Knives Beware / Scammed

[Btrain]

Gents
It finally happened... I got scammed on someone approaching me based on a WTB ad I posted. I am only posting this to give pause to the risks involved. I have had many pleasant transactions on the Hide and got a bit complacent on Due Diligence. A few thoughts in Hein sight:

- Seller had over 100 posts on the site but no feedback
- When using PP it was charging me a small fee to proceed... It was minor and I disregarded it so I could get things paid and moving forward. Had I stopped and looked it up I would have seen its for International transactions - Account page said AZ.
- I should have (and will in the future) asked for some personal info (Phone number, full name, etc..) to complete verification / validation

All of the above should have given me pause to dig deeper but I got complacent and paid the price. I have moved on and am calling it the Price of Education, but hope someone else seeing this will take the extra beat to make sure you don't become a victim

BV

 

[stefan73]

Read this, https://www.snipershide.com/shooting/threads/avoid-fraud-with-this-feature.7074703/

V/R

 

[Btrain]

Yep... Should have looked at it earlier

 

[SniperBro]

How much was it? Hopefully it wasn't a big loss...has the username been reported/banned?

 

[Btrain]

325 / When I inquired with the Mods to get additional information - Found out that they had been banned for not following through on another transaction... All of this was within a few days - My guess is they hit what they can and then move on to another user name or site.

 

[Busyhawk]

Thank you for sharing...hope we all are forewarned. Lessons are sometimes more expensive.

 

[diet_bacon_strips]

Got hit yesterday by a hacked account. Sucks, people are scumbags, but hopefully a lesson for everyone else. Be vigilant, and if ONE thing, just ONE doesn't smell right, either ask for enough verification to satisfy your concerns or walk away.

 

[postmabail]

Some guy from AZ just tried to get me, +1 (602) 899-1258, username rollingdice
He replied to a WTB and sent me pics from a years old ad, when asked for a confirmation pic with number and date, he photoshopped it in and sent it to me. Be careful out there. Luckily I didn’t pay him

 

[Baron23]

WTB advert = invitation to be scammed.

Shouldn’t be, it’s a sad testament to our modern times, but it is nonetheless true IMO

 

[stefan73]

WTB advert = invitation to be scammed.

Shouldn’t be, it’s a sad testament to our modern times, but it is nonetheless true IMO

Concur, I am still amazed at how people can have such a lack of pride and be such pieces of shit scammers. I wish the internet computer (magic box) guru's could find them and DOX them.