Warning I was duped by Steve1958 and lost 140 to him
More info to come about him
More info to come about him
SCAMMER ALERT: Steve1958
- Thread starter drsquall
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Red flag he joined Nov, 2020, didn't begin posting until Oct. 14 2023 and then began seeking trades after his 10 posts and 10 day waiting period.
Sad truth is, he probably finessed ya. Sorry to hear it though and hope we're both wrong!
-Matt
Sad truth is, he probably finessed ya. Sorry to hear it though and hope we're both wrong!
-Matt
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Oh yeah he got me for sure. This is the address he gave.
My address is
Stephen Delvecchio
2298 S. 10th St
Philadelphia, PA
19148
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Should have been more diligent but all my dealing have been on the up and up here. I forget there is $&@"heads everywhere. He had quite the story. I will post the whole conversation on here later today after I get back from calling coyotes. It will be good for people to see how bad I did this transaction and how hard he sold his story.
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IMO he probably intercepted the package at his post office if you provided any kind of tracking. Always verify addresses especially here on AGN.
-Matt
-Matt
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wow,sorry for the bad dealing brother!
these are all reasons i only buy from established members with a post history
these are all reasons i only buy from established members with a post history
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His account is still active. Have you reported this directly to AGN admin? Should also post feedback in his profile.
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Yes I emailed them last night and told them. He's supposedly soon to be ex got back to me this morning and said he got into trouble and she was going to make it right. I told her I hope it works out that I don't wish ill on anyone. She asked for my address and what I had bought. I told her(him) that I didn't trust anything from this handle and don't worry about me. I haven't heard back
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You can only protect yourself so much. I've have purchased 3 items from AGN members, Been lucky no problems, Honest folks. I am not going to press my luck further. Sorry this happened to you and others here on AGN. Anyone have thoughts on a "Go Fund Me" for AGN members that suffer theft? Bill
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Yeah I have bought several things here from members and all have been great! This is the first. I should have done my due diligence.
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This could be easily abused by scammers themselves. Good honest idea though but sadly in today's day and age, just another option for scammers.
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Still no guarantee. Easy to find ad posts from members of a few years with high post counts that only posted their required 10. When you look at post history the rest are all in classifieds. Every new post and every renewal there each in turn add one to post count. Many of the posts can just be ad renewals.
Checking what they have posted, how they have interacted with others and what feedback they have received are important in addition to time here and raw count numbers.
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This guy Steve1958 just recently contacted me about my Evanix mags WTB listing, saying that his brother-in-law has what I need, and he can sell it to me. The total he was asking was $155. I didn't bite immediately because he had 0 feedback and no meaningful posts, I was exchanging messages with him for a few days and today one negative feedback popped up on his account from @drsquall, and I traced it back to this thread. I must thank @drsquall a lot for alerting the AGN community immediately, I could be his next victim for sure. Please post details of what happened when you can. Thank you for keeping this community safe, and I'm very sorry to hear that you were scammed by this guy 
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I humbly submit sadly with our increasing economical thin ice cracking speed. The prudent should be extremely watchful in expecting a bumper crop juggernaut of these vermin.
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Has anyone here been scammed while selling and being paid via PayPal? As in they claim to not receive the item and PayPal just takes the money back?
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If it's F&F then you can't revert a transaction. If it's G&S then you can prove that it was delivered with a valid tracking number showing that it was actually delivered. Even better, ship it with signature confirmation, then there is no way to dispute it as "not delivered" IMHO. I had some luck fighting against similar chargeback scams, but under different circumstances, not related to AGN sales. Hopefully, I'll never have to do it.
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Your report came in at 9:38 this morning and at 9:40 a Moderator requested that you send us supporting information. We've added a temporary warning to his Feedback as we await your reply.
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