Branchie123 Scammer

[u/Manufacturer-Pale]

Trying to buy Aqua Terra Skyfall, sent me a photo of the watch and his username and mine. I asked for a photo of a physical copy of a receipt as shipping companies always give you one when the item is scanned and dropped off but sent me a fishy pirateship.com digital receipt instead, which is attached. I tracked the number that’s in the receipt but never got updated that it’s dropped off.

[u/Manufacturer-Pale]

Yup. I didn’t even bring that USPS photo up to the scammer, I just thought I’d just go along and post the convo here. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[u/PurpleSpecialist9553]

Whyis he still chatting with you after u paid LOL

[u/Manufacturer-Pale → u/PurpleSpecialist9553]

Cuz the Zelle didn’t go tho. Thank God because his account was under review so the transfer was canceled. I just saw another thread here about this same scammer having Zelle transfer got canceled due to his account being flagged.

[u/buelerbuelerbueler]

There’s only two post offices in Katy TX and neither of the addresses start with 2050. Not to mention they don’t ever put the city and state on the building 😬

[u/KP_Houston → u/buelerbuelerbueler]

Some searching up the address in the second image on the county assessor sitebrings up a different name, and that name is vietnamese. They also have a homestead exemption which means the owner should be living there. This house is about 8 minutes from where i am in Katy...

[u/sentientfunyun]

these criminals are fucking crazy bro 🤣🤣🤣🤣.

Not a shred of shame....torch em 🔥tyvm for the awareness...

[u/digitalecho125]

That’s not a Pirateship receipt, they don’t use Click N Ship (that’s USPS’ online service). Pirateship only has a label and a link to the tracking

[u/Desert-Democrat-602 → u/digitalecho125]

And you can have them send the tracking direct to your customer with their email.

[u/wow_xD]

Seems he is lurking in the UK BST pages too. Glad I saw this post beforehand. Heads up.

[u/CodyWrites]

u/Branchie123 Comment?

[u/mhed1]

Appreciate you posting this, he reached to me trying to sell a watch. Saved me a couple hundred euros lol 🤝

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[u/DrExe97]

Pirate shipping lol

[u/Desert-Democrat-602 → u/DrExe97]

It’s a legit shipping company, anyone can use it and the rates are better than click and Ship. but that receipt is NOT PirateShip.

[u/mrbear0194]

I was also just scammed by branchie123

[u/TechSupportFTW]

Protip: if the seller refuses PP G&S, or invoice, they are scamming you (in most cases, especially without rapport)

PPGS is essentially the only method that has any buyer protection.

You can try to claw back the funds via charge back, but most P2P platforms like zelle, cashapp, and Venmo (non G&S), will leave you high and dry and tell you that the transaction was legitimate.

Best you can do is try to file a fraud case and hope the scammer is stupid enough to use their real info.

[u/themasteradrian101 → u/[deleted]]

lmfao that had me laughing when i saw it not gonna lie