New scam - Gunbroker

[edgarspencer]

I think it’s pretty safe to say, the “winning bidder” of each of those phoney auctions has to know they got scammed. I knew of the gun, and the real seller, well before the a$$hole put up the phoney listings, and I was in the presence of the real buyer and seller when the rubber hit the road.

[Jay Oliver]

I will also add, I do have paperwork form the seller, who said that they reported what was going on GunBroker to the FBI. I am glad the listing is down.

I think we will all be much more cautious if we buy through GunBroker. And since all this starting happening I notice that I am not checking the Website as often...

[Mills]

The phony listings are one concern, but the fact Gunbroker seems slow and unwilling to do much about it is a bigger concern. I am going there less myself.

[John Allen]

Well, this scam situation with gunbroker just hit home for me. I have a set of 3 Kimber rifles listed on gunsinternational. I just got an email that they are listed on gunbroker now. After checking it out, I have contacted gunbroker but have not heard back from them yet. Somene will lose a lot of money if the sale closes in 9 hours and they give the thieves their credit card. I would advise everyone to stay away from gunbroker. I have seen at least a dozen scams like this in the past month. No telling how many have been successful. We are just catching the obvious ones.

[Joe from MO]

Originally Posted by John Allen

Well, this scam situation with gunbroker just hit home for me. I have a set of 3 Kimber rifles listed on gunsinternational. I just got an email that they are listed on gunbroker now. After checking it out, I have contacted gunbroker but have not heard back from them yet. Somene will lose a lot of money if the sale closes in 9 hours and they give the thieves their credit card. I would advise everyone to stay away from gunbroker. I have seen at least a dozen scams like this in the past month. No telling how many have been successful. We are just catching the obvious ones.

What's funny in a not so funny way, is the guy got slammed on a review, then even had the nads to respond.....

It's a shame this sort of stuff is happening, and GB is not doing a very good job of policing their site.

[John Allen]

I contacted GB at 11 this morning. So far I have had no response from them. Not only will someone possibly lose a lot of money, it makes people confused and wary of buying the guns. It must be working because there are more and more fake adds showing up.

[John Allen]

Some kind soul bid it up and then gave fraud feedback. The thief is no longer a registered user on GB. My thanks to whoever did the job on this clown. Too bad we can't send an electrical charge back through cyberspacer and fry his computer.

[double barrel]

Looky here gunbroker I
Has changed ownership

[Mills]

Very interesting and explains a lot