Is this a scam?

[Dogsbody100]

Probably one for admins….

 

I keep on receiving emails like the one below for adverts that have been completed (and marked as such with the giant orange banner) there’s no duplicate message in the forum inbox as there seemed to be with other buyers and the typeface of the message seems different to the others too. 
 

Is this a scam attempt or are people not understanding how the classifieds work? 
 

Stinks to high heaven of scam to me….

[Tackle]

On the move at mo, I'll look him up shortly, scam or eedjit, it is the school hols after all🤣

[Cannonfodder]

Joined April 13th and hasn't made a single post. Even if he's not dodgy I doubt he'd be missed.

[Tackle]

We've had members here for years with no posts, just lurking lol.

Re JohnnyBravo, can't see anything suspicious,  all I will say is if anyone chats with him about selling, keep it here, don't be convinced to talk on WhatsApp etc, scammers love it, it protects them.

[Adolf Hamster]

Generally, i'll just reply with a "sorry mate, this sold ages ago you can tell by the "completed" banner"

 

Typically that yeilds either no response or an "opps, thanks for telling me"

 

Its a tricky one, on the one hand i can see how the whole "completed" thing might be missed by someone who doesnt take the time to understand how this forum works. On the other hand, its not entirely subtle how this forum works.

 

My record is someone once paid me f&f for a scope thinking it was another listing, fortunately i spotted the amount error, queried then refunded him once we realised the error but it does make you think how easily i could have merely ghosted and kept the money. The moral of this anecdote is never pay f&f.....

[EvilMonkee]

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Edited 22 hours ago by EvilMonkee