Beware, scammers everywhere


Man, it just doesn’t stop.   I list an amp here, and immediately get a response.   Some back and forth on price, then it gets fishy.  “My partner and I will overnight the payment, we just need name and address.  Refuses PayPal, will only send from his/her bank.  All this over text, which should have been the first clue.  
I suspect the next thing would have been “we accidentally sent the money twice, can you send it back to us?” or something similar.  Been down that road before.   

None of this was due to the Audiogon platform, scammers find a way to get pretty much anywhere and everywhere.  If it seems fishy, run away.   
 

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Showing 2 responses by cohicks4

Had this happen to me the next day after listing some speakers on here. Someone reached out to me and asked me to text or call them to discuss. I have paid upfront for the add so no loss of commission for either party. The person and I discussed a lower price. They would send me a certified check and I said I would arrange for shipping and palletize them, based on their area code. Going back and forth with UPS to establish a price and came close, letting the buyer know that it was slightly above my listed cost based on research but would be willing to eat the difference of about $60.00. So I asked for their zip and they would NOT give me anything...name, address, nothing. Of course they had my phone number and address now. And said I didn't need their address since they were sending a driver with their company to pick the pallet up🤔. Wow, this must be a company or something. Turns out AGON and I had a discussion about it and this is a known scam. Once you get the money in your bank and the item is picked up by their service it's retracted from your account...and it's now a theft scam, and your item is gone. So, I cancelled the deal, blocked them and done😩.

Thanks for having my back AGON!

Had this happen to me the next day after listing some speakers on here. Someone reached out to me and asked me to text or call them to discuss. I have paid upfront for the add so no loss of commission for either party. The person and I discussed a lower price. They would send me a certified check and I said I would arrange for shipping and palletize them, based on their area code. Going back and forth with UPS to establish a price and came close, letting the buyer know that it was slightly above my listed cost based on research but would be willing to eat the difference of about $60.00. So I asked for their zip and they would NOT give me anything...name, address, nothing. Of course they had my phone number and address now. And said I didn't need their address since they were sending a driver with their company to pick the pallet up🤔. Wow, this must be a company or something. Turns out AGON and I had a discussion about it and this is a known scam. Once you get the money in your bank and the item is picked up by their service it's retracted from your account...and it's now a theft scam, and your item is gone. So, I cancelled the deal, blocked them and done😩.

Thanks for having my back AGON!