Scammer Alert: Buyer Beware user GAMETIME

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#1 6 years ago

OP

SDG

ss2049

Level 1 Arcade Bar

Gilbert, AZ

6y 31,400 31 10

Wanted to alert the community of a potential scammer on here, user GAMETIME. I posted a wanted ad in the classified section for a Junk Yard, he messaged me asking if I have been in contact with a seller yet. I replied no and asked if he had a machine and he said yeah and asked for my number to talk on the phone. At first things seemed pretty normal, the only cautious sign for me at first was his time on the forums, he has only been on the forums for 11 days as of today, 7 days when he contacted me with zero posts.

His real name is Jason Larson (not sure if that is his real name, but that's what his profile and email address show), has a heavy Asian accent. He lives in Gillette, WY, again per his profile. I asked for pictures of the pin, a picture with a piece of paper with my name on it placed on top of the pin and I asked for a video of the pin working, to which he said no problem to all of it. I got a video that first night we talked, really quick turnaround on the video but the pics were taking forever to get. I kept asking for pics, he said he would get them but never did. He then mentioned that the pin wasn't at his house and it was at his other apartment not close to his work. Then he said the pin was at his families house and his apt was near by. So when I asked how he got me a video so quick and can't get me pics within a reasonable time he said he was in the area at that time and got me the video. So at this point I'm feeling this is a scam, nothing is adding up.

This past Saturday morning I went to YouTube and just searched for Junk Yard pin videos and I scroll down the page and low and behold, the same video he sent me (as an MP4 file) is posted on YouTube for the past 3 years!

So apparently he must have ripped the video and claimed it as his. I called him out on the video and he acted shocked and wanted me to send him the link so he can check it out. Of course I did and haven't heard from him since then.

I don't want anyone to get scammed so I'm posting this to alert everyone. Be careful out there guys!!

Scott

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#2 6 years ago

COS

cosmokramer

Pinside member

11y 120K 8,467

Thanks for the heads up, theres a lot of scammers here lately

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#3 6 years ago

TDR

Who-Dey

In Memoriam

9y 117K 11,746 7 12

Thanks for the heads up. Hopefully the Mods delete his account on here.

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#4 6 years ago

JDR

Aflacjack

Pinside+ Frequent

Bristol, TN

6y 102K 1,164 34 36

I had one from Wy try to get me on a WCS94 two weeks ago. Sounds like a similar situation and he had “gamer” in his name too. Hmmmm

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#5 6 years ago

BAB

attitude05

Pinside member

Bay City, MI

11y 44,800 377 8

Same here. He had a WPT and even offered me a money back guarantee!
No one calls at 6:30 am to sell a pin.

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#6 6 years ago

OP

SDG

ss2049

Level 1 Arcade Bar

Gilbert, AZ

6y 31,400 31 10

Yeah he offered to pay for return shipping if I wasn’t satisfied with the condition of the pin. Was bummed that I got excited about getting the machine I wanted but glad I caught the scam before I sent any money.

Scott

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#7 6 years ago

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ForceFlow

Pinside Moderator

9y 238K 31,369 268 14

Thanks for letting us know. After investigating, the account has been banned.

If anyone ever encounters fishy behavior or something that might seem scammy, please let us know--even if you're not sure. You can contact us privately by opening a moderator feedback thread if you're not certain enough about it to want to call attention to it publicly. It's better to let us know so we can look into it, rather than to let it pass and have someone else fall for a potential scam. Nobody will get in trouble for reporting a possible issue/scammer, and it benefits everyone when you're vigilant about it. Thanks

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#8 6 years ago

DJB

delt31

Pinside+ Frequent

Pittsburgh, PA

8y 159K 12,579 13 7 1

Quoted from ForceFlow:
Thanks for letting us know. After investigating, the account has been banned.
If anyone ever encounters fishy behavior or something that might seem scammy, please let us know--even if you're not sure. You can contact us privately by opening a moderator feedback thread if you're not certain enough about it to want to call attention to it publicly. It's better to let us know so we can look into it, rather than to let it pass and have someone else fall for a potential scam. Nobody will get in trouble for reporting a possible issue/scammer, and it benefits everyone when you're vigilant about it. Thanks

Any chance new accounts can be force to make a forum ad with their machines so others can comment? Could assist in reducing this type of issue as the community can help weed out too.

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#9 6 years ago

RAR

beelzeboob

Pinside+ Frequent

10y 182K 20,714

Quoted from ForceFlow:
Thanks for letting us know. After investigating, the account has been banned.
If anyone ever encounters fishy behavior or something that might seem scammy, please let us know--even if you're not sure. You can contact us privately by opening a moderator feedback thread if you're not certain enough about it to want to call attention to it publicly. It's better to let us know so we can look into it, rather than to let it pass and have someone else fall for a potential scam. Nobody will get in trouble for reporting a possible issue/scammer, and it benefits everyone when you're vigilant about it. Thanks

And please remember to report any suspicious or unattended packages. If you see something, say something.

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#10 6 years ago

RVM

robin

Pinside founder

Alkmaar

21y 192K 7,921 94

Quoted from delt31:
Any chance new accounts can be force to make a forum ad with their machines so others can comment? Could assist in reducing this type of issue as the community can help weed out too.

I'd rather have people using the report button on an ad to report scammers, instead of forcing every new Pinsider to open a forum thread with their ad.

By the way, the "hole" this scammer used to get around our verification checks has been plugged last week. It's a constant battle but ultimately I hope scammers will just give up bothering Pinside members

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#11 6 years ago

OP

SDG

ss2049

Level 1 Arcade Bar

Gilbert, AZ

6y 31,400 31 10

Thanks for taking care of this, really depressing with the amount of scammers out there right now trying to screw over good people trying to enjoy their hobby