Best Way to Receive a Scam PM

[Spring Creek Calls]

Seems the best way to receive scam PM'S is to respond to a classified post by stating "PM sent". Scammers have everything they need. Happened yesterday to a buyer interested in one of my classified ads.

[KYTurkey07]

That makes sense. Thanks for sharing.

[NYturkey]

Are they trying to sell them a call that doesn't exist? Or is it just clickbait type stuff?


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[KYTurkey07]

Are they trying to sell them a call that doesn't exist? Or is it just clickbait type stuff?


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From what I know, they will post or PM saying they have a call. A guy looking for a call will get excited and send money. Shannon has some very good rules here to keep from getting burned. Pay attention to a seller's post count (low number is a warning flag), the buyer should make sure they see pictures of the call and only use PayPal goods and services because it is protected. I might be missing a few things but this is it for the most part.

[Spring Creek Calls]

I believe the best way to respond to an item listed in the classifieds is to respond by PM directly to the seller. Scammers have no way to detect your interest in the item. If you do respond to the classifieds post by saying "Interested" or "PM sent" be sure you're conversing with the seller when it comes time to pay, not a third party.

[Paulmyr]

When you reply to a classified saying PM sent it gives the scammer the opportunity to get involved by creating a username similar to the username of the person who posted the classified ad and respond with a PM. It makes it look like the seller has responded to your PM when in actuality it's the scammer responding and not the seller

[NYturkey]

Thanks for the replies to my question gents


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[Spring Creek Calls]

I wonder how many scam PM'S were sent out on the recent "Call Purge" post.

[Manager8]

Makes sense thanks