Beware of Scammers in the WTB section. Just a warning. Please read

[GeorgiaPilot]

Nicely done. It pays to be a little skeptical and careful. I have had great luck on both r3v and craigs list buying and selling, but you do have to pay attention. It is a shame that the scammers have found r3v. There is a lot of trust here in the car hobby, lets all work together just like moreoff's post to identify the crooks when they show up.

GP

[moreoff]

lol wow this same dude just messaged me.. It seemed a little weird nonetheless.. Now I know not to buy,, thanks man!

Awesome. This is why I made this thread, just in case he was trying to scam anybody else :)

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[spectrematrix]

Ban.

[John in VA]

This is happening on the BMW2002faq forum as well.

[jtuner]

lol wow this same dude just messaged me.. It seemed a little weird nonetheless.. Now I know not to buy,, thanks man!

[Dandandk]

Yeah, same thing happened to me on my choth seat post. Some newbie with 0 post sends me a pm telling me to contact someone else. You contact the guy and he says he has what your looking for an incredible price, but only take monygram....

[moreoff]

MOD EDIT:
Bump to top for anyone who hasn't seen this sticky thread yet.

Beware of anyone offering parts "from a friend" through PMs.
They will often give an email address for you to contact.

Ask for proof they have the part (picture with today's date handwritten on a piece of paper beside the item.)

If it's still in doubt get them on a phone call, and talk about E30s. (If a scammer even would go to this effort).
With a quick convo you can assess if they are a legit E30 enthusiast or just someone looking to rip you off.

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Original post by moreoff:


scammers in the WTB section beware. i posted a WTB for an mtech1 wing.

he asks me to email him, so i do






he then sends me this e-mail with photos (e-mail seems fishy so i google image search the photos)







I find his photos that he sent me in a bimmerforums thread from 2008

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?994283-RARE(er)-Mtech-1-Spoiler-E30-E28-E24

so i reply with this