Recently I was alerted by Leonardo that he received an e-mail from admin@sl113.org and when he replied, the response went to another e-mail address. That person had created an account here (now banned) but never used it, never posted messages, and never used the Personal Messaging system.
If someone sends you a Personal Message you will receive a notification e-mail from this system. You can reply to that e-mail, but it will not reach the intended recipient. You need to log in here, and reply via the Personal Message system. That way, there is also a record of the interaction... if you Save your message.
E-mail addresses are far too easy to spoof. But if you look at a message's headers, you can spot a spoof very easily. But remember: you will never receive e-mails from admin@sl113.org in a buy or sell transaction!
So, just a warning to everyone to be careful:
- do not publish your telephone number or e-mail address in a post on this forum
- make contact with a buyer or seller via the Personal Message system and Save your messages
- if the buyer or seller has not posted a lot on the forum, or has a recently created account, do your homework as you would always do and ask for photographs, evidence etc
- do not just transfer money to others
- remember, Facebook and its many W113 pages are a honeypot for scammers...
Peter van Es
