Beware of new users who have "just what you are looking for"

[sciarco]

What is the best way to purchase without getting scammed.

 

[leto1776]

Does AZB make our emails available to other users? After posting wanted threads, I’ve had a few people emailme directly. Creeped me out.

Edit: here’s the email of the most recent incident: geacelopzy@gmail.com

 

[azhousepro]

leto, no, email addresses are not public.

We had another scammer reach out to someone on the site this week, claiming to have the cue that someone wanted. He was claiming he was a well known user here on the site.

The user who was looking for the cue thought it was a little suspicious and didn't make the deal.

 

[azhousepro]

Just a reminder again, that we do not make user's email addresses public. If someone reaches out to you via email, there is a good chance that it is a scam deal. Asking them to verify their account through the site is a good way to weed out some of the scammers.

Mike

 

[LILJOHN30]

Just got back into the forum and upon listing 3 sugartrees got 2 potential scammers

Sugartree cues

Looking to move one or 2 of my sugartree cue since I don't play much anymore. This is one cue the other is birdseye maple and cocbola player cue .I need to find the pic sorry,i also have a davis blank cue which i will post the pic also however...

forums.azbilliards.com

 

[azhousepro]

@Joe_Jaguar and @joninnorfolk were both hacked this week. Joe is not back online yet, but Jon has control of his account again.

Mike

 

[BushkaGUY]

You are discouraging new users from responding to "wanted".
Thus preventing a user a potentially good deal.
Everybody loses.

Just sayin.

Joe

 

[azhousepro]

You are discouraging new users from responding to "wanted".
Thus preventing a user a potentially good deal.
Everybody loses.

Just sayin.

Joe

I am open to suggestions that handle the issue better.

Mike

 

[BushkaGUY]

I am open to suggestions that handle the issue better.

Mike

Let me think through it.
But I don't know enough about the capabilities of your website.
One solution might be to restrict new users from posting in the want/for sale forum until they are vetted by posting a certain number of posts in the general forum. They can reply to for sale items but not an others. This way a legitimate new user can buy something. But a scammer cant respond to the "wanted" section.
I don't know; just thinking off the top of my head.

Joe

 

[daniel]

+1 (928) 651-9652 I made a post with my number and he contacted me telling me he was Josh Gambler67 so I stupidly believed himI just really wanted to own a JW finally.

Same guy just got me on a ob shaft he supposedly had. I don't know how he got my email but he emailed from joshualeehana@gmail.com
He said he was 67gambler on az who is a gold member so I zelled him the $100. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I broke my rule & should have used paypal & Not f&f where u have no recourse. In the old days on az if somebody screwed you they would get a visit from an az member in their hometown. I feel like a real fool for going for this idiots hustle.

 

[WilleeCue]

Folks ... It is getting really bad ... every time I post something for sale I get scammers trying to scam me.
Please be very careful to who you send money to.
Dont fall for that check that is more than what you asked.
Why cant the government do something about the rampart theft on the internet?

 

[Grimace]

One thing you could do is make it a requirement for all sellers To show the user name and the date on a piece of paper next to the item they are selling

 

[Joegolf]

Anyone deal with a jackass with these email:
Hotrodrabbit@aol.com
joshualeehana@gmail.com

He scammed me out of $150. I was wanting a Breakrak and he replied to my email address. I was stupid and didn’t do my due diligence and I paid for it. Is there a way to track someone down using an email address?
I’m on an iPhone so I couldn’t get an IP address. There are some limitations with ips that tick me off.
He answers to Joshua but I’m sure it is an alias.