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| | | Author: | Gingerela  | | Posted: | Jun 2, 2022 20:42 | | Subject: | Suspicious Seller Possible Scammer | | Viewed: | 399 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| https://store.bricklink.com/rector77777#/shop
Does anyone else notice anything odd about this store? They had zero sales as
of yesterday afternoon. They had 4 Green Grocer sets listed which sold out overnight.
Today they posted several more. They also added more high end sets like the
Black Pearl, all in numerous quantities.
They only have two reviews for sales which only took place yesterday. Both reviewers
have zero feedback. Also, they are offering free FED-EX shipping anywhere in
the world. I have a strong suspicion this may be a scammer. If you agree, please
help by reporting this to the admins so they can check it out.
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| | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jun 2, 2022 21:28 | | Subject: | Re: Suspicious Seller Possible Scammer | | Viewed: | 82 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Also if you look at the dates of the new accounts they were made within 24-48
hours of leaving feedback but in my experience, people don't usually leave
feedback before they get the product, especially for brand new sets I would be
surprised if they were additional accounts they made to leave feedback.
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| | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Jun 2, 2022 21:28 | | Subject: | Re: Suspicious Seller Possible Scammer | | Viewed: | 72 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Gingerela writes:
It's fishier than fishes themselves 
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help by reporting this to the admins so they can check it out.
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Please send a message to Russell, he posted an hour ago?
Or report one of the lots saying the whole seems bizarre?
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| | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jun 2, 2022 21:32 | | Subject: | Re: Suspicious Seller Possible Scammer | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| | | Or report one of the lots saying the whole seems bizarre?
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Just did but I didn't know what category to report it as so I reported it
as modified, counterfit, etc and added a link to this message thread
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Jun 2, 2022 21:36 | | Subject: | Re: Suspicious Seller Possible Scammer | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Nubs_Select writes:
| | | | Or report one of the lots saying the whole seems bizarre?
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Just did but I didn't know what category to report it as so I reported it
as modified, counterfit, etc and added a link to this message thread
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That's seems fine to me, thanks!
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| | | | | | | Author: | Gingerela | | Posted: | Jun 2, 2022 22:46 | | Subject: | Re: Suspicious Seller Possible Scammer | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| How does one reach Russell?
In General, 1001bricks writes:
| | In General, Gingerela writes:
It's fishier than fishes themselves
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help by reporting this to the admins so they can check it out.
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Please send a message to Russell, he posted an hour ago?
Or report one of the lots saying the whole seems bizarre?
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Jun 2, 2022 22:52 | | Subject: | Re: Suspicious Seller Possible Scammer | | Viewed: | 90 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Gingerela writes:
| | How does one reach Russell?
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For example replying to one of his posts:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1343732
Or asking Forum mods to push this if they can (but I don't know):
https://www.bricklink.com/contact.asp?adminType=Discussions%20Moderator&adminCode=6
| | In General, 1001bricks writes:
| | In General, Gingerela writes:
It's fishier than fishes themselves
| | If you agree, please
help by reporting this to the admins so they can check it out.
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Please send a message to Russell, he posted an hour ago?
Or report one of the lots saying the whole seems bizarre?
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Gingerela | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2022 00:36 | | Subject: | Re: Suspicious Seller Possible Scammer | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Done. Thank you.
In General, 1001bricks writes:
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2022 03:53 | | Subject: | Re: Suspicious Seller Possible Scammer | | Viewed: | 78 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, 1001bricks writes:
Not much we can do there, a bit out of scope...
But I reported the user here selecting suspected Scam/Fraud and stating that
the admins need to take a closer look to that store.
https://www.bricklink.com/problemMember.asp
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| | In General, 1001bricks writes:
| | In General, Gingerela writes:
It's fishier than fishes themselves
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help by reporting this to the admins so they can check it out.
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Please send a message to Russell, he posted an hour ago?
Or report one of the lots saying the whole seems bizarre?
