Beware: a scammer pretends to sell mendel parts

Hi all,

I have been contacted by a scammer who pretends to sell Mendel parts (for 150£... only) using the name Martin Collins.
He contacted me by PM and asked me to pay him with Western Union or Money gram only. His details for Western Union are:
Name:Martin Collins
Address:56 Liverpool Street England
Of course, no details of him on the forum. So, after a little web search, I found out that his real name is Gerald Blas, and that he is a famous scammer (http://www.tr-register.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=21829).

Too bad this kind of people starts to trick reprap users. I suppose we need to protect the community. Please, spread the world! Beware of scammers!

Thanks Lionel.

I deleted his forum postings: "Hi, I'm selling stuff. -Martin Collins" because they didn't smell right.

Could you email me a copy of his pm and his username for banning? I'm not sure what else I can do, regrettably.

I cannot find the original message he sent me. Could it be that is has been deleted?

If I remember well, his name on the forum was Martin.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/30/2009 08:40AM by Lionel.

I may have deleted it using the semi-automated tool to clean out his forum posts.

?

No matter. I'm going to post a warning in the For Sale and Wanted forums.

It is likely that the same scammer is operating here:
'Gary Chilbert' from Canada
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