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01-26-2020, 09:32 AM
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Interestingly, the MKGReptiles account has been recently active.
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The account shows 'Mike from 50 fathoms' as a reference for where they hear about Fauna, I'm sending Mike a link to this thread in case he has any insight.
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01-26-2020, 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Socratic Monologue
Richard, in that thread you listed your phone number for anyone to text. I'm trying to confirm that you were actually in contact with MKGreptiles, rather than someone posing as such.
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Exactly. Never put your phone # out for public viewing like that, as it's very common for scammers to harvest those numbers, pretend to be the seller, and have you send payment. This is a bigger problem on Facebook but it also does happen on forums.
Fortunately payment was sent via CC/Square invoice and not something like PayPal F&F, Zelle, Venmo, etc. where you couldn't get your money back.
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01-26-2020, 04:03 PM
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Looks like everybody covered everything on the scammer angles. Good luck, Richard.
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01-26-2020, 05:44 PM
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Another thing- it’s also a good idea to reverse image search photos of animals they send when you’re wanting pics of exact individuals. Had someone in another group try to pass off a baby albino tegu for sale/rehome as his own, and a quick reverse image search proved it was a series of images ripped from Google...
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01-27-2020, 08:42 AM
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Definitely not me you contacted, nor is that my area code, but thank you all for messaging me. My monitor is sold, just hopped on today to update my ad
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01-27-2020, 04:11 PM
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The other phone number attached to email is a 206 number which Area code is state of Washington that includes the city of Seattle, Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, the islands of Mercer, Bainbridge, and Vashon, and portions of metropolitan Seattle from Des Moines to Woodway.
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01-28-2020, 09:51 AM
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Someone obviously is posing as me? I don't have a bad reputation and know several people in the reptile community that can vouch for me. If you need to contact me directly, pm me for my personal cell# (423 area code) or email. Thank you all
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01-28-2020, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by MKGreptiles
Someone obviously is posing as me? I don't have a bad reputation and know several people in the reptile community that can vouch for me. If you need to contact me directly, pm me for my personal cell# (423 area code) or email. Thank you all
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This happens frequently. Especially when prospective customers post their phone numbers openly in threads. They get texted by imposters. There are serial scammers that work that way.
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01-28-2020, 12:35 PM
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Is there a way I can delete the post? Or maybe an admin can? I don't want to have a bad reputation because of a mistake I made
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01-28-2020, 01:32 PM
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Post's aren't deleted and it wasn't you who made mistake. So far it seems like op made the mistake and it shows in the thread.
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