Admin, I just happened to glance at the birthday bumper today and noticed a trend. Lots of same aged "people" with similar moniker. Probably wrong but I would almost money on something not quite right with many of the list.
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Admin, I just happened to glance at the birthday bumper today and noticed a trend. Lots of same aged "people" with similar moniker. Probably wrong but I would almost money on something not quite right with many of the list.
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Some look dodgy alright but there are some real members in that line up. I know the young fellah Shahin for example.
I just had a pm from a person called bassam27.
I made a wtb for a coleman shelter, and this bassam27 (with zero posts and only joined yesterday) comes at me with a link to a 'friend' who has one for sale.
I told him to move on and that us shooters are generally harder to fool than the rest of the population.... (hope that works...)
Anyway, admin, how about we introduce a way of authenticating new members? I have no idea how to do it sorry...
Yeah he messaged me this morning, regarding a Browning BLR in .223 for sale….not sure if legit or not.
Bassam27
Anton
Yeah, I got one this morning too. His english is about as poor as the Nigerian Princes looking to hide their inheritance in your bank account.
"Hello, I have someone that got short benelli 12ga available for sell.dm seller for more details (favorchristain@yahoo.com"
There is always someone trying to con you these days, even if its only a NZ politician.
@oxfarmer Yeah I got the exact same email. Thought it was too good to be true lol.
Bummer I was keen on picking up the BLR for $750
I was thinking more along the lines of how many people happen to share a birthday and have handles beginning with "dt...".
Uncanny
Yeah it's hard to stop the spambots joining but they don't seem to do much harm. Old mate scammer has been deleted. Use the report button to report scammers, I personally certainly don't read very many threads so I'm not likely to know about it if it's not reported
Bassam27 also pmd me re wanted post.
They have zero posts and only just joined.
He was also banned this morning
Yeah these all look dodgy af. Start with dt and finish with 24/7. Almost bet they are all the same person.Quote:
Originally Posted by Preacher
Any statisticians / mathematicians among us. It may not be that unexpected.Quote:
Originally Posted by Preacher
I'm pretty sure that gimp fella aint who he says he is either...
yeah ya right they look highly dodgy. We will keep an eye on them.
As for that fella Gimp, he's ok since he's here by popular demand :)
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Originally Posted by RUMPY
Might not be that popular anymore, it's been a whileQuote:
Originally Posted by rugerman
Gimpsuit's long gone..
Had the same approach with me. Have me this email favorchristain@yahoo.com. No doubt it will continue. Hopefully no one fell victim
Got this guy Tommysmith Tommysmiith010@gmail.com offering to sell me items, zero post count. North Carolina based apparently.
Beware people.
I had a bad experience recently in looking to buy, I put the word out for a set of die’s, a guy garysky02 said he knew someone who had a set for sale. He gave me the guy’s email address which I was grateful for. The guys name is Alex Raven, he sent me a photo of the die’s we agreed on $200 including freight. That was the last I hears from him, I have lodged a report with the police this morning for obtaining money by deception. Admin should have vetted this guy but they are clever, the guy garysky02 garysky02 is offline Banned, is now banned but the damage is done. He dealt with a few others on the forum, I hope they didn’t get stung like I did.
Not so popular with Marcellus WallaceQuote:
Originally Posted by rugerman
How about verifiable firearms licence number or some such way connected to their licence - valid member to visit and sight FL ?Quote:
Originally Posted by 40mm
You have to use a little common sense, i will only buy from members that are active on this forum with a good post count.Quote:
Originally Posted by Markl
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Originally Posted by Markl
Sad to report that I got stung for $200 last week. Both my bank and cops are onto it. It was s.s. Shooter (now banned) who referred me to a vendor. I didn’t twig until vendor who had my $$ claimed there was no one at home to receive the parcel he’d sent and it had been returned to him. Thankfully it wasn’t $200k as experienced by one elderly lady according to bank staff I spoke with. Bit pist with myself as I’ve always trusted people. Hope the crim is still looking over his shoulder.
Sorry to hear this has happened to you as well, I have received a message from another person who this has happened to on the forum. Be careful who you buy off, it’s easy to say because we want to trust each other but there are some clever ba***ards out there. Hopefully they catch this one.
Some people just need a good clip round the ear,not with yr bear hand tho.
I got a PM this morning from bluegold with a suspect email address to contact. 1 post, just joined. I'm a bit suss
If im going to buy something.I do my best to buy from the SouthIsland only.And if its a big ticket il take the money to their door if they got a address.If not,no money changes hand.Some bastard last year got hold of my card number,took $2.99 out of my pension account,i didnt see it till 3days later.WTF $95 went out to some Itunes account.I dont buy music,never heard of itunes.I rang bank,killed the card number.Bank couldnt get money back.So watch any credit card dealings you have.Theres always somebody watching from over seas.
Yep agree there although when I was scammed out of $550 by @Drewski he had over a 130 odd posts. I was pretty new to the forum and perhaps a little to trusting. Valuable lesson learnt with that one. Got a couple of excuses then he just disappeared.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigbear
Drewski- if it's who I'm thinking of, he is super shifty. Worked for a gunshop until they discovered he was shifting the cash sales into his own pocket.. A few years back now.
Was that Whangarei H&F?Quote:
Originally Posted by 6x47
If so I remember that, took a LOT of money off them!
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From banned member bluegold. Only 1 post and banned but still lurking and this was his response to me.
Suffice to say not doing it
P17 extractor
Hey Mate,
Are you still looking?
Contact Gary he has one available for sale in at a fair price.. Pm him garymusson29@gmail.
Ask the person to hold something over the object.
We had had this request recently on kiwi air gunners.
The person selling was asked to hold 3 fingers over the scope and take pic. Which he did. Along with verious other angles of the guns. (extra photos his choice)
He was fully understanding and as it was done in a public forum
everyone could see he was ligit.
I don't know of the work involved but maybe a list of trusted sellers on a sticky note for the regular forum members who have sold stuff.
Or a feedback on sellers, thread.
