Hope this is ok to ask. A seller on FB, "Military Truck Spare Part for Sale". Seems to be legit and has a spare tire carrier I am interested in for a good price. Comms are a little difficult. Anyone used them or know anything? Not looking to lose $1000. Thanks
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I just checked them out. It's a scam. They claim to be in Deleware, but have a Baton Rouge, LA phone number. The lack of caps in the address etc.
I called the number and and got no answer, the person called me back with a thick foreign accent.
I asked about a Hummer bumpers year and what model hummer, he wouldn't answer, only wanted to know of I was ready to place an order, then when I asked again, hung up on me.
Do not buy from this guy.
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Complete scam.
Thanks Ken!!! Was going to call. I am super skeptical to online fraud. And this guy raises some red flags for me. Just asked about payment(using it as a tool to vet him) and some BS about only cash app/apple pay because of issues with shipping etc. The address is a warehouse in Delaware. Not his name but seems legit. Encourages people to come and pick up in person. Wish I knew how to do picture search on Google. He sent me a couple for items I wanted. Thanks again for sleuthing.
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No worries bud. We have to take care of each other!
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That's a huge red flag as there is no buyer protection like PayPal has.
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Definitely a scam. I'm going to see how long I can string him along...
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So I just looked up the address that Ken posted. The address is legit, but the number is not. It is for a military parts place here in dover. If I'm not mistaken the owner is a member on this site.
Interesting. Do you have or know the name of the owner at that address? Did this guy steal somebody's page? He is getting lot's of responses on his FB page for items for sale. Would like to out the scammer if possible to save others. Can you go there and see what is up? He shows lot's of interesting pictures on his page. But, page only goes back to january of this year.
One of my favorite thing to do Ken! I sent him a msg back saying that this is a very small community and that I looked into him and we were going to out him. Crickets....as I expected.
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I *may* have expressed to him that his mother is very disappointed in him and that she was sexually active with goats....
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That's T&Js address.
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Ken you are correct it is TNJ Murray. Cape I do not do facebook and don't know the owner but if you google TNJ Murray you will find the website and phone number which is a Dover number.
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I'm pretty sure the vast majority of facebook classifieds are scams.
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I'll text John Murray and let him know someone is using his address.
So I sent a message saying I, and others were going to out him on here and elsewhere. Let him know that he stole an address of a viable business. And some other choice "advice". Just checked is FB page and the address has been taken down. Going to continue to poke him. And he was so responsive with inquires, not so much now!!
Timely post-See my post from above. He has already modified his FB page.
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Humvee enthusiasm, Delaware City, DE. 988 likes. let's work together on building our military trucks and if you do need any parts please let us know
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Stay away from public FB sites
make contact with admins of private sites if you have a question about a seller on private sites…have common sense about
the part and price, chances are you were drawn to them because the price was cheap…wake up, if It’s to good to be true? It probably is.
there are no $2k sets of x-doors…..
make contact with admins of private sites if you have a question about a seller on private sites…have common sense about
the part and price, chances are you were drawn to them because the price was cheap…wake up, if It’s to good to be true? It probably is.
there are no $2k sets of x-doors…..
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Why would a scammer invite a purchaser to show up at an address and pay cash?
Lots of people have phone numbers that don't relate to present location.
Lots of people have phone numbers that don't relate to present location.
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Its to try to gain credibility. Likely if you tried to actually meet up with them, they would ghost you.