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Scammers, like waves on the ocean: countless &relentless
We just got hit with a wave of Nigerian-based and Israel-based scammers. We caught all or most of them that came through the regular classifieds response emails and private messages and I'm in the middle of cleaning them out of the classified ads and story comments, but they may also have sent you things directly if you put your email address in the text of your ad. So be very careful of the direct responses you get, esp. if it starts with "Dear Seller" or something similar. One that _looks_ vaguely legit (but isn't) is someone using the name "Bobby Nelson" claiming to be selling parrots. That person is based in Kenya.
If you're ever uncertain where a person is from who responds to your ads, get them to sign up on theBubbler.com and send you a Private Message, then use the Contact Us form to let us know what their user name is and that you suspect them and why. Unless they use a feature on the site (like PMs), we can't get their IP address, but once they do, we can tell you if they're actually from somewhere around here or somewhere overseas.
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