Possible spoof reply to a wanted advert.

[ambient]

I just had this from someone who joined earlier today.

 

[BenR24]

same here..

I sent an email, theres nothing he could do with just my email is there? 

 

Edited June 27, 2018 by BenR24

[Rich]

Looks pukka to me. He's just a bloke who's got this items for sales,email.

[Rich]

2 minutes ago, BenR24 said:

same here..

I sent an email, theres nothing he could do with just my email is there? 

 

Well let's hope not 😕 

Certainly looks like it's got SCAM written all over it.

[BenR24]

Great... well I'll see if he replies with anything

[Al Krow]

Aha - interesting. I received the identical PM.

Thanks very much for the tip-off @ambient - appreciated. I'll be steering clear.

Edited June 27, 2018 by Al Krow

[BenR24]

Changed my password and 2 step authenticator on, hopefully send him the email in my excitement wont cause me any backlash

In mine he said he had a Cog T16, which i've been looking for a while

 

 

Edited June 27, 2018 by BenR24

[ped]

Hi guys

We've dealt with this character before. He always uses 'Gear' at the beginning of his username and joins from a Nigerian based IP (we've now banned access from all Nigerian IPs) but now he's found out how to use a VPN it seems. 

I'm going to add a warning about scammers in the wanted forum as it seems this is always how he contacts people.

At the weekend Rik and I are doing some work on the forum and one job will be to flush this idiot away once and for all.

Sorry about that chaps

ped

[BenR24]

No worries, you don’t think I’ll be at any risk at all for emailing?

[Al Krow]

53 minutes ago, BenR24 said:

Changed my password and 2 step authenticator on, hopefully send him the email in my excitement wont cause me any backlash

In mine he said he had a Cog T16, which i've been looking for a while

The COG T16 is indeed a really good octave pedal. (Make sure you get the v2 which has corrected a low volume issue on the v1)

@ped no probs - we all appreciate the job / time and effort that you mods expend on our behalf. And great that the community (ambient in this case) have each other's backs.

@BenR24 - you should be fine. It's when you start giving out bank details or clicking on links in emails that it can start getting messy. Just put a block on the guy from replying to your email account to avoid getting follow up crap from him.

[Maude]

Yeah I'll apologise now for my Italian cousin, he's a Sir Richard Head III. 

[ambient]

3 minutes ago, Maude said:

Yeah I'll apologise now for my Italian cousin, he's a Sir Richard Head III. 

I thought he was Nigerian?

[Maude]

1 minute ago, ambient said:

I thought he was Nigerian?

That's another cousin, the lonely one with all the money that no one will email back. 

[ead]

What's a VPN?

[ambient]

9 minutes ago, ead said:

What's a VPN?

I think it's a way of disguising where you are.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network

[ead]

Thanks ambient.  I think I got the jist but have also discovered a whole raft of other things I know nothing about 

[Dan Dare]

I got a similar reply from him when I posted a wanted listing. Asked him (not via the dodgy looking email address he gave, but via BC messaging) how old the item was, where it was, etc and whaddya know, radio silence.

[dave_bass5]

3 hours ago, ead said:

What's a VPN?

Very Probably Nigerian.....i think 🙂.

[6feet7]

I got it as well. He did send me an email calling himself Audioman. I thought it was a bit iffy.

This is his email to me (he did send a picture of a Carvin AC50 which is what I was asking about):

Thanks for your mail...i have attached a pic of My items as you can
see everything is perfectly okay and No dust or rust well clean...i
will like to know your offer incl the shipping and insurance to your
doorstep with your delivery home address and Phone Number,i will used
DHL for the delivery to your doorstep,My Mode of Payment
is Via bank Transfer or Paypal thanks and Hope to hear from you soon

 

[ped]

Yeah each time he signs up he sends about 25 PMs to people who have recently posted a wanted ad. Luckily, because his behaviour follows a pattern we can get rid of him fairly easily. We’ve got a cunning plan that we think you’ll all find amusing so will let you know after we have a look this weekend. 

[leftybassman392]

4 hours ago, ambient said:

I think it's a way of disguising where you are.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network

Technically that's more of a side-effect. The original design brief was to allow company employees at geographically diverse locations to communicate with each other and with the company's central site efficiently and securely. VPNs are still very widely used in that role AFAIK.

Edited June 28, 2018 by leftybassman392

[yorks5stringer]

VPN-thought it was why thongs became so popular...?

[dave_bass5]

VPN's are also good for getting around Youtube geographical restrictions. I used to think there were a lot of YT videos that wouldn't play until i started using a VPN. Also good for getting around websites that are blocked by your ISP.

[Mudpup]

3 hours ago, ped said:

Yeah each time he signs up he sends about 25 PMs to people who have recently posted a wanted ad. Luckily, because his behaviour follows a pattern we can get rid of him fairly easily. We’ve got a cunning plan that we think you’ll all find amusing so will let you know after we have a look this weekend. 

Can u pop his email address up on here so we can all send him a few hundred emails, sign him up for a few sites and maybe share it about a bit 😉That'll keep him busy 

[ped]

Could do, but I fear the address is simply to subscribe you to spam as opposed to a monitored inbox so best to avoid. It’s a different address every time.