chatski
Salmon Enthusiast
- Joined
- Mar 18, 2024
- Messages
- 19
- Reaction score
- 6
- Location
- South Sound
- C Dory Year
- 2011
- C Dory Model
- 25 Cruiser
- Vessel Name
- Deja La
Bottom Line: be careful about unknown C-Brats users contacting you directly after you respond in classifieds. Current issue is likely “lindaozuna21”
Background:
- Endeavor salvage sale. I reached out to multimediasmith directly in the last week.
- An unidentified user, lindaozuna21, contacted me quickly and asked if I still needed some of the equipment. I assumed it was a wife or someone helping with the sale.
- after some weird back and forth regarding what they still had for sale (couldnt provide a ton of details), being willing to ship v-berth cushions (???), and the total price not making sense, I asked for a video chat to take a look at what was included in the sale.
- they had a weird response that definitely sounded scammy to me.
Here’s the point to point text messages:
“lindaozuna21”
I’m sorry I don’t do video chat as it’s against my ethics
If you are not buying you can pass
Why would I want to video chat when you are not my husband
Me
Great question. I also have questions:
- why did you contact me from a new account (1OCT, with zero activity)and not the original poster (around forever with a ton of activity)?
- why does your profile say Kansas, your phone is NE Texas, and your bank account (which doesn’t match your profile name) in Utah?
- why can’t you provide any actual details regarding the sale?
- why doesnt the sale total (775) match the amount for the blinds, carpet, and cushions individually?
- why doesnt your profile boat (CD27) match what the original poster purchased (Marinaut)?
- your communication to this point sounds like English is not your first language, and your response (most recent included) always sounds awkward?
It all ads up to sound pretty scammy, and targeting older people on the C-Brats site. If you’re unwilling to do a video chat, I’ll be reporting this to the moderators and posting a warning on the site.
Be careful out there gang, the internet can be a wild place.
Background:
- Endeavor salvage sale. I reached out to multimediasmith directly in the last week.
- An unidentified user, lindaozuna21, contacted me quickly and asked if I still needed some of the equipment. I assumed it was a wife or someone helping with the sale.
- after some weird back and forth regarding what they still had for sale (couldnt provide a ton of details), being willing to ship v-berth cushions (???), and the total price not making sense, I asked for a video chat to take a look at what was included in the sale.
- they had a weird response that definitely sounded scammy to me.
Here’s the point to point text messages:
“lindaozuna21”
I’m sorry I don’t do video chat as it’s against my ethics
If you are not buying you can pass
Why would I want to video chat when you are not my husband
Me
Great question. I also have questions:
- why did you contact me from a new account (1OCT, with zero activity)and not the original poster (around forever with a ton of activity)?
- why does your profile say Kansas, your phone is NE Texas, and your bank account (which doesn’t match your profile name) in Utah?
- why can’t you provide any actual details regarding the sale?
- why doesnt the sale total (775) match the amount for the blinds, carpet, and cushions individually?
- why doesnt your profile boat (CD27) match what the original poster purchased (Marinaut)?
- your communication to this point sounds like English is not your first language, and your response (most recent included) always sounds awkward?
It all ads up to sound pretty scammy, and targeting older people on the C-Brats site. If you’re unwilling to do a video chat, I’ll be reporting this to the moderators and posting a warning on the site.
Be careful out there gang, the internet can be a wild place.
