Getting reeeeeally sick of this......

[Handsome Rob]

Every single want ad I've placed in the past year, garners a PM like this: 

"Hi if your still looking, I can help out with a lead, you can reach out to Matthew in texas he has the Ruger American .223/5.56 sale this is his email address stevenmattdavis@gmail.com good luck "

I'm about sick & tired of these losers.

Sorry. Just having a vent.

Edited January 26, 2022 by Handsome Rob

[Chucktshoes]

I get it. I’m sick of having to mark them as spammers too. 
 

What I’m not sick of is the time you and others put in to alert us to these assholes so that we can take care of them. 
 

Thank you. Seriously. We couldn’t get them so quickly without y’all doing your part. It’s much appreciated. 

[Darrell]

Well, at least experiences like yours help to educate the rest of us so that none fall victim to this kind of scam.

[reewik]

I am too and I also just received the same one... I just wish they would use their " skills", some are pretty good, and use it to forward themselves in society instead of being the thieves that they are. 

[eRay]

I just got the same message this morning.

[Darrell]

Anyone here tech-savy enough to flood that email address? It'd be great to send 500 emails an hour for a day or two.....

[Handsome Rob]

9 minutes ago, Darrell said:

Anyone here tech-savy enough to flood that email address? It'd be great to send 500 emails an hour for a day or two.....

There are a few websites that you can use for this, but the emails being used, I would guess, are just throwaway. I'm sure they just delete then change them. 

[MacGyver]

Maybe we should go straight 419eater and see how far we can string some of them along.

If they're going to waste our time - might as well make it cost them something, too.

[FUJIMO]

21 minutes ago, MacGyver said:

Maybe we should go straight 419eater and see how far we can string some of them along.

If they're going to waste our time - might as well make it cost them something, too.

I still have a faux USPS MO in my safe from an Armslist scammer .

[No_0ne]

This guy was probably the absolute master at scamming the scammers.  It's a long read, and dates from the days when email was still the primary means of electronic communication, but it still cracks me up reading what he was able to get this "Nigerian" guy to do ...

https://419eater.com/html/okorie.htm

[E4 No More]

Too bad we don't know anyone with a substantial botnet to perform a decent DDoS attack on his IP Address.

[Darrell]

[bobsguns]

12 hours ago, Handsome Rob said:

I'm about sick & tired of these losers.

Sorry. Just having a vent.

We've been trying to reach you about your car warranty expiring.............................