"Tonya" sent me an email yesterday, about a Marlin 1894 CS:

"Not sure if you already got one as i still have mine for sale..

Price reduced to $600 shipped

Payment - money order/Venmo/

Selling due to cancer issues.."

Yea, right.

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Originally posted by 2Adefender:
"Tonya" sent me an email yesterday, about a Marlin 1894 CS:

"Not sure if you already got one as i still have mine for sale..

Price reduced to $600 shipped

Payment - money order/Venmo/

Selling due to cancer issues.."

Yea, right.

I received a very similar one, only mine was for a “CSS” - the stainless 1894. Only web space I ever discussed this was here (not in the classifieds, though), but purchased it through GB.

Anyone else relate their message to something from GB?

I bought a stainless Beretta 92 frame off Gunbroker earlier this year, and my spam was Beretta specific.

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Originally posted by craigcpa:

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Originally posted by 2Adefender:
"Tonya" sent me an email yesterday, about a Marlin 1894 CS:

"Not sure if you already got one as i still have mine for sale..

Price reduced to $600 shipped

Payment - money order/Venmo/

Selling due to cancer issues.."

Yea, right.

I received a very similar one, only mine was for a “CSS” - the stainless 1894. Only web space I ever discussed this was here (not in the classifieds, though), but purchased it through GB.

Anyone else relate their message to something from GB?

Tonya wants me to buy her Trijicon

I got one stating my Amazon Prime was up for renewal and my 'payment card' was invalid; kindly click on the link to update your card information. It had all the nice Amazon images and logos.

Too bad my Prime actually renewed a few months ago.

I may have been born at night, but it wasn't last night.

Samuel Jolly sent me an email asking if I was interested in his p229 357sig. Selling due to cancer. I asked for photos he sent pictures of a 40SW. He said he has both barrels I told him I'd like to see photos of both barrels and the top of the frame rails, we will see how much longer I can mess with him before he figures out that I'm not buying Jack from him. The only forum I use this email on is sigforum, so he had to get it from this forum.

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Originally posted by braillediver:

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

It would be interesting to know how the miscreant is obtaining the email addresses that are being used.

They're registered here= Have access to your Public Profile. They read the classifieds and respond to people posting in classifieds threads.

I suppose that it was inevitable, after twenty years and almost ninety thousand registered members, that a scammer might register, posing as one of us, and try this stuff.

Sooner or later (hopefully sooner) s/he will be identified and access will be cut off.

Not the first problem that The Eagle has had to deal with, not his first rodeo, and I'm sure that it will be handled.

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Originally posted by WaterburyBob:
I got one stating my Amazon Prime was up for renewal and my 'payment card' was invalid; kindly click on the link to update your card information. It had all the nice Amazon images and logos.

Too bad my Prime actually renewed a few months ago.

I may have been born at night, but it wasn't last night.

I just got one of those also. Unfortunately I don't have Prime, last time I tried it was about five years ago and cancelled it after the free trial.

Just recently I've started getting the porn/camera/Bitcoin scams again. Kind of entertaining, they want to "ruin" my reputation. On the password thing, the only place that password was used was Linkedin. I also received information from a couple of sources that my Linkedin account was compromised. I've since cancelled that account, my ex-manager wanted us to use it as "It is a great way to network with potential customers". Yep, every scammer from a multitude of third world countries.

[/QUOTE]I suppose that it was inevitable, after twenty years and almost ninety thousand registered members, that a scammer might register, posing as one of us, and try this stuff.

Sooner or later (hopefully sooner) s/he will be identified and access will be cut off.

Not the first problem that The Eagle has had to deal with, not his first rodeo, and I'm sure that it will be handled.[/QUOTE]

Also could have hacked someones easy password to sign in under their account to get the email addresses.
May or may not be an official member.

Yeah, I've also received a few emails stating they know my password and show a password I used a long time ago. I figured they got that one and a few others from LastPass when it was hacked a few years ago.

I no longer use a password manager, use different passwords for every site and change them several times a year or when something suspicious comes up.

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Originally posted by SgtGold:
There must have been either a recent breech or a recent sale of older data because I've gotten three or four e-mails demanding bit coins or they'll release footage of me viewing porn sites. They claim to have gotten the footage off a built in camera on my monitor, which my desktop doesn't have. The password is one I use for non financial web sites like this one, so if it's compromised all they can do is spam under my name.

Getting that one as well. Plus another saying they have web cam video of me jerkin the gherkin. I DO have a web cam. But it sits mostly unused in a box other than when I plug it in so we can have the weekly Zoom meeting of our church group.

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Originally posted by SgtGold:
There must have been either a recent breech or a recent sale of older data because I've gotten three or four e-mails demanding bit coins or they'll release footage of me viewing porn sites. They claim to have gotten the footage off a built in camera on my monitor, which my desktop doesn't have. The password is one I use for non financial web sites like this one, so if it's compromised all they can do is spam under my name.

I received the email today. The password was one that hasn't been used for a couple of years.

I got one from Samuel Jolly (samueljollygarmins@gmail.com) offering to sell me a P245 for $400 due to cancer. I politely declined.

I just bought a Trijicon in our classifieds from another member last week. 2 days ago got an email from our Jolly friend offering to sell me the same scope. Definitely targeted with info from SF.

I also received an email from Samueljollygarmins@gmail.com. Wanting to sell me his Ruger Officers model in 9mm. SUPPOSEDLY I have been looking for one.

If you get the porn blackmail demand, ask how much for a couple of 8 x 10 prints in nice frames.

I got the "We have your [very old] password" email yesterday. Wanted Bitcoin.

I counter-offered. Waiting to see if he replies.

I received a email for a 551 for $1200, from Samuel Jolly Garmins just two days ago. The email listed on this page was setup for the Sigform only so they are mining the forum for info.

Damn it. I got hit on this. Son of a @&$)!
They hit me up as a follow up to an ad for a Leupold 1.5-4 scope. I can’t believe I got suckered and didn’t search this up.

“Tonya” sent me an email about a PPS.