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Post by The Real Wizard on Apr 12, 2021 22:45:28 GMT
Friends - there's someone masquerading under the name of John Derek (johnderek12305@gmail.com) spamming email addresses of Queen fans and collectors, claiming to have rare footage of things like Frankfurt 1980 and circulating other people's trade lists as his own.
He has sent out a short and silent sample that's obviously not super 8 footage, but from the well-known TV footage of Sao Paulo 1981.
Considering he contacted me at an email address I've seldom used in the last decade, we can be fairly certain this coward is nobody new.
Steer clear, and don't waste your time.
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Post by ThomasQuinn on Apr 13, 2021 9:40:29 GMT
Thinking long-term here: would it be useful to have a sticky-topic exclusively used (and strictly moderated) for warnings about bad faith / fraudulent actors targeting Queen fans?
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vh
Ploughman
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Post by vh on Apr 13, 2021 16:11:38 GMT
^^^^ Yes.
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dysan
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Post by dysan on Apr 13, 2021 19:23:45 GMT
Isn't John Derek is what Seb calls John Deacon?
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Post by The Real Wizard on Apr 13, 2021 20:09:33 GMT
Thinking long-term here: would it be useful to have a sticky-topic exclusively used (and strictly moderated) for warnings about bad faith / fraudulent actors targeting Queen fans? Good call. In fact, this will function as that thread.
This is thankfully the first such character to pop up in collecting circles in quite some time. Hopefully this is a thread that will seldom be populated.
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jazz78
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Post by jazz78 on Apr 21, 2021 10:06:40 GMT
Thanks for the heads up Dr. Bob!!!
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Post by DotNickCore on Apr 21, 2021 11:52:56 GMT
Do we also have list of other dodgy traders to watch out for.
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Rick
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Post by Rick on May 5, 2021 9:46:33 GMT
Oh boy, this takes me back to the Evan Porada (?) days. I don't know if I remember his name correctly.
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Post by pittrek on May 21, 2021 17:25:34 GMT
I just wanted to add that his English is pretty weird, the sentence structure reminds me on some language, I just can't remember which one.
"Wanna make Queen trade ?"
"Do you have any footage to share me ?"
The "to share me" part sounds almost Slavic
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Post by chadhanging on Jun 1, 2021 0:05:42 GMT
Isn't John Derek is what Seb calls John Deacon? I first thought John Derek was Bo's husband. |
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Post by spidzzle on Jun 8, 2021 15:24:46 GMT
This guy is now going after discord servers, he has tried to join The Queen Discord a few times and scam others. He seems to frequently go for me and another user called Elliebingo.
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Post by The Real Wizard on Jun 9, 2021 14:49:38 GMT
This guy is now going after discord servers, he has tried to join The Queen Discord a few times and scam others. He seems to frequently go for me and another user called Elliebingo. Just be vigilant and let people know what's going on. |
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