DO NOT post your Contact Info in any WTS or WTB ad
If you post your email address or Phone number …. You are MAKING IT EASY for a scammer to contact you and …. SCAM YOU !
the scammer sees your “ I want it “ post ….. he then searches for your old posts …. He finds the one post where you posted your email address ( or phone number ) ….. then the scammer creates a new Fake Email that mimics the real sellers name ….. you think its legit …. Or texts you …. And makes contact …scammer has you send funds to another email he uses for his scams ….. you send funds …. then scammer stops all contact .
SELLERS ….posting your contact info … May cause buyers to also post their contact info …allowing scammers to contact them causing them to LOSE THEIR MONEY …. So PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR CONTACT INFO !
If you have posted your email or phone number in any WTS or WTB ad ….. go find your old post and edit out your Contact Info …..
Buyers ….. it may be BEST NOT to reply to a sale ad …. NO….. “ I’ll take it “ ….. or NO … “ Is this still available “ doing this starts a scammer to look for a past post of yours that has either your email address or phone number in it ….. allowing contact ….
**** REMEMBER the scammer DOES NOT have to be a member here to SEE your Posted Contact Info ****
Be SAFE — YOU contact/PM the seller First …. DO NOT ask the seller to contact You … Use Sturm’s members only PM messaging feature ….. by clicking on the posters user name ... see the message button ... click on that to send a private message directly to the poster ... type message ... then send
From Aaron in Mohnton PA …. This is how this happens: Scammers from outside the United States and within the United States watch this forum every single day of the week. They are specifically looking for posts where a potential buyer replies and says "I'll take it" .... They will then click on the perspective buyers' profile and search his old posts to see if they can locate a post where they put their email or phone number down.... The scammer will then email or text the potential buyer posing as the seller to get them to send money..... Often, they will create email accounts that resemble the actual seller (using their name for example)...... These people are the bottom feeders of the world, and they are on every forum stealing people's money.
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Scammers have started mimicking real sellers board names in order to look like the message came from the Real seller …. They might add or remove a letter or two or add dash or a period … so LOOK REALLY CLOSE AT THE REAL SELLERS USER NAME …. LOOK REALLY CLOSE !
Sadly it may be Best NOT POST A REPLY TO ANY AD ….. doing so triggers a scammer to create a FAKE USER NAME in order to contact you and scam you into sending money !
Again … YOU contact/PM the seller First …. DO NOT ask the seller to contact You
ALWAYS DOUBLE CHECK WHO YOU ARE COMMUNICATING WITH …. BEFORE SENDING MONEY !
ALWAYS CHECK a PM to see if it is from the REAL Seller … click on or search the senders user name … IF there are NO POSTS … he is a Scammer !!! The real sellers will show all his posts …. Proving he is legit .
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