Scammer

[FishmanDE]

Not sure this is the proper place for this, but time is of the essence. New member @matt33 has connected me with someone who is very much a scammer. I have reached out to Dave directly to bring it to the MODs attention, but I felt it imperative I get this info out ASAP before someone makes a mistake

 

[timebard]

Someone needs to brush up on their Photoshop skills

 

[OkLobster]

Clearly not the brightest in the classroom with that Photoshop jeez...

 

[Dull_Apex]

@Kippington
Check under your bed, he's in your house!

Kippington 240mm W2 Honyaki w/ leather sheath

I have something quite nice that I'm looking to sell! Here are the specs: 240 mm blade length 57 mm blade height AISI W2 carbon steel 225 grams Laser grind G10/brass/stabilised Tasmanian Blackwood handle Custom made leather sheath Basket weave pattern Folded at spine with leather lacing along...

www.kitchenknifeforums.com

 

[blokey]

Stupid scammer, that’s not even a Workpony!

 

[tostadas]

Someone needs to brush up on their Photoshop skills

Looks legit to me. Look how wrinky that paper is!

 

[Knifebro]

Hes on that 'other' forum too

 

[McMan]

I can get you squared away with a workpony. PM me your SS# and we can work from there...

I've noticed two things: (1) KKF has gotten a bit more scammy in the past year. (2) It seems to me, though no way to know really, that KKF has also gotten an influx of reddit folks in the past year too.
Related? Maybe not related directly (though could be a bit) but related in the sense that KKF seems to come up in reddit. Maybe this motivates people to have a crack at scamming here? Take this with a grain of salt--I don't use reddit. But folks here that do might have a perspective?

 

[refcast]

Yeah makes sense. Mainly that since covid expensive knives has become more mainstream

 

[spaceconvoy]

crypto bros need to pay off their ape debt? maybe a bunch of self-styled 'hackers' looking for a new project / quick buck

 

[bahamaroot]

Hes on that 'other' forum too

Not anymore...

 

[Corradobrit1]

Scumbags

 

[cotedupy]

I had (I assume) the same person at the end of last week on B&B. Pictures were very clearly just grabbed off a google search, so I *may* have decided to have a little fun with them. Because this kind of thing amuses me...

 

[Naftoor]

Happy to say that I haven’t run into one of these types yet, I think the community does a good job of keeping them contained through posts like this. Hope nobody fell for him, although I do hear American Samoa is nice this time of year!

 

[simona]

Not sure this is the proper place for this, but time is of the essence. New member @matt33 has connected me with someone who is very much a scammer. I have reached out to Dave directly to bring it to the MODs attention, but I felt it imperative I get this info out ASAP before someone makes a mistake

very convincing newspaper with date in the last snap. I would have fallen for it straight away

 

[Kippington]

@Kippington
Check under your bed, he's in your house!

Kippington 240mm W2 Honyaki w/ leather sheath

I have something quite nice that I'm looking to sell! Here are the specs: 240 mm blade length 57 mm blade height AISI W2 carbon steel 225 grams Laser grind G10/brass/stabilised Tasmanian Blackwood handle Custom made leather sheath Basket weave pattern Folded at spine with leather lacing along...

www.kitchenknifeforums.com

I swear I had cleared the bench before taking those photos...

 

[henkle]

matt33 also tried to put me in touch with "Mr. Jacob" through a WTB listing.

 

[cotedupy]

Happy to say that I haven’t run into one of these types yet, I think the community does a good job of keeping them contained through posts like this. Hope nobody fell for him, although I do hear American Samoa is nice this time of year!

I'm kinda tempted to visit now that I've spent so much time talking it up!

 

[Rangen]

very convincing newspaper with date in the last snap. I would have fallen for it straight away

It would be fun to write to him and say that the Kardashians are so impressed with his Photoshop skills that they want to interview him for a job.

 

[Matt Jacobs]

This one scared me. When I first saw this post I thought you guys were talking about me and I knew I had never hooked anyone up with that post and I had to look again and realize it's a different screen name than mine. I thought I'd been hacked