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  • 003
    Veteran Member
    • Jul 2010
    • 3436

    SCAM ALERT!!

    I recently placed an ad for a S&W model 41 in the WTB section. Just received the following PM:

    Hi and Happy Holidays,

    I can help you with a lead. Please contact Jeff on jeffjohnsonrider@gmail.com regarding your request. He is located in Nunnelly, TN 37137 and the last time we talked , he had for sale. I purchased items from him and they arrived in NEW condition as described and just right on time. His cell # is 931-257-7351.

    Thanks


    This is almost exactly the same message I received from previous WTB ad a few years back. The last time it proved to be a scam, as I am sure this one is also.
    Last edited by 003; 12-12-2015, 3:57 PM.
  • #2
    lone shooter
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2014
    • 2469

    Who's the PM from? Did you go back to see if it's from the same person as a year ago?
    The koolaid only works if EVERYONE drinks it - Jim Jones

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    • #3
      SkyHawk
      I need a LIFE!!
      • Sep 2012
      • 23495

      Report it to a mod so the account can be banned
      Click here for my iTrader Feedback thread: https://www.calguns.net/forum/market...r-feedback-100

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      • #4
        golfrj
        Senior Member
        • Jul 2007
        • 1623

        Originally posted by 003
        I recently placed an ad for a S&W model 41 in the WTB section. Just received the following PM:

        Hi and Happy Holidays,

        I can help you with a lead. Please contact Jeff on jeffjohnsonrider@gmail.com regarding your request. He is located in Nunnelly, TN 37137 and the last time we talked , he had for sale. I purchased items from him and they arrived in NEW condition as described and just right on time. His cell # is 931-257-7351.

        Thanks


        This is almost exactly the same message I received from previous WTB ad a few years back. The last time it proved to be a scam, as I am sure this one is also.
        Wow that's Strange, I got the same message almost on a USPC... hmmmmm..

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        • #5
          003
          Veteran Member
          • Jul 2010
          • 3436

          The PM came from SWMAN. He has zero posts. Listed as a junior member.

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          • #6
            Oceanbob
            I need a LIFE!!
            • Jun 2010
            • 12719

            I've gotten 3 emails (not thru Cal Guns) with the same sort of nonsense on a sailboat I have for sale. They never mention the object being sold, the say "item" etc....
            They have weird names. The last email the guy called himself an Engineer.

            Engr Murray Sloan.....haha.

            Delete...
            May the Bridges I burn light the way.

            Life Is Not About Waiting For The Storm To Pass - Its About Learning To Dance In The Rain.

            Fewer people are killed with all rifles each year (323 in 2011) than with shotguns (356), hammers and clubs (496), and hands and feet (728).

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            • #7
              Oceanbob
              I need a LIFE!!
              • Jun 2010
              • 12719

              Originally posted by 003
              The PM came from SWMAN. He has zero posts. Listed as a junior member.
              Swahili Man. ?

              Couldn't resist....
              May the Bridges I burn light the way.

              Life Is Not About Waiting For The Storm To Pass - Its About Learning To Dance In The Rain.

              Fewer people are killed with all rifles each year (323 in 2011) than with shotguns (356), hammers and clubs (496), and hands and feet (728).

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              • #8
                biglou
                Senior Member
                • May 2007
                • 1314

                Originally posted by 003
                I recently placed an ad for a S&W model 41 in the WTB section. Just received the following PM:

                Hi and Happy Holidays,

                I can help you with a lead. Please contact Jeff on jeffjohnsonrider@gmail.com regarding your request. He is located in Nunnelly, TN 37137 and the last time we talked , he had for sale. I purchased items from him and they arrived in NEW condition as described and just right on time. His cell # is 931-257-7351.

                Thanks


                This is almost exactly the same message I received from previous WTB ad a few years back. The last time it proved to be a scam, as I am sure this one is also.
                I posted a WTB ad yesterday and got the same pm from the same guy. I didn't call since he had zero posts and no itrader.

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                • #9
                  The King
                  Member
                  • Jan 2010
                  • 369

                  You young guys need to invite him to your house, say you have lots of cash, don't trust banks. Brass knuckles optional.

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                  • #10
                    bsg
                    I need a LIFE!!
                    • Jan 2009
                    • 25954

                    thanks for the heads-up.

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                    • #11
                      snypr
                      Senior Member
                      • Jan 2006
                      • 1142

                      I received same...
                      Originally posted by Lone_Gunman
                      American stormed the beaches of Normandy, not Europeans. Americans invented the airplane, personal computer, telephone, radio, TV, GPS, the DVR, automatic transmission, laser, and f'ing bubble gum. EUROPEANS DIDN"T. So until you asshats start providing the world with more innovation than Americans do how about you STFU about us?

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                      • #12
                        BigPimping
                        CGN Contributor
                        • Feb 2010
                        • 21436

                        get those scammers here occasionally. I report them to a Mod and let them investigate all that stuff.
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                        PIMP stands for Positive Intellectual Motivated Person

                        When pimping begins, friendship ends.

                        Don't let your history be a mystery

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                        • #13
                          sandsnow
                          Member
                          • Jan 2008
                          • 359

                          I got the same kind of message regarding some stuff I had for sale on craigslist about 6 months ago.

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                          • #14
                            barrage
                            Banned
                            • Oct 2012
                            • 3351

                            Moral of the story: Don't trust anyone who wishes you "Happy holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas".

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                            • #15
                              mabilis_matulis
                              Calguns Addict
                              • Oct 2012
                              • 5121

                              Ok.. Thanks..
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                              "its hard to face the problem if the problem is your face"

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