WTB SCAMMER ALERT - gran09861@gmail.com

[Cyclofiend Jim]

Just a heads-up that if someone reaches out to you from the account - gran...@gmail.com, they are not an active list member. 

They have directly contacted a couple of group members who posted a WTB request and exhibited fairly hinky behavior regarding location, etc. 

I have the group settings to restrict contact information to only group members, so they either have a "listening post" email account so they can harvest contact info, or folks are sharing their contact info in the body of the post. 

The body of your post is publicly viewable. 

If you are logged in and viewing the list, you should be able to search for the email of anyone who contacts you. If someone tries to sell you something of reasonable value but they have no footprint in this group, that should be a huge red flag. 

Jim / list admin

[Matthew Williams]

Yep, gran wrote me too:

On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 3:42 PM gran <gran...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello,

I came across your ads in the RBW Owners Bunch group, are you still looking to buy an Acorn Trunk Bag?

Thank you

[John Rinker]

Yup, 'gran' contacted me as well, and the first thing I did was to check here for previous activity. Seemed rather persistent. Thanks for the heads-up Jim.

Cheers, Joh

[Stephen Durfee]

Gran wrote to a lot of us, it seems. Thanks for the heads up. 

[Daniel]

Yep, same here.

Thanks for confirming my suspicions.

Daniel

[dylan green]

Same over here. I actually had some fun with it, but hoping no one actually took the bait. 

[mgst...@gmail.com]

One small thing about playing with scammers (my 'best' one was a long correspondence with an Airbnb-er who sent me a check to deposit and send him back the overage)...was another guy who I got so angry, he tried to hack my gmail account (but failed). So...be careful out there! And on a rare day, I have a tiny bit of compassion for them, especially as I've recently found out that many of the overseas hacker/scammers are doing it under threats and coercion. 

Ron in Western Mass

[Jerry Lynn]

"On Tue, 4 Jun 2024 at 15:11, gran <gran...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Jerry,

I came across your ads in the RBW Owners Bunch group, are you still looking to buy a Toyo Atlantis 56-58cm/26?

Thank you"

Attempted to sell me a frameset that was already sold

[Mitch]

welp.. I took the bait. 

[Marty Gierke, Stewartstown PA]

I got pinged by gran yesterday regarding my WTB Heron post. Sent two pics of NOS frames (odd) but zero info. Just a cryptic "which one you want" note. Did not pass the sniff test.

Marty

[M G]

It’s almost funny how deep into the weeds a scammer has to get when they’re chasing down photos of steel bike frames (total geek niche), of specific old sub-label bike frames (sub-level niche!) of odd non-mainstream geek’s geek label (sub-sub-sub-niche)….etc…. [however one would associate Herons with Rivs, etc]. (PS — i’d take any Heron or original Riv i came across….just….because, well, ya never know when you might NEED another one!)

Ron

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[Patrick Moore]

I often think that, given the trouble many criminals seem to take to make a shady buck, it might be easier just to get a job.

[Eric Floden]

https://www.theonion.com/undercover-cop-never-knew-selling-drugs-was-such-hard-w-1819566772

Undercover Cop Never Knew Selling Drugs Was Such Hard Work

PublishedMarch 5, 2003

PHILADELPHIA—Rick Bastone, 31, an officer with Philadelphia's 23rd Precinct, has gained newfound respect for America's hard-working drug dealers ever since going undercover to sell narcotics.

"I had no idea how tough this was," said Bastone, standing on a dilapidated corner in 20-degree weather while awaiting a cocaine drop-off Monday. "I guess I imagined it being like in the movies: drinking champagne, hot-tubbing with honeys, and cruising in customized Escalades while watching the cash roll in. But here I am, freezing my ass off. I've got to say, these drug-dealing scumbags really earn their pay."

[John Paz]

Seller should post name and timestamp on item for sale


> On Jun 9, 2024, at 11:30 AM, M G <mgst...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It’s almost funny how deep into the weeds a scammer has to get when they’re chasing down photos of steel bike frames (total geek niche), of specific old sub-label bike frames (sub-level niche!) of odd non-mainstream geek’s geek label (sub-sub-sub-niche)….etc…. [however one would associate Herons with Rivs, etc]. (PS — i’d take any Heron or original Riv i came across….just….because, well, ya never know when you might NEED another one!)

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