Scam alert

[toolsntat]

I can confirm by talking to another member that user Jefferyyoung has sent us both messages telling us that his mate has what we are after in the WANTED section.
Be aware and it just so happens he joined UKW in the past few days as well.
Cheers, Andy

 

[Cabinetman]

I can confirm by talking to another member that user Jefferyyoung has sent us both messages telling us that his mate has what we are after in the WANTED section.
Be aware and it just so happens he joined UKW in the past few days as well.
Cheers, Andy

Could be that he’s just trying to be helpful. One of you will get what you want and his friend gets a sale. And he’s discovered a new found interest in woodwork. Or am I being naive?

 

[toolsntat]

This is the message......
××××××××
Check with @ryan7700 specializes woodwork stuff, and haven't seen him here in a while. He has a Cycle die for sale. Here is email: ####### #### Contact him to know if it's still available.
xxxxxxxxx

Happy to be proved wrong Ian but as far as I can ascertain ryan7700 ain't on here.

Could be that he’s just trying to be helpful. One of you will get what you want and his friend gets a sale. And he’s discovered a new found interest in woodwork. Or am I being naive?

 

[PAC1]

Andy, I had the same message save it was for a carving screw. So at least 3 of us it looks suspicious.

 

[Cabinetman]

I came across an old warning just now in the other place about this sort of thing, so probably you’re right to be cautious about messages from someone we don’t “know “ yet.
Ian
Edit, obviously you know haha.

 

[Mike]

Coincidence with the username?

For Sale - WARNING - Suspicious/Scam PM messages. Updated February 28th 2026

Related and I did report the initial call in an off-topic thread I have received subsequent phishing phone calls from folks pretending to be phone service operators O2, EE etc Unclear what the immediate scam is however I deduce they are merely building up data such as - active mobile number -...

www.ukworkshop.co.uk

 

[Guineafowl21]

Same user tried to phish me with an offer of a spindle moulder fence. Reverse image search showed it had been cribbed from an old thread on UKW.

I replied with this picture:

 

[toolsntat]

This all does beg the question as how they are allowed to send a PM when being so new to the forum?
I thought there was a minimum posting amount before getting that ability?
If not, perhaps for the safety of the members something should be introduced.
Cheers, Andy

 

[AndyP]

He will be banned and removed.

 

[TrimTheKing]

Gone!

 

[TrimTheKing]

This all does beg the question as how they are allowed to send a PM when being so new to the forum?
I thought there was a minimum posting amount before getting that ability?
If not, perhaps for the safety of the members something should be introduced.
Cheers, Andy

It’s the same amount as normal posting, and he posted enough times to no longer need moderation.

 

[toolsntat]

It’s the same amount as normal posting, and he posted enough times to no longer need moderation.

Okay , might it be more worth changing a parameter to up the count, especially when the potential to get someone is so prevalent?
Cheers, Andy

 

[TrimTheKing]

We’re pretty diligent on who we allow in so this is the first instance we’ve had of this. We’ll keep an eye on things and if we see another then we can act but let’s keep things as they are for now.

 

[Steve Maskery]

Now might be a good time to remind ourselves that we live in a pretty clean environment here, largely free from unwanted activity. It's down to the work of the team that keeps this going, and I, for one, am very grateful to Da Management.

 

[Cabinetman]

Yes thank you all, I’m glad your not as naive as I am.

 

[AndyP]

It is really not that onerous to keep the scammers, trolls and phishers at bay ( current example an exception). The way folks here behave themselves is key to the atmosphere around here.

 

[Accipiter]

It's good to see 'da management' are vigilant at keeping these PITA away most of the time before we become aware of them.

I only became aware of this one this morning via the DD post I got from 'the other place'. I came along here to see if there was a mention of it to find this post by @toolsntat .

Would it help if there was a warning post about getting 'possible' scams messages pinned at the top in the "For Sale" and "Wanted" forums? Just to remind us all that such S c U m do exist. It's so easy to be *relaxed* (and off guard) here

 

[AJB Temple]

Tight knit group here. Tend to look out for each other. Very good place.

 

[Mike Jordan]

I advertised for a Dewalt 2000watt router
I was contacted in this way and was told about a machine, reputed to be used,when enquiring about price the figure given was only just under the retail price and that carriage would be extra.
I think this may be just a method of retailing!
Mike