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Old 23 February 2022, 03:44 PM   #1
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Beware guy with email ozfsty@gmail.com

This guy messaged and emailed me about a listing I have in classified. In the email he says he wants to close on the deal right away with no questions asked. He then inquiries about a trade and provides a link with a list of pieces he wants to trade for. The linked site is setup to look like a TRF login page. It’s clear it’s fake by the url and lack of site certificate signature. I assume he is attempting to steal login credentials to make bogus sales. Beware of this user [mention]brandonmpennington [/mention] with email address ozfsty@gmail.com.


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Old 23 February 2022, 06:40 PM   #2
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This guy messaged and emailed me about a listing I have in classified. In the email he says he wants to close on the deal right away with no questions asked. He then inquiries about a trade and provides a link with a list of pieces he wants to trade for. The linked site is setup to look like a TRF login page. It’s clear it’s fake by the url and lack of site certificate signature. I assume he is attempting to steal login credentials to make bogus sales. Beware of this user [mention]brandonmpennington [/mention] with email address ozfsty@gmail.com.


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He messaged me as well i didnt think anything of it as the watch was sold. Is it a scam?

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Old 23 February 2022, 06:41 PM   #3
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If you email him his response will reveal the scam when you check out the link.


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Old 23 February 2022, 06:43 PM   #4
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If you email him his response will reveal the scam when you check out the link.


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Dont think ill bother!!!
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Old 23 February 2022, 06:47 PM   #5
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If you email him his response will reveal the scam when you check out the link.


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Have you reported him?
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Old 23 February 2022, 06:48 PM   #6
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I only dropped the note here. What’s the process for reporting?


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Old 23 February 2022, 06:51 PM   #7
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I only dropped the note here. What’s the process for reporting?


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I think you need to hit the red triangle on his msg to alert the mods.
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Old 23 February 2022, 06:53 PM   #8
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I only dropped the note here. What’s the process for reporting?


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Just chkd my msg looks like hes banned
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Old 23 February 2022, 06:55 PM   #9
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Nice. Rightfully so.


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Old 24 February 2022, 01:20 AM   #10
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Timely! He's trying to run the same on me:

Hi,

Thanks for your email... Buying the watch for my birthday

I am ready to proceed with payment and shipping.

Btw Will you be interested in trades, See below for my collections
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Old 24 February 2022, 04:20 AM   #11
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Yep same exact verbiage for me


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Old 3 March 2022, 12:58 AM   #12
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I just had a user by the name medmike contact me with that same email asking me about my watch and to communicate through email.
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Old 3 March 2022, 01:50 AM   #13
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I just had a user by the name medmike contact me with that same email asking me about my watch and to communicate through email.
Yep, me too.
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Old 3 March 2022, 02:47 AM   #14
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I just had a user by the name medmike contact me with that same email asking me about my watch and to communicate through email.
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Yep, me too.



As soon as someone receives a suspicious PM, they should report it to the admin and moderators by clicking on the red triangle with the exclamation point at the top right outside of the PM message. After you click the red triangle button a box will appear to type your message.

And then come to the 'Watch Out' forum and post a message to alert others.


I clicked the red triangle in one of your posts and Medmike is now banned. But he may have tricked someone else before he was banned. Use the red triangle as soon as read a sketchy PM!
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Old 3 March 2022, 10:18 PM   #15
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He messaged me as well, luckily I did not log in with his scam link
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Old 4 March 2022, 02:32 AM   #16
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Yea the whole play on the scam is to get your ID then use it to get to other TRF users.


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Old 4 March 2022, 03:18 PM   #17
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Thanks, I got this message too
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Old 5 March 2022, 02:33 AM   #18
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Did the same to me.


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