PSA: Watch out for scammers!!

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Just a PSA regarding the Wanted (And For Sale) sections and scam artists. Thanks to an astute user, we outed a Nigerian scammer posing as a regular user, pretending to have the item that was wanted, contacting them off the board via email, and requesting payment via Paypal "Friends and Family."

First, never use Friends and Family stuff, or cash app, venmo, etc. unless you actually do know the person involved. Because there's literally nothing you can do about it should you get scammed.

Second, take note of the person's English skills. If they just parrot back to you the exact part description, leave out prepositions, or use other words and phrases that don't sound "American"... (They could be from the UK/AU/NZ or other actual English speaking country, but that would be pretty obvious, too...) But they claim to be from the states.... using words like "colour" or other non-USian terms...

And if they won't do business on the site, don't have pictures, etc....

Just keep your wits about you. And please, let me know ASAP if you think you've got one on the line. Use the report post/message function or just send me a PM or email. There's all sorts of ways they try to hide their tracks, and they can usually be outed by those who know how (cough)....
 
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