How to avoid falling for scammers – Typical buyer scam
Since hatchling season is upon us and many people will start to sell for the very first time it’s important to remember that not all buyers are real buyers.
Over the years the typical scam (usually from Cameroon) is for someone to contact you and pay for an animal via money order or cashier check, the scam here is purely about money the animal or shipping is the last of their concern.
So if you have doubts regarding a payment make sure that it is valid before depositing it to avoid charges on your account and do not fall for the old "I over paid you, please deposit the money order and send me back the difference"
Recently there has been a surge in such scams those who also follow the BOI are aware of this.
While I usually send people like this on their way this time I decided to document the scam from start to finish to show how the typical scam works (making HIM work for it and forcing HIM to spend some money ($6.95))
You will notice the inconsistency the so called assistant sent the payment on 03/30 yet the payment was really only sent on 04/06 (They keep you engage and want to make sure that you are still biting before spending the money to send the MO or Cashier Check).
And of course when told the game is over they still try, accusing you of scamming them
Sadly there is very little that can be done, those type of people have multiple ID and email addresses, and the physical address from which the MO are supposedly mailed from turns out to be a vacant properties (that one just went off the market). The only possible lead could have been the third party company used to print and ship the label however that too is a fake.
This specific scammer was registered on MorphMarket however John is proactive and caught him rapidly; unfortunately those types of people lurk everywhere including forums, craigslist etc
So if you are contacted by such individual on our forum make sure to report them immediately to the staff so we can ban them and keep our community safe.
Happy selling everyone and remain cautious
Scammer ID Joffred23 Email romnniazs@gmail.com Ruben Jake / James Kennedy Phone# 650-410-3537 – 708-467-9137
Additional info
There are a few other names, email addresses and phone numbers currently using the same scam.
Chris Wilmer
Scrapemetal - Fred Wilson / Johnson Joseph / John Jones – repozinlasterp@gmail.com – 727-308-1398 – 708-467-9137
Wilson4 – Wilson John– Fredwilson762@gmail.com barristerfredwilson@gmail.com
Crespo Joe – toolzosuccesful@gmail.com
Clara Wilson - claraw905@gmail.com
Richard Pacheco - Edith Marie - 708-492-8946
Desmond Lee - fulestsanec@gmail.com
David Philips adamsbraown67@gmail.com
FUAD TRADINGS LLC - Greg Johnson wert8hvhhlll@gmail.com 765-722-2819
Wilson Gran wg3138015@gmail.com
GE - Princewill Echebiri vzwertyyyyyuuuy@gmail.com
225-380-3623
319-820-1030
812-465-2363
812-573-2043
njdbm788s@gmail.com
uencilproper@gmail.com
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