Suspicious person

[dobek]

RUN

Scam

Steve

[WartHog]

Yes I'm new to it. Wanna know the crazy part? I was suspicious when he asked for all that info so I went to my local FFL... showed him the messages and the entire conversation. I asked if they thought it was legit and if I should give him my info.... they said it sounded legit so I went thru with it.


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Is the Guy in the center your FFL?

[Kwikvette]

Even Ray Charles can see that this was an attempted scam.

[Mr. Beretta]

He contacted me through armslist.

Based on the above, nothing else needs to be said. Nothing!

P.S.......Get a new FFL.

[adamjay]

Queer as a $3 bill.
With cash finally in hand, id leave it to my ffl.
Otherwise, dont hold yer breath.

[Win231]

He may be the first person to ever make a fake cashiers check.

He wouldn't be the first. A news report several years ago profiled a victim who accepted a cashier's check from a bank for $8,000.00 from a guy who bought his car. The bank employee & his friend did it; the bank employee printed a fake cashier's check. The guy was out the money and the car.

[Scratch705]

Yes I'm new to it. Wanna know the crazy part? I was suspicious when he asked for all that info so I went to my local FFL... showed him the messages and the entire conversation. I asked if they thought it was legit and if I should give him my info.... they said it sounded legit so I went thru with it.


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oh god, that FFL is stupid.

please tell us what FFL this was so we can stay away. if they can't even see an obvious scam, who knows what else they don't know/overlook.

[TRICKSTER]

I have an ad posted for my precision bolt action rifle. Someone replied and didn't ask for pictures. He said he was Leo from Az and I could drop my rifle off at a FFL and he would pay them to send it to his FFL and mail me a cashiers check first. I gave him my full name, address, and phone number and he hasn't replied yet. Am I just overthinking? Or does it sound sketchy.


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As long as he pays first and he understands that you don't send the rifle out until after the check clears the bank.

The safest way is USPS Money Order. These can be verified. http://es-about.usps.com/postal-bull...tml/mo_003.htm

[DEFCON ZERO]

As long as he pays first and he understands that you don't send the rifle out until after the check clears the bank.

The safest way is USPS Money Order. These can be verified. http://es-about.usps.com/postal-bull...tml/mo_003.htm

Guy claims to be a LEO, but everyone here says its a scam.

Isn't it "impersonating an officer" even on a deal like this, and shouldn't OP inform whatever LE dept this guy claims to be?

[Mark49]

Would he be liable for writing a fake check? Because it would be easy to trace it back to whoever is going to try and pick it up from their FFL. Thanks you guys. I'm gonna stick to F2F transactions only. Should I be worried about him having my name, address, and phone number?


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Common crime... They use pre-paid credit cards. Its a scam!

[sigmanx]

Scam

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[Ducky209]

oh god, that FFL is stupid.



please tell us what FFL this was so we can stay away. if they can't even see an obvious scam, who knows what else they don't know/overlook.

I checked with KW defense and stockton gun exchange... both of them said it looked fine... [emoji53]


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[AnchorTactical]

Wait, he wanted to pay you first?

How is that bad?

Is the rifle a common firearm?

Seriously, if it is priced well-and I knew it was a common gun-I probably would buy it sight unseen. And I have; Back when dial-up was the source to get online and pics took forever to load.

How many used guns-outside milsurp-are really beaten to hell?

[Tonyson]

Even on PPTs, when signing paperwork, the FFL covers one party's personal information so that the buyer doesn't know where the seller lives, and vice versa.

Install surveillance cameras.

[Erion929]

As long as he pays first and he understands that you don't send the rifle out until after the check clears the bank.

The safest way is USPS Money Order. These can be verified. http://es-about.usps.com/postal-bull...tml/mo_003.htm

That's what I would've said....postal money order and I'll ship it when I'm satisfied I'm paid.

The conversation most likely would've ended there....like 99% chance.

You guys who are worried about the OP getting robbed.....would you really go rob a guy who has guns in his house?