Is this scam/ fraud? The user's account was recently created and no2 unavailable

[Singspot]

A member @FredTee DM me here on reef2reef saying someone Bonnie Burnet has Nudibranch I was looking for. See images with what he wrote

I texted Bonnie, she responded she would sell for $125 each ... see images..

She finally offered to ship 5 for just $50 if I paypal money right away .. see image ...

I backed off ... checked @FredTee account on r2r .. the account was unavailable...

Do you think this is fraud and I should report to FTC and police?

 

[smitten with ocean life]

dont do it. looks scammy

 

[smitten with ocean life]

that whole late husband thing is a scam. did you report it to r2r? you need to

 

[Singspot]

The @FredTee is not active anymore

How do I report on r2r?

I wanted to report to ftc and otherside formal authorities too. These fraudsters need to be punished, for their sake too ... they can use their time for something more constructive.

Any suggestions on outside official reporting of the phone number. That belongs to the fraudster

 

[smitten with ocean life]

if you look under their answers, theres a little bell next to the word report. click on that.

 

[Duffer]

She is known on facebook to be a scammer, apparently she just scammed someone

 

[Gumbies R Us]

#MODS Im tagging the mods so they can look into the account!

 

[Daniel@R2R]

@FredTee was identified as a scam account and has been banned from Reef2Reef.

 

[KStatefan]

Just a reminder if you post a WTB post anywhere 99.99% chance you will be contacted by a scammer.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Just a reminder if you post a WTB post anywhere 99.99% chance you will be contacted by a scammer.

Yep. It's why we started posting an automated message in all classifieds warning about the possibility. We hate that this is necessary now, but it's the world we live in unfortunately.

 

[Singspot]

I will report the number to FTC and official fraud reporting systems.