Scam going around forums

[Jim]

Xs650 user name vibes92040

New rule says you have to post 5 times before you're allowed to send PM's
@Vibes92040 joined on Thursday. He promptly posted 5 random and spurious comments on random threads..... prolly what was on the front page at that particular moment.
Hasn't posted anything since then. Yeah, that looks suspicious.

By including his name in this comment, he'll get an alert that his name's been used. Let's see if he comes over here and explains himself. He's online right now.

Vibes?

 

[vansmetal]

I just received a pm for my wanted ad that doesn’t pass the smell test.
It included a phone number to text.
a google search on the number leads to scam warnings from other classifieds forums.
Xs650 user name vibes92040

plus 1 .... same here from vibes92040

 

[46th Georgia]

It'll be fine, Andy's here now.
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And Gomer's there shouting "Citizens Arrest, Citizens Arrest!"

 

[MaxPete]

Yeah... that Pete's quiet the character ain't he....

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Just catching up on this one - veerrrryy interesting.

Happy to kill any spammers or scammers - or @ssholes calling me at the dinner hour offering furnace duct cleaning services or telling me that Revenue Canada has got a warrant out for my arrest (every Canadian will understand those last two).

Pete
Pete

 

[Grimly]

I just received a pm for my wanted ad that doesn’t pass the smell test.
It included a phone number to text.
a google search on the number leads to scam warnings from other classifieds forums.
Xs650 user name vibes92040

Hmm... says Montana.
That would be Montana, Moscow or Montana, Shanghai?

 

[Jim]

Hmm... says Montana.
That would be Montana, Moscow or Montana, Shanghai?

He's used 2 IP's... both are in Billings Montana.

 

[Jim]

Scamalytics Sez a 44% chance of fraud coming from LogicWeb Inc.
That's... um... a pretty bad score.

 

[vansmetal]

Here’s the screenshots…if this helps…

 

[gggGary]

he made (non-posts) to get by the newby PM limits. So that's a bit sketchy.
Phone # links to IL land line, he said yeah kept phone #
He pm'd me also had a set of 74-75 BS38 for sale, i gave him my phone, he sent a pic via text.
Carbs do appear to be 74-75BS38's............

So I'm on it, but wasn't QUITE ready to pull the trigger.

 

[gggGary]

Here’s the screenshots…if this helps…

Yeah that's helpful, his replies all sound generic.

 

[Jim]

 

[gggGary]

That's enough for me then, he's a goner.

 

[vansmetal]

Yeah that's helpful, his replies all sound generic.

I thought the pic looked familiar, so I typed david bird hardtail into google and one of the first pics is from hughshandbuilt.com........ which he must of done the same thinking he would be slick

 

[gggGary]

I had put him on my watch list several daze ago cuz of his one word, irrelevant post replies.

 

[JesseeS]

Enoughs enough. Jim’s got the IP, currently hacking into his mainframe, call in the drone strike

 

[Jim]

That's enough for me then, he's a goner.
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[gggGary]

Enoughs enough. Jim’s got the IP, currently hacking into his mainframe, call in the drone strike

drones had already launched, fired lasers. returned to base with kill video.

 

[gggGary]

Anybody got a spare bullet? um I'm out.

 

[Jim]

Nice shootin' Gary.

 

[gggGary]

PS he wanted $225 for a so so set of carbs I just LOL'd he asked for an a offer, conversation went quiet when I countered at $25 ;^)