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| | | | | Author: | Yo_Yo_Flamingo | | Posted: | Jun 2, 2022 21:57 | | Subject: | Re: Suspicious Seller Possible Scammer | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Gingerela writes:
| | https://store.bricklink.com/rector77777#/shop
Does anyone else notice anything odd about this store? They had zero sales as
of yesterday afternoon. They had 4 Green Grocer sets listed which sold out overnight.
Today they posted several more. They also added more high end sets like the
Black Pearl, all in numerous quantities.
They only have two reviews for sales which only took place yesterday. Both reviewers
have zero feedback. Also, they are offering free FED-EX shipping anywhere in
the world. I have a strong suspicion this may be a scammer. If you agree, please
help by reporting this to the admins so they can check it out.
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100% A scam. Perhaps there could be a feature where you can only list up to X
dollar amount within the first few weeks of opening a store?
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| | | | | Author: | legoman77 | | Posted: | Jun 2, 2022 22:00 | | Subject: | Re: Suspicious Seller Possible Scammer | | Viewed: | 79 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Gingerela writes:
| | https://store.bricklink.com/rector77777#/shop
Does anyone else notice anything odd about this store? They had zero sales as
of yesterday afternoon. They had 4 Green Grocer sets listed which sold out overnight.
Today they posted several more. They also added more high end sets like the
Black Pearl, all in numerous quantities.
They only have two reviews for sales which only took place yesterday. Both reviewers
have zero feedback. Also, they are offering free FED-EX shipping anywhere in
the world. I have a strong suspicion this may be a scammer. If you agree, please
help by reporting this to the admins so they can check it out.
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I do not like their use of 7s.
John P
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| | | | | Author: | TheCuteGiraffe | | Posted: | Jun 2, 2022 22:29 | | Subject: | Re: Suspicious Seller Possible Scammer | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Yeah I mean like that many Black Pearl and that many Taj Mahals. I mean that
looks very suspicious. Yeah someone should report to Russel or one of the other
Admins.
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| | | | | Author: | rab1234 | | Posted: | Jun 2, 2022 22:48 | | Subject: | Re: Suspicious Seller Possible Scammer | | Viewed: | 72 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Lots of people foolishly ordering as well. Use common sense please...
To paraphrase a great movie quote: "If it wasn't for people like them, there
wouldn't be any thievery in this world, would there?"
In General, Gingerela writes:
| | https://store.bricklink.com/rector77777#/shop
Does anyone else notice anything odd about this store? They had zero sales as
of yesterday afternoon. They had 4 Green Grocer sets listed which sold out overnight.
Today they posted several more. They also added more high end sets like the
Black Pearl, all in numerous quantities.
They only have two reviews for sales which only took place yesterday. Both reviewers
have zero feedback. Also, they are offering free FED-EX shipping anywhere in
the world. I have a strong suspicion this may be a scammer. If you agree, please
help by reporting this to the admins so they can check it out.
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| | | | | Author: | Sadler_Bricks | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2022 03:40 | | Subject: | Re: Suspicious Seller Possible Scammer | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| For sure strange activity thanks for the heads up.
Sadler_bricks
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| | | | | Author: | rab1234 | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2022 09:18 | | Subject: | Re: Suspicious Seller Possible Scammer | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| looks like they've already scammed people to the tune of 15 to 20 thousand
dollars.... people sure are greedy and lose common sense when they think they're
getting a deal.
In General, Gingerela writes:
| | https://store.bricklink.com/rector77777#/shop
Does anyone else notice anything odd about this store? They had zero sales as
of yesterday afternoon. They had 4 Green Grocer sets listed which sold out overnight.
Today they posted several more. They also added more high end sets like the
Black Pearl, all in numerous quantities.
They only have two reviews for sales which only took place yesterday. Both reviewers
have zero feedback. Also, they are offering free FED-EX shipping anywhere in
the world. I have a strong suspicion this may be a scammer. If you agree, please
help by reporting this to the admins so they can check it out.
