Have you ever been pm'd from someone who has 0 post and wants your email and # so they can get parts for your year car. I have his name was marcohoffman or something like that.. Is it just me being paranoid?

 

it sounds like a scam..

you should report it to a moderator, they can look into it and if they find a prob can ban him so it doesnt happen to others..but be clear on the screen name etc..."marcohoffman or something like that" is too vague

 

Thanks Mark, those were my thoughts. My wife thinks the tonge on that put bull is real. I don't. Can you solve this fight lol?

 

There is a Marco Hoffman on the member site who joined yesterday, don't know if he is a newby or other.

 

If he wants to talk about parts, offer to hold the discussion through PMs on this forum. He doesn't need your email or phone number.

You'd need to satisfy yourself of his legitimacy before engaging in any transactions, though. One indicator might be how long ago the account was created here.

 

That's him.

 

Thanks lV Cutty

 

Dont feel bad. I had a scammer recently on here and pm'd me telling me he/she won a big lottery drawing and wants to share it with me. The moderator banned this person.

 

i will say this...i have put stuff up for sale here, and a guy has joined and bought from me..and went well..but i was leery..and they where member a for about 20 minutes...ya just gotta feel out the situation..grammar is a big sign for me.

i have put stuff up for sale..like 4 or 5 items, and get the same form letter for each part..and thats a sign its a scam

i agree...if they want to talk to me about a part here..they can PM me..after a few PMs back and forth, then i dont mind passing my info..but i am always hesitant to give my email..

 

I hope the moderator didn't ban the person until AFTER he had sent you the money!

 

I banned that person because she did not offer to share the money...

As far as Marco Hofmann is concerned he did try and post in the parts wanted section but the site flagged his post, as it does a lot with Newbies, to be approved. That is why he had 0 posts. I'll do the wait and see with the him.