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FYI Scammer Alert
#13511514
04/10/20 11:25 AM
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Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 155
jfe
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Outdoorsman
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OP
Outdoorsman
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I posted my boat for sale on this forum a couple days ago. I included my cell phone number. Last night, I got a phone text from a guy in Oregon wanting more info and pictures. If he likes it, he will send a certified check and have someone come and pick up the boat after the check clears my bank. What the Oregon guy offered is a well known scam on Craigslist and other forums. As this forum is only place I've advertised the boat, it is apparent the thieves are watching TFF as well. Beware, and don't fall for the certified check clearing the bank trick.
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Re: FYI Scammer Alert
[Re: jfe]
#13511520
04/10/20 11:37 AM
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Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 295
BMowatt
Angler
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Angler
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Got the same from Bass boat central
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Re: FYI Scammer Alert
[Re: jfe]
#13511590
04/10/20 12:43 PM
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Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 8,383
Fishin' Nut
TFF Celebrity
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TFF Celebrity
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MIne was the opposite. They copied the pictures of my boat off Craigslist and tried to sell it as their own. I sold it off FB, where you can't download images.
Silence like a cancer grows
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Re: FYI Scammer Alert
[Re: jfe]
#13511729
04/10/20 01:56 PM
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Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 4,449
ssmith
TFF Team Angler
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TFF Team Angler
Joined: Nov 2007
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you can generally tell the scams on craigslist if there is no phone number an one picture
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Re: FYI Scammer Alert
[Re: jfe]
#13511998
04/10/20 04:57 PM
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Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 40
Prosper
Outdoorsman
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Outdoorsman
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Interesting--I had the exact same for a car I posted on craigs list. Also from Oregon, same verbage, blah blah blah. Good catch!
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Re: FYI Scammer Alert
[Re: Fishin' Nut]
#13512039
04/10/20 05:28 PM
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Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 93,141
hopalong
Pumpkin Head
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Pumpkin Head
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MIne was the opposite. They copied the pictures of my boat off Craigslist and tried to sell it as their own. I sold it off FB, where you can't download images. I download images off fb all the time, just have to save to pictures on the puter then you can put them wherever you want.
" Hop, set the hook"!
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Re: FYI Scammer Alert
[Re: hopalong]
#13512719
04/11/20 03:37 AM
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Joined: Oct 2015
Posts: 755
Greg W
Pro Angler
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Pro Angler
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MIne was the opposite. They copied the pictures of my boat off Craigslist and tried to sell it as their own. I sold it off FB, where you can't download images. I download images off fb all the time, just have to save to pictures on the puter then you can put them wherever you want. Yes, and of course you can screen grab anything you want. On my mac command/shift/4 allows me to screen grab any rectangle I want.
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Re: FYI Scammer Alert
[Re: jfe]
#13512957
04/11/20 01:53 PM
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Joined: Mar 2014
Posts: 1,594
Topwater2
Extreme Angler
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Extreme Angler
Joined: Mar 2014
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Same here when I had my bike up for sale. The guy was off shore on an oil rig, will send a check and buddy will pick it up. NOT!! Besides, just how much room is there to ride on that oil rig?
FishKen
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Re: FYI Scammer Alert
[Re: jfe]
#13513090
04/11/20 03:02 PM
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Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 3,462
Tommar
TFF Team Angler
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TFF Team Angler
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Posts: 3,462 |
Tell him to have his shipper meet you in front of the police station with cash.
US Army and TXARNG 1984-2014 Gulf War 90-91 Iraq 2004-05 A'stan 2009 VFW Post Commander 2013-15
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Re: FYI Scammer Alert
[Re: jfe]
#13514154
04/12/20 04:56 AM
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Joined: May 2014
Posts: 683
BrockstaRama
Pro Angler
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Pro Angler
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I actually got sent a check and the bank said the feds will be interested in it. Glad I didn't just throw it away. May help catch an.
When I am not fishing I am thinking about fishing. And mostly what I should have done differently my last trip! #Brockstarama
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Re: FYI Scammer Alert
[Re: jfe]
#13519982
04/16/20 01:54 AM
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Joined: May 2009
Posts: 248
JMT
Outdoorsman
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Outdoorsman
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 248 |
Got the same text message. Blocked them.
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Re: FYI Scammer Alert
[Re: jfe]
#13520866
04/16/20 05:21 PM
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Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 10,249
Stump jumper
TFF Guru
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TFF Guru
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 10,249 |
Seems to me that the scammers on CL think we all fell off the turnip wagon yesterday. When I listed my old Ranger for sale the first caller was a scammer. I clearly listed that the engine was blown and all of the compression readings. He was asking questions like "well can you run it?" I explained to him that I idled back to the ramp. He says no i mean can you run it now? I say why? number 5 is reading 0. Then he tells me his buddy lives close by and he will call. His buddy calls and basically the same stupid carp. I hung up on him.
2200 Bay Champ/200 Mercury Optimax 2017 Tundra TSS 4x4 Crewmax 5.7L
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Re: FYI Scammer Alert
[Re: jfe]
#13521206
04/16/20 09:11 PM
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Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 24,483
Okie Poke
TFF Guru
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TFF Guru
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Posts: 24,483 |
Maybe 2% will buy something sight unseen. That should be your first clue....
2018 Skeeter FX20LE w/ Yamaha 250 SHO 😎
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Re: FYI Scammer Alert
[Re: jfe]
#13521529
04/17/20 01:59 AM
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Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 115
Wormin
Outdoorsman
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Outdoorsman
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Posts: 115 |
I guess I am not getting the scam. Someone sends a certified check to you and you get it to clear your bank and the money is in your account. Please explain.
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Re: FYI Scammer Alert
[Re: jfe]
#13522062
04/17/20 02:29 PM
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Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 4,449
ssmith
TFF Team Angler
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TFF Team Angler
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 4,449 |
the check will not be good it takes a little time before you find out its not good.
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