Web Scammer or Big Brother ?

[sheepherder]

I went with the 'common good' course of action and reported 'Vickie' to the moderator. I think I mentioned in another thread that I had fallen victim to a skimmer on another Forum. The way that one went was, I had posted in the Wanted To Buy sub-forum about a part I needed. A new forum member responded and said he had a buddy who had all kinds of parts and he probably had what I needed; email him at jerry-tinker@gmail.com. Well, I did, and never got a reply. But I did start getting lots of spam. Eventually I figured it out and blew the responder in to the mods. The guy was harvesting email addresses from the WTB forum. Not just me, but dozens of others.

I went to People-Finder and if 'Vickie' really exists in Antioch CA, she is 60 and has a 65 year old husband and has lived at five different addresses in the last five years.

If she was 25, or even 30 (or 40), I'd be on the next plane...