Parts Wanted Buyer Beware

[MustangGuy2k]

I was looking for a trim piece for my 72 Fastback. One of the members on here contacted me "externally" and said he knew a guy who had what I need (Albert Wilson albertwilson235@gmail). Well I made a deal for the part and even paid via Paypals but because I bought them under family/friends I could not pull the money back. Needless to say I never got the part and couldn't recoup the money. So beware the PayPal account name was Linda ([email protected]).

SO BEWARE of this person.

 

[tony-muscle]

Sorry to hear this happened and thank you for sharing with us. Unfortunately, the small percentage of dishonest people out there make the whole process of buying/selling a risk. Lately I have made two deals where I was selling items and the buyers Paypal me money without even knowing me. I shipped their parts right away and followed up with them to make sure they got what they expected. I wish we can say all transactions are like these but unfortunately there are those dedicated to scamming others.

 

[72MustangSprint]

I’ve seen two potential scammers on here selling parts that they probably don’t have

 

[Hemikiller]

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[mrgmhale]

I do not use PayPal with the family & friends no fee service, unless I truly know the other person personally. If a seller asks for me to use family & friends to save them the processing fee I tell them I will pay the additional fee. If I am asked to use family & friends anyway I look elsewhere for the item.

 

[tony-muscle]

I do not use PayPal with the family & friends no fee service, unless I truly know the other person personally. If a seller asks for me to use family & friends to save them the processing fee I tell them I will pay the additional fee. If I am asked to use family & friends anyway I look elsewhere for the item.

Good point. The fee is like an insurance.

 

[t.kohlmeyer]

I was looking for a trim piece for my 72 Fastback. One of the members on here contacted me "externally" and said he knew a guy who had what I need (Albert Wilson albertwilson235@gmail). Well I made a deal for the part and even paid via Paypals but because I bought them under family/friends I could not pull the money back. Needless to say I never got the part and couldn't recoup the money. So beware the PayPal account name was Linda ([email protected]).

SO BEWARE of this person.

I had something very similar occur in the last few months. A person going by Malo contacted me on our site sent me a message via DM to contact someone by email. The name was Zeedet and he had what I was looking for his PayPal name was @DavidMonte398. I searched and there was a Zeedet who had last posted about 3 years ago. Since he received my payment, via "Friends and Family" of course, I had no word dispute my repeated attempts to contact him. Sad that people pray on us like this.

 

[72MustangSprint]

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Ok I just reported Hemi as a scammer j/k

 

[Hemikiller]

Ok I just reported Hemi as a scammer j/k

Barry is going to be very disappointed in me.....