What kind of BS is this????
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Topic: What kind of BS is this????
Posted By: darrel in ND
Subject: What kind of BS is this????
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2022 at 7:19am
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So, I'm not super techy, don't catch on to spam and scammers and crap like that. But I put an ad on over in the classifieds a couple of weeks ago looking for some loader mounts for a 200. I have gotten one honest to goodness response which I am following up on. But within the last couple days, I've gotten three totally bogus ones. First one, I was stupid enough to respond to. All three PM'ed me telling me to contact so and so, and gave me a Gmail address for that person. First one, I thought was a user name that I recognized, didn't think twice about it and sent a message to the guy at that user name, and like a dumb  , gave him my cell number. After not hearing back, I checked out the profile of the member who originally PM'ed me, only to see that that person joined the forum ten minutes before messaging me, and location listed as the UK‼️‼️🤬🤬🤬Then within a day or two, two more very similar messages came into my inbox, both saying that another party had just what I needed in perfect shape, and again, a Gmail address of the person I should contact. I don't need to be told that I really screwed up responding to the first one, and giving my cell number was "over the top" stupid. Hope I didn't set myself up for some permanent, unremarkable damage. What do these A-holes gain from this?? 🤬🤬🤬🤬 Darrel |
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Posted By: JC-WI
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2022 at 7:45am
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I don't know what those AH's think, but everybody would have a better life if those kind would find themselves 7 feet under... dd or alv. Their sole intention is to somehow profit off of you for their evil soulless intentions and actions. They should be sought out and flogged in the public square. beaten to a pulp the second time and left to rot for the birds the third time. That might deter others from doing evil to others. Sorry to hear the dam scammers got your ph number now. ------------- He who says there is no evil has already deceived himself The truth is the truth, sugar coated or not. Trawler II says, "Remember that." |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2022 at 8:01am
| I guess that just to make light of a bad situation, I will say that, "if it was a hot chick trying to lure me into a dark alley to take advantage of me, I'd go willingly!" LOL, Darrel |
Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2022 at 8:39am
| Hey I’ve got the same thing going on, Darrel! When I posted that I was looking for a planter I started getting all the same messages like you. |
Posted By: Michael V (NM)
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2022 at 9:04am
| IIRC there was a post in the classifieds that discussed this quite a bit few months ago...I think 359v8cat started it...I had the same thing happen to me,,but the scammer never could come up with the right parts,sooo,,they didn't get more than an email address |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2022 at 9:05am
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they may only want your phone number to send you TEXT.. The goal is to get you to SEND MONEY to them, and they will NEVER SHIP the item.. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: dp7000
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2022 at 9:38am
| Same thing happened to me posting WTB seat. Be careful everyone. |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2022 at 9:51am
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I know kinda late but... ... BEFORE you give them YOUR number, have them send THEIR number and location ! if they don't, they ARE scammers and end the emails there. ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2022 at 5:39pm
You probably didn't FU too bad. You can always not answer numbers you don't recognize, and delete the bogus messages, if they leave them, also block numbers...
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