I had posted in the the want to buy section a while ago and was recently contacted by a scammer, who used a forum members name, to sell me the tool. The payment wanted
was an Apple gift card.
was an Apple gift card.
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Scammer
- Thread starter Tom McDonnell
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Yes, it’s likely the same person who contacted me too. No money changed hands, although they put up a pretty convincing show
Tom and Isaac, was the member’s name Neil Pedersen by chance? Teaming up with a fake Karl Hansen (impersonating the well-known turner). If so, I banned him a couple of days ago. FYI.
Yes, those were the names they were using
Thank you
Yes and thanks as well!