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      02-01-2017, 12:40 PM   #45
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The agent's info is below.
Name: Destiny Nicole Foloowell
If all other signs didn't point to this being scam then the "agent's" last name should have.

Foloowell...might as well say it the way it is Fool-you-well!

You lucked out on this one.
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The agent's info is below.
Name: Destiny Nicole Foloowell
If all other signs didn't point to this being scam then the "agent's" last name should have.

Foloowell...might as well say it the way it is Fool-you-well!

You lucked out on this one.
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I will repeat it again : no wire transfers, no western union or similar payments, no cashier checks etc. It doesnt matter if you are buyer or pay to rent house for holidays use credit card. If you are selling and they ask you to send money .... WTF ! RED FLAG ! Some scammers/hackers tryed to scam me on ebay. They "won" the ithem I was selling but I newer received payment and they kept asking to ship. I was getting emails every 5 min generated from ebay. I contacted ebay and they told me I better remove the listing and post it again to stop the emails from coming. So be careful on ebay aslo.
Also look at this listing, seller has negative feedback for scamming someone a year ago for same mirrors
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Side-mirrors...ZYhS-p&vxp=mtr
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op I can not believe you got to western union then figure it was a scam. Really where have you been.

I have a whole collection of fake cashier check these scammer send in hope you will wire them the extra cash they sent you by mistake. When I was board and had some extra time on my hands I use to mess with these idiots, it usually end with them threating to call the FBI on me.

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I will repeat it again : no wire transfers, no western union or similar payments, no cashier checks etc. It doesnt matter if you are buyer or pay to rent house for holidays use credit card. If you are selling and they ask you to send money .... WTF ! RED FLAG ! Some scammers/hackers tryed to scam me on ebay. They "won" the ithem I was selling but I newer received payment and they kept asking to ship. I was getting emails every 5 min generated from ebay. I contacted ebay and they told me I better remove the listing and post it again to stop the emails from coming. So be careful on ebay aslo.
Also look at this listing, seller has negative feedback for scamming someone a year ago for same mirrors
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Side-mirrors...ZYhS-p&vxp=mtr
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      02-02-2017, 04:41 PM   #51
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op I can not believe you got to western union then figure it was a scam. Really where have you been.

I have a whole collection of fake cashier check these scammer send in hope you will wire them the extra cash they sent you by mistake. When I was board and had some extra time on my hands I use to mess with these idiots, it usually end with them threating to all the FBI me.
I didn't know what got into me. I always have very good friends(friends that I personally appreciate). I should be careful not to just assume all the others are like them.
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who sends "agents" , oh yeah, scammers, that alone would red flag it for me. I probably wouldn't have gotten past the first exchange though due to my suspicious nature. If they won't meet in person from CL, forget about them!

I am glad you realized before it was too late.
After all these years you think these guys would learn from mistake from idiots before them mistake. Wherever they are from and BTW most of these people are now in the US, and they work in teams, their native language does not translate into English well, they always use certain words like agents. There are other words which are dead give away that the person is not from the US originally even red neck have a better command of the English language. I have yet to see a new scram which is not following a familiar script.

I only played along to try and figure out how they try and get money out of you. Some are very complicated, others just hope you send the product before you realize the check is fake. Then other like this one want to you send extra money they sent you to someone else and they always want it in a hurry, since the clock is ticking before you find out it fake. I did one time have someone show up trying to pick up the items, and I just said where is the cash the person insisted they or their friend paid me but could not remember any of the detail.

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      02-02-2017, 05:26 PM   #53
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They always say they are going to send more than the asking price and to pay someone the difference or keep it. That's immediately how you know its a scam, and along with the Western Union money order.
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Definitely trust your gut but also, don't meet anyone in a place you're not familiar with.

The victim in this incident was one of my employees best friend.

http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-...33279391-story
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who sends "agents" , oh yeah, scammers, that alone would red flag it for me. I probably wouldn't have gotten past the first exchange though due to my suspicious nature. If they won't meet in person from CL, forget about them!

I am glad you realized before it was too late.
After all these years you think these guys would learn from mistake from idiots before them mistake. Wherever they are from and BTW most of these people are now in the US, and they work in teams, their native language does not translate into English well, they always use certain words like agents. There are other words which are dead give away that the person is not from the US originally even red neck have a better command of the English language. I have yet to see a new scram which is not following a familiar script.

I only played along to try and figure out how they try and get money out of you. Some are very complicated, others just hope you send the product before you realize the check is fake. Then other like this one want to you send extra money they sent you to someone else and they always want it in a hurry, since the clock is ticking before you find out it fake. I did one time have someone show up trying to pick up the items, and I just said where is the cash the person insisted they or their friend paid me but could not remember any of the detail.
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Definitely trust your gut but also, don't meet anyone in a place you're not familiar with.

The victim in this incident was one of my employees best friend.

http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-...33279391-story
crazy punks, they deserve jail time.
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      02-02-2017, 11:27 PM   #57
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I'm honestly SHOCKED that people still cannot figure out it's a scam from the VERY FIRST DAMN message that came from the scammer.
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      02-04-2017, 12:41 AM   #58
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One of my friends happily provides the work address, phone number, and name of the local County Prosecutor to these scammers.
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I would have stopped responding from the moment I read "paypal"

If someone else is coming to pick it up, let that person bring the cash with him/her.

Im actually surprised he didnt ask you to give $700 cash to the guy picking it up.
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Frill, cash only when it comes to people on CL. No cash, no sell guy.
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      02-05-2017, 07:16 AM   #61
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I knew it was a scam based on their grammar!
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Anyone who asks you to get extra money and wire to them is 100% scam.
Pretty much lol this shit dates back to 1990's lol. Sucker born every minute.

I usually try to get them to send a check, if not I just waste as much time as I can of theirs since its time they wont be scamming someone else.
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I'm curious, how did this part NOT ring warning bells in your head?

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"Hello good p.m, is your Exhaust MPE with carbon fiber tips still avail please kindly reply back to gabriellewis009@gmail.com asap thanks."
"...good p.m." and "kindly" - really, you actually considered replying to that?
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I'm curious, how did this part NOT ring warning bells in your head?

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"Hello good p.m, is your Exhaust MPE with carbon fiber tips still avail please kindly reply back to gabriellewis009@gmail.com asap thanks."
"...good p.m." and "kindly" - really, you actually considered replying to that?
Now I know it. ?
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I'm curious, how did this part NOT ring warning bells in your head?



"...good p.m." and "kindly" - really, you actually considered replying to that?
lmao. hillarious
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Interesting to see how far this went , usually ignore them, always thought about playing along to screw with them
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