Fraud Alert: Online Scammers Targeting New Gun Buyers CCW Scheme

[Annihilator]

Good article about online scams, good information. All should read

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[Old_Me]

yeah, i saw a bunch of those ads over the past year or two.

one even had a "badge" of sorts for you to carry..!!

 

[Wirenut]

I still get those e-mails.
I knew it was a scam, because in Illinois there are so many hoops to jump through just to obtain a firearm let alone a conceal carry permit one would think they are joining the circus.

 

[BET7]

Never saw this before. Thanks for posting Anni.

 

[TidalWave]

…caveat emptor, as always.
I hate to say it, because anybody can be fooled if the situation is complicated enough, but…the scammer is only 50% of the scam equation.

 

[SimonRL]

Good article about online scams, good information. All should read

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Nice avatar, Benny!

 

[Annihilator]

I still get those e-mails.
I knew it was a scam, because in Illinois there are so many hoops to jump through just to obtain a firearm let alone a conceal carry permit one would think they are joining the circus.

I get emails stating my purchase with Norton/Lifelock, Amazon went through payment is being processed on my debit card or PayPal, for one thing, I don’t have a debit card or PayPal, no Amazon account…….plus if you read the so called invoice, there is alway a typographical error in it, all I do is laugh and delete them

 

[Keystone19250]

yeah, i saw a bunch of those ads over the past year or two.

one even had a "badge" of sorts for you to carry..!!

I don’t need no stinking badges.

 

[Keystone19250]

Good article about online scams, good information. All should read

fraud-alert-online-scammers-bogus-ccw-scheme

Used to receive those emails all the time. Bogus crap.

 

[Old_Me]

I don’t need no stinking badges.

you gotta do it right, Jose`

 

[BET7]

I get emails stating my purchase with Norton/Lifelock, Amazon went through payment is being processed on my debit card or PayPal, for one thing, I don’t have a debit card or PayPal, no Amazon account…….plus if you read the so called invoice, there is alway a typographical error in it, all I do is laugh and delete them

Those I get all the time....they get deleted.

 

[Annihilator]

I don’t need no stinking badges.

 

[Annihilator]

Nice avatar, Benny!

 

[Wirenut]

There is only one that stopped.
I guess the nigerians found someone to cash the lottery ticket for them.

 

[Pitdogg2]

I still get those e-mails.
I knew it was a scam, because in Illinois there are so many hoops to jump through just to obtain a firearm let alone a conceal carry permit one would think they are joining the circus.

Hey I passed my "trapeze" training in the great state of crook county....

 

[javbike]

Thanks anni I get those Damn email all the time delate

 

[KI4WTF]

Not sure but I think it was PT Barnum that said something like "there's a sucker born every minute"........

 

[youngolddude]

It's not just the bogus CCW sites, it's the bogus ammo and primer sites that will take your money. Bad hombres pop up like pimples on a teenager, so buyer be very aware.

 

[Keystone19250]

Although not gun related and to those that do use Facebook to keep in contact with family and friends another scam has raised its ugly head in regards to the Facebook Messenger site, I have received no less then three messages from people I do not know telling me to click on a link to see the announcement of someone who has died that I also do not know. I have deleted Messenger and will never reinstall it on my phone and have posted on FB why I’ve done so.
Be safe out there my friends.