me to pay an exhorbanet amount for a common part, not what I needed. Even from an established POC, be wary what you want, need and if the answers are not clear wave off your purchase.
Quote from: TJinSA on March 02, 2022, 05:07:13 PM
My hunger to have the "last" critical part lead me to pay an exhorbanet amount for a common part, not what I needed. Even from an established POC, be wary what you want, need and if the answers are not clear wave off your purchase.
Don't beat yourself up paying a high price for a part that might be common or not but the last part you need and you just want to get things done. Your time and stress level have a value too that need to be considered. Hopefully some of the insight freely given on this forum helps others with the learning curve. Just don't let the need overshadow the warning signs of a crooked seller.
Have been subjected to exact same scam techniques in past. Thankfully, didn't get caught up in their theft. As result, I only do business with people I know and trust. People like Bob, Fred, Paul, Stan, Jay and couple others whose names escape me at the moment. Will add Randy to the honor list as soon as he decides to let go of a certain couple pieces that are basically non-attainable. :)...
Be diligent and keep both eyes wide open. If it sounds too good, it probably is. Who had the saying, there's a sucker born every minute. Don't be the sucker...
Quote from: gt350hr on March 02, 2022, 11:58:28 AM
I turned in my request to retire yesterday , March 31st is my last day.
Congrats, Randy. Retirement is the best job to have. Hope you have many years to enjoy your passions.
Greek
Quote from: gt350hr on March 02, 2022, 11:58:28 AM
I turned in my request to retire yesterday , March 31st is my last day.
Everyday will now be Saturday
Congrats
Now you have time to learn how to post pictures🤣
Roy
Now enjoy the "victory lap" Randy
Quote from: gt350hr on March 02, 2022, 11:58:28 AM
I turned in my request to retire yesterday , March 31st is my last day.
Congratulations Randy!
Randy, be sure to lay down two long strips of rubber as you exit the parking lot for the last time. That's a pretty damn good feeling.
I retired last July and Love it, now finally got some time to get my KR going again after sitting for 28 years. Congrats ;)
That's where I'm headed.ME and MY time!!!! I've been in "service industries" all my life. No more.
Close to 50 years fixing Fords mistakes at their dealers, I paid my dues ???