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| | | | | | | Author: | Stuart9 | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2022 09:36 | | Subject: | Re: Suspicious Seller Possible Scammer | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| The store is still open.
In General, rab1234 writes:
| | looks like they've already scammed people to the tune of 15 to 20 thousand
dollars.... people sure are greedy and lose common sense when they think they're
getting a deal.
In General, Gingerela writes:
| | https://store.bricklink.com/rector77777#/shop
Does anyone else notice anything odd about this store? They had zero sales as
of yesterday afternoon. They had 4 Green Grocer sets listed which sold out overnight.
Today they posted several more. They also added more high end sets like the
Black Pearl, all in numerous quantities.
They only have two reviews for sales which only took place yesterday. Both reviewers
have zero feedback. Also, they are offering free FED-EX shipping anywhere in
the world. I have a strong suspicion this may be a scammer. If you agree, please
help by reporting this to the admins so they can check it out.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2022 09:54 | | Subject: | Re: Suspicious Seller Possible Scammer | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Stuart9 writes:
| | The store is still open.
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It’s 6:53am in Irvine….
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| | | | | | | Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2022 10:01 | | Subject: | Re: Suspicious Seller Possible Scammer | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, rab1234 writes:
| | looks like they've already scammed people to the tune of 15 to 20 thousand
dollars.... people sure are greedy and lose common sense when they think they're
getting a deal.
In General, Gingerela writes:
| | https://store.bricklink.com/rector77777#/shop
Does anyone else notice anything odd about this store? They had zero sales as
of yesterday afternoon. They had 4 Green Grocer sets listed which sold out overnight.
Today they posted several more. They also added more high end sets like the
Black Pearl, all in numerous quantities.
They only have two reviews for sales which only took place yesterday. Both reviewers
have zero feedback. Also, they are offering free FED-EX shipping anywhere in
the world. I have a strong suspicion this may be a scammer. If you agree, please
help by reporting this to the admins so they can check it out.
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34 orders already. Good grief people! Have some healthy skepticism...
Jen
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Gingerela | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2022 10:20 | | Subject: | Re: Suspicious Seller Possible Scammer | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| When I first spotted this store, they had zero sales. I believe they have now
surpassed the $20K mark in just over 48 hours. I reported it yesterday, not
quite 24 hours ago. These scammers know how things work here and are well aware
that BL doesn't have the manpower to intervene quickly enough.
Buyers are probably banking on PayPal's buyer protection plan should the
deal be too good to be true. I wonder how long that protection plan is going
to be available. PayPal has been chipping away at it for the past two years.
It may be a matter of time before they offer it up for an additional fee.
In General, jennnifer writes:
| | In General, rab1234 writes:
| | looks like they've already scammed people to the tune of 15 to 20 thousand
dollars.... people sure are greedy and lose common sense when they think they're
getting a deal.
In General, Gingerela writes:
| | https://store.bricklink.com/rector77777#/shop
Does anyone else notice anything odd about this store? They had zero sales as
of yesterday afternoon. They had 4 Green Grocer sets listed which sold out overnight.
Today they posted several more. They also added more high end sets like the
Black Pearl, all in numerous quantities.
They only have two reviews for sales which only took place yesterday. Both reviewers
have zero feedback. Also, they are offering free FED-EX shipping anywhere in
the world. I have a strong suspicion this may be a scammer. If you agree, please
help by reporting this to the admins so they can check it out.
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34 orders already. Good grief people! Have some healthy skepticism...
Jen
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Stuart9 | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2022 10:32 | | Subject: | Re: Suspicious Seller Possible Scammer | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Have to agree with you about PayPal, the safeguard is exactly what they are banking
on.
In General, Gingerela writes:
| | When I first spotted this store, they had zero sales. I believe they have now
surpassed the $20K mark in just over 48 hours. I reported it yesterday, not
quite 24 hours ago. These scammers know how things work here and are well aware
that BL doesn't have the manpower to intervene quickly enough.
