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Facebook scam?
This facebook page showed up on my news feed: Classic Auto Parts For Sale
I am in the process of doing a purchase. The e mail address I have been given via messaging to do a paypal transaction is different than the e mail shown on the facebook page. Tons of pics of classic parts. Any chance some one took the time and effort to find pics of hundreds of parts and post them on facebook to scam buyers? (The parts seem very reasonable including shipping.) The seller seems anxious to complete a deal.
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Frank M. 75 Firebird 68 Firebird 400 RAIII 66 Chevy II 461 Pontiac in AZ |
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Use google lens on posted pictures , that will show you where the pictures come from. If they have been copied from another legitimate ad somewhere on the web, that what most scammers on marketplace do. Tons and tons of those ads these days
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Anxious seller?
Wake up, you’re being scammed. It’s worth someone’s time to be a picture collector to take money from foolish buyers. Don’t be that fool. |
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I got a hint when I was messaged to send money to Phyllismuthami11@gmail.com, which is not the email for the FB user. Stopped right there.
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Frank M. 75 Firebird 68 Firebird 400 RAIII 66 Chevy II 461 Pontiac in AZ |
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http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ics/?start=all |
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Pete’s sake…… The internet is like the Wild West. Someone can rob you from across the globe, they don’t need to come to your home or find you out in the streets. |
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My normal email and PayPal email are different.
But that email addy looks a bit foreign and stretched. Googled the name Phyllis muthami Only one hit - a black male in Nairobi |
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I deal face to face, or with a reputable well known company, and I call and speak to a human. Only online thing I do is with PY, long standing well known members. Yea I’m a dinosaur, but I’ve never been burned. I work too hard for my money than to throw it at someone I have no idea who they are.
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LIFT HEAVY, LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO BE SMALL! |
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Facebook is quickly becoming nothing but scammers and t-shirt hustlers.
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