Tim Tyler Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Buy & Sell in the SteadicamForum.com Marketplace at your Own Risk. If you receive an email that looks like it's from SteadicamForum.com, make sure the web links in the email are exactly SteadicamForum.com, not something similar. Scammers can make a web site that looks just like SteadicamForum.com but is a fake. If you log in to their fake forum, they'll have your real forum login and can hack your account here on the real forum. If you are tricked into clicking the link the scammer will steal your forum login, change your forum password and email address, and impersonate you in the forum. They will use your account to send out fake login emails to other forum members and try to hack their accounts too. If you are considering buying from a forum member, please please please do some research and make sure they are who they say they are before you send anyone funds, even if they are a long-time forum member. A long time member's account may have been compromised by an impostor. Any legitimate seller or buyer will be happy to provide you with real information. Scammers typically just try to make the sale quickly without answering any complicated questions. Don't rush it.Call the person on the phone and talk in detail about the item and transaction details. Make sure they know what they're talking about. If they're the seller, have them immediately text you photos of the item that you can tell are current. Ask them to pose in the picture. Use a payment method that includes fraud protection. Don't use PayPal's "Gift" option which does not offer any protection. Do not use a bank transfer to send money. Bank transfers are not reversible and do not offer buyer protection. Change your forum password. Use the forum's Two Factor Authentication feature. This protects your account from being compromised. Be safe. 3 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Marc R. Berger Posted February 6, 2019 Premium Members Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 Good post! I would like to add (More fro sellers): Double check your PayPal account when you receive money!!! There is a lot of fraud with wrong messages about money sent to you. They make it look like they sent you money which is unlocked after you'll sent them the tracking number of the parcel. This kind of transactions is only to get access to your PayPal account. Normally by checking your Paypal account before answering them makes it clear they didn't send anything. Hope you understood, my english is not the best. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Tyler Posted June 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2020 Original post updated to include: Do not use a bank transfers to send money. Bank transfers are not reversible and do not offer buyer protection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Gus Trivino Posted March 13, 2022 Premium Members Report Share Posted March 13, 2022 Hello everyone A few days ago a scammer contacted me outside the forum trying to sell me a sled - which was posted on the forum by another user - I followed the game to see how far it went.. He called himself "John Weekend", and his email is: johnwkd468@gmail.com Googling his email I found that he had already tried to scam in another forum: https://www.thecj2apage.com/forums/scam-user-name-johnwkd_topic50570_post514794.html#514794 The paypal account where he wanted me to send money is: ndungufran23@gmail.com Be careful. Greetings to all, Gus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Gus Trivino Posted May 7, 2022 Premium Members Report Share Posted May 7, 2022 Take care of Drex Timmy. He contacted me by email trying to scam. Gus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Tyler Posted May 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2022 John Weekend was banned a month ago. We don't have a "drex" on this forum. I have just banned the "Leo Liam" account. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Tilo Burmeister Posted May 9, 2022 Premium Members Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 Thank you Gus for worning. Lio Liam alias Drex Timmy contacted me also for a search from me with stolen picks from the forum. regards, Tilo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Loren Hamilton Posted May 9, 2022 Premium Members Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 (edited) On 3/13/2022 at 5:47 AM, Gus Trivino said: Hello everyone A few days ago a scammer contacted me outside the forum trying to sell me a sled - which was posted on the forum by another user - I followed the game to see how far it went.. He called himself "John Weekend", and his email is: johnwkd468@gmail.com Googling his email I found that he had already tried to scam in another forum: https://www.thecj2apage.com/forums/scam-user-name-johnwkd_topic50570_post514794.html#514794 The paypal account where he wanted me to send money is: ndungufran23@gmail.com Be careful. Greetings to all, Gus I can second this so-called "John Weekend." He tried to contact me about a Sushi Server and was saying very strange things, and was trying to get me to do Paypal Friends/Family Payment. I kept asking for photos and he kept telling me his phone was blind (?) and when he did send photos they were simply images of the few other used Sushi Servers on the Forum/online. He also was trying to get his friend, Tom Wills (who is an actual operator on here, and he confirmed to me that he never messaged me the things this imposter Tom Wills stated) to sell me something and had the same strange typing style and this so-called blind phone issue. Throughout all of this, I was very skeptical of his/their choice of words and typo's, and once John said that he'd preferred iTunes gift cards I knew this was nooo bueno. So yeah, be cautious of Mr. Weekend, and his potential false claims to be other people on the Forum. Edited May 9, 2022 by Loren Hamilton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Tom Wills Posted May 10, 2022 Premium Members Report Share Posted May 10, 2022 21 hours ago, Loren Hamilton said: I can second this so-called "John Weekend." He tried to contact me about a Sushi Server and was saying very strange things, and was trying to get me to do Paypal Friends/Family Payment. I kept asking for photos and he kept telling me his phone was blind (?) and when he did send photos they were simply images of the few other used Sushi Servers on the Forum/online. He also was trying to get his friend, Tom Wills (who is an actual operator on here, and he confirmed to me that he never messaged me the things this imposter Tom Wills stated) to sell me something and had the same strange typing style and this so-called blind phone issue. Throughout all of this, I was very skeptical of his/their choice of words and typo's, and once John said that he'd preferred iTunes gift cards I knew this was nooo bueno. So yeah, be cautious of Mr. Weekend, and his potential false claims to be other people on the Forum. I remember when you told me this - so strange for someone to try to impersonate me! I’m far too easy to find and corroborate stories with for that to work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Haris Pallas Posted August 24, 2022 Premium Members Report Share Posted August 24, 2022 Hello everyone, A while ago, someone message me by the name Jeff Timothy, about a Jerry Hill docking bracket that I'm looking for. He's trying to make me contact someone else in the email: richardkaren004@gmail.com He joined the forum 1 hour ago, with no information, so this is an obvious scam. Be careful..! - Haris - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Tyler Posted August 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2022 I've just banned that account. Thanks for the notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Matias Wajner Posted December 26, 2022 Premium Members Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 (edited) Hey everyone, Someone contacted me through my email from my website, they said they saw my post on the steadicam forum. They said they were Barbara Holler from NewProVideo. They were not, everything played out and looked real besides the email they were using wasn’t from the companies website. NewProVideo is a great equipment resale company and wouldn’t scam. It seems the email is one from Europe that is anonymous. The info they sent me is from a post they stole from 2015. I contacted newprovideo today and they said it wasn’t them. Be careful out there! Edited December 26, 2022 by Matias Wajner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members cesar Astinza Posted August 15, 2023 Premium Members Report Share Posted August 15, 2023 Hello everyone, How do I deal with a member ( KAPIL VERMA) that asks me on the forum about the Wave 1 that I have for sale since July 19 2023 and then I find out that he puts an Add on the Facebook group Steadicam Gear: RENT | SELL | WANT TO BUY on August 14 2023 , with the same pictures I took stating that the gear is in India? The Wave is with me, but some one is about to get scammed. I believe his account should be banned. Is confrontation the best option with scammers? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Tyler Posted August 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2023 I've just banned the account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members cesar Astinza Posted August 15, 2023 Premium Members Report Share Posted August 15, 2023 Thank you Tim. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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