Scams

[ford1]

Most of you in here already know about the scammers on the internet, and im probably just taking up Ryans band space, but here goes, maybe some new member of the fordbarn hasnt had experience with them, so heres my advice and if you pay attention to what im going to say you will never be scamed, NEVER< NEVER send a western union or money gram to anyone who wants them for payment for parts, once sent the money is lost for ever, there is no way to trace the person , the money is gone gone gone

 

[bobj49f2]

First thing to ask for is a phone number so you can talk to person in real time. Scammers will never give you a phone number. Also, if you're feeling something isn't right ask for pictures, even ask to have the current newspaper in the paper to prove they're recent pictures. I suppose even scammers might follow up with these request to get your money but most won't waste their time, there's other more gullible sucker out there they can get with a lot less work.

 

[Lanny]

Quote : Scammers will never give you a phone number.


Actually, many scammers (even overseas scammers) will give you
a number to call them at. Lots of cell phones and track phones are
about impossible to trace down to the actual owner of the phone,
so they will talk to you, and carry out their scam.

One has to be extremely carefull these days, when buying or selling.
Scammers are getting very very good at learning how to conn US.

 

[bobj49f2]

Getting a phone number isn't fool proof but it does thin out the scammers. The scammers that have contacted me when I've placed on line ads have never given me their phone numbers. They've come up with some interesting excuses for not giving me their numbers. One informed me he was born deaf and couldn't use a phone, another said his wife was in the hospital in intensive care and he couldn't use his phone there but he was able use his computer to email me.

There are so many warnings out there for so many years almost everyone should have heard about them by now. Even if a person isn't compute savvy they should have relatives who are and must have heard the stories. But there still are some out the who haven't learned and won't listen. My wife's uncle, who is in his late '80s, moved back to our home state after his wife died. He set up an apartment and bought his first computer and went on line. Within two years he has given away everything he and his wife have worked over 60 years for and has alienated all his relatives by borrowing money to give to some 40 year old woman he met on line. He's living on assistance from the government now. It's sad but he wouldn't listen to anyone who told him this "woman" was a scam. I doubt he ever met her, "she" was probably some guy sitting at a computer in Nigeria.

Bottom line, if it sounds too good to be true it probably is.