Hey Todd,

 

Just wanted to let you know about a scam some guy was trying to pull based on one of my ads on the e IGT website.

 

I have an FN 509 MRD advertised on the site.  I was texted from a number saying he wanted to buy the gun.  He asked me to show the gun as sold but I told him I wouldn’t do that until his certified check cleared.  I asked him to send me his FFL information.  He sent me a photo of an FFL out of Utah.  I asked his name and he said it was the name on the FFL.

 

The check arrived today and it was not a certified check and the check was from a business in Monroe LA.  The agreed price of the gun was to be $825 but the check was for $1700. 

 

I asked why it was for more and he gave some song and dance about the remaining amount being for his child support so just send him the remaining amount.  I let him know this was sounding pretty scammy and that I would be destroying the check and there would be no sale. 

 

He wanted to call me but I told him no and not to ever contact me again.  I also told him I wouldn’t be filing a report with local law enforcement and that I wouldn’t be contacting the ATF (to make them aware of the attempted scam since an FFL was potentially the victim of Identity Theft).

 

There were a lot of red flags with this.  As I said, the FFL was out of Utah (I looked the FFL up and it appears to be a legit FFL), the check was from a business out of Louisiana, the phone number is from Nashville TN and the return address was from Dublin CA.

 

I’m a retired cop and unfortunately have seen scams like this way too often.  I was just thinking that you might be interested in this information incase anyone contacts you about a situation similar.

 

Thanks for your time and thank you for the great website!

 

Dave L.