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It Makes Me Very Suspicious When......

Cranky

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a newbie signs on and goes straight to the want ads and says he has what's being asked for......be vigilant y'all!
 
Seems to have quite the inventory from parts to specific model year cars!
 
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Especially when they ALL start with the exact same oddly worded text, as if a computer program typed it.
 
Well if I had a bunch of parts for sale I'd be smart enough to cut and past the same text !!
 
Do you still have item?

Are you looking to get (Well if I had a bunch of parts for sale I'd be smart enough to cut and past the same text !!)

if so, I have.
 
Number one-a indicator of fraud, imo. Number one is when they say they have a friend who has it!
Most of us know but there's always someone that gets caught in a deal with one and then they are pissed at the site owner and mods. One of the reasons one of us will most a post like this.....especially when someone joins and goes straight for the classified section and we can't make a positive ID.
 
Maybe if there was some way of "Bonding" all sellers so that doubt wouldn't be there?
Maybe a secure way you would have to register your personal info with Joey before you
could sell anything. Just thinkin! I've been pretty lucky on the site so far. You never know.
 
Looks like our mysterious poster has one on his hook.

@Cranky as a mod, aren't you supposed to be notified of suspicious activity, or something?
 
I looked this one up. The responses remind me of the scam texts I usually get within an hour of posting something for sale on craigslist.
 
I don't think I would consider buying anything from anybody that doesn't show some involvement in the site. Say, oh, a thousand messages or so?
 
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