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Tuskaloosa

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First, please restore Davenhill's ad of the Endura M4. He is NOT at fault here.
What happened was that I sent him a PM with an offer this morning. Then, I received an email supposedly from "Davenhill" with the circle D logo etc.
It said "it's yours" and to send Paypal F&F to n_wildey@yahoo.com, along with my mailing address which I did. I then PM'd the real seller on BF, asking for confirmation.
He didn't know what I was talking about. Said he had not accepted my offer or sent a PP address. I knew then that I'd been had. I immediately filed a dispute claim with PP.
They have already ruled against me (due to F&F) saying this transaction was "consistent" with my other recent ones. I have purchased a few on BF that way.
Now you can say that I was foolish to reply to an email and not stick to PMs. Agreed. I was over eager I suppose but have always found the good people here to be trustworthy.
Ok, so I'm screwed but HOW did a scammer intercept private messages from BladeForums. How did they get my email address in the first place or know that I had made an offer?
Again, please straighten out Davenhill's ad as this is NO fault of his. As for me, lesson learned I guess but it sure takes the fun out of the hobby.
 
I think the first thing you need to do, Tuskaloosa Tuskaloosa is change your password to this site, preferably with 2 factor authentication that only you would have access to. Just guessing that your account here could have been compromised and that someone may have your email as a result. That's only one possibility out of multiple other possibilities.

That would be a good first step while we see what else we can figure out here.

The same would apply to D Davenhill in the event his account has somehow been compromised by a third party.
 
kreole said:
Your email address is easy to find on your own profile. That's probably how they got it. Might want to remove it.
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I think that's another member's email if I see the same thing you are referring to.
 
Thanks kreole kreole

That was very helpful. I removed your post for obvious reasons.
 
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