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Old Jul 18, 2012 | 09:07 AM
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Selling rims? Beware.

I just caught a scammer trying to buy some rims off of me. He already got caught on here once so most likely he will be on here a 3rd time.

Stay sharp guys!
Old Jul 18, 2012 | 09:53 AM
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cool, this thread contains a lot of info. especially the guy's name/contact info so that we know who to watch out for.
Old Jul 18, 2012 | 10:13 AM
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I LOL'd
Old Jul 18, 2012 | 11:08 AM
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So... how did this scam work?
Old Jul 18, 2012 | 11:23 AM
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So... how did this scam work?
He didn't get far enough to do anything.

He asked for more pictures of the rims to be sent to his email. I was bored at work and googled it and sure enough pulled up a evom thread in the member disputes section.

I reported this to Nsomniac and he banned the new account.
Old Jul 18, 2012 | 11:42 AM
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Can you go into more detail? He wanted more pics... Not usually a red flag.
Old Jul 18, 2012 | 12:54 PM
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Hum *scratches head* sounds like a job for detective Holmes.
Old Jul 18, 2012 | 01:34 PM
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Guy seems fine to me. The dispute thread was over headlights that he sold for super cheap and then after realized that they were worth more and backed out in the worst way possible.
Old Jul 18, 2012 | 02:11 PM
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Someone wanted pictures of rims before they buy them? Better call in the FBI to investigate this one!
Old Jul 18, 2012 | 03:26 PM
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Hey, I'm trying to buy rims from here too! It's for an IX though, not an X, so that proves I"m legit!
Old Jul 18, 2012 | 03:44 PM
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