Texas Maverick Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 15 minutes ago, Wildcat Sam said: They checked him out and said he appears to be on the up and up. the whole 2 PayPal account thing had me a little fishy. better safe than sorry. thank y'all for the guidance. I have 4 emails and the one I use here isn't the same as my Paypal so it can get confusing for sure. No harm in checking him out. TM 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 No harm in checking him out, for all our safety! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Doc Clint is a scammer. If you post your email address or phone number or other information on this forum he’ll try to get to you!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliphalet R. Moderator Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 If you are buying or selling items on the Classified Forum, check your profile and delete your email address if you added it under any of the "Contact Methods" or any other place in your public profile. You are making yourself a target for scammers. They do not have to be Wire Members to see your email address and try to rip you off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cholla Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 I think we also need to be mindful of what we post in forums. I often see members posting their contact information in threads. It doesn't take much detective work for a scammer to find that information and use it to contact the person or impersonate someone else. Scammers can make their phone numbers appear as someone else so I would bet that the same thing can be done with emails. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliphalet R. Moderator Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 Buyers been hit by a flurry of scam e-mails from an address with "Intersport Performance" in the name, pretending to be the seller, attempting to hijack the payment. If you have your e-mail address added to your profile under "contact methods", delete it! Deal with PMs or double-check the address of an e-mail sender. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliphalet R. Moderator Posted yesterday at 02:04 AM Share Posted yesterday at 02:04 AM On 3/30/2024 at 7:39 PM, Eliphalet R. Moderator said: Buyers have been hit by a flurry of scam e-mails from an address with "Intersport Performance" in the name, pretending to be the seller, attempting to hijack the payment. If you have your e-mail address added to your profile under "contact methods", delete it! Deal with PMs or double-check the address of an e-mail sender. It's happened again! Despite the Security Notice we posted, despite posting it here. Your e-mail addresses are hidden from the outside world by default. But, many have added their email addresses again under "contact methods" or somewhere else in your public profile. If you have done that, scammers can reach out, pretending to be the seller and an unwary buyer sends the money to the scammer by mistake. Deal through PMs or directly via phone, unless you are very sure of the seller's email address. Never pay for guns via Paypal Friends & Family, or any other venue that does not support firearm transactions!! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted yesterday at 11:25 AM Share Posted yesterday at 11:25 AM You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago On 4/26/2024 at 4:25 AM, Eyesa Horg said: You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. That’s for sure, I just did a random check of a few pards listing items in the Classifieds and there are a few who still have their email addresses posted in their profile contacts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago 56 minutes ago, Yul Lose said: That’s for sure, I just did a random check of a few pards listing items in the Classifieds and there are a few who still have their email addresses posted in their profile contacts. Another thing that I saw on a random check was that some of them somehow sent a message to another member that everyone can read. I saw addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and other personal info also. It's how scammers get their foot in the door and they're good at what they do. There's a couple of layers of protection on this site that people ignore for some reason.... Use PM's, not public messages. Don't post any personal information (Email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers, etc) that can be viewed publicly anywhere on this site. Pretty damn simple, yet... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago Almost every day I see someone post phone numbers, email addys, even home addresses. It's amazing really! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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