Scammers be ware

[JRich123!]

Watch out for scammers on this site.
Riffleman1888@gmail.com is after honest guys. He will ask for $100 deposit to meet then ask for more . Venmo acct is his wife
Calhoun area was his listing. He got me for $100.

 

[Wile E. Coyote 5.0]

Ouch

 

[boomer]

Who sends deposits? Why? Unless your buying ocean front property in Kansas…

 

[spistols]

J JRich123! How can he have scammed you and if you are relating it to the ODT as you joined yesterday?

Must have been an armandaleglist deal?

 

[Dundee]

Dang, that’s happening everywhere.
I was waiting in line renting a U-Haul on Old National Highway and the guy in front of me was complaining that he booked a hooker online and got scammed for a deposit.

 

[spistols]

Dang, that’s happening everywhere.
I was waiting in line renting a U-Haul on Old National Highway and the guy in front of me was complaining that he booked a hooker online and got scammed for a deposit.

Site name....errr...so we can verify the scam!

 

[cmshoot]

Same ol’ story.

Someone does a search on the internet and finds an item they want on the ODT.

Joins up, and responds openly to the listing with their phone number.

Scammer texts/calls the number, pretends to be the seller, and asks for a deposit.

Buyer sends a perfect stranger a deposit to hold the item.

 

[baxterday]

I had a situation on the VWVortex site. I posted a response to some rims listed in the Atlanta area. I then got an email from someone saying to contact the seller at different email address. Suspecting a scam, I contacted the person anyway. I was then asked to send a deposit if I wanted them as he has so many others interested, mind you they had been listed for several months. I told him to go ahead and sell to the other interested parties. People can be such jerks. I reported them and got one of them booted from the site.

 

[cmshoot]

I had a situation on the VWVortex site. I posted a response to some rims listed in the Atlanta area. I then got an email from someone saying to contact the seller at different email address. Suspecting a scam, I contacted the person anyway. I was then asked to send a deposit if I wanted them as he has so many others interested, mind you they had been listed for several months. I told him to go ahead and sell to the other interested parties. People can be such jerks. I reported them and got one of them booted from the site.

That’s the proper way to handle it.

 

[Ricochet Ballistics]

If you are concerned about losing your money on ODT then stick with this:
"Face to face local meeting. Cash and carry."
Most importantly... if they don't want to go along with the program at ODT then terminate the communication.