Very sorry to hear about you being scammed by this vermin,This is an obvious pattern on the wanted section ,not sure how you can stamp it out,
i had similar experience with the "reach out to Gary ploy"when I put wanted ad for tenabraex scope covers, the price offered was pitched at around 25% cheaper than retail so they'd done some research what stopped me was the third party referral ,just didn't smell right,I pm,d admin but not sure what they can do I think perhaps only deal with established members only which is a real shame ,good luck with police hope they track them 😬