Post#5 » Wed Mar 30, 2022 10:32 am
They've been hitting all the car forums, like mine, and I manually activate new accounts and they got past a couple times. Between me being more vigilant and the members paying attention and reporting suspicious behavior they've left my forum. If you make it hard enough for them they'll just move on to other forums that are easier.
Their scheme is to find someone who is looking for a part, then they go out on the internet and find a photo or photos of the same part and send them to you as if it's theirs, then they take your money and run. If you're really concerned about a transaction and you have good communication with the seller you could ask them to take a photo of the part with your username on a piece of paper next to it. It's not fool proof but usually causes the transaction to go one direction or the other.
Dan
Rocklin, CA
2000 G500 Europa
1979 280GE LWB (om617a swap)