Rekraps Posted December 4, 2021 Report Share Posted December 4, 2021 Guys, I bought a K barrel from this guy, and he sent me pics of a very nice complete K demilled kit that he wants to get rid of. I found him easy to deal with and he has given me permission to provide his cell # if any of you are interested: Chad: 781.689.0279 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blanksguy Posted December 4, 2021 Report Share Posted December 4, 2021 Post the "pics". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekraps Posted December 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2021 Here they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomk Posted December 4, 2021 Report Share Posted December 4, 2021 Thanks for the lead. He is asking $1200 (OBO) for the kit with the build parts (tube and lower). I don't know anything else about the rebuild parts. I kicked the dirt around and passed since I don't need the rebuild kit. He is in a sell mode and is considering offers on the package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomk Posted December 5, 2021 Report Share Posted December 5, 2021 SCAM ALERT - SELLER IS A SCAMMER. Pics he sent (and loaded above) match those used by "Gorgon" user on 1919a4 board (2019 post). He wasn't able to send a pic with paper under kit with my name and date. Wanted Paypal payment to wife for kids Christmas presents. Wife's PayPal email is obscure (no names match). Be careful out there. His name is Chad Couture. He wanted payment sent to: rnabwire495@gmail.com with name (supposedly wife) of Ruth Barasa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got Uzi Posted December 5, 2021 Report Share Posted December 5, 2021 Id gotten the same response on those same questions. He offered it to me at $1k and gave me the same story on Christmas presents. Says hes an SOT out of Attleboro MA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomk Posted December 5, 2021 Report Share Posted December 5, 2021 SCAM ALERT - SELLER IS A SCAMMER. Pics he sent (and loaded above) match those used by "Gorgon" user on 1919a4 board (2019 post). He wasn't able to send a pic with paper under kit with my name and date. Wanted Paypal payment to wife for kids Christmas presents. Wife's PayPal email is obscure (no names match). Be careful out there. His name is Chad Couture. He wanted payment sent to: rnabwire495@gmail.com with name (supposedly wife) of Ruth Barasa.Name, photos of documents and selfie are all likely stolen from actual Chad Couture individual. I messaged the actual Chad on LinkedIn and shared the scammers email and cell number. No reply today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haenelistklasse Posted December 5, 2021 Report Share Posted December 5, 2021 He tried to scam me on an MG34 ammo can. He says he doesn't have it bit his friend is "honest" and has one for sale same email. Just smelled fishy to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekraps Posted December 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2021 Geeeez... I may have been taken guys. I supposedly bought a K barrel from him last week. Paid with Zelle... $110. Let's see if he delivers, but looks like I took a hit. Thanks to Forum members for picking up on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekraps Posted December 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2021 Zelle requires a name to match the email address. He gave me Billy McCullough as the name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomk Posted December 6, 2021 Report Share Posted December 6, 2021 See a post today on the Sturm General Discussion board. Different cast of characters but same Billy McCullough name for payment. Sadly I would not expect a K barrel in the mail anytime soon. A con artist won't get very far if they are not convincing. When there are multiple names and electronic payment requests then warning lights start flashing for me. As stated above, the easy litmus test that I use is to request a pic with whatever I'm buying laying ON TOP OF a piece of paper with my name and today's date. A scammer has usually just copied a stock picture and cannot provide that simple request. Thankfully you wont be out a huge amount if you were taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekraps Posted December 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2021 Appreciate the help, awareness and Forum help. Most I can lose is $110. This is what I get for trying to be nice... UGH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoscoeTurner Posted December 6, 2021 Report Share Posted December 6, 2021 Guys, Rekraps was kind enough to alert me to this situation. Originally I thought of hiding the post but I believe it best to leave it up for a time to notify other forum members of this scammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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