Who is poster Coinman1969 ? Extreme caution advised...

coinguy1 · January 20, 2011 4:37AM

Fellow forum members,

I don't have any idea who he is. But, he is either 1) a legitimate seller, who has offered a couple of coins for sale at suspiciously/unbelievably low prices, and jumped in on other threads, looking to buy or sell a wide variety of coins, or 2) someone who is out to take your money and run. I strongly suspect the latter, but if I am wrong, I will apologize publicly and try to help him in his BST communications and dealings.

robkool · January 20, 2011 4:40AM

I suggest... "If it's too good to be true, then it probably is"...

bstat1020 · January 20, 2011 4:45AM

Has anyone Coinman1969 made contact with thru the BST listings had direct contact with him through email or any other way?

botanist · January 20, 2011 4:46AM

He's a humorously inept attempted scammer who doesn't realize where he went, like the clueless armed robber who tries to knock off a police station with a toy gun.

themaster · January 20, 2011 4:51AM

Coinman1969 logged out about 5 minutes after TWOG asked for his e-mail address.

Have a Great Day!
Louis

PawPaul · January 20, 2011 5:00AM

.....thank you Mark

piecesofme · January 20, 2011 5:14AM

Definitely a suspcious entrance! Thanks for the heads up.

dsessom · January 20, 2011 5:47AM

I suspected he may be a scammer as well, at least he displayed all the classic red flags. No previous posts, bad grammar, unbelievably low prices, no photos, no PM function yet every post mentions "Email me", and all posts soliciting to SELL a coin (not one wanting to buy). I feel bad if I'm wrong, but being ex-law enforcement, this would be someone I would be extremely suspicious of. Nobody in their right mind sells a 1909-s VDB PCGS MS66 for $3,250...

Amigo · January 20, 2011 7:00AM

I was hoping to trip him up via PM by getting enough details to get him banned. That didn't work so well with everyone jumping in on the thread asking him essentially why he was such an idiot. He's gone now.

coinguy1 · January 20, 2011 7:11AM

<< <i>I was hoping to trip him up via PM by getting enough details to get him banned. That didn't work so well with everyone jumping in on the thread asking him essentially why he was such an idiot. He's gone now. >>

I didn't see that his PM function was even enabled,while he was signed in - did you, at one time?

coinguy1 · January 20, 2011 11:15PM

TTT, since he posted again.

ajia · January 21, 2011 1:28AM

I suspected he may be a scammer as well, at least he displayed all the classic red flags. No previous posts, bad grammar, unbelievably low prices, no photos, no PM function yet every post mentions "Email me", and all posts soliciting to SELL a coin (not one wanting to buy). I feel bad if I'm wrong, but being ex-law enforcement, this would be someone I would be extremely suspicious of. Nobody in their right mind sells a 1909-s VDB PCGS MS66 for $3,250...

The nice part is we could all 'dog pile' without feeling bad about it.
Kinda brings the group together on a common cause.

Unless, as mentioned before, he's for real....then we all 'eat crow'.......but it's still fun!

mrcoin3 · January 21, 2011 1:38AM

I like to torture scam artists like him. Sooner or later they implode.

Outhaul · January 21, 2011 2:05AM

He's some scumbag scammer from HK.

Cheers,

Bob

mrcoin3 · January 21, 2011 2:52AM

HK??? I think his email he posted in the sell thread ended with .ru. Wouldn't that make it Russia.
Either way it was obvious what he really was.

Mistercoinman · January 21, 2011 3:20AM

Buyer beware!

piecesofme · January 21, 2011 9:13AM

can I get some nachos with that?

lcoopie · January 21, 2011 11:42AM

bump

rainbowcoins · February 4, 2011 11:57AM

Why do people do that? I mean, I've seen so many people burning others, for what, a couple of bucks? It's ridiculous but good to know so we can all be aware.

Who is poster Coinman1969 ? Extreme caution advised...

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