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Old 03-01-2017, 01:45 PM
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We had another scammer working the board. He responded by email to a WTB ad posted in our classifieds and joined the forum after he was asked for his username.

Thankfully, our alert member suspected foul play and brought this to our attention. The scammer is now banned, but I'm sure he'll continue trying to defraud people through email.

Forum username: Charles234

His most recent email address:
[email protected]

His typically send a message like this:
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Charles Here! Please let me know if you are still interested in purchasing a <insert your grail item>, Email and I'll get back to you
His follow-up message usually asks for a MoneyGram or Western Union payment to his wife (Brynda Turner).

He uses this name and mailing address:

Charles Turner
403 Dunlop St,
Marion, SC 29571

I doubt it's his real name/address.

A Google search of his contact information turns up scam alerts on several other boards.

I strongly suggest you avoid doing business with this person.

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Old 03-01-2017, 02:10 PM
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Thanks for sharing the alert.

Three things tipped me off to him:

1. Requested MoneyGram payment
2. Could not provide a Forum username until he quickly joined.
3. Offered a gun for sale at an absurdly low price, way below average market value.

And he did provide pictures which were grabbed off the net somewhere.

On the good advice of the Mod's here, I deleted my email address and will rely on information only available to members.

Thanks again!
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Search the 403 Dunlop St Marion S.C. 29571 reveals the scammer goes by other names but targets WTB ads on gun forums.

BEWARE OF DAVID/BRYNDA TURNER
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This creep is at it again. I have an ad on the wanted to buy board and he just emailed me. Thanks for the heads up.
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Apparently he is on tromboneforum.org as well.
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This creep is at it again. I have an ad on the wanted to buy board and he just emailed me. Thanks for the heads up.
Thank you for the info.

He's still trying to scam our members, but now he's focusing on those who post their email address in their ads. We have an excellent PM and email forwarding system on the board, so please use it and keep your private info private.

His new email address:
[email protected]
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