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Discussion in 'Ferrari Discussion (not model specific)' started by Duff Ace, Nov 15, 2020.

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  1. Duff Ace

    Duff Ace Karting

    Oct 19, 2020
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    Tampa FL
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    Adam Taylor
    #1 Duff Ace, Nov 15, 2020
    BECARE of scam. A new member by the name of @Zini77 reached out to me and said he had a friend so his named Martin Calvin was selling a pair and to email him at [email protected]

    excited of the possibility to find out more I emailed this “Martin”. He was Johnny on the Spot emailing me back with a photo of 3 clear sets saying they were available at $400.

    I had just purchased my F355 and was a few weeks out from getting it. He continued to follow up with me and play on my emotions as an excited new owner. Once I decided I was going to purchase he said he could do Zelle or Venmo and that Zelle would get money to him quicker which would allow him to ship quicker. The email he asked to send the money to was [email protected]

    Ok strange but I’ll go with it. I sent him the $400 with confirmation. Of course I get an email 6 hours later saying he was super busy and would ship them out on Monday.
    He then proceeded to say he had Fabspeed headers, OEM wheels, and car cover. He said to send payment to another email address [email protected] if I wanted any of them.

    ok too many red flags we’re going off and I started googling for images of the other parts he was selling. Sure enough the first images that came up were the same.

    Then I started googling his original email address of [email protected] and low and behold FRAUD alerts pop up.

    Shame on me for not doing the research prior but I got so wrapped up with emotions that I didn’t do my due diligence.

    I hope others see this and stay clear away. I also hope the moderators see this and block @Zini77

    Lesson learned and I hope this POS gets what he deserves.
     
  2. ylshih

    ylshih Shogun Assassin
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    #2 ylshih, Nov 16, 2020
    PSA: Users should be extra cautious when engaging with very low post count and relatively new users. We've seen a persistent dribble of scammers that register here, make an innocuous post or two to gain access to the PM (Conversation) system, and then proceed to use the PM system to solicit direct transactions with users and scam them. Admins/Moderators have no access to the traffic and activity on the PM system unless an item is reported to us. If it is, we can check on a couple of indicators that may be helpful in determining if the user is a scammer or not. We will ban obvious scammers immediately, but some are more difficult to detect than others.

    Users who interact with the possible scammer also receive additional info, such as pictures and descriptions of the item. Often a Google picture or text search finds that the item was copied from a commercial site or an online auction. Other cues would be requirement of a payment method where there is no recourse.

    Most 1-2 post users are just fine and simply getting started here on the site and in their interest about Ferraris, so don't automatically assume that every new user is a bad user. Just exercise some extra prudence if someone solicits a transaction outside of site scrutiny and, if in doubt, report the situation to a mod for more detailed analysis.
     
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