Important reminder re: scammers

[gav240z]

Hi folks,

Someone contacted me recently to notify me that new members had contacted them to say they had parts they were searching for, but after sending payment via PayPal never heard back.

They luckily got a refund from PayPal.

However when I looked up these members they had strange login locations like Lagos, Pheonix and Pennsylvania etc..

Not to say we don't have legit members in those locations but generally speaking our members tend to be in Oz.

I do my best to keep spam off the forum, I manually review every new members first posts before approving them.

But it seems some members are sending PMs before making any posts and may slip under the radar.

I would highly recommend only trading with well known established members with an established community reputation.

Report any PMs from members that have not yet posted if you suspect they may be non legitimate.

I leave the forum open to make it accessible to the community, but with that comes dealing with the lowest of the low scum from third world sh1t holes also sadly.

So if we all stay vigilant we can help keep them out of the community.

[gav240z]

An example of how these spammers / scammers are getting a bit more clever.

Post looks somewhat legit. Location India though.

Probably copy / pasta from somewhere else.

This user has been banned.

[gav240z]

Another scammer recently signed up and tried it on. Have blocked him/her and deleted their account, but just be wary if you're getting PMs with offers to contact other people with parts etc..