Fraud buyer

[atx840]

I ran a test over a two month period via BST posts and was contacted by multiple scammers trying to sell me very valuable cards, ones friends owned and even one of my own cards.

I went back and forth for weeks with them, messing up payment details on purpose until they gave up.

The pattern they use is a name then a number in their email. Beware!

randalladams466@gmail.com
thomasmills472@gmail.com
richardgravener01@gmail.com
judithjamms061983@gmail.com
mariuszkita399@gmail.com
stevebruce925@gmail.com
jeanmichel22553@gmail.com

[Mike D.]

Probably a little heavy handed an approach, but could we block the @ sign from being typed on Net54? It'd be a really good reminder not to put your email address out there. Maybe add it to the "bad word" filter?

Obviously, you'd want to be able to use it in PM's, but not in forum posts.

[Seven]

Originally Posted by atx840

I ran a test over a two month period via BST posts and was contacted by multiple scammers trying to sell me very valuable cards, ones friends owned and even one of my own cards.

I went back and forth for weeks with them, messing up payment details on purpose until they gave up.

The pattern they use is a name then a number in their email. Beware!

randalladams466@gmail.com
thomasmills472@gmail.com
richardgravener01@gmail.com
judithjamms061983@gmail.com
mariuszkita399@gmail.com
stevebruce925@gmail.com
jeanmichel22553@gmail.com

Uh oh, my primary email is my name and birthday. I can promise you all I am not a scammer trying to pass myself off as a Nigerian Prince or an eccentric millionaire......... or am I???

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Seven

Uh oh, my primary email is my name and birthday. I can promise you all I am not a scammer trying to pass myself off as a Nigerian Prince or an eccentric millionaire......... or am I???

LOL, mine is also my name and 3 numbers and has been for a very long time.

[Harliduck]

FYI..."Eugene Petersons" is still at it. Put up a "WTB" thread in the 50's BST and was hit with an overpriced email almost immediately (and dang, I really need that 1953 Dormand Ed Lopat!!). I hadn't read that putting up an email address was garnering scammers...so lesson learned and post edited...put his name in the search as there wasn't much info on the email and found this post. Thanks for those giving the warnings. PM only from now on...always learning. Email deleted.

[Bobsbats]

Scammer got me a year or so ago. I made the mistake of putting my email address in my post. I received a couple of replies, one was for 50.00 and I sent it...still no card, the other I contacted Leon about and he told me to be very cautious and to ask for their Network54 ID. I did just that. The funny part is, they replied with a user ID of SB1.... Which even I knew was Scott Brockelman.

Don't post an email address and I think you can avoid 75% of these dirtbags.