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SilverSpunk
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 31, 2023 2:44 pm    Post subject: buyer has an Oil Rig address scam? Reply with quote

I've been selling some mouthpieces on the marketplace and I have gotten an inquiry today asking about price and shipping costs for a mouthpiece to his "son" that works in an oil rig in New Orleans.
That detail already seemed suspicious to me but I remembered that I'm the seller and NOT the buyer.

The gentleman has yet to provide a shipping address and he corresponds through the email with slightly broken English grammar as if the Spanish to English translation has failed a bit.
So to protect myself from a possible G&S buyer scam, I've told him I only accept Friends and Family in this case.

He has yet to reply to me but I'm split 50/50 on whether or not he is legit or a lazy scammer.



So does this sound like anything anyone has experienced at all?
A potential buyer inquiring about shipping items to an "oil rig" address?
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poketrum
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 31, 2023 2:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I recall reading a description of a similar-sounding scam, possibly in a watch forum with a classified section.

When in doubt…
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Ronnman
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 31, 2023 4:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

FYI - I grew up in this area. There are no “Oil Rigs” in New Orleans, Louisiana, that I am aware of. Most are in the Gulf of Mexico or on swamp type land, near the lower coastal areas. Sounds like a scam, pass on it!

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SilverSpunk
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 01, 2023 12:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks, I guess I won't make a sale then
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 01, 2023 12:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Even if you did, it would not classify as a sale.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 02, 2023 11:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Guess you can say it's probably rigged...
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 25, 2023 4:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You could have countered with a bridge in Brooklyn.
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