Re: [MBZ] OT, FBM Buyers
I get fake text messages from time to time, baiting me to reply. This would confirm that I have a legit cell phone number which I suppose the scammers can sell to other scammers. Typical msg: "How have you been? Long time no see". On Mon, Jul 10, 2023 at 5:00 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I dug into this a bit and apparently the usual scam is they want to get > your phone number and then they will try to port it or set up a Google > Voice account for that phone number. When the confirmation code gets sent > to your phone, they will ask for it to "verify you are authentic" or some > such reason. If you send them the code then they can take over your phone > number. > > > > > On Mon, Jul 10, 2023, at 14:35, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: > > I don't know what the scam is but perhaps they will want to conduct the > > transaction outside of the FBM, thereby avoiding selling fess (if any?) > > or skirting any buyer fraud protection that FBM may offer. > > > > Or maybe they want just your phone number to start harassing you with > > text message and robocall scams. Phone number by itself should not be > > *too* valuable, but a known working/active phone number is worth more > > than a random one. > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 10, 2023, at 13:29, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: > >> Is there some kind of scam where a potential purchaser gets your phone > number? > >> > >> Just listed something and had two responses asking for a phone number. > >> Seems fishy. > >> > >> > >> Rick > >> ___ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT, FBM Buyers
I dug into this a bit and apparently the usual scam is they want to get your phone number and then they will try to port it or set up a Google Voice account for that phone number. When the confirmation code gets sent to your phone, they will ask for it to "verify you are authentic" or some such reason. If you send them the code then they can take over your phone number. On Mon, Jul 10, 2023, at 14:35, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: > I don't know what the scam is but perhaps they will want to conduct the > transaction outside of the FBM, thereby avoiding selling fess (if any?) > or skirting any buyer fraud protection that FBM may offer. > > Or maybe they want just your phone number to start harassing you with > text message and robocall scams. Phone number by itself should not be > *too* valuable, but a known working/active phone number is worth more > than a random one. > > > On Mon, Jul 10, 2023, at 13:29, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: >> Is there some kind of scam where a potential purchaser gets your phone >> number? >> >> Just listed something and had two responses asking for a phone number. >> Seems fishy. >> >> >> Rick >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT, FBM Buyers
I never give my phone number out unless absolutely necessary, which is very rare. For that I've got a Google Voice burner number. There are no fees on FBM that I am aware of, so it's not a means of skirting them as far as I know. -D From: Mercedes on behalf of Bob Rentfro via Mercedes Sent: Monday, July 10, 2023 2:52 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Bob Rentfro Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, FBM Buyers Yeah, that’s the big thing on the fake book right now. Mine said somewhere like, “I don’t use Facebook so please send me your phone number.” AZBob Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 10, 2023, at 11:41 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > I had the same. I put in my ads that I will not give my number, all > questions can be answered thru Facebook > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 10, 2023, at 1:30 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> Is there some kind of scam where a potential purchaser gets your phone >> number? >> >> Just listed something and had two responses asking for a phone number. Seems >> fishy. >> >> >> Rick >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT, FBM Buyers
I don't know what the scam is but perhaps they will want to conduct the transaction outside of the FBM, thereby avoiding selling fess (if any?) or skirting any buyer fraud protection that FBM may offer. Or maybe they want just your phone number to start harassing you with text message and robocall scams. Phone number by itself should not be *too* valuable, but a known working/active phone number is worth more than a random one. On Mon, Jul 10, 2023, at 13:29, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: > Is there some kind of scam where a potential purchaser gets your phone number? > > Just listed something and had two responses asking for a phone number. > Seems fishy. > > > Rick > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT, FBM Buyers
Yeah, that’s the big thing on the fake book right now. Mine said somewhere like, “I don’t use Facebook so please send me your phone number.” AZBob Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 10, 2023, at 11:41 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > I had the same. I put in my ads that I will not give my number, all > questions can be answered thru Facebook > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 10, 2023, at 1:30 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> Is there some kind of scam where a potential purchaser gets your phone >> number? >> >> Just listed something and had two responses asking for a phone number. Seems >> fishy. >> >> >> Rick >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT, FBM Buyers
I had the same. I put in my ads that I will not give my number, all questions can be answered thru Facebook Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 10, 2023, at 1:30 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > wrote: > > Is there some kind of scam where a potential purchaser gets your phone > number? > > Just listed something and had two responses asking for a phone number. Seems > fishy. > > > Rick > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
