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leatherface24 05-12-2020 04:56 PM

Fraud alert.
 
This and a few other Jackasses are checking the WTB threads and sending out bs. Be on the watch for this. If you email any of these idiots, they come back with a stupid low price and then ask you to send payment via family and friends.
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...9a4e791eae.jpg
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...9a5b78fc1d.jpg

Miata4lyfe 05-12-2020 11:11 PM

Yep they tried to pull this on me too. Asking 250 for a used s13 churrbo hahahahha

Joe Perez 05-12-2020 11:31 PM

Before I ban the guy, I'm having some fun with him. Just sent this pm:


I see that you just signed up at MiataTurbo, and it looks like you've been trolling the WTB thread and trying to scam my members with low-ball prices on nonexistant parts.

Am I totally off-base here, or does your IP address need to be banned? (I hate doing that, because it occasionally affects others users who live nearby you, and we obviously have a lot of other users in the Dallas area, of whom I'm sure at least a few are also using BandCon as their ISP.)


Also, in the future, send a message to a moderator and post something in the Front Desk forum when something like this happens.

Joe Perez 05-12-2020 11:35 PM

What are the usernames of the other people who have done this?

Miata4lyfe 05-12-2020 11:38 PM

I got primeturbo72 and Mari123

Joe Perez 05-12-2020 11:56 PM

Thanks.

primeturbo72 appears to be a repeat offender. We banned his last account (ziggy676), and now he's back under a new alias.

I sent him a PM asking him very politely to go away, so that I don't have to perma-ban every single VPN he uses, as that occasionally has unfortunate side-effects for legitimate users.

I'll be curious to see if he responds, or even shows up again.

Der_Idiot 05-13-2020 01:48 AM

I also received a message from Mari123 - Same schtick.

shuiend 05-13-2020 06:42 AM

I am like 95% positive you can report PM's and then Admins and such can come permaban fuckers.

leatherface24 05-13-2020 06:15 PM

This thread makes feel good. Reminds me of old days here lol

Miata4lyfe 05-13-2020 08:06 PM

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...0d33895b32.jpg

Joe Perez 05-13-2020 08:32 PM

Mari123 didn't respond to my very polite email, so he's now permabanned.

Joe Perez 05-13-2020 08:43 PM

primeturbo72 hasn't been around in a few days, so I'll give him some time to read the PM I sent him before banishment. Let me know if anyone hears from him again.

Melvin 05-14-2020 03:51 AM

Primeturbo72 referred me to a man that was extremely sus as well. I 100% believe he's doing it too from the conversations I was having with his referral.

sixshooter 05-14-2020 07:23 AM

Jens Spahn is the name of the health minister of Germany, so fake name on email.

Searching for that email address yields this: https://www.rctech.net/forum/buyer-s...gmail-com.html

rleete 05-14-2020 08:52 AM

Scamming should be a capital crime.

Joe Perez 05-14-2020 09:06 AM

I gave PrimeTurbo a new avatar. I think this will be more fun than a simple ban.

https://www.miataturbo.net/customava...tar43560_1.gif

MartinezA92 05-14-2020 01:19 PM

Somewhat related, the other day I saw some loser posting on Fb miata classifieds, and apparently the pictures were taken from legitimate posts on here and m.net and used to scam people on fb.

leatherface24 05-14-2020 07:32 PM


Originally Posted by Joe Perez (Post 1570747)
I gave PrimeTurbo a new avatar. I think this will be more fun than a simple ban.

https://www.miataturbo.net/customava...tar43560_1.gif

lmao

leatherface24 05-14-2020 07:33 PM

Brain, Hustler, Min and just a few others are missing from this thread to make it complete lol

intenseapple 05-14-2020 08:44 PM

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...b14c05409e.png
Got a PM that looks a lot like the scammers everyone else is having but from a different user. Thought I’d throw it here for further inspection...


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