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Old 03-27-2023, 01:26 PM
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This thread is to be used to notify our members of scammers. If you have been scammed, please post and share their email and username. The goal is to expose the Scammer, stop them doing the same others. If unsure, please PM me first. I have found just Googling their suspicious email will help identify and prevent you and others from becoming a victim.

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Received a message in response to my post looking for a 227 pitman arm. Said to email [email protected] - claimed he was parting out a car. Asked for photos and he sent pics from old threads on this site and Camaro.net. I'm new to TSR so this might be old news but I thought it was best to share.
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Old 03-16-2023, 02:40 PM
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Received a message in response to my post looking for a 227 pitman arm. Said to email [email protected] - claimed he was parting out a car. Asked for photos and he sent pics from old threads on this site and Camaro.net. I'm new to TSR so this might be old news but I thought it was best to share.
I received and responded to a member who alerted me. I recommend that you have sellers PM you, because at least they have to register to contact you. As always be cautious of non-members contacting you via your email listed in your wanted ad.


I sent this to another member Paul-

This email seems to be linked to a spammer. I just googled the email and found ited link to spammer. I recommend not listing your email but rather they pm you. This requires they join and help verify.


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Feb 22, 2023 — Just so happens that Terry is a friend of mine and this ([email protected]) is NOT his email address. I also called Terry to advise his ...
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Always be cautious of gmail contact addresses. Lots of scammers use gmail for their activities.
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Got the same thing. Though I first received a PM from someone who told me to email the same guy mentioned above.
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Hell, as a non seller, I question why there would even be a need to use e-mail off this site when buying parts from a member. That alone is a huge red flag to me.
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Member gregbent31 was a member who recently joined Feb 23rd. He recommended [email protected] a couple of times.


His email is [email protected] I googled and got this alert:

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gregbent31. Email. [email protected]. Location. South Africa. Evidence. 6-Mar-23 19:59. IP Address. 161.123.5.189.

He had PM'd and emailed members and is now banned. Thanks MYSTERCHEVELLE!
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Guys,

I posted on the parts needed forum a need for a NOS seal. The above guy PM me said he bought parts from another member and referred me to this guy. This guy's email is [email protected]. He was pretty slick sending pictures of the seal etc. I should had picked up on it because a few of his emails were weird. I glanced over it because of the "referral"
I went back to the PM page and now see the above guy is banned off the site. I did not notice that during my first response to him.
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Yup. Same happened to me and Steve banned him. I changed my passwords for email and here afterwards. Just to be extra safe
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also beware of [email protected] . looks like scammer!
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Googling Traincold’s email address shows he’s a known scammer on other sites too.
Similar MO to above, he has two Member names so one recommends the other as Ok etc.

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I should had known better frankly, there were red flags all over but the referral angle got me. And he had pictures of an NOS cowl seal. Slick thief.

Steve, FYI this guy can still PM people on the site.
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Googling Traincold’s email address shows he’s a known scammer on other sites too.
Similar MO to above, he has two Member names so one recommends the other as Ok etc.

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This was the screen name he used to contact me......

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Googling “thomasadamsddss” shows he’s been exposed as a scammer on other sites too.
Sorry to any of us who get tagged by these bastards but best always Google anyone you’re considering dealing with also using quotation marks around words often helps zero in on correct results.
Whether member requests here are processed manually or by computer, would Googling their email addresses provided before approval be too tedious or possible to add to the computer program?

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Same here, I was contacted by
"thomasadamsddss" just yesterday about a part wanted item I posted on our site. I never responded Thanks to the heads up of our group. Thanks all !!!
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I banned thomasadamsddss yesterday. Thanks everyone for the heads-up.mi
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Hello,

I recently purchase some items from Martyn L. Schorr’s, SS grill emblem 1969 Camaro original is among the items he's willing to part out with. You can email him at [email protected] if he still have it available.

Thanks Got this yesterday scammer
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