Buyers are probably banking on PayPal's buyer protection plan should the
deal be too good to be true. I wonder how long that protection plan is going
to be available. PayPal has been chipping away at it for the past two years.
It may be a matter of time before they offer it up for an additional fee.
In General, jennnifer writes:
| | In General, rab1234 writes:
| | looks like they've already scammed people to the tune of 15 to 20 thousand
dollars.... people sure are greedy and lose common sense when they think they're
getting a deal.
In General, Gingerela writes:
| | https://store.bricklink.com/rector77777#/shop
Does anyone else notice anything odd about this store? They had zero sales as
of yesterday afternoon. They had 4 Green Grocer sets listed which sold out overnight.
Today they posted several more. They also added more high end sets like the
Black Pearl, all in numerous quantities.
They only have two reviews for sales which only took place yesterday. Both reviewers
have zero feedback. Also, they are offering free FED-EX shipping anywhere in
the world. I have a strong suspicion this may be a scammer. If you agree, please
help by reporting this to the admins so they can check it out.
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34 orders already. Good grief people! Have some healthy skepticism...
Jen
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2022 10:48 | | Subject: | Re: Suspicious Seller Possible Scammer | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| | | Buyers are probably banking on PayPal's buyer protection plan should the
deal be too good to be true. I wonder how long that protection plan is going
to be available. PayPal has been chipping away at it for the past two years.
It may be a matter of time before they offer it up for an additional fee.
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Paypal won't remove buyer protection or charge the buyer for it. If they
do, buyers will ensure they pay by credit card and use a CC invoked chargeback
against PayPal when things go wrong. And anyone with a balance will do the same
- meaning PayPalhave to pay the CC fee on every transaction when currently they
don't have to when users use existing balance.
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| | | | | Author: | MMillere | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2022 10:34 | | Subject: | Re: Suspicious Seller Possible Scammer | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Now suspended, Hopefully Russell removes the sales from the price guide
Milissa
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| | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2022 10:37 | | Subject: | Re: Suspicious Seller Possible Scammer | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, MMillere writes:
| | Now suspended, Hopefully Russell removes the sales from the price guide
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Fake feedback removed as well
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| | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2022 10:54 | | Subject: | Re: Suspicious Seller Possible Scammer | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In General, Gingerela writes:
| | https://store.bricklink.com/rector77777#/shop
Does anyone else notice anything odd about this store? They had zero sales as
of yesterday afternoon. They had 4 Green Grocer sets listed which sold out overnight.
Today they posted several more. They also added more high end sets like the
Black Pearl, all in numerous quantities.
They only have two reviews for sales which only took place yesterday. Both reviewers
have zero feedback. Also, they are offering free FED-EX shipping anywhere in
the world. I have a strong suspicion this may be a scammer. If you agree, please
help by reporting this to the admins so they can check it out.
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Thanks to all who reported this store. 5 of the orders and about half of the
value was from sockpuppet accounts which left fake feedback. Since all payment
was completed onsite, people should be able to get their money back.
We are quite sure this attack is from a former BrickLink seller who was recently
shut down for dropshipping.
We will do our best to make sure these orders are removed from the price guide.
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What happens in a case like this. Are the buyers informed of the suspension and
advised to report fraud to PayPal immediately or can bricklink enforce refunds
if they were all paid through the bricklink PayPal link.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Admin_Russell | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2022 10:56 | | Subject: | Re: Suspicious Seller Possible Scammer | | Viewed: | 94 times | | Topic: | General | |
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BrickLink
ID CardAdmin_Russell
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Location:  USA, California |
| Member Since |
Contact |
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| In General, yorbrick writes:
| | In General, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In General, Gingerela writes:
| | https://store.bricklink.com/rector77777#/shop
Does anyone else notice anything odd about this store? They had zero sales as
of yesterday afternoon. They had 4 Green Grocer sets listed which sold out overnight.
