Horological Meandering

Also, DO NOT engage with individuals writing from the following email address: "Mattnshilp AT gmail DOT com." I have just deactivated member RGS's account, and we are currently looking into this incident. Thank you All for your cooperation. FabR (moderato...  

I have been contacted indeed and have not reacted

If you replied to the individual posing as 'RGS' via PM your email is protected. In any event, please do not engage any further, and of course do not write via email to the address provided in that PM: "Mattnshilp AT gmail DOT com." Cheers.

Other members have reported replying via email, which assuming no (further) personal information was disclosed, potentially exposes them to spam/phishing attempts. Note that phishing attacks might come from “mattnshilp AT gmail DOT com” and ALSO from othe... 

Strangely, my Rolex forum account got shut down a day or two back because of suspicious activity. Combine this with an experience of suspect buyer on C24 late last year causes me to question the integrity of the average user. I wonder how much wristwatch ... 

I just discovered this thread as I received PN from one member regarding this. I can confirm I never dealt with anyone with that nickname.. Lets hope all these scam artists hit the ground hard one day. Be careful.

what should i do? Matt 6:28 AM (3 minutes ago) to me Hi Thanks for your response..... JakuBL just listed you on watchprosite forums as a reference.... Here is a link to the post with you as his reference...... xxxxxx Here is also a link to the Patek watch... 

Thanks for the update MOD.

We should all be vigilant on this.

… the spam folder

I'm glad I saw this before I responded.

I had a message from that account. thanks for alert. from: RGS - - On June 9th, 2021 at 08:46 Hi, I am about to pay for a Audemars Piguet watch from “JakuBL” on watch prosite forums. He said you bought from him in the past. This is a BIG purchase for me, ... 

I deactivated RGS’s account around 10am GMT, so nobody should have received PMs from him (or from the criminal who hacked his account...) after that time. Cheers.

Thank you !

And I have ignored his personal email too.

I tried to send a member a mail, but some kind if error occurred. Not the RGS account.

Dear FabR, i receive his email and PM and i reply his email, also asked him to add me whatapp etc., what should i do? i just saw this thread half hour ago………… WP

We are investigating this issue and we will provide updates (see Bill's recent thread) as we know more. Thank-You ;-)

thank you FabR, reported to spam in email and never thought scammer like this…………… Again, thank you of your thread and remove that scammer🙏

I did receive a PM and e-mail message from RGS and discarded it as I couldn't reply from the PM.

. . . a cushion . . . . . . for him to sit on. Don Turo ...