Please be aware of scams in the Wanted board

[Administrator]

Hi all,

Please be aware of scams when posting in the 'Wanted in East Dulwich' board.

Today, a suspicious forum member sent numerous private messages to people who had posted on this 'Wanted' board, claiming they had the item they were looking for and were prepared to sell it.

This forum member was newly registered, had 0 posts and had registered from an IP address outside of the UK.

They asked for people's phone numbers or emails so they could continue the conversation outside of the forum.

Fortunately, this was reported quickly and I managed to block them before harm was done.

If you have posted a listing in the Wanted in East Dulwich board, please note of the following:

 

• Be extra vigilant about giving out your phone number or email address to newly registered members, or ones with 0 posts. If you click someone's username next to their post or private message, it takes you to their profile page where you can see the date that they registered on the forum.
  
• Ideally, do all communication via EDF private messages. This does not expose your email address/phone number.
  
• If someone wants you to pay online and post the item to you, DON'T! This is very likely to be a scam.
  
• EDF is a local community forum and most people here live within a short walk or drive, so collection is always the safest method.
  

[jenny pink]

cheers for the heads up...Jenny