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<blockquote data-quote="Darryle" data-source="post: 2944674" data-attributes="member: 109917"><p>I will tell you a story about getting even with scammers and how easy it is.</p><p></p><p>Armslist, Texas Gun Trader and other similar unvetted online classifieds are rampant with scams and scammers, but they are also full of good hard wiring honest people. I had a coworker get scammed on Armslist simply because he was too trusting. He was the seller and was mailed a stolen/washed corporate check in excess of his actual asking price. It was a very legitimate looking check. He deposited the check and shipped the item. After the item arrived he was ghosted and then his bank notified him he was SOL on the funds + a service charge. </p><p></p><p>So, I created an email account, bought a reloaded Visa gift card and created an account on Armslist. I purposefully stole pictures of firearms off the internet, way overpriced them and set the trap. I would get the occasional email asking if I was nuts overpricing something that could be readily bought every day, sometimes for half the price I was asking. It didn't take long, I'd get a nibble and then set the hook, I was slow to respond to emails or PMs until I got a second victim. Once I had two, I would respond like a five year old asking for candy. Once I had contact and shipping information for both, I would give the other "buyer" the second scammers information. I would string them along with having trouble getting to the bank or the post office, yada yada. They would mail each other the respective checks and then the fun would begin. I would tell them that was the left over after I cashed their check. Honestly, they probably never got caught, but it did waste their time and money, because in each case they would buy a priority mail envelope to send the funds. I did this 2 - 3 times a month for close to a year, it was cheap entertainment for me and it wasted their time and hopefully kept them from scamming a hard working individual in the meantime.</p><p></p><p>These scammers use very simple language and their vernacular is common, Kindly, Regards, etc, it's easy to spot.</p><p></p><p>We really need a subforum that has access to established members for outing these scammers and allow us to turn the tables on them. </p><p></p><p>When you find one, have fun with them. Get their information and tell them you are mailing a postal money order or personal check and then go online and use their name and address to sign up for every adult catalog or junk you can find online. Make it fun before outing them in the open forums. Takes just a few minutes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darryle, post: 2944674, member: 109917"] I will tell you a story about getting even with scammers and how easy it is. Armslist, Texas Gun Trader and other similar unvetted online classifieds are rampant with scams and scammers, but they are also full of good hard wiring honest people. I had a coworker get scammed on Armslist simply because he was too trusting. He was the seller and was mailed a stolen/washed corporate check in excess of his actual asking price. It was a very legitimate looking check. He deposited the check and shipped the item. After the item arrived he was ghosted and then his bank notified him he was SOL on the funds + a service charge. So, I created an email account, bought a reloaded Visa gift card and created an account on Armslist. I purposefully stole pictures of firearms off the internet, way overpriced them and set the trap. I would get the occasional email asking if I was nuts overpricing something that could be readily bought every day, sometimes for half the price I was asking. It didn't take long, I'd get a nibble and then set the hook, I was slow to respond to emails or PMs until I got a second victim. Once I had two, I would respond like a five year old asking for candy. Once I had contact and shipping information for both, I would give the other "buyer" the second scammers information. I would string them along with having trouble getting to the bank or the post office, yada yada. They would mail each other the respective checks and then the fun would begin. I would tell them that was the left over after I cashed their check. Honestly, they probably never got caught, but it did waste their time and money, because in each case they would buy a priority mail envelope to send the funds. I did this 2 - 3 times a month for close to a year, it was cheap entertainment for me and it wasted their time and hopefully kept them from scamming a hard working individual in the meantime. These scammers use very simple language and their vernacular is common, Kindly, Regards, etc, it's easy to spot. We really need a subforum that has access to established members for outing these scammers and allow us to turn the tables on them. When you find one, have fun with them. Get their information and tell them you are mailing a postal money order or personal check and then go online and use their name and address to sign up for every adult catalog or junk you can find online. Make it fun before outing them in the open forums. Takes just a few minutes. [/QUOTE]
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