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Pillar of the Community
United States
1208 Posts |
I don't think he has hit this forum yet, so I wanted to put the word out before he does. There is a scammer hitting coin forums. He hangs out long enough to get into the classifieds, then makes a big score and disappears. He took members of another coin forum for a couple grand so far! Here is a scam alert page from one sales forum: http://www. (207) Not Allowed - Auto-Removed .com/scam-alert.php He is the one under "July 27"... He used the profile name "HCSC" on another forum. He claims to own "King Numismatics" in Melbourne, FL. Please be careful when buying! His deals are usually "Fire Sales" that are below melt. He makes his mark feel like if he doesn't buy this instant, that they will lose out on the deal of a lifetime. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19945 Posts |
Man, that really bites! This hobby is pretty much full of honest folks in the forums and kills me to see someone scammed.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1208 Posts |
Okay, I guess I am not supposed to link to that site for some reason.
I just wanted to get out the profile names the guy has been using.
Here are 10 that he used on a single site:
ahgalleries
dbkcoin
heritagenumismaticservices
naacoin
kingnumismatics
superiorcoinstamp
jlcoin
srcoin
superiorcoinbullion
superiorcoin
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Pillar of the Community
614 Posts |
This is terrible! Ill be sure to spread the word.
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Bedrock of the Community
13014 Posts |
That is a shame, but like they say anythings thats too good to be true.......
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1244 Posts |
he also went on silverstackers, and hurt a few people there too
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1511 Posts |
That's really a shame! Thanks a lot for the heads up!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36741 Posts |
Thanks for the heads up. I'll keep an eye out for him on the other sites I belong to also.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1745 Posts |
I'm not sure I'm following. He sells items at below melt and then keeps the money and never delivers the items, is that correct?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1208 Posts |
Duke:
Yep.
He offers people a deal that sounds like a killing, so they feel like they MUST jump on it or lose out.
The sense of urgency causes some people a loss of street smarts, and they get taken.
He apparently stopped taking PayPal because they made some reversals and probably shut him down...
The key to his scheme is making offers that are supposedly urgent, and too good to be true.
Those two factors cause people to look at profit and act quicker than they should, without thinking.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1208 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2624 Posts |
Anything that looks too good to be true usually is too good to be true.
Also I think the first time you deal with anyone online you should take it for granted that you cannot trust them...therefore start small and build a relationship before entering big deals.
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Forum Dad
 United States
24154 Posts |
Exactly why we have the rules here that we do, to protect our members.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
808 Posts |
Thanks for the heads up ratio411 !!
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Valued Member
United States
171 Posts |
I had followed the thread on another site. I think he got a couple of people, then made it right so as to hold up his name. Then swooped in for the big kill.
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Valued Member
United States
264 Posts |
Great job ratio411 alerting your fellow coin citizens!  |
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Posted 08/07/2012 10:46 pm
