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by: LHH2015 Active Indicator LED Icon  OP  New Member
~ 8 years ago   Oct 20, '15 1:48pm  
I have some items posted on Kingwood Claasifieds. Yesterday I received an e-mail from Thompson Young stating he wants to buy one of my items. Poorly written to say the least. Wants me to provide name, address and so on. It's the switch and bait. He wants to send a cashier's check or money order to my account then I withdraw the funds. Same routine that has been used over and over again. Well not today Thompson Young from Chicago Illinois with a phone number that has a New Mexico area code! SELLER'S PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL!!!!! 4951
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alecktra Active Indicator LED Icon 10
~ 8 years ago   Oct 20, '15 1:50pm  
Someone posted an ad in the classifieds to "beware" of this very same guy. 4951
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tatertot58 Active Indicator LED Icon 15
~ 8 years ago   Oct 20, '15 1:56pm  
Happens a lot on classified sites.  Being in Chicago and a New mexico phone number is not that unusual any more with cell phones and services such as Vonage since your number goes with you. 4951
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KingwoodDotCom Active Indicator LED Icon 18 Site Admin
~ 8 years ago   Oct 20, '15 2:11pm  
@LHH2015 @alecktraWe put notices all over the site to warn people to be careful about scams. There is also a warning at the top of every email that goes out from our web site to classified sellers.These scammers are overseas, who use fake USA ip addresses to get through the system. The cost of living in places like Africa are so low, that they can spend 50 hours a week doing nothing but trying to scam classified users on sites around the web.THIS ONE RULE WILL KEEP YOU SAFE 99.9% OF THE TIME:If you can't meet a person face to face, don't do business with them, and NEVER send or accept money from out of the area. 4951
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allymansfield Active Indicator LED Icon 11
~ 8 years ago   Oct 20, '15 2:45pm  
I got the same one. Sent an email to@kingwooddotcom to let them know. Hopefully no one in this day and age is foolish to fall for this. But it must work sometimes or they wouldn't be doing it still. 4951
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Burnsway Active Indicator LED Icon 13
~ 8 years ago   Oct 20, '15 2:50pm  
yup I reported him. If you have any doubts don't , but a good way to know for sure is email something like gotcha..scam..reporting you or whatever and the exact letter will come back at ya because its on an automative system. I feel really bad because the number he is using is actually someones number and that poor guy is getting spammed and he was so nice and said sorry mam I do not want your dolls or anything else...LOL 4951
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