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11-16-2011, 09:50 AM
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2 Rivet Member 
2007 19' International CCD
2002 19' Bambi
2005 30' Classic
Dover
, Arkansas
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 77
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Scammers again !!!
Beware, 2007 base camp Airstream for $6000, being advertised in California, and now in Chicago on craigs list....I have already flagged it....
Ole-red 
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11-16-2011, 07:31 PM
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Rivet Master 
1995 30' Excella
Bowie
, Maryland
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 2,345
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The scam Craigslist ads are up nearly all the time... making a new thread about every one of them is going to turn into a lot of threads very quickly...
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1995 Airstream Classic 30' Excella 1000
2014 Ram 2500 Crew Cab with Cummins 6.7L Diesel
Sold but not forgotten: 1991 Airstream B190
Sold: 2006 F-250 6.0L Powerstroke Supercab
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11-16-2011, 08:56 PM
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Rivet Master 
Airstream - Other
2016 Interstate Grand Tour Ext
Bosque Farms
, New Mexico
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 7,029
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Actually, scammers have been rampant since the mid-1990s, when the internet was made commercial. Prior to that, the whole business was a bit esoteric anyway. (Anybody remember the days of arpanet and bitnet? I do!) What is suprising is how successful the scammers continue to me at fooling people.
Lynn
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11-16-2011, 09:21 PM
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Rivet Master
1973 21' Globetrotter
Houston
, Texas
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 3,320
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Like the old saying goes: "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is..." 
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11-16-2011, 09:30 PM
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Rivet Master
1970 27' Overlander
Espanola
, Full Timer
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 1,753
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Hindsights' 20/20...!
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11-16-2011, 09:32 PM
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Rivet Master
Port Orchard
, Washington
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 4,463
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Quote:
Originally Posted by eubank
Actually, scammers have been rampant since the mid-1990s, when the internet was made commercial. Prior to that, the whole business was a bit esoteric anyway. (Anybody remember the days of arpanet and bitnet? I do!) What is suprising is how successful the scammers continue to me at fooling people.
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I don't remember those, but I do remember when my ticket to cyberspace was a 14.4k modem and a dial up connection to compuserve.
Considering the world's present population, I think that-
"There's one born every minute" is a extreme understatement.
Some people just can't resist a free lunch. 
Ken
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11-17-2011, 07:49 AM
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Rivet Master
Airstream - Other
2016 Interstate Grand Tour Ext
Bosque Farms
, New Mexico
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 7,029
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Yeah, bitnet was a system that sent messages as a whole through networks at universities. It preceded the commercial startup with compuserve, not but by a lot. Back then, we paid the university for an account based on milliseconds of CPU time we took up. I went over to the computing center once and tried to get them a couple of dollars, and they thought that would cover me for a few years to come.
Lynn
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01-30-2012, 12:38 PM
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Pet Sitter Extraordinaire
1989 33' Land Yacht
Chattanooga
, Tennessee
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,044
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We have another scammer on here with the email address of c_mages@yahoo.com and name of Curtis Mages. This is the 2nd time in one week that my ad has been "inquired on from a very interested party."
Just FYI.
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01-30-2012, 12:44 PM
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Site Team
1964 26' Overlander
1964 19' Globetrotter
OlyPen
, Washington
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 13,935
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Thanks for the report - we'll take a look. You can always report the questionable PM by hitting the little red triangle in the upper right corner. Sending a report like this is very helpful when we're trying to sort out the issue
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01-30-2012, 12:54 PM
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Moderator
2017 26' Flying Cloud
Alamo Heights
, Texas
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,524
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that email address also shows in the list of recent bogus-offer email addresses on this UK bogus-offer warning page.
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Zero Gravitas — 2017 Flying Cloud 26U | WBCCI# 15566
He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. — Sir Winston Churchill
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01-30-2012, 02:12 PM
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Rivet Master
Port Orchard
, Washington
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 4,463
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kposey
We have another scammer on here with the email address of c_mages@yahoo.com and name of Curtis Mages. This is the 2nd time in one week that my ad has been "inquired on from a very interested party."
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I'm not sure what you mean by "on here". Are you saying it is an Airforums member?
Ken
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01-30-2012, 02:31 PM
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Rivet Master
1967 22' Safari
1960 Caravel
Edmonds
, Washington
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 2,499
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Quote:
Originally Posted by w7ts
I'm not sure what you mean by "on here". Are you saying it is an Airforums member?
Ken
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He was...
Airforum members please report any suspect activity to a Moderator or contact the help desk Contact Us.
We will be more then happy to look into it. 
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Lee
1973 F-250 4X4 390
1965 Chevy Suburban 454
AIR 6030
WBCCI 4258
TCT
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