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Old 12-14-2023, 10:42 AM   #1
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Scammers - what's the goal?

Every time I post something in the wanted section I alsways receive a bunch of these scam-looking messages from recently generated accounts:



Anyone knows what they are up to? Also, why do the admins let them register? Just wondering...

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Old 12-14-2023, 12:05 PM   #2
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Just some jerks trying to separate you from your hard earned cash........................
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Old 12-17-2023, 10:07 AM   #3
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Just some jerks trying to separate you from your hard earned cash........................
Yeah, I figured that probably that's the ultimate goal, I just don't get the point because it's such an obvious scam and they must have a very low hit rate. They literally copy and paste parts of the original message in their reply, not even bothering phrasing a specific message, which makes me think they are not even human. But then, how did they register? As far as I remember, there's an introduction step at the beginning which the admins then have to approve.
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Old 12-17-2023, 10:11 AM   #4
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Lol, just received another one from a just registered user:

hello are you still interested in getting this?.
you can contact corey he has a Right side front fender plastic liner for sale........... PM him @ coreybeitler283@gmail.com

Seriously, who believes this BS?
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Old 02-29-2024, 06:39 PM   #5
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I often wonder the same. I have received many of them. Most of which don’t make sense.

So I email that person, then what? I send my bank account info and they bleed me dry? I can’t imagine anyone here falling for it.

Who has the time send these things? They even make intro posts for some of the fake accounts.

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