Scammer - charlesducan788@gmail.com

[mhsprecher]

FYI. I posted a parts wanted on the EV8Forum and got a response from charlesducan788@gmail.com. The response seemed odd as he said he was parting out what appeared to be a perfectly good car. I engaged in an e-mail dialogue and became more suspicious. Bad grammar, not well written, didn't respond to my request to post a photo of the part he supposedly had. I asked him what regional group he belonged to and where he lived? His response was "what do you mean?" By that time I had done a search on his e-mail address and came up with a couple of hits on old car forums where he had either posted with parts for sale or the like. I reported him as phishing to Gmail. Who knows what will happen, but I suspect he will show up again as someone else?

 

[hoss73ford]

I had that happen on this site a few years back. He showed living just 200 miles from me so I said fine I'll come and pick them up (some truck wheels) Then he went into sending money thru Western Union and I knew it was a scam.

 

[Southtowns27]

This is rampant on social media. I buy a lot of parts online, but I always use PayPal goods and services as payment. If the seller isn't willing to accept that, they're almost certainly a scammer.