The ATF sent the following advisory to all FFLs last week:
Online Scams Using Fraudulent Federal Firearms Licenses
March 7, 2014
TO ALL FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSEES AND FIREARM PURCHASERS
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is providing the following information to make you aware of fraudulent online firearms sales. Some individuals are using fraudulently altered Federal firearms licenses to sell but never deliver firearms online.
A typical online scam starts with an online firearm advertisement. Purchasers who respond to the advertisement by telephone or email receive an invalid, counterfeit copy of a license that appears to be valid. After sending payment, the purchaser never receives the advertised firearm(s) and the fraudulent seller removes the original online advertisement and contact information.
To help you avoid this scam, licensees are reminded that only transactions between licensees require the furnishing of a certified copy of the license. Licensees should consider only providing the basic license number to individuals (e.g., 1-75-12345). The individuals can use FFL eZ Check to confirm the validity of the license number before sending payment for firearms advertised online. FFL eZ Check is on the ATF website at http://www.atf.gov/content/firearms/firearms-industry/applications-FFL-eZ-check. If you have general questions regarding the FFL eZ Check system, you may contact the Federal Firearms Licensing Center at 1-877-560-2435.
You may also wish to contact other Federal, State, and local resources regarding internet fraud, to include the Federal Bureau of Investigation (www.IC3.gov), the Federal Trade Commission (www.ftc.gov), your State’s Attorney General’s office (http://www.atf.gov/files/publications/download/p/atf-p-5300-5-31st-editiion/attorneys-general.pdf) and your local law enforcement agency.
If you are a Federal firearms licensee who believes your license has been fraudulently used, stolen, or compromised, please contact your local ATF field office as soon as possible for assistance. A list of local field offices can be found at http://www.atf.gov/content/contact-us/local-atf-office.
Another spin on this ther are those that may be hospitalized or home recovering and for a little while we can escape to Hickock’s range and enjoy his company, the outdoors and watch some awesome shooting. Thanks Hickock, life IS good, keep it up.
So to use a Ben Shapiro strategy, the way to respond to this : ““What the law is actually saying is this country doesn’t value the life of black and brown kids. We want our kids to understand their lives are equal value of anybody else life,” the elder Martin said.”
is this: “What you are saying, then Mr. Martin, is that it is mostly black and brown kids finding themselves on the wrong end of a lawful gun owner’s muzzle. Why do you think that is, Mr. Martin, and isn’t that the real problem we should be looking to solve?
If the problem is black and brown kids finding themselves considered the aggressor in the majority of these types of assault situations, then why aren’t we figuring out how to re-direct these kids’ energy into productive things by helping them before they get to that point i.e. helping them make basic lifestyle changes?
What’s the big difference between a dead young black man and that same young black man who knows that no one he assaults has the right to defend himself? The difference is that the first scenario the innocent victim gets to live and in the second scenario the innocent victim gets to die (or be mortally injured/wounded). Why do you get to choose that the life of a young black man who is willing to assault someone is worth more than the life of an innocent person? When did the rights of criminals become more important than the rights of law abiding citizens?”
“having sex in a canoe”
Haven’t crossed this off my bucket list, but I have had sex on a jet ski.
Sickening.
The thought of violating that oath is abhorrent to me.
As I see the law. It comes down to this.
As a LEO are you willing to break the oath you took to preserve and protect the Constitution?? Or are you willing to be shot at for obeying an obviously illegal command??
Its going to be up to the individual sworn officer as to what he/she is willing to do.
I can see blood here eventually.
Whos??
This I don’t know but it will happen eventually if they try to take away personal property.
This either way will all be on the governors and state police commanders hands.
Not on the citizenries.
I can also see a civil war starting over this.
The politicians in the North East in general no longer represent the people at all.
The best part is we still get to vote.
G-d bless Florida and our representatives in OUR state capital..
Looks like we can finally pronounce Marlin officially dead in about a year or so.
I won’t pretend to fully understand how investment firms go about their business. However… Are Global Digital Solutions and Freedom Group / sub corps publicly traded stocks? If I had stock in GDS and had even the smallest suspicion they would purchase gun makers to convert them to smart guns, I would dump that stock like its a girl with cr@bs on prom night.
Smart guns are a no go, won’t sell to John Public and I doubt government types will want them either.
If I owned FG / sub corp stock, I’d sell them now too. The surge in gun buying is done with no indication on when the next tragic event the politicians can exploit and move a gun grabbing agenda forward. I’d say its time for a correction. Those that make ammo may not be as vulnerable until spring 2015. The republicans will have the US House and Senate by then so no gun control shyt will be up until at least 2017.
Will we rise up or will we just wimp out and suffer through it? I dunno.
“All experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.”
But we all know what happened shortly after that sentence was penned.
Smells like a pump and dump from GDSI, in regards to their stock price. We shall see.
Wouldn’t it be better to just ‘sticky’ this at the top of TTAG.
This is like the third posting of the same thing in 3 or 4 days?
Actually, I thought the Italians were upset because they added a fig leaf to the ad.
Hello this is the third attempt to Complain about a fraudulent F.F.L. Dealer;Arlington Arms;107 Hintz road,Arlington Height,Illinois,Owners name ;Jim Zembrock;Telephone;(847)774-9009.this Was suppose to
hold an automatic 45,until I got a clearance from I.D.P.R.,Due to an arrest for trespassing Sleeping @O’hara airport between.At the time I did not know that a misdemeanor had to reported.So it took months and months ,to appeal,set up a hearing with I.D.P.R.S..I called Zembrock and Kept him informed on how the case was going.Anyway eventually my P.E.R.C. ( Permanant Employee Registration Card) had got reinstated.But Jim Zembrock was nowhere to found.I must of called faxed send notices to his address letting him know that the Case and my F.O.I.D. Card,and P.E.R.C. had been reinstated(fifty Times or more).Still no Response from Zembrock.The gun was purchased through Auction Arms,sometimes back in the mid nineties,its been so long now,but there should be a record of the weapon being transferred from the seller to a new buyer.I don’t have a serial number.But there should be some record of the transfer,and whatever terms that might apply.This either stole the weapon or, resold it,or returned it to the seller.
I never received a word ,a refund ,or explanation as to where the weapon went,or where Jim Zembrock disappeared to.Oh by the way I sometimes work as an Armed Security Officer,I wish someone would catch this guy,I heard that he has pulled this kind of Shenanigan before on another black Security Officer from Indiana,he was killed before he could pick up his paid in full weapon.Could anyone tell me who else I can make this complaint to? I can be reached @ (773)289-8320 .Thank You For Your Time and cooperation;