Marketplace, What’s the Scam?

[Ksand]

I always keep messaging them horrible shit until they block me, then I use their email to sign up for online surveys, grinder and gay dating sites (request dick pics)

 

[guy in Idaho]

If the fuckin scanners worked at a real job as hard as they try to scam they'd be rich!

Scanners do work hard......

 

[WaterH]

My question, is email “harvesting” really that profitable? Is it just giving a company a real email? I don’t see how that can be that valuable.

 

[Lawless]

If the fuckin scanners worked at a real job as hard as they try to scam they'd be rich!

Around here the scammers do just fine, there are people lining up to get scammed. The best one so far in the last couple of months was some scammer posting a pic of a brand new sectional couch, thing would retail for $2500+

Ad says I gotta move and it won't fit in my new place $300

That scammer got 8 or 10 people (suckers) before the ad got pulled.

 

[aczlan]

I've done that too. Sometimes it's been wife or kid of someone that "doesn't do that damn internets" though.

Got a good laugh out of the (at that point prospective) buyers when I was selling our 2005 Yukon, had it up by the road with a sign on it for $xxxx, had it listed on Facebook for $200 more, the lady apparently noticed it and when the guy asked about the price and mentioned the FB price, she said "isn't the sign in the window $xxxx?" I said yep, the difference is the Facebook tax for dealing with the scammers on there, we all laughed, haggled a little more and I got what I was hoping to get for it.

Aaron Z

 

[Gdogg]

Around here the scammers do just fine, there are people lining up to get scammed. The best one so far in the last couple of months was some scammer posting a pic of a brand new sectional couch, thing would retail for $2500+

Ad says I gotta move and it won't fit in my new place $300

That scammer got 8 or 10 people (suckers) before the ad got pulled.

You know.... there's no shortage of stupid people... that's one reason why we have the democrat party

 

[Grnd93]

Update, finally got an email from the “aunt”. Said she got the trailer from a divorce settlement, wants to sell it through eBay. Definitely a scam. Told “her” that I need to see it in person. Response was more nonsense.

That’s as far as I’m going with it. I did flag the post as a scam. Not sure if that does anything or not.

 

[buzzbombxj]

All the retards from Craigslist are on marketplace now. Supposedly someone is driving and hour and a half today to buy some half priced Chicago Brick. We will see.

 

[Landslide]

Around here the scammers do just fine, there are people lining up to get scammed. The best one so far in the last couple of months was some scammer posting a pic of a brand new sectional couch, thing would retail for $2500+

Ad says I gotta move and it won't fit in my new place $300

That scammer got 8 or 10 people (suckers) before the ad got pulled.

How? Idiots prepaying for it before leaving their house? They’re most likely going to get scammed. Maybe $25/$50 down to hold it but full payment is clear getting scammed. It’s rare if it’s not a scam imo

 

[Lawless]

How? Idiots prepaying for it before leaving their house? They’re most likely going to get scammed. Maybe $25/$50 down to hold it but full payment is clear getting scammed. It’s rare if it’s not a scam imo

Scam goes like this, list the sectional for $300. Get 50 idiots posting up "I'll take this" and "next". Scammer says reply via DM and they all do. Scammer then says you are the 1st person you get it and then will ask for a deposit to hold or pay me now so I know you are serious. Sucker pays $50, $100 or the full $300 and rushes over to the address provided.

The person at the address knows nothing as the scammer pulled their address out of thin air.

Sucker gets back on FBMP crying about how so and so is a scammer and lots of other suckers will piggyback on the post with "Me too"

Scammer laughs all the way to the liquor store with the couple grand they made (just on the one ad I noticed) There could be serious money in it if you ran 50 ads and got 5 or 10 suckers on each one.

 

[bgaidan]

Scam goes like this, list the sectional for $300. Get 50 idiots posting up "I'll take this" and "next". Scammer says reply via DM and they all do. Scammer then says you are the 1st person you get it and then will ask for a deposit to hold or pay me now so I know you are serious. Sucker pays $50, $100 or the full $300 and rushes over to the address provided.

The person at the address knows nothing as the scammer pulled their address out of thin air.

Sucker gets back on FBMP crying about how so and so is a scammer and lots of other suckers will piggyback on the post with "Me too"

Scammer laughs all the way to the liquor store with the couple grand they made (just on the one ad I noticed) There could be serious money in it if you ran 50 ads and got 5 or 10 suckers on each one.

Yeah, that's a big one in the for sale groups. Pictures of all kinds of new looking, fairly high quality household items - furniture, appliances, exercise equipment all priced way too cheap with a "moving today and they won't fit in our new house". All questions get a response of "DM me".

It always funny when they post 30 items and not a single one looks like it's in the same house and/or room. I'll always ask them if they're moving from the a 30 room house since every picture has a different floor and wall in it.


The other ones that are popping up a lot lately are in the specific interest groups - like for a specific make/model vehicle. They do a little homework and will actually copy an old ad so it's something actually for the specific vehicles in the group, but again won't answer any questions outside of DM. Most of the time you can either recognize it as something that was sold a few months before or even better when they screw up and list something for the complete wrong model or generation.

 

[arse_sidewards]

My question, is email “harvesting” really that profitable? Is it just giving a company a real email? I don’t see how that can be that valuable.

The "we know a real person uses this" quality emails get sold in bulk to other scammers who use them in bulk for other shit

 

[Will Scarlet]

My question, is email “harvesting” really that profitable? Is it just giving a company a real email? I don’t see how that can be that valuable.

The "we know a real person uses this" quality emails get sold in bulk to other scammers who use them in bulk for other shit

To add on to what arse_sidewards said; You're a mark and add value to their scamming operation. There's many ways for them to monitize the information and in the end, it's all about the money they'll make on potential victims.

 

[Mikel]

I just listed some rims that came with a car I bought. Good lord

 

[trampas]

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