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10-25-2005, 02:24 PM
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Hi everyone, I'm guessing this email I received is one of the bogus ones that are flying around since I received three emails, one from a Jack Robinson and two from a David Moore. They arrived less than an hour after posting on bassgear.com. Thanks in advance for your input. See below:
hello,
i am david i want you to know that i am intrested in buying your Euphonic Audio CXL112 $855 for sale i would like you to know that i recide in the uk and i will want to the last price of it. i want you to know that i will be paying with a us money order if this is ok pls i will want you give me your full details so i can issue out the check to you ok. this include your.
FULL NAME
ADDRESS
CITY
ZIPCODE
STATE
COUNTRY
PHONE NUMBER
PLS EMAIL ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
THANKS
DAVID |
10-25-2005, 03:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Beautiful Western Colorado | | Is this legit?  You're kidding, Steve. Of course it isn't. One more scam like the cam109 scam brought up earlier.
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10-25-2005, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Steve Clark Hi everyone, I'm guessing this email I received is one of the bogus ones that are flying around since I received three emails, one from a Jack Robinson and two from a David Moore. They arrived less than an hour after posting on bassgear.com. Thanks in advance for your input. See below:
hello,
i am david i want you to know that i am intrested in buying your Euphonic Audio CXL112 $855 for sale i would like you to know that i recide in the uk and i will want to the last price of it. i want you to know that i will be paying with a us money order if this is ok pls i will want you give me your full details so i can issue out the check to you ok. this include your.
FULL NAME
ADDRESS
CITY
ZIPCODE
STATE
COUNTRY
PHONE NUMBER
PLS EMAIL ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
THANKS
DAVID |
scam.
When I'm selling something, I avoid bassgear now. As soon as I posted there, I received the same 5 scam emails.
Was your gear posted there?
If I'm terribly desperate, I'll mark in caps NO SCAMMERS, 3 or 4 times in the post... I only received 1 or 2 scam emails then.
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10-25-2005, 03:55 PM
|  | Looking for Opportunities to Create Harmony | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Canada | | | Scammers are everywhere. I dont avoid posting on classifieds b/c of scammers. That just hurts all of us in the long run. When I get scam attempts I just delete them and go about my day. No point in getting upset about it as that doesnt change anything.
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10-26-2005, 06:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: London ON | | | Thanks. I guess I shouldn't complain since its a free service at bassgear. First time using it. Probably the last. |
10-26-2005, 06:49 AM
|  | I Fink U Freeky | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Portland, OR | | | I play along... let 'em send me the phony check... then email the bank that it's counterfeited from, and forward them the reply. I can do it all while I'm at work so it's not wasting my time... and I'm wasting theirs as well as whatever it costs to produce the fake and mail it. If they lose enough money on the scam, maybe they'll stop. |
10-26-2005, 07:12 AM
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Originally Posted by brothernewt I play along... let 'em send me the phony check... then email the bank that it's counterfeited from, and forward them the reply. I can do it all while I'm at work so it's not wasting my time... and I'm wasting theirs as well as whatever it costs to produce the fake and mail it. If they lose enough money on the scam, maybe they'll stop. |
Great idea.
I'm only paranoid about giving out my mailing address to scammers. I guess I could give them my work address. The last think I want, is to come home, and find my house broken into, and all my gear stolen. Not saying that a scammer from Nigeria would come all the way to my home, but it's just one of those things that's "better safe than sorry" to me.
OTOH, if my work was broken into, and I had to take a day off, that would be a shame... 
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10-26-2005, 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Steve Clark Thanks. I guess I shouldn't complain since its a free service at bassgear. First time using it. Probably the last. | I wouldn't get too down on it just yet... it's a great way to get your gear advertised. But, you also get a lot of these obnoxious scammer-types too. Just weed out the bad ones and wait on someone genuine to express interest.
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10-26-2005, 08:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North Dakota | | | Bassgear is a great place to buy and sell. Many "regulars" there to do business with - just like here. The fortunate thing about the scammers there is that they are so obvious. Most scammers get smarter, these guys seem to get dumber as time goes on. Yeah, it's a pain, but just delete the email and move on. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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