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<blockquote data-quote="Steve Hurt" data-source="post: 216127" data-attributes="member: 311">Possible fraudster alertI have a &quot;Want to Buy&quot; add up for a BMS 1494.I was contacted by a new SFN member (no posts, just joined) by the name of Alexander James.His message read: &quot;Contact James He has one for sale. Here&#039;s his email <a href="mailto:jameslambeth23@gmail.com">jameslambeth23@gmail.com&quot;</a>I e-mailed James (he says his name is James Lambeth) and asked if his 4594 was the HE or the regular model and he said it was the HE model.&nbsp; I said darn, I needed a regular, and he said oh I have one of those too, (which I thought odd).&nbsp; He quoted me a price and I agreed to it.&nbsp; Told him I&#039;d buy, w/PayPal and that I was happy to pay the PayPal fee.&nbsp; He said &quot;Pay Pal is fine , but use friends and family because I&#039;ll get the money quicker&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; (So he will take paypal, but he doesn&#039;t want to use regular even when it didn&#039;t cost him)I said: &quot;no, I&#039;ll use regular Pay Pal (with protection) or I won&#039;t buy&quot;, and repeated that I would pay the fee.And he ghosted me.&nbsp; No response at all.Seems like a scammer to me.&nbsp; Might not be, but if you&#039;re sitting on a specialized driver, would waiting a week to get paid, make you pass up a sale? Be careful when sending your money and make sure you have recourse when you buy on line!!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steve Hurt, post: 216127, member: 311"] [B]Possible fraudster alert[/B] I have a "Want to Buy" add up for a BMS 1494. I was contacted by a new SFN member (no posts, just joined) by the name of Alexander James. His message read: "Contact James He has one for sale. Here's his email [EMAIL='jameslambeth23@gmail.com']jameslambeth23@gmail.com"[/EMAIL] I e-mailed James (he says his name is James Lambeth) and asked if his 4594 was the HE or the regular model and he said it was the HE model. I said darn, I needed a regular, and he said oh I have one of those too, (which I thought odd). He quoted me a price and I agreed to it. Told him I'd buy, w/PayPal and that I was happy to pay the PayPal fee. He said "Pay Pal is fine , but use friends and family because I'll get the money quicker" (So he will take paypal, but he doesn't want to use regular even when it didn't cost him) I said: "no, I'll use regular Pay Pal (with protection) or I won't buy", and repeated that I would pay the fee. And he ghosted me. No response at all. Seems like a scammer to me. Might not be, but if you're sitting on a specialized driver, would waiting a week to get paid, make you pass up a sale? Be careful when sending your money and make sure you have recourse when you buy on line!! [/QUOTE]

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