Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Scam
Admin, today I received a text for an item I was selling asking for me to remove the item and they would send me a certified bank check after I gave them my information. Of course I knew this was not real but wanted to bring attention to it. The phone number they texted me from was 773-741-1933.
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I would assume that if the scammer did NOT post on this forum but only sent you a text as you wrote in your post to your phone there isn't much an admin could do. Good catch though, that's a common scam going around for years. Glad you picked up on it.
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Got the same text about something I had to sell. Told them cash or no sale New it was a scam when the certified check bs came up
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They wanted my account information that would be stamped on the check and/or get my account information on the check for the overage. The two weeks later, I received a text message with exactly the same verbiage, from a different #. DON’T GET SUCKED IN!! I hope many read this and become suspicious immediately. PS. The other phone #’s are: 773-644-5103 607-930-4556 Last edited by foxmeadow; 10-16-2020 at 06:38 PM. |
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Same
I just got a text offering the same deal for the golf cart I’m selling.
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My question to the banking industry is "why not stop this scam?" Why would a reputable bank accept a certified check that they must suspect is bogus or require checks to be immediately verifiable? I think they are complicit in this type of scam. Shame on banks who allow their customers to get ripped off.
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I got one of those on my rental property, a long song and dance about needing to move in, blah blah blah.
Said he wanted to meet, so I sent him my picture so he could recognize me. He stopped responding |
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Some kid tried to scam me on eBay for a $100 item and I had him 100% believe I was with the "Internet Police Agency of the FBI" and had him crapping in his pants. Wife was ROTFL when I showed her the emails. He was dumb enough to send me his real address and used his real name. Admittedly I had actually fallen for it but I wasn't worried because eBay immediately blocked it. |
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As we have noted before, these scammers can only see your contact info if they are registered members on TOTV. If you can get them to identify their TOTV member name, we can ban their account and IP address. If they only contact you via text, it may be hard to identify them.
As always with any online shopping/commerce, buyer beware and be careful. Question any unusual request/practices. Moderator
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If you're suspicious of a person, just google search their phone number. I do that with any call that comes to my homephone that doesn't leave a message and then I block that number.
773-741-1933 The very first result said it's a scam. That would be the end of it for me and I wouldn't of made any contact. 773-741-1933 - Google Search |
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Us too
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