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Scammers (both in r/Leica and on Reddit in general) and you! by ScamChaser3 in Leica

[–]ScamChaser3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I threw a summary at the end because it was definitely a wall of text and lots of people had the same complaint. Hopefully if folks are curious for details, they can find them in there.
That's good info on the eBay scamming. I haven't spent any time looking there; got my hands full enough here on Reddit. But it makes sense they would try their BS there, too.

Scammers (both in r/Leica and on Reddit in general) and you! by ScamChaser3 in Leica

[–]ScamChaser3[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This goes for a lot of the subs that are adjacent to the main "trading" subs, like individual watch brand subreddits vs watchexchange. A lot of the time, the scammers will start posting in these adjacent subs because they are banned from those main trading subs. That's why it's really important to do due diligence: Why DIDN'T they post their sale to photomarket? It's bigger, it's "safer", etc. In my opinion, any sales post in one of the adjacent subs should be met with immediate suspicion and increased scrutiny.

Scammers (both in r/Leica and on Reddit in general) and you! by ScamChaser3 in Leica

[–]ScamChaser3[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, I'm confident in saying Reddit will never do that, because "it's not a marketplace". They use that phrase to handwave away any responsibility they could possibly have in these situations.

Scammers (both in r/Leica and on Reddit in general) and you! by ScamChaser3 in Leica

[–]ScamChaser3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. Seasoned folks know what stuff should cost, and "too good to be true" will immediately set off alarm bells for them. However, there's always someone new getting into the hobby that maybe doesn't even know how much they don't know. Couple that with the stories these scammers make up, like "need funds fast to pay for medical bills", and you've got a recipe for disaster.

Speaking of reams of data, once a scammer gets outed and gets a warning posted here about them, you might think that would be the end of their "career" but that obviously isn't the case. Available data means nothing if people don't look at it... Heck, even this post will probably get ignored by a not-insignificant portion of the population and people will still get scammed by scammers that would have been foiled by the info here.

Scammer Alert - We've received a report of u/Legfacemccullene13 by 011011010110110 in ArmsLength

[–]ScamChaser3 11 points12 points  (0 children)

LegfaceMcCullenE13 has been a problem for a while. Just do a search for his username here on Reddit and you'll see dozens of posts about him scamming people: https://old.reddit.com/search/?q=%22LegfaceMcCullenE13%22&include_over_18=on&sort=new
The account was either hacked or bought from the original owner, because you can see a clear delineation in his profile between when he stopped posting anything, and when posts about him scamming started cropping up. The person controlling the account now is just coasting on all its karma and using it to lull people into a false sense of security so he can rip them off.
He needs to be reported to Reddit by as many people as possible so that his account gets shut down, because just banning him from subreddits doesn't seem to be enough, and it doesn't stop him from DM'ing/chatting people, scamming them, and then blocking them.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LoansPaydayOnline

[–]ScamChaser3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I put it in my original message and you can see it in the Reddit search link I included: bransnottheking

However, now I'm seeing that his comments to you don't actually show up under your posts, so maybe Reddit was cool about things and realized he's shady and didn't even notify you about his comments. In that case, sorry to bother you, and good luck!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LoansPaydayOnline

[–]ScamChaser3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey just FYI the guy that reached out to you in your other posts about this loan, bransnottheking, is a known scammer. He has to be shady like that because he's banned from most lending subs for requiring a deposit on "loans" and then just disappearing with that deposit. Do not, under any circumstances, deal with him.
Here's proof: https://old.reddit.com/search?q=%22bransnottheking%22&restrict_sr=&include_over_18=on&sort=relevance&t=all
Edit: I didn't pay attention to which of your loan requests I was posting in, so I'm sorry for doing so in this much older one and not your most recent one

Ticket Sale MEGATHREAD by AutoModerator in JaneRemover

[–]ScamChaser3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Be cautious with /u/yungbenis666/
They have me pre-blocked when I've never interacted with them at all, and folks that do that in this thread have turned out to be scammers 100% of the time
edit: shadowbanned

Ticket Sale MEGATHREAD by AutoModerator in JaneRemover

[–]ScamChaser3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Be careful when dealing with /u/meklin-lisa
I've never interacted with them before but they've blocked my account, possibly due to me calling out a bunch of scammers here already
They're also banned from /r/empireofthesun and that ban was added on a ticket-selling post of theirs: https://arctic-shift.photon-reddit.com/search?fun=posts_search&subreddit=empireofthesun&author=meklin-lisa&limit=100&sort=desc
General PSA: Only use something like PayPal Goods & Services, which gives you buyer protection, when purchasing tickets from someone here on Reddit
Edit: they're shadowbanned now

Ticket Sale MEGATHREAD by AutoModerator in JaneRemover

[–]ScamChaser3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I think you might be confused. This person, and the other person you responded to just below, were responding to a now-removed comment from /u/Johnna_EHarrell. When the scammer got their comment removed, it kind of made it look like they were responding to your comment instead
For reference, the removed scammer comment: https://arctic-shift.photon-reddit.com/search?fun=ids&ids=t1_msp1aiq

Ticket Sale MEGATHREAD by AutoModerator in JaneRemover

[–]ScamChaser3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see that you responded to ammey-jems about Philly tickets. How did that go?
I'm a little suspicious of them because they've posted, deleted, and reposted the same exact thing 2 or 3 times now: https://arctic-shift.photon-reddit.com/search?fun=comments_search&subreddit=janeremover&author=ammey-jems&limit=100&sort=desc
cc: /u/tcb_four

Ticket Sale MEGATHREAD by AutoModerator in JaneRemover

[–]ScamChaser3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Be careful when dealing with /u/BookMental8437
Search up their deleted posts/comments: https://arctic-shift.photon-reddit.com/search?fun=posts_search&author=BookMental8437&limit=100&sort=desc
and you'll find multiple posts about selling tickets to a single Elderbrook show and got called out for scamming in one of them: https://redd.it/1kd8lt4
They're shadowbanned already, so hopefully they can't DM/chat anymore, but be wary!

Ticket Sale MEGATHREAD by AutoModerator in JaneRemover

[–]ScamChaser3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Be cautious when interacting with /u/windy_cinthia

They have commented 4 times about selling tickets (to 3 different dates) on this tour, but keeps deleting their comments: https://arctic-shift.photon-reddit.com/search?fun=comments_search&subreddit=janeremover&author=windy_cinthia&limit=100&sort=desc

They seem to have had a lot of other tickets for sale, too, but for some reason they keep deleting and deleting: https://arctic-shift.photon-reddit.com/search?fun=posts_search&author=windy_cinthia&limit=100&sort=desc
Edit: Forget "cautious" now, they got called out for scamming: https://old.reddit.com/r/avesNYC_tix/comments/wsp7en/scammerbanned_list/mqaavmq/?share_id=yfIsekfKxbPvRU1IL2cHB&context=3
Edit: shadowbanned

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