Today they posted several more. They also added more high end sets like the
Black Pearl, all in numerous quantities.
They only have two reviews for sales which only took place yesterday. Both reviewers
have zero feedback. Also, they are offering free FED-EX shipping anywhere in
the world. I have a strong suspicion this may be a scammer. If you agree, please
help by reporting this to the admins so they can check it out.
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Thanks to all who reported this store. 5 of the orders and about half of the
value was from sockpuppet accounts which left fake feedback. Since all payment
was completed onsite, people should be able to get their money back.
We are quite sure this attack is from a former BrickLink seller who was recently
shut down for dropshipping.
We will do our best to make sure these orders are removed from the price guide.
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What happens in a case like this. Are the buyers informed of the suspension and
advised to report fraud to PayPal immediately or can bricklink enforce refunds
if they were all paid through the bricklink PayPal link.
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Yes. We have a "Scammer Alert" tool that immediately sends a message to all affected
buyers.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Admin_Russell | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2022 11:03 | | Subject: | Re: Suspicious Seller Possible Scammer | | Viewed: | 129 times | | Topic: | General | |
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BrickLink
ID CardAdmin_Russell
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| Location: USA, California |
| Member Since |
Contact |
Type |
Status |
| May 9, 2017 |
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Admin |
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| In General, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In General, yorbrick writes:
| | In General, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In General, Gingerela writes:
| | https://store.bricklink.com/rector77777#/shop
Does anyone else notice anything odd about this store? They had zero sales as
of yesterday afternoon. They had 4 Green Grocer sets listed which sold out overnight.
Today they posted several more. They also added more high end sets like the
Black Pearl, all in numerous quantities.
They only have two reviews for sales which only took place yesterday. Both reviewers
have zero feedback. Also, they are offering free FED-EX shipping anywhere in
the world. I have a strong suspicion this may be a scammer. If you agree, please
help by reporting this to the admins so they can check it out.
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Thanks to all who reported this store. 5 of the orders and about half of the
value was from sockpuppet accounts which left fake feedback. Since all payment
was completed onsite, people should be able to get their money back.
We are quite sure this attack is from a former BrickLink seller who was recently
shut down for dropshipping.
We will do our best to make sure these orders are removed from the price guide.
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What happens in a case like this. Are the buyers informed of the suspension and
advised to report fraud to PayPal immediately or can bricklink enforce refunds
if they were all paid through the bricklink PayPal link.
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Yes. We have a "Scammer Alert" tool that immediately sends a message to all affected
buyers.
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Sorry - didn't respond to the "or" part. BrickLink does not enforce refunds.
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| | | | | | | Author: | Gingerela | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2022 11:01 | | Subject: | Re: Suspicious Seller Possible Scammer | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Thank you so much, Russell! I was so concerned over this. One of my first
experiences on BL, and my first post ever, was about being scammed. I know what
that feels like and I was really worried about it.
I feel relieved to know that there is a process in place to alert you and others.
Thank you for your efforts.
In General, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In General, Gingerela writes:
| | https://store.bricklink.com/rector77777#/shop
Does anyone else notice anything odd about this store? They had zero sales as
of yesterday afternoon. They had 4 Green Grocer sets listed which sold out overnight.
Today they posted several more. They also added more high end sets like the
Black Pearl, all in numerous quantities.
They only have two reviews for sales which only took place yesterday. Both reviewers
have zero feedback. Also, they are offering free FED-EX shipping anywhere in
the world. I have a strong suspicion this may be a scammer. If you agree, please
help by reporting this to the admins so they can check it out.
|
Thanks to all who reported this store. 5 of the orders and about half of the
value was from sockpuppet accounts which left fake feedback. Since all payment
was completed onsite, people should be able to get their money back.
We are quite sure this attack is from a former BrickLink seller who was recently
shut down for dropshipping.
We will do our best to make sure these orders are removed from the price guide.
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