Watch out for scammers emailing you and impersonating sellers!

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You guys may already be aware of this scam, but just in case you haven't experienced it:

I was drooling over this beautiful Tom Mayo knife put up for sale by aleforme aleforme , and after 24 hours my willpower broke down and I had to buy it. I commented with an "I'll take it" early a.m. Pacific time. Within 45 minutes I received an email from someone purportedly named "aleforme" providing PayPal details for the knife. The email address seemed a bit suspicious, but hey, he was offering PayPal goods and services as one of the payment methods, so I wasn't sure. Luckily caution kicked in and I asked him to confirm his identity on Blade Forums or Instagram. Notwithstanding the fact that I was half-awake, knife-hungry and susceptible to scam, his response to my request erased any doubt in my mind that he was a scammer (bees? really?):

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Luckily, the real aleforme responded in short order and confirmed I was dealing with a total scammer. We finished the deal smoothly.

Moral of the story: it's best to confirm that the person emailing you is the one selling you the knife! Scammers are looking for sales posts and looking to intercept buyers via email before the sellers can get to them.
 
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Also, the scammer has a Beekeeper reference. 😁

I also wonder what would happen if you sent a scammer $1 and put down something restricted in the notes*.

*In Minecraft, of course.
 
Glad to finally read one of these where the potential vic had his head on a swivel.
 
Glad Brancron reached out to me! Complete scam but it all worked out. Luckily we’ve done some deals in the past and he reached out to me here and another site. Scammers are getting clever.
 
Do not be in a rush to send payment ! I just bought a knife from a guy 15 minutes ago, got 2 emails claiming to be him; only deal with private or direct messaging .Alot of these emails say i hope this email found you well. thats one ive gotten twice in 2 different purchases. also they say they are from BF forums.That makes no sense; theres no BF first; its bladeforums only. And another guy said the knives were 205 each like there was more than 1 of the same. Be careful when buying it seems to be getting worse when it comes to this.Any email you get should be bladeforums respond to direct message not just a private email to you .Be patient when buying so you dont get scammed .....
 
goldie said:
I just bought a knife from a guy 15 minutes ago, got 2 emails claiming to be him; only deal with private or direct messaging .
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That's a good practice since your email is in a lot of your posts.
 
And 1 of the scammers keeps emailing me claiming hes the real seller,meantime i have tracking on the knife ......
 
goldie said:
And 1 of the scammers keeps emailing me claiming hes the real seller,meantime i have tracking on the knife ......
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You're going to keep getting the emails if you don't remove your email address from your post history...
 
As many have pointed out, once your email address is published once, "all bets are off". Whether you erase it from existing posts or not, if a scammer has seen and recorded it, it is now a commodity for them. Of course, erasing it now will limit further exposure, but it's not a guarantee that more scam email won't pop into your inbox.
 
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