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  • Pofoo
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2009
    • 1680

    Scam

    Just a FYI here. A couple of weeks ago, I posted in the wanted to buy forum that I was looking for a pistol that is fairly rare in California.
    So far, I have received 3 private messages from 3 different brand new members that "so and so in San Diego or Chicago has that pistol", and then a listed email to contact.
    I'm 99.9% sure this is a scam and I haven't contacted any of these guys.
    Just a reminder that low life scammers are everywhere.
  • #2
    Garv
    RSG Minion, Senior
    CGN Contributor - Lifetime
    • Apr 2014
    • 9018

    Most likely a scam.

    Please out them or at least report them to Kes/mods. so others can keep an eye on them.

    You could ask for a FTF for the guy in San Diego.
    Originally posted by Kestryll:
    It never fails to amuse me how people get outraged but fail to tell the whole story in their rants....

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    • #3
      deckhandmike
      Calguns Addict
      • Jan 2011
      • 8325

      I stopped posting in WTB. It was all scams I received.

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      • #4
        Garv
        RSG Minion, Senior
        CGN Contributor - Lifetime
        • Apr 2014
        • 9018

        Originally posted by deckhandmike
        I stopped posting in WTB. It was all scams I received.
        Originally posted by Kestryll:
        It never fails to amuse me how people get outraged but fail to tell the whole story in their rants....

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        • #5
          OCEquestrian
          Calguns Addict
          • Jun 2017
          • 6894

          But I know a guy who knows a guy ....
          "Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue." ----Sen. Barry Goldwater

          Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." ----Benjamin Franklin

          NRA life member
          SAF life member
          CRPA member

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          • #6
            Turbinator
            Administrator
            CGN Contributor - Lifetime
            • Oct 2005
            • 11934

            OP, you can PM us the names if you want us to investigate further.

            Turby

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            • #7
              55chevypost
              Senior Member
              • Nov 2012
              • 568

              Originally posted by Pofoo
              Just a FYI here. A couple of weeks ago, I posted in the wanted to buy forum that I was looking for a pistol that is fairly rare in California.
              So far, I have received 3 private messages from 3 different brand new members that "so and so in San Diego or Chicago has that pistol", and then a listed email to contact.
              I'm 99.9% sure this is a scam and I haven't contacted any of these guys.
              Just a reminder that low life scammers are everywhere.
              This. I received a private message today from Garyxxx saying this very thing.

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              • #8
                LateBraking
                iTrader in Bio
                CGN Contributor - Lifetime
                • Jan 2013
                • 1628

                Better to keep an eye on him, tell a mod. Right now its easy to take advantage of panic buyers who don't know laws.
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                NRA Lifetime Member

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                • #9
                  Grouchy Bear
                  Member
                  • Apr 2019
                  • 208

                  Got a message exactly like that from user named “Gary_” -whose account has since disappeared.

                  Told me contact “Richard in Chicago.”

                  It came across like one of those IRS scams where they try and get you to buy iTunes gift cards-

                  “Tanks for colling the IRS. This is GARY JOHNSON. To proceed, kindly moneygram the money funds via western union simply to RICHARD IN CHICAGO.
                  Last edited by Grouchy Bear; 04-01-2020, 1:06 PM.

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                  • #10
                    Grouchy Bear
                    Member
                    • Apr 2019
                    • 208

                    Originally posted by 55chevypost
                    This. I received a private message today from GaryXXX saying this very thing.
                    You too?? ****ing GaryXXX is at it again!!
                    Last edited by Grouchy Bear; 04-01-2020, 1:06 PM.

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                    • #11
                      jmatt511
                      Senior Member
                      • Jan 2010
                      • 688

                      Originally posted by 55chevypost
                      This. I received a private message today from Garyxxx saying this very thing.
                      Me too. No prior posts or transactions. "A guy in Chicago" has what I want.
                      Cry Havoc.... and let slip the Dogs of War.

                      Shakespeare: Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene I

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                      • #12
                        Garv
                        RSG Minion, Senior
                        CGN Contributor - Lifetime
                        • Apr 2014
                        • 9018

                        Read my username carefully.

                        It is not me!
                        Originally posted by Kestryll:
                        It never fails to amuse me how people get outraged but fail to tell the whole story in their rants....

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                        • #13
                          OCEquestrian
                          Calguns Addict
                          • Jun 2017
                          • 6894

                          Mods should put a warning up in the WTB sub forum
                          "Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue." ----Sen. Barry Goldwater

                          Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." ----Benjamin Franklin

                          NRA life member
                          SAF life member
                          CRPA member

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                          • #14
                            BigPimping
                            CGN Contributor
                            • Feb 2010
                            • 21441

                            It's gotten better than it was in the past.
                            sigpic

                            PIMP stands for Positive Intellectual Motivated Person

                            When pimping begins, friendship ends.

                            Don't let your history be a mystery

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                            • #15
                              Pofoo
                              Senior Member
                              • Dec 2009
                              • 1680

                              Originally posted by Turbinator
                              OP, you can PM us the names if you want us to investigate further.

                              Turby

                              Too late, I already deleted the first 2.
                              Poster #3 is Bafangoo

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