NOTICE: Scammers and Classifieds (2 Viewers)

[Tommy]

It has come to my attention that a member was recently scammed. The scammer responded to the member's Wanted Ad and offered to sell them chips. They gave a fake tracking number and then disappeared.

To protect yourself, PLEASE do not send PayPal Friends and Family payments to new members. (unless you are willing to take that risk) Checking a member's feedback score is a good place to start. If they have no feedback or very little, you can also ask for some references.

Sometimes a seller will reference their eBay account that has a good feedback rating. Having them send you a message on eBay to verify that is their account would be a good thing to do.

If the person requesting the money will only accept a PayPal Friends and Family payment (even after you offer to pay the PayPal fees for a Goods & Services PayPal payment), consider that a huge red flag and walk away from the deal.

 

[Tommy]

Just an update. The scammer account, which has been locked, used IPs from France and Switzerland. Some were proxy IPs and some were not. Please exercise caution when dealing with new members from those areas.

 

[Tommy]

Reminder bump! Be careful of new users or users with little activity responding to your posts via PMs and offering to sell you chips. At the very least, do not use a Friends and Family payment.

 

[GIANTDustySquid]

Maybe consider removing Drumhoss as a vendor or warning new members that he hasn't held up his end of any of his recent deals, and currently owes people a lot of money/chips.

 

[Tommy]

Maybe consider removing Drumhoss as a vendor or warning new members that he hasn't held up his end of any of his recent deals, and currently owes people a lot of money/chips.

Was done as soon I heard about the problems. He is no longer a vendor.
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/vendor-drumhoss.26364/
His forum section has been locked.