I have a couple Black Powder firearms listed on UT GUN EXCHANGE and I got this email recently:



Something doesn't seem right?  Possible phishing scam?

What doesn't seem right: GENERALIZED, like a cut & pasted email.

Usually someone who has an assistant has the assistant handle a transaction for a non-firearm - right?

I asked them for their complete information first before providing all of mine...

Anybody else gotten something like this?

Will

If it feels like a scam, it is a scam.



I have never received anything like that when I listed items.



 

I have had a couple similar emails from things I have listed on UGE. I never replied to either one and since I never heard from them again figured it was a scam. i figured if it was a really interested person they would have tried another email.

Speaking of UGE, is it just me or does it seem like neckbeard central? It seems like everything listed is way over priced, then if you list something fairly priced you get a bunch of lowball offers or junk trades. That being said, I still browse it a couple times a day

He, my name is Kaneesha Wantalubamahatmavoodoo.

I am a Nigerian Prince.....

I have received some of these type messages from using KSL classifieds.

Update:



NOPE.

So they will send funds that are stolen or something and then send someone to my address to pickup the BP pistols?  Yeah NO WAY.

~Will

I've got a Browning safe listed on KSL right now. What the OP describes is 100% scam. Guaranteed. No question. I've received two of these "offers" so far. Both times, I texted back and said, "Gimme a break. You're describing a classic scam. This is a cash-only, face to face deal. You put cash in my hand, you take the safe home. That's it."



One didn't respond. The other one argued with me for a while, stating that this is a cashless society. I told him I'd wait for someone with cash.






Just channel your inner Sam(DeNiro) from Ronin: "Whenever there is any doubt, there is no doubt."



 
 

I searched online to see if someone has the same contact from this person, and what do I find but a carbon copy message they sent to you.  I had two items listed on UGE and they each received a response from this individual.  I've reported their email address as spam with google, so they may restrict that gmail account.  Just to make clear, the email I received from "Leona Keen" was the exact same as you posted above.  Honestly I didn't think too much of it off the bat considering I had an item that was probably $20 below value.  So it made a little sense for someone to want to grab the deal.  However, that email is so ridiculously formal, I didn't believe it was real.  Most people have not tact when it comes to selling/buying/trading on UGE.  I had someone tell me if I didn't sell them a handgun for less than $300 what they could buy it new that I had an unreasonable price.  This is the kind of response I expect from UGE, not someone writing a formal letter asking to send me money.

I had that exact e-mail response from a UGE ad I had posted. Leona Keen. Scam.

Thanks fellas, I appreciate the replies.

Stay vigilant on-line folks - the "Free Sh*t Army" is out to get your money without working for it!!

~Will

I love having fun with those clowns. I've had some pretty hilarious conversations with them.

If someone responds to a classified ad of any kind  and says I am interested in your "ITEM" instead of saying what it is you are selling, its a scam!


BUT, I usually respond and tell them the item is theirs, and then give them a fake LEO or FBI agent name and address to send the money to.  Surprisingly I have never heard back from any of them after I send that info :)