Yeah - read the sticky. Common scam

 

I can't kick you, but I have a friend who can. I will PM you his email address.

Kidding aside, I hate that that happened to you. I hate that there are people like that, period.

 

Edit 9-4-2025: All SOLD...SOLD...SOLD

Okay RTSinDallas,
Sorry you got scammed once; don't let it happen again.

You didn't give us a hint what size you are looking for in a windshield, so I'll offer this.
I have 3 windshields for Gen 1 FJR in my collection.
One is a cut down shorty in very good condition, from another windshield that I liked in the summer.
One is the size of a barn door, also in very good condition, that I never used.
And one "just right size", that's beat all to shit, that I really liked.

I live in the DFW mid-cities area.
Windshields don't photo worth a damn.
If you would like to come see them and choose one, if you like, you could take it home on the spot.
If interested PM me.

dan

 

Okay RTSinDallas,
Sorry you got scammed once; don't let it happen again.

You didn't give us a hint what size you are looking for in a windshield, so I'll offer this.
I have 3 windshields for Gen 1 FJR in my collection.
One is a cut down shorty in very good condition, from another windshield that I liked in the summer.
One is the size of a barn door, also in very good condition, that I never used.
And one "just right size", that's beat all to shit, that I really liked.

I live in the DFW mid-cities area.
Windshields don't photo worth a damn.
If you would like to come see them and choose one, if you like, you could take it home on the spot.
If interested PM me.




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I’m interested in the shorty, I’m going to pm you

 

I have some Gen 1 screens in a box in the garage, too. I should take inventory and see if anybody can use them.

 

This is a good time to remind people to REPORT anything suspicious. Putting a username in a post doesn't help from the same person from scamming the next guy. Click the 3 dots in the post or message and REPORT it.

Thank you.

 

Sorry this happened to you, but as you said yourself - it had all alarm bells going off. I recently had to sit thru a phishing training class at work and I learned that emails that urge you to do something rushed are red flags. So, when my boss sent me an email asking for a report in a few hours I felt good about reporting that as phishing

 

Something I didn't see mentioned: Did you report the account to the moderators over there? Like RBN says, it helps the next person.

 

I wanted to follow up and let yall know that I have reported the scammer that PMed me to the moderators. I also reached out to Dan about buying one of his windshields.
Part of my penitence, besides the lost money, was to make my moronic mistake public on here, hoping it might remind others to stay vigilant.

 

Probably the same scammers that got me in my attempt to purchase an FJR windshield, per my original and follow up buyer beware posts.

 

.....he said he prefered an Apple gift card. I sent him a gift card for $50,......

Curious... how did you send an Apple gift card? Was it electronically to his email?

 

Yes, I assume it just goes to the email address with a link where they can redeem it.

 

The gift card thing is always the first clue, my 90 year dad was about to do something stupid until I asked him why he was about to buy a bunch of gift cards.
Its pretty sad today with all that is going on. Thanks for sharing this, most folks just move on and don't say anything.

 

There is an excellent channel on YouTube called "Scammer Payback". They not only show you how they hack the hackers, they also intervene in active scams and have actually inserted themselves into ongoing conversations and warned the victim of the scam and stopped it mid-act. Along the way, they explain what the scam is and how they "social engineer" the victim to often go to a kiosk in a convenience store and put thousands of dollars into a bitcoin (gold, etc.) account, etc. that takes their life's savings because of the fear they have been tricked into believing.

 

I don't know how that works but have you called Apple, or wherever you purchased it from? Apple may be able to tell you who redeemed it. You might then get a real identity to track down.

 

Make sure every spammer across the globe has his email address.

 

Minimal quality list since it doesn't have any "naughty" type sites that promote "enhancement" pills and surgeries. For a long time I had a filter that deleted any email at mention of male anatomy. Stayed put until I started missing emails from a support engineer on some drag bike competition grade ignition coils I had bought.

 

This is zero fault of the FJR Owner's site, but I got scammed. I responded to an older ad on here for a windshield for my Gen 1. A Tom P. PMed me and said he had a friend selling one and gave the email veetoone@outlook.com. I emailed the guy and agreed to buy it, and when I asked him if he took Paypal or Venmo, he said he prefered an Apple gift card. I sent him a gift card for $50, and he said he would ship it that coming Saturday. On Sat he emailed that the shipping was more than anticipated, so I gave him another $25 to cover the overage. I asked for a tracking number and never got a response. When I searched the email address, I found it had been used to scam a person on a KTM site.
I'm normally very careful, but I let my guard down and got burned. I should of seen the redflags, like Tom P. didn't have any previous post and sending gift cards that couldn't be traced. I'm mad at myself more than anything, but I wanted put this out there to warn others to be more cautious than I was.

Hate to read this. I encountered a similar situation on the VW site. I responded to an ad about some rims and was sent a PM by someone. I was directed to send an email to the "seller", which I did. After contacting the "seller" we emailed back and forth for a bit, until he wanted me to send a deposit because he had so many others interested in rims he'd had for sale for several months. I smelled scam and politely told him to piss off.

 

Now would be a good time to tell you that text message you got about unpaid tolls and police coming to arrest you is also a scam; don’t click the link!

Also your friend or family member is not in dire need of bail money to be paid in gift cards or Venmo.

 

And that Saudi Prince is NOT giving you $27 million if you Paypal him $500 for shipping it.

 

Not intended for anyone here, scammers are the scourge of the earth......... have a chuckle.

 

Too bad the admins can't somehow make it mandatory for newbies to read the stickies at the top of the market place forum in order to sign up.

 

A Ron White quote comes to mind. Seriously - sorry for folks who got taken and if a Nigerian prince offers you some money just delete the email.