Here is the scammers modus operandi:

[davidpick]

Neokeith7​

New User​

"Would you try to make an inquiry from a member of this forum @tomstractorsandtoys, but I haven't seen him online on here in a while. He has a few for sale; the last time I spoke to him, you should try giving him a shout-out via his email: [email protected] I hope he responds back to you."

Tomstractorsandtoys hasn't been on for over a year. Since he likely won't respond they provide "his" email. Always a new user.

 

[davidpick]

THAT'S THE SAME WAY I GOT SCAMMED, EXACT WORDING

 

[used red MN]

THAT'S THE SAME WAY I GOT SCAMMED, EXACT WORDING

Was the YT software Direct Message accessed by the envelope icon also from Neokeith7? IF NOT meaning another username is being used for scamming, reporting the actual members name through the “Report” at the lower left or the “Contact Us” in red below would be a good step to take.

 

[Ray,IN]

Norman said he has banned the original user that gave chico 1 that reply. If the scammer signed up for his profile under a different email then the [email protected] there is nothing Norman/moderators can do about it. They can only ban a member that is using a username associated with that email. If the scammer contacts you through a reply to a classified add suggesting a member such as tomstoysandtractors is a friend of theirs or some such thing but directs you to an email such as above the moderators can’t do a thing about it, except mark that email as unacceptable for future use as an email to setup a username under. In the latter case if the “scammer” is not a member simply requesting them to contact you through a PM which they could not because they are not a legitimate member then that clues you in that they are a scammer.
If you leave all the “alert” settings in your profile as default which is basically “all checked” the alert bell will show a number change anytime there is activity in a thread you created or replied to meaning someone else replies, or there is a reply or query to an active classified add you have. Hope that is helpful to you.
In my opinion leaving the forum, if that is what you are suggesting, is giving the scammer another win, by you giving up something of interest or useful to you for really no reason. You trusted someone on a Tractor forum that you felt you had a connection to due to having a supposed similar interest, it happens. One can only imagine the info that is being shared in “scammer circles” such as try to go after this group of people such as “tractor people” they are gullible as heck! Such are the times we live in.

Yep; For instance FireFox browser has an extension to create email address masks. if you don't want to supply your real email address. Then when someone replies, FireFox converts the fake email address and sends replies to the real address. Untraceable by us mortals.