WARNING: Scammers

[boldo 42]

G'day fellas , just a warning on a bloke pretending to be a U.S. Navy chap offering to buy whatever firearm you have for sale , it doesn't come with an email address , he doesn't bargain and offers to get his agent to pick it up. Be wary.

 

[AfricaHunting.com]

boldo 42, Much appreciate the heads up. Any other details that you may be able to provide would be appreciated.

Thank you for looking after our community, always much appreciated.

 

[Areaonereal]

A scam that we experience in the USA routinely when we advertise on the internet, almost any item is "fair game" for these scammers. Never, never reply on these inquiries, if an agent or a cashiers check greater than the amount it is selling for and they want you to wire the difference to them, this scam has been around for many years.

 

[johnnyblues]

See this all the time here. Specially on Craig's list.

 

[Mr. 16 gauge]

Yeah......and I'm still waiting on my million dollars from that Nigerian prince!!!

 

[Rob404]

Yeah......and I'm still waiting on my million dollars from that Nigerian prince!!!

Crap Bro so am I

 

[Brent in Az]

I've had people try that scam on me for years through Craigslist. I just laugh at them, and give em a middle finger farewell.

I would be worth about 3 billion dollars, if all that Nigerian money offered to me by the "Minister of Finance", actually made it's way into my pockets

 

[NamStay]

Email scams are getting more personal – they even fool cybersecurity experts

Email fraud is getting more personal.

theconversation.com

We all like to think we’re immune to scams. We scoff at emails from an unknown sender offering us £2 million, in exchange for our bank details. But the game has changed and con artists have developed new, chilling tactics. They are taking the personal approach and scouring the internet for all the details they can find about us.

Scammers are getting so good at it that even cybersecurity experts are taken in.

One of us (Oliver Buckley) recalls that in 2018 he received an email from the pro-vice chancellor of his university.

This is it, I thought. I’m finally getting recognition from the people at the top. Something wasn’t right, though. Why was the pro-vice chancellor using his Gmail address? I asked how I could meet. He needed me to buy £800 worth of iTunes gift cards for him, and all I needed to do was scratch off the back and send him the code. Not wanting to let him down, I offered to pop down to his PA’s office and lend him the £5 note I had in my wallet. But I never heard back from him.

 

[GuttormG]