Scammer banned - knives to Norther Ireland

[C_Claycomb]

Hello.
If you you have been discussing any knife sales, trades or deals with aandhfitness99
https://bushcraftuk.com/community/members/aandhfitness99.58644/#about
Please be aware that he is a known, persistent and repeated scammer who has been banned from this forum under at least three previous user names.

aandhfitness99​

Scammer. Banned · 44 · From Northern ireland
Messages5. Reaction score1

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Joined Nov 3, 2024
Last seen Today at 2:17 PM
LocationNorthern ireland
Outdoor ActivityBushcraft survival

 

[Chris]

Thanks for keeping an eye out for us.

Some people are desperately sad, aren’t they?

 

[plastic-ninja]

Well done! He’s a pest.
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[Nice65]

Nice one Chris, wanted to send me cash for a knife in an envelope...from NI. Just...no mate.

 

[ONE]

This is getting quite common unfortunately. People from here, and increasingly people pretending to be from here offer low to mid priced goods for sale to the whole UK by various means and then 'ghost' the buyer. Geography, NI's history and factors like the lack of a county court system here (in the GB sense) makes it harder to pursue a bad actor from NI.

It's an enormous pain in the rear, as we already have enough problems getting things in and out of here legitimately. I went after a guy (who turned out to be a gal) who was scamming people on FB marketplace in the amateur radio field about a year ago, monies were returned. Same person, who is N. American, has since returned selling from Florida... allegedly.

 

[Nice65]

Thread from last year here, this guy is a bottom feeder, uses any disgusting excuse to get away with his scams. "At the hospital, lost the twins last night" being particularly horrible.

https://bushcraftuk.com/community/direct-messages/scammer-alert-parker2021.286052/#convMessage-346086

His MO last time with me was the same as this time, lots of messages saying "stunning knife mate, still for sale?" Repeated messages all quite friendly. "Really liking the knife mate".

He was after a Stuart Mitchell last time and offered some very high end knives in return but again, something felt off. He'll generally ask for trades or cash (which you won't receive).

His mum has died 3 times last count and also the twins, the bloke is clearly not very well himself to lie like that.

 

[LeviathanNI]

We are allowed knives etc in NI.. we just need a license for rifles.
We have the same courts as yourselves, with petty claims being the one most likely used.
What I would say is this.. there is nothing over on the mainland that we can't get here, so if someone is being weird, call it out.

 

[Nice65]

We are allowed knives etc in NI.. we just need a license for rifles.
We have the same courts as yourselves, with petty claims being the one most likely used.
What I would say is this.. there is nothing over on the mainland that we can't get here, so if someone is being weird, call it out.

This is no reflection on NI sales or purchases per se. A rare Stuart Mitchell and a one off Warren Smith knife aren't available anywhere. Reading through some of the airsoft forum pages in the linked thread above will give an idea of how prolific a conman Steve Glennie is. Google picks up the name, and leads to forum and Facebook threads such as this.

It's redacted now along with many posts on 'paying a visit', but his photograph and his address were published and the predictable revenge posts began. Could be anywhere, just happened to be N. Ireland.

 

[Chris]

This all really goes to confirm that the “PayPal Goods & Services” classifieds forum recommendation is a good one. I don’t think I’d do any other form of funds transfer with anyone other than a known forum regular.

 

[LeviathanNI]

Fair enough.. I do recall him stealing from H4H. I was just finishing my time, and did a few things for them.
Maybe am escrow kind of set up would be better?

 

[ONE]

We are allowed knives etc in NI.. we just need a license for rifles.
We have the same courts as yourselves, with petty claims being the one most likely used.
What I would say is this.. there is nothing over on the mainland that we can't get here, so if someone is being weird, call it out.

If you haven't met a dealer/private seller who sells "mainland only" yet you've been extremely lucky.