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Just a heads up, I received an unusual email with a link to my ad (email pasted below). The subject line and header suggests that this was directed toward me via the RFF classifieds (I have a current ad posted). This doesn't seem legit to me, what do others think?


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From:
Subject: A message about your ad on Rangefinderforum.com
Date: February 15, 2011 9:02:17 AM EST

28mm filter,acc shoes

Hello Seller,
My Name is Carter,I saw your advert that was posted at site, and i am
willing to purchase the(28mm filter,acc shoes) posted
for sale on the site,i'm okay with the price and condition.
But i will be leaving the state to CANADA for a speculative purpose. As per
payment i will have to instruct my colleague to send you a certified
cashiers check or a US money order via ups courier service which will take
only 2-3 days to get to you. That is the only means of payment I can offer
you now due to my departing schedule. You should not worry about the
shipping, i have my shipper that will come down to your house for the pick
up as soon as payment is done.
So to make payment out to you, you'll have to email me the:


FULL CONTACT NAME
FULL CONTACT ADDRESS
CITY,STATE & ZIP CODE
PHONE NUMBER #
MOBILE #
FINAL ASKING PRICE FOR THE (28mm filter,acc shoes)
Many Thanks, And Awaiting Your Response,

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Let's see here ...

The guy is traveling internationally and he (she?) doesn't have a credit card?
 
Given how email responses are set up here, I can't imagine how a robot could have done this, and it doesn't seem very efficient for a scammer to go to each ad one at a time.
 
I think it is smart to always proceed with your transactions in the classifieds with caution with the goal of being 100% comfortable with who you are dealing with. That is what I do.

I don't know what can be done to prevent this from happening, but I have pointed this conversation out to Stephen and the other mods.
 
This is one of the most common scams on the Internet. If you get a money order from them it will be a forgery. If anyone arrives at your house they will be gangsters (possibly from Nigeria).
 
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Same thing happened to me today
Sounds like a brwach of RFF security as it was sent directly to my
Email address and not thru RFF
I'm just disappointed that he didn't ask for my bank account number
Or tell me about his relatives who are hard luck generals in Nigeria and need help accessing their millions...



Hello Seller,
My Name is *Carter,I saw your advert that was posted at site, and i am
willing to purchase the(Item) *posted
for sale on the site,i'm okay with the price and condition.
But i will be leaving the state to CANADA for a speculative purpose. As per
payment i will have to instruct my colleague to send you a certified
cashiers check or a US money order via ups courier service which will take
only 2-3 days to get to you. That is the only means of payment I can offer
you now due to my departing schedule. You should not worry about the
shipping, i have my shipper that will come down to your house for the pick
up as soon as payment is done.
So to make payment out to you, you'll have to email me the:


FULL CONTACT NAME
FULL CONTACT ADDRESS
CITY,STATE & ZIP CODE
PHONE NUMBER #
MOBILE #
FINAL ASKING PRICE FOR THE (Item)
Many Thanks, And Awaiting Your Response,

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost-classifieds/showproduct.php?product=26825
 
Seriously? You're not sure if this is a scam?

This is the oldest email con in existence. I'm stunned that people get messages like this and still have doubts about whether it's legit or not.

The money order you will receive will be counterfeit. Your bank will then come after you for the money. Many times the scam works where the other party gives you a cashier's check for more than the amount of the transaction as an incentive for you to accept the check. You cash the check at the bank, and hand over the goods. Then your bank comes back to you for all the money once the bad check is discovered.

This scam, and others like it, are still out there because people are still dumb enough to get taken in by them.
 
marcr1230 said:
I'm still curious how it's so easy to discover people's actual email even if you create an RFF user
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When you view a member's profile you will see two options to communicate with that person, via PM or email. You can change your settings and not accept emails through RFF. I am not sure that your actual email address is disclosed by the software, just a method to send an email.
 
I do not care whether it is spam, scam, or legit. I will never pass out my physical address to a stranger. You never know who or what will show up at your door.
 
dmr said:
Let's see here ...

The guy is traveling internationally and he (she?) doesn't have a credit card?
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Err I travel a bit and do not have a credit card, I have a debit card though. I try to pay as much as possible in cold hard cash, no paying some interest when it sits much nicer in my pocket.:D
 
"But i will be leaving the state to CANADA for a speculative purpose."

Gotta love the caps in Canada, and my favorite: "for a speculative purpose" :)
 
OMG....Paul & Joe
I too got the Same one TODAY
It really creeped me out

Sent back an Email saying
" I only Do Paypal
Thanks for your Interest...."
 
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