Mods please check out the sightron and 30 hades adds the scope pic.s look familiar to a previous scam. User name zitrffritz
Scammer in classfieds I think !
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Yep, probably a hacked account. Also has a $1000 Impact listed
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FX Impact MK2 .25 700mm.
Selling my FX impact MK2. It is a .25cal with a 700mm barrel. This air rifle was originally purchased from Utah air guns and is in great condition, minor scuffs on moderator pictured. Currently has the new superior liner barrel. Groups fantastic like all FX rifles. Currently tuned to shoot both...
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And the Impact was sold in 2001 for $1800
www.airgunnation.com
[SOLD] FX Impact MK2 .25 700mm
Selling my FX impact MK2. It is a .25cal with a 700mm barrel. This air rifle was originally purchased from Utah air guns and is in great condition, minor scuffs on moderator pictured. Currently has the new superior liner barrel. Groups fantastic like all FX rifles. Currently tuned to shoot...
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No question, it's hacked. Feedback alone won't tell the whole story. First thing to do is look and see that he hasn't been on forum posting in over a year.
Then search the "text" of the ad for the impact, and search the title of the scope in classifieds. You will see both have been sold previous using the exact wording and pictures, but lower price. Now in reference to the pellets, anyone think they can get pellets wrapping in the factory packing for almost 1/2 price in this day in age?
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When you have a reason to make a thread about a suspicious post...save us all time and effort and use the REPORT function. That assures the moderation staff will be alerted to the activity. Believe it or not, we don't spend every waking moment reading posts. We rely on the membership to be good stewards of the forum. IOW... Help us to help you.
Thanks to all who are on the look out for scammers.
Thanks to all who are on the look out for scammers.
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Fwiw, I've dealt with a number of scammers and every single one, reverse image search was sufficient to prove it. Unless it's obvious that the person is who they say they are, reverse image search.
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Today I'm the idiot. Thought the pellets was a too good of a deal kind of thing, but I recognized the user, zitrffritz has been around a while. Hoping paypal will cancel the transaction. For sure a lesson learned. Won't be dealing in the classifieds anymore unfortunately. That trust is broken.
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File a complaint against his account at paypal, not just a claw back on your money. Paypal can close down any account for fraud... He was using a hacked account... That's criminal, not just "scamming" and at the least Paypal has a legal responsibility to shut down his paypal account.
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As of now, because there is no Scammer used a hacked account option that I saw, and the paypal chat bot told me to do an unauthorized sale, paypal just closed the case as "oh well" and says I cannot reopen a claim once it has been closed. Will try calling them tomorrow.
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This is what the scammer is relying on. Take the extra couple minutes and open the user profile. You will find that either the user has not posted in quite a while (as in this case), or you will see that the user has never made a post pertaining to the item(s) listed. The scammer knows that you see that great price and knows that you think "If I don't reply right now someone else will beat me". Go ahead and reply, but then go back and do the search before paying. Like with the .30cal pellets you would expect to see at least a couple of posts where the user talks about .30 cal guns. If you don't find any posts that should be your red flag.
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