Crew Wanted: WARNING! SCAMMERS TARGETING SAILING FORUMS

[BVIbrian]

I've received several over the last 2 or 3 months

[JPA Cate]

Originally Posted by BVIbrian

I've received several over the last 2 or 3 months

Have they been from this Moonlight II scam? Or other scams? If you go back through your received PMs, would you please use the Report PM button to report them to the moderators? We can check to be sure we've already banned the identities under which they were sent, and ban them if we haven't.

Thanks in advance,

Ann

[Kiwi_Rob]

An advert seeking crew for MOONLIGHT II has just appeared on CrewBay:

https://www.crewbay.com/job/13381


Did the Admins on Cruiser Forum determine if this was a scam or not?

[Wotname]

Originally Posted by Kiwi_Rob

An advert seeking crew for MOONLIGHT II has just appeared on CrewBay:

https://www.crewbay.com/job/13381


Did the Admins on Cruiser Forum determine if this was a scam or not?

I can't comment on the crewbay ad but similar messages on CF were fraudulent .

[JPA Cate]

Originally Posted by Kiwi_Rob

An advert seeking crew for MOONLIGHT II has just appeared on CrewBay:

https://www.crewbay.com/job/13381


Did the Admins on Cruiser Forum determine if this was a scam or not?

As Wotname wrote, Yes, the Moonlight II ads have been fraudulent. But what you are likely to find as a CF member, when one of these starts up, you will see unsolicited PM's in your Notifications. For those, use the Report PM button on the upper right. For posts, you use the Report Post button on the lower left.

Thanks for your interest and in advance, for any help you are able to give us.

Ann

[JPA Cate]

Originally Posted by Kiwi_Rob

An advert seeking crew for MOONLIGHT II has just appeared on CrewBay:

https://www.crewbay.com/job/13381


Did the Admins on Cruiser Forum determine if this was a scam or not?

As Wotname wrote, Yes, the Moonlight II ads on CF have been fraudulent. But what you are likely to find as a CF member, when one of these starts up, you will see an unsolicited PM or PM's in your Notifications. For those, use the Report PM button on the upper right. For posts, you use the Report Post button on the lower left. And the mods take it from there. For the other source, crewbay, I bet their mods would like it, too, if you report what we have told you.

Thanks for your interest and in advance, for any help you are able to give us.

Ann

[MartinF]

Maybe this is obvious, but it took me a while to suss - you only see the "report post" button if you are logged in.

[JPA Cate]

Originally Posted by MartinF

Maybe this is obvious, but it took me a while to suss - you only see the "report post" button if you are logged in.

Thank you. I didn't know that! So, thank you very much.



Ann

[Seaworthy Lass]

WARNING

One scamming group has has been active for 3 months on various forums, posting and/or sending PMs under a variety of usernames and for a variety of vessels wanting crew. The 10th user associated with this group has just been banned from Cruisers Forum.

They are phishing for personal information.

The following ad was posted yesterday, reported by a member (many thanks for alerting us). The user is part of this group and had been banned and the ad deleted.

This was the ad:

Posted by: c.stephen
Original Content:

Looking for Crew members to Join on a Flying Manta Motor Yacht departing from Crescent City, California to Mazatlan Mexico. We have several positions opened on this 10 days upwind passage from California to Mexico starting 29th of August. There are no cost, as expenses will be fully covered. All on-board food and cruising expenses will be covered, plus travel expenses. Rates are negotiable on the basis of experience.

The Passage will begin in Crescent City, California by August 29th and it could take as much as 9 to 10 days to traverse about 2000 miles to Mazatlan Mexico. We have tendency to sail conservatively.

Kindly contact via email "bertramyacht@proton.me" with your resume for the job briefing if interested.


NB: B1 / B2 VISA (American citizenship)

Crew Wanted ads have been for Moonlight II, Flying Manta Motor Yacht and unspecified vessels.
Scammers associated with this one particular group have had the following usernames (all now banned):

Berry2001

c.stephen

C.steven

Chavis

Dchavis

Earling

Frazeryacht

Jeffrey_haskamp

Sailing through_

SailwithJeffrey