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03-17-2009 , 06:53 AM

Gonzirra

hold on brb

Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 20,070

Just to give everyone a heads up, there have been a number of scammers floating around using screen names that very closely resemble that of established posters.

For example, PrinogenitoX and PrinogemitoX were posing as PrimogenitoX in the transfer thread. Another was a poster adding a "." to the name after a couple spaces. We're dealing with one now where ishmaellbf was apparently impersonating ishmaelbf. It might seem obvious, but a reasonable person might not catch it until it's too late.

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03-17-2009 , 07:11 AM

Bobo Fett

Carpe Diem

Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 56,967

This was all the rage in the Zoo transfers thread last year, and I'm sure it never really stopped. Guys would set up one of these accounts with the same avatar as the 2+2er they're impersonating, and make their Location something like "Posts: 5,786" or whatever matched the real person. Their own post count of 0 was still there, but if someone scanned quickly they'd see a name that looked like it matched, same avatar, and what looked like the same post count at a glance.

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03-17-2009 , 01:21 PM

gettym

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 11,011

stop giving the idiot scammers more ideas

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03-17-2009 , 01:23 PM

Noah.

banned

Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 20,057

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Originally Posted by gettym

stop giving the idiot scammers more ideas

yeah i mean, next thing you know, gonso is going to tell people to bring a camera to the mall and put a piece of paper with their screen name in front of a ps3, and then take a picture and use it for a fraudulent marketplace listing.

how could you Gonso!

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03-17-2009 , 04:37 PM

Bobo Fett

Carpe Diem

Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 56,967

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Originally Posted by gettym

stop giving the idiot scammers more ideas

LOL

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03-17-2009 , 04:44 PM

bigbluffben

grinder

Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 540

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Originally Posted by Eyedea

On my way

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03-17-2009 , 04:47 PM

Gonzirra

hold on brb

Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 20,070

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Originally Posted by Eyedea

At least then we'd be making the scammers work for it

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03-18-2009 , 01:33 AM

Josem

human chemical weapon

Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 18,194

another key technique to help avoid this stuff is to copy and paste screen names when you use them, rather than typing them out.

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03-18-2009 , 01:39 AM

Zima421

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 18,973

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Originally Posted by Josem

another key technique to help avoid this stuff is to copy and paste screen names when you use them, rather than typing them out.

+1

i do this all the time to make sure i dont mistype.

i make the person i am sending to type their name out every time (unless close friends) and i just copy paste.

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