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Anyone Here Good at Dealing With Scammers?

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AngliaGT

AngliaGT

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As I posted (in the wrong forum),I got an PM from "WHITNEYJIM" who
sent me the email of a guy (pinkpantherinabox472@gmail.com) who had an MGB engine
that I was looking for.I asked for a price,& was given a very reasonable one,and later a
quote for shipping which was under $300.
I then emailed,asking his name.He sent back "John Miller".I asked where he was
located,& he responded "Texas",which sounded rather vague to me.I started thinking that
things just didn't add up,so posted on BCF,& got a reply from Nutmeg,who led me to a
scammer (same email) on an entirely different type of website.
I sent an email back to the scammer asking where I send the money to,to which they
replied "Could you send a USPS money order?".I replied that I'd look into it.
I have no intention of losing my money to this scammer,but would like to have some fun,
and waste their time.Is anyone good at dealing with this kind of skum,and/or what should I do
from here.I wish that I had one of those phoney checks from another scammer to send them.
Ideas?
 
There is a guy on youtube, who posts as "Pierogi", who destroys scammer computer systems for fun. Maybe you could contact him?
Bob
 
AngliaGT said:
As I posted (in the wrong forum),I got an PM from "WHITNEYJIM" who
sent me the email of a guy (pinkpantherinabox472@gmail.com) who had an MGB engine
that I was looking for.I asked for a price,& was given a very reasonable one,and later a
quote for shipping which was under $300.
I then emailed,asking his name.He sent back "John Miller".I asked where he was
located,& he responded "Texas",which sounded rather vague to me.I started thinking that
things just didn't add up,so posted on BCF,& got a reply from Nutmeg,who led me to a
scammer (same email) on an entirely different type of website.
I sent an email back to the scammer asking where I send the money to,to which they
replied "Could you send a USPS money order?".I replied that I'd look into it.
I have no intention of losing my money to this scammer,but would like to have some fun,
and waste their time.Is anyone good at dealing with this kind of skum,and/or what should I do
from here.I wish that I had one of those phoney checks from another scammer to send them.
Ideas?
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Don't try to "deal" with him. PLEASE Don't communicated ANY FURTHER with him. He has been banned. He's been on other forums with the same MO (and banned). By the way, if anyone ever reads "Forum Happenings" I posted about this type of scam some time ago:

 
I saw a Pierogi vid recently. He and cronies took over an Indian scammer's computer(s) and got a shot of the scammer sitting at his computer - fat guy with shirt off. They infected his system and embedded the picture somewhere deep in the guy's system. Every time he rebooted, all he could get was the photo. He even, as I recall, tried to wipe his drive to original out-of-the-box settings and still all he could bring up was the photo.
Bob
 
Popeye said:
Police?
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Trust me, that would be a waste of time. These scammers are usually in a different country and they are very pervasive. They are very good at hiding their locations and real identity. But it's why I posted about these kinds of scams in the Forum Happenings forum a couple years ago. They are pervasive on many forums, unfortunately. The best defense is to understand how they operate and not to fall prey to their ploy.
 
And I just got another reply asking for my shipping information.
I haven't replied.
 
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