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    ive been scammed help needed

    I posted in engines wanted ,2.5 drag wanted ,a member called Dosebams messaged me and sent me an email ,ive been talking to a guy that calls himself Neal Dana from new york ,im hoping someone else might know of him he seemed to know about engines ,anyway I sent 10 k he allegedly shipped the engine ,to California ,it didn't show ,I made contact with shipper they want 2500 and said there shipping to Aus ,but no paper work ,and on closer inspection their website appears to be fake ,this is a pretty elaberote scam .I need help ,if anyone knows Neal dana I need all his info ,same with member Dosebams ,if moderaters could contact me id appreciate .
    be careful when buying ,I thought I was ,but looks like ive been had

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    Sorry to hear this has happened. But First Rule of thumb is proceed with extreme caution when dealing with people that only have 5 Posts and No interaction activity. In searching his profile name It appears hes been Banned. Dosebams
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    So the likely hood of anyone having information on him is probably 0%. You could file suit here in the US for Interstate and International mail Fraud with the local police where you processed your payment to him. Thats if such a person even exists. And Hopefully you used a secure way of paying??
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    Scam for sure. Dosebams was trying to get me to email the Dana guy when i was purchasing a powrerhead back in october. Sorry to hear

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    Yes this is becoming a real problem. I posted a wanted add for props and on two separate occasions got PMs with email addressed to reach out to for the props. This first time I emailed and then texted with someone. They even had pictures of the props I was after but fortunately I noted they were small shaft props and I asked to confirm and they kept saying they were fat shaft. I went on to ask more questions about what boats they ran them on and got some response that didn't make sense at all. That triggered me to look at the screamandfly profile and I realized they had very few post and that the whole thing was a scam.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lake rat Skater View Post
    Yes this is becoming a real problem. I posted a wanted add for props and on two separate occasions got PMs with email addressed to reach out to for the props. This first time I emailed and then texted with someone. They even had pictures of the props I was after but fortunately I noted they were small shaft props and I asked to confirm and they kept saying they were fat shaft. I went on to ask more questions about what boats they ran them on and got some response that didn't make sense at all. That triggered me to look at the screamandfly profile and I realized they had very few post and that the whole thing was a scam.
    Same here, posted in parts wanted and was contacted telling me to email so and so that he has the part! The person contacting me only had 1 forum post, I knew something was fishy!!! Beware!!!

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    Might help others for members to post how they make payment for long distance transactions. On large purchases I've done wire transfer to sellers local attorney. Might be able to do same with sellers bank. Sure there are as many options as members on here.

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    Man, that is a tough lesson, but I never mail, PayPal, or otherwise send any amount of money I am not willing to “lose.” When I bought my powerhead, I showed up to the guy’s home with cash. When he unbolted the powerhead, I gave him the cash. That is the only way to be certain you are getting what you paid for. I drove 1,631 miles in 31 hours.

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    I posted in the Engine Wanted section recently and got a pm from Dosebams and an email from christy07 both referring me to someone that had what I wanted. In each instance they provided an email (gmail) to contact. I didn't bite but there seems to be lots of this going on.

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    Be on lookout for members with 0 activity, I’ve been messaged multiple times already.

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    Well I guess reading other members experiences I’m definitely scammed , I wire transferred the money to an account in Texas he wouldn’t do PayPal .does this I’d card look legit Click image for larger version. 

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    Reading this post is unfortunately familiar, I advertised in the parts wanted section mid January looking for some carbs to purchase. I also received a PM from Dosebams stating he had a friend with the carbs I was looking for and passed on an email address and to contact his friend at a gmail address. I did that and received 1 message back stating he had the parts I was searching.
    I asked Neal which was suppose to be his name? to forward to me some pictures of the carbs and I guess fortunately for me that was the last I heard from him as obviously he did not have the requested parts I had requested pictures of and therefore could not respond back.

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    Yeah he had these two pics for me , didn’t send any others I requested , even sent me a reference email in newzeland that I checked out but was proably him
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    Just a FYI, If you buy/pay for anything on Paypal always send as a product... not friends and family. You can dispute the charge through paypal like any other bank. And if the seller can't prove you got the part by a signature and delivery date, You will get your money back 9 out of 10 times. If someone asks you to send money but only through friends or family then I wouldn't deal with them.

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    Those pictures were pulled from this thread posted in 2016.

    https://www.screamandfly.com/showthr...5-Mercury-Drag

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    I had the same scenario looking for a sportmaster lower. Dosebams messaged me that Neal Dana had one. Long story short he pulled pictures of three different lowers trying to get me to bite but i found all three lowers in the classified section on here from past random posts. I contacted screamandfly.com admin and they banned Dosebams from here and said they are going to do a ip report so that he can't open a new account from the same ip address. Sorry about your luck. Nothing I hate worse than a thief.

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