Spotting Internet/Forum Scammers

[Abi]

another fake one from JADENDEM

right click on their photo to do a Google Image search, with an exact match from some other forum from 2015.

use that google image search folks.

[Wineaviator]

Question, I had a previous account with a couple of trader ratings, got locked out and eventually had to create a new profile. Here’s my questions for those that got “taken”. In any of these instances did you use PayPal and did they credit you the amount taken, or are they some part of the new woke agenda and don’t allow it. Honestly don’t know, just asking how folks protect themselves.

[Abi]

Jadendem

This account sent me the same scam twice. Use google image search on those photos.

[Abi]

Add Rubensavage to the list.

[m1963]

Rubensavage posted photos and words from a user on Stirton. That sale offer was from May, and from a person who went by a different name than Ruebensavage. Buyer beware.

Also using email rubenvillanueva447 @ gmail.com

https://forum.stirton.com/index.php?/pr ... _section=1

[oracle1973]

If a business

1) lists a brand new item for sale yet doesn't have it because it's not available as advertised.
2) offers an older part as a substitute.
3) refuses to refund the full purchase price while claiming the buyer "changed their mind" upon finding out that older parts would be substituted.

Would that be considered a scam?

[m1963]

If a business

1) lists a brand new item for sale yet doesn't have it because it's not available as advertised.
2) offers an older part as a substitute.
3) refuses to refund the full purchase price while claiming the buyer "changed their mind" upon finding out that older parts would be substituted.

Would that be considered a scam?

A determination such as that would be a matter for the Consumer Protection division of the state(s) involved. This thread is an aide for individuals with regard to spotting internet/forum scammers.

[Melvin Calliham]

I recently ran an ad looking for a centra sight. Almost immediately a member named Oxeb responded in a PM that he had one in original box for a really low price, even posted a pic. Oxeb only joined on 12/11/24.
Something about that pic seemed really familiar, as it had an unusual aperture on it.
I checked on TargetTalk, and sure enough there was the very same pic from 2019. I thought maybe he was the one that bought it back then, but asked him to put his contact info beside the sight and send me the pic. He photoshopped the info onto the same pic, which was easily revealed by editing the pic. I told him as much, and gave him a chance to send a real, recent pic with his info, but so far he hasn’t. My guess is he is a scammer, though I can’t prove it. Beware