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P7 M13 Nickel scam on Gunbroker

Lamont

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Scammer is now gone. Must have gotten his 'fish' on one of the other listed scams with BIN still active.

Message sent to GunBroker:

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GunBroker Support,
Greetings from Utah.

The following Auction/Scammer has been identified as a Scam on HK Proshop site. This same HK P7M13 sitting on its round table has been used in countless scams for well over 5 years. We have successfully shut this scammer down, numerous times in the past when the scammer was logging under new NR accounts, but recently, these scammers are somehow hijacking GunBroker user accounts that have positive ratings; this to give a potential unsuspecting buyer confidence that the seller is legit.

This P7M13 is again starting to pop up every other week and the scammer's other listed auctions have been used in the past as scams too.

Scammer identified on HK Proshop site:
P7 M13 Nickel scam on Gunbroker | HK Proshop : For the Heckler and Koch Enthusiast

Re: Scam posted Wednesday (we successfully shut him down):
HK. P7M13. NICKEL - Semi Auto Pistols at GunBroker.com : 949580334

Re: Scam posted Friday:
HK. P7M13. NICKEL - Semi Auto Pistols at GunBroker.com : 950001069
HK. P7M13. NICKEL - Semi Auto Pistols at GunBroker.com : 950036742

Just now, as I type this message, the scammer must have gotten his ‘fish’ as he is no longer a registered user and all his auctions have ended.

Can you please look into how these scammers are hijacking good people’s usernames? Also, is there a way to flag this P7M13 by using software to quickly identify this classic picture as a scam?

Thank you,

Dane (aka: Tailflash)
Nice. Please post the reply if you get one.
 

Tailflash

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GunBroker.com Support (GunBroker)

Oct 3, 2022, 12:50 PM EDT

Thank you for the feedback and I will submit this for consideration.

The accounts were compromised due to actions by hackers or other third parties that are occurring outside of the GunBroker.com security environment. There are many ways that this can occur, even without the user's participation or knowledge, but often times it happens because a user mistakes a fraudulent email for an email originating at GunBroker.com.

For your own protection, please review our recent notice to users about how to recognize fraudulent or suspicious emails , and never re-use your GunBroker.com user ID or password on any other site.
 
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