ATF Agent or Dopey Perp ?

[TopShot]

One of the guns I'm selling was previously listed on another website for sale.
This was post I received from a buyer:

"Hi CB I'm interested However I'm in the city feel free to email me I'll actually give you $350 if you come down we can meet in front of 250 East Houston New York N.Y 10002 if we do good business i can actual purchase again I've been trying to purchase off the dark web but to many scammers!! sucks!! Sunday 12/12/25 around 2:00 in the afternoon Let me No SERIOUS BUYER !?"

This was my response:
First the gun has to go through an FFL.
Second the gun has 3 -13 round magazines.
Third you can only purchase it with those magazines if you're an LE.

I've been since ghosted.
Was this a test ?
I should of made a phone call and have NYPD make the sale.

C.B.

 

[Celt]

My vote is aft or a somalian.

 

[96coal449]

Maybe it was the mayor.

 

[dsdmmat]

Jumbo Tish

 

[togmaster]

So are you meeting him?

 

[TopShot]

So are you meeting him?

LOL, Not Even As A Joke !!!
C.B.

 

[FP1201]

One of the guns I'm selling was previously listed on another website for sale.
This was post I received from a buyer:

"Hi CB I'm interested However I'm in the city feel free to email me I'll actually give you $350 if you come down we can meet in front of 250 East Houston New York N.Y 10002 if we do good business i can actual purchase again I've been trying to purchase off the dark web but to many scammers!! sucks!! Sunday 12/12/25 around 2:00 in the afternoon Let me No SERIOUS BUYER !?"

This was my response:
First the gun has to go through an FFL.
Second the gun has 3 -13 round magazines.
Third you can only purchase it with those magazines if you're an LE.

I've been since ghosted.
Was this a test ?
I should of made a phone call and have NYPD make the sale.

C.B.

Newspaper reported trying to expose just how easy it is to buy a gun off the street...the awkward language in indicative of foreigners (which are often enough scammers) that in itself is a big red flag...years ago when I'd list guns on Armslist, I would receive messages like that, sometimes I'd play games with them, mostly just reported it to the admin then delete it.

 

[S&W Fan]

Did you google where 250 E. Huston st. Is?

 

[TopShot]

Did you google where 250 E. Huston st. Is?

I never bothered.
I should have told him to meet at 1 Police Plaza, NYC. (NYPD Headquarters)
C.B.

 

[pshift]

Obvious scammer.


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[spat]

One of the guns I'm selling was previously listed on another website for sale.
This was post I received from a buyer:

"Hi CB I'm interested However I'm in the city feel free to email me I'll actually give you $350 if you come down we can meet in front of 250 East Houston New York N.Y 10002 if we do good business i can actual purchase again I've been trying to purchase off the dark web but to many scammers!! sucks!! Sunday 12/12/25 around 2:00 in the afternoon Let me No SERIOUS BUYER !?"

This was my response:
First the gun has to go through an FFL.
Second the gun has 3 -13 round magazines.
Third you can only purchase it with those magazines if you're an LE.

I've been since ghosted.
Was this a test ?
I should of made a phone call and have NYPD make the sale.

C.B.

Maybe entrapment, maybe criminal, but definitely not a deal you want any part in.

 

[Bustedknees]

Let us know if your wife and dog lives through the night.

 

[TopShot]

Maybe entrapment, maybe criminal, but definitely not a deal you want any part in.

Thanks, but No Shit....LOL !!!
C.B.

 

[Nebowictz]

You should say yes and then order a dozen Uber eats with his name to be delivered at that time with instructions to meet outside.

 

[togmaster]

You should say yes and then order a dozen Uber eats with his name to be delivered at that time with instructions to meet outside.

Coffee and donuts just in case.

 

[C3D]

It's not even worth a response to scammers - criminals - undercovers - whoevers like this. Ignore.


And to beat the others to the punch . . .

What you selling?

 

[TopShot]

It's not even worth a response to scammers - criminals - undercovers - whoevers like this. Ignore.

And to beat the others to the punch . . .

What you selling?

F/S - S&W M&P40 Compact M2.0

Smith & Wesson M&P 40 Compact M2.0. .40 S&W cal. Black Polmer Frame. 4 in. Stainless Steel Barrel and Slide with Armornite Finish. Tactile and Audible Trigger Reset. White Dot Front and Low Profile Carry Rear Sight. Lower Picatinny Rail. 3 Interchangeable Grip Inserts. 3 - 13 Round Magazines...

nygunforum.com

C.B.

 

[Saltwater60]

I do t think there is a law saying you need to report any crime. You handled it legally on your end. I’m sure it was a scammer. That’s terrible if it was a cop.

 

[TopShot]

That’s terrible if it was a cop.

That could be deemed as entrapment.
C.B.

 

[spat]

I do t think there is a law saying you need to report any crime. You handled it legally on your end. I’m sure it was a scammer. That’s terrible if it was a cop.

It's a scammer either way. Just because you're scamming for NYS doesn't make you not a scammer.

 

[Zerex]

Likely a non eligible person or an ATF scam...........ritzy address on lower east side........
either way............... you be ded.