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3BABY
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 Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2021 12:56 am Post subject: Scammer Alert |
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Hi All,
Just putting an alert out here of known and possible scammer. 'JPPM' Contacted me regarding a WTB i had out, i contacted this person he/she suggested with respect to the item i wanted. I got an email back, upon organizing PayPal wanting buyer protection etc, Shasta asked me to pay his wifes account, naturally the red flags started showing :
https://www.cpu-world.com/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=7007
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"Philipe has Zilog Z80 white ceramic 40 DIP for sale in good condition Here’s his email philipeshasta@gmail.com
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content of email when requesting payment info:
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Hey tony ,
Unfortunately my PayPal is having issues at the moment
Kindly make payment to my wifes paypal here’s her info Ciciliamogere22@gmail.com and send me a screenshot of payment when sent so i can proceed with the shipping and send you necessary trackings
N.B-payment should be made as family and friends
Best Regards
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Unfortunate, stay safe y'all  |
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crazybubba64
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Location: WI, USA
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| Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2021 7:54 am Post subject: |
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This individual reached out to me as well with a similarly formatted message. Definitely a scam.
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timw4mail
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I also saw a similar message. The fact that there was an email to point to rather than just mentioning the item was a red flag to me.
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invasio
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I also got a similar message:
Philipe has ULSI Math-Co DX-2 66MHz for sale in good condition Here’s his email philipeshasta@gmail.com
He asked for $100 for it. |
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i440bx
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i440bx
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svmlegacy
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2021 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Just recieved a PM from this individual, in the same format. |
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crazybubba64
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Got another message from them lol.
Seems to be scraping the WTB forum.
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Bator
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2021 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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I got a letter from that idiot, too. I guess we should keep him out of here forever and that's it. Who solves such problems here? I'm sure the Admins will help.
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Bator
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Damn, I immediately deleted the letter .... But it was definitely JPP, but I don't remember M or N.
But in general, the essence is clear, here he wants to deceive us. But we are all aware of the matter
We do not forget about the saying "free breakfasts do not happen" "free cheese only in a mousetrap"....
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feipoa
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Sounds like the message I got from a new user named btravis77
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feipoa
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| dennydo wrote: | got message from this person:
Tyorlean would be a good option,contact him via blueyeleon@ aol.com . He has a NCube chip he wants to part with. |
That's what I got.
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gshv
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I blocked btravis77's IP address and deleted the account.
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