Scammers are getting worse !

[sacre]

I seem to see a new angle fairly regularly. I'm getting more skeptical about any text.

 

[marchx]

@Forum Boss Why not just cancel the Sales section of this forum? You spend awfully lot of time fighting the scammers. If you want to sell/buy something there are proper platforms out there for this with buyer protection etc. There always will be people who cheat, why not eliminate the possibility for them to cheat on this forum?

Forum Boss: If we lock the Classifieds, Forum traffic would decline very significantly. And the scammers are these days running scams OUTSIDE the forum, by sending texts. They get the info using identity searches or when the poster lists his/her email or phone number.

Preventing the scamming would actually be pretty easy, if all Forum members simply used basic precautions. I still do not know a single member who was scammed who actually picked up his phone and made a VOICE CALL. That's right... not one.

 

[marchx]

It's your forum, but maybe it would be a good idea to change dramatically the sales section and transform into a selling platform, where you have to fill in the form and then post an offer. The structure of the form would enforce the proper content and eliminate this additional information that scammers use for legitimizing their effort. I am just brainstorming, but as long as any member can post WTB WTS as a post without any formal restrictions, scamming will build on that.

 

[rwj]

A related, albeit slightly, off topic question - how do scammers emulate phone numbers for texting? Is there software that can detect “original” (carrier issued) versus “emulated” numbers?

 

[LVLAaron]

A related, albeit slightly, off topic question - how do scammers emulate phone numbers for texting? Is there software that can detect “original” (carrier issued) versus “emulated” numbers?

A good scammer just uses a voip number. They're practically free and disposable.

 

[hogpatrol]

To me, it's mind boggling how many on this and other forums post their names, addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying info in the public space. On here they're in Profile Posts. In a PM is one thing but out there where every scammer can see it? From this chair, they deserve to get schnookered. SMH.

 

[rwj]

A good scammer just uses a voip number. They're practically free and disposable.

One would think that the voip service providers would have to obtain numbers from a database to avoid issuing ones currently being used.

 

[joshb]

It’s not just here. We’re getting hit at the Post Office too!

 

[LVLAaron]

One would think that the voip service providers would have to obtain numbers from a database to avoid issuing ones currently being used.

Numbers are easily spoofable. When you're building a phone system, the phone system (you) just tell it what number it is supposed to be. It's the least secure thing in the world. Most of the spam/scam texts I get these days are from an email address sent to mynumber@tmobile.com

 

[Mark W]

Ukrainian scammer gets 10 Billion from addled Elderly President....

There, I fixed it for you! You’re welcome….lol

 

[CaptainMal]

If you stop by a Facebook Marketplace you will see ads like one that links to a fake Hornady website -- ALL A SCAM

NEVER respond. There are some from Nosler, Sig and more major firearm suppliers all with the same contact information. Quite expansive in layout, they sure look legit.

Shocking how they continue to offer this kind of bogus advertising on Facebook and it is not both taken down and the advertisers prosecuted.