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Thread Number: 40727
/ Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
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| Post# 432739 9/28/2020 at 19:51 (1,295 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
But here it is. I recently received an email in my second(now closed) email, from a cprice8302005(etc, don't wanna give it all away). He said he was a member of Vacuumland in Ky, and was getting out of the business. I would normally be all over this, but the email was quite weirdly put together, with Vacuumland being a link, no username mentioned, no mention of it here, no caps, etc. I am not sure, but it seemed like a scam. I did not click the link for that reason. I have never had previous contact with this person, and it just seemed weird. If it is not a scam, please speak up. Just thought I should let y'all know.
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| Post# 432744 , Reply# 2 9/28/2020 at 20:39 (1,295 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
Correct. There has been a few instances in the past, people that make their email address public on this website get scam emails in their inbox from fake users. There has also been bot accounts that join here and post fake posts about some weird new vacuum with phishing links.
The reason for this is this site is old and based on old web hardware and it is just the kind of website that scammers like. The low-level scammers that use email address skimmers to scam people (i.e. the Nigerian prince email scams). The bots use human learning to skim eMails, words, and phrases to make them seem legitimate, but they can still mess up. Look for weird capitalization errors, or punctuation mistakes. Also check the age of the user's account. If it was made recently, it's likely a bot. The only person on here that I can think of that is going out of business from Kentucky (or was it Tennessee?) is Jimmy Martin (rugsucker). Also as far as I am aware there is no "Vacuumland" as a business, Vacuumland is the name of this site. | ||
| Post# 432747 , Reply# 3 9/28/2020 at 20:53 (1,295 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
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| Post# 432750 , Reply# 4 9/28/2020 at 21:00 (1,295 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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Interesting. Hover over the link without clicking it and look at the info bar in your browser and make sure it actually goes to Vacuumland, and analyze the sender's address too.
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| Post# 432752 , Reply# 5 9/28/2020 at 21:06 (1,295 days old) by S31463221 (Frenchburg, KY) | ||
Clarence Price
He emailed me as well. I actually answered him back and ended up talking to him on the phone for about half an hour. He had a small business fixing vacs up and selling them in a peddlers mall. They started raising their prices/fees on him and he pulled his machines out and quit fooling with them. He’s now looking to unload most if not of his inventory. He made me what I feel is a fair offer for most of it. It’s older Electrolux, Hoover, Fantom, Shark, Dyson, parts, Howe’s, bags, filters, etc. I’m just trying to figure out if I’m going to get an opportunity to go see the collection anytime soon as he’s looking to unload it ASAP. If anyone else is close to Campbellsville and is interested, I’d be more than happy to share his number with you and let you speak to him. Just let me know..
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| Post# 432753 , Reply# 6 9/28/2020 at 21:07 (1,295 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
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| Post# 432755 , Reply# 7 9/28/2020 at 21:11 (1,295 days old) by S31463221 (Frenchburg, KY) | ||
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| Post# 432756 , Reply# 8 9/28/2020 at 21:12 (1,295 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
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| Post# 432759 , Reply# 9 9/28/2020 at 21:22 (1,295 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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