There really is no repercussion for "buying" the item to shut it down. Except negative feedback. Which Gunbroker would remove once it is clear that it is a scam. So it really is a great way to take the matter into ones own hands when it is seen.
I had previously noticed that these bogus accounts do work together (likely are the same person anyway) to leave positive feedback for each other. In this case the seller had 3 positive feedbacks from three different users, all were very low ratings and two of which were no longer registered users.
Spotting the scam listings is pretty damn easy. The pricing is half what the gun should be and the feedback ratings are NR or very low.
You can report fraudulent listings, but it is not very easily done directly from the listing. You have to write down the listing numbers and then follow a number of links and then report the information to them that way.
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