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Just got a scammer contact me via PM

Dero13
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Who do I contact about this type of situation? It's a new user and likely needs to be blocked so doesnt trick any of the other members.

Kind regards,
Mike
 
X350 XJR
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Start by PMing one of the currently online moderators shown on the main page.
 
sdre
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Same.

"I think i saw a guy called Matthew posted a Girard Perregaux Laureato for sale. Here is his email. [email protected] He's in Texas.."

user name cory
 
Screwbacks
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you've done ok by publishing it here like the case of icelander scammer.😀
 
Woops
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Same thing happened to me. A response to a WTB ad of mine looking for some Universal Genève ‘U’ endlinks. I have been looking for years and today is the global Polerouter GTG so I initially took it as an auspicious sign 🙁
 
kov
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I got the same. The guy got the right treatment gun.gif
 
asrnj77
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sdre sdre
Same.

"I think i saw a guy called Matthew posted a Girard Perregaux Laureato for sale. Here is his email. [email protected] He's in Texas.."

user name cory

Hi my name is Cory. You can email me at “I am Mat Williams@gmail” 😝
 
Bumper
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#Metoo response to my WTB thread

I think i saw a guy called Matthew posted a ETA2776 Split Stem & Crown for sale. Here is his email. [email protected] He's in Texas..
 
durri70
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Me too, I received email notifying that I have a new message on OF, then when I click .... it said that this user CORY not exists anymore
 
Albe100
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I received the same thing, saw the message as I woke up this morning. Great job getting it cleared so quickly! The message no longer shows up in the inbox either
 
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sdre sdre
Same.

"I think i saw a guy called Matthew posted a Girard Perregaux Laureato for sale. Here is his email. [email protected] He's in Texas.."

user name cory

Also had a similarly worded PM. Person with zero posts telling me his friend had the 1565 bracelet I had posted in my WTB thread, with same name and email. This morning PM has been deleted...this person is motivated and understands it’s a numbers game! Looks like several members were hit by this scammer.

So this is an excellent learning moment for newer members, if a person with little or no forum activity contacts you and wants to move communication away from the forum, well this should be a big red flag ! I was hesitant to put up my WTB post for this very reason.
 
gophishin
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I received the same message to a WTB post, something along the lines that he saw this guy had one for sale, but I haven't seen the watch anywhere, and he cannot produce caseback or movement pics, tagged pic, anything specific.
 
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