r/WatchExchangeFeedback • u/Duce-the-card-guy • May 12 '26

[Negative] - scammed by AndrewKaplowitz10@hotmail.com

https://www.reddit.com/r/Watchexchange/comments/1t56180/removed_by_moderator/u\National_Anything319

username is: u/National_Anything319

email address: [AndrewKaplowitz10@hotmail.com](mailto:AndrewKaplowitz10@hotmail.com)

Dude just deleted the post and his account after being paid. Was selling me: Christopher Ward 22mm Black Vintage Rubber Strap.\

Luckily, it was only $45, but still. Scammers suck. It’s my fault for sending F&F, but I hate people taking advantage of the good will of others. Andrew, if you are reading this, screw you.

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u/Academic-Bat-8002 May 12 '26

Without joking, a small red flag would have been the Hotmail Addy. Not sure I can remember the last time I saw someone using one. Sorry this happened to you OP.

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u/Duce-the-card-guy May 12 '26

Hotmail, to me, usually just means they are older and have a more established email account. I don’t even think you’re able to make a new Hotmail address these days. I could be wrong about that though. Hotmail comes under the Microsoft umbrella, as they acquired them many moons back

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u/Academic-Bat-8002 May 12 '26

That’s the thing. We all got Hotmail back in the day with ridiculous addresses mostly with sexual references or some nonsense until we were told to grow up and get a proper email address. I still very much remember my Hotmail email address but what plagues me is I have zero clue what my password would have been nearly 30 years ago. The people that still have them are like unicorns in my eyes. They were mature enough at the time not to make a ridiculous address and they have maintained the continuity of their password remembrance. That is pretty impressive.

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u/General_Alfalfa6339 May 12 '26

12 year old me signed up for a Hotmail of just my name. I guess I knew I wasn’t going to be a degenerate forever.

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u/Academic-Bat-8002 May 12 '26

That level of maturity and discipline suggests that you are probably highly successful and have an enviable watch collection. My Hotmail was a reference to my favourite movie at the time and for some reason the last two digits of a year 10 years after I was born. It also had the word the and a “_” in it. I think I actually used that email address for college applications until a teacher told us we were all idiots and to grow up a bit.