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10-09-2020, 10:03
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#31
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 717
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Re: WARNING- SCAMMER ON FORUMS
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Originally Posted by Tetepare
Come on, a little due diligence can avoid these scams.
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Got to agree here. When it comes to online purchases we all need to go in being real skeptics. It’s the Wild West out there and we each need to protect our selves.
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10-09-2020, 10:16
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#32
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Plaza Ignacio Antonio Liaño, Numero Dos -Primero Izquierda,Rota 11520 (CADIZ) SPAIN
Posts: 132
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Re: WARNING- SCAMMER ON FORUMS
The other day while strolling with my wife through Rota, Spain, we saw a sign outside one bar that read: (Special Of The Day. Pay double for your first Cruscampo, and get your second one free). I have been wondering just how many asked for the SPECIAL OF THE DAY.
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10-09-2020, 10:33
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#33
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: 29° 49.16’ N 82° 25.82’ W
Boat: Pearson 422
Posts: 16,306
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Re: WARNING- SCAMMER ON FORUMS
I have bought and sold a number of items on CF and eBay. I always check to see how long the other party has been a member of the group and so far have had no problems.
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10-09-2020, 15:26
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#34
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Halifax, NS, Canada
Boat: 47' Steel Roberts Cutter
Posts: 489
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Re: WARNING- SCAMMER ON FORUMS
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Originally Posted by mjscottinnc
Like all generalizations, not entirely true. I’ve never had a personal Facebook page and never plan to have one. I know you said ‘many people do’ but that test would relegate the status of those of us who abhor big business social media companies and the personal data they collect and sell to the label of ‘Scammers’
Might want to propose a better scammer determinative indicator.
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Plus 1.
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10-09-2020, 16:11
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#35
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 717
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Re: WARNING- SCAMMER ON FORUMS
If I were a scammer and the system began flagging me for posting for more than one item in a short amount of time then I’d simply create multiple accounts.
My point is that this would be an enormous task for CF to try and tackle.
We should all expect that the other party is scamming whenever making an online person to person trade.
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10-09-2020, 16:24
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#36
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Easton, MD
Boat: 15' Catboat, Bristol 35.5
Posts: 3,510
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Re: WARNING- SCAMMER ON FORUMS
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Originally Posted by south4320
Makes me a scammer then. I expect I'll shortly be banned.
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I feel your pain. A simple misunderstanding results in a rush to judgement.
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10-09-2020, 16:40
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#37
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cruiser
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: South Florida of course, lol...
Boat: Current Bristol 32, past Columbia 26, Tahiti Ketch
Posts: 245
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Re: WARNING- SCAMMER ON FORUMS
Only one poster got it right... escrow.
There's a great service which I used to transfer a boat on a private sale and I hope I'm allowed: it's escrow dot com. For example your $400 purchase would cost $13. It's all done online, and you have 100% assurance you won't be screwed. No money changes hands until you get what you expected.
In my case there was no broker (who I trust less than an escrow agent anyway). I tried to get the seller to agree to using a well known local broker, but no soap. Good luck next time. I hate arguing with CC companies or PP - too much time, trouble and no guarantees. No crook will agree to it.
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10-09-2020, 16:43
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#38
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: currently Titusville
Boat: Catalina 350
Posts: 116
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Re: WARNING- SCAMMER ON FORUMS
several days ago i responded to a bosuns chair on the forum classifieds... i said i was interested but wanted more photos... I sent 2 PMs. He did not get the PMs and responded he was in the hospital...
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11-09-2020, 09:08
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#39
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Worldwide
Boat: Tayana 37
Posts: 249
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Re: WARNING- SCAMMER ON FORUMS
Scammer is back I just got this 5 minutes ago
From JERFBANKS: Hello, Email Dana danaslovesneals at gmail dot com He has a Aries self steering windvane up for sale two weeks ago. It might still be available.
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11-09-2020, 10:29
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#40
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: St. Petersburg, FL
Boat: Morgan Moorings 50
Posts: 1,895
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Re: WARNING- SCAMMER ON FORUMS
Macs-english-Bookshop.com
http://Macs-english-Bookshop.com
macmel@web.de
These are the paypal account details of the guy who scammed me, just for everyone's information.
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11-09-2020, 10:42
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#41
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S/V rubber ducky
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: heading "south"
Boat: Hunter 410
Posts: 20,362
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Re: WARNING- SCAMMER ON FORUMS
Lesson I learned this year is to never do anything with PayPal or eBay. After calling them and spending 30 minutes to get to a real person they just basically blew me off. So I just disputed the charge with my credit card company and let them take care of it, which they did promptly.
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11-09-2020, 12:07
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#42
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Spain
Boat: 1983 Shannon 28
Posts: 552
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Re: WARNING- SCAMMER ON FORUMS
Quote:
Originally Posted by tradrockrat
Scammer is back I just got this 5 minutes ago
From JERFBANKS: Hello, Email Dana danaslovesneals at gmail dot com He has a Aries self steering windvane up for sale two weeks ago. It might still be available.
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Yup. Got the same PM at 18:14. Joined August 10, Zero posts. Exactly same MO as the last guy.
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11-09-2020, 12:30
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#43
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: between the devil and the deep blue sea
Boat: a sailing boat
Posts: 20,420
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Re: WARNING- SCAMMER ON FORUMS
No way to get help from the police?
Any hope giving the spammer's details to PayPal could help then block this type of scam?
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11-09-2020, 18:13
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#44
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2019
Location: Between Panama and Florida
Boat: Beebe Passagemaker 50'
Posts: 716
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Re: WARNING- SCAMMER ON FORUMS
Quote:
Originally Posted by tradrockrat
Scammer is back I just got this 5 minutes ago
From JERFBANKS: Hello, Email Dana danaslovesneals at gmail dot com He has a Aries self steering windvane up for sale two weeks ago. It might still be available.
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Don't know if either of you reported that he was back to the moderators, but I just did. That's the only way we'll make it too much trouble for them, and they'll move on to some other site.
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11-09-2020, 21:28
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#45
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Kingston, ON, Canada
Boat: Aloha 34
Posts: 30
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Re: WARNING- SCAMMER ON FORUMS
Quote:
Originally Posted by tradrockrat
Scammer is back I just got this 5 minutes ago
From JERFBANKS: Hello, Email Dana danaslovesneals at gmail dot com He has a Aries self steering windvane up for sale two weeks ago. It might still be available.
Don't know if either of you reported that he was back to the moderators, but I just did. That's the only way we'll make it too much trouble for them, and they'll move on to some other site.
I just received this msg from the same busy scammer:
From Jerfbanks
Hello, Email Dana danaslovesneals at gmail dot com He has a AIS650B Transceiver up for sale two weeks ago. It might still be available.
I questioned it immediately after searching for any similar item by such person in the Classifieds, seeing none, seeing that they only joined in August 2020 and were suggesting contacting a gmail address, not a forum member, and also with no posts and no referrals.
Clearly a scammer to be avoided.
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