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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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jetter
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@carlsbad2 

I recently sold a $3K used streamer to a fellow audiophile. It started out on the forum but then I got an email from him because he was out of the US and couldn’t get the forum to load.

I thought it would be interesting to see your buyer's feedback but your feedback shows no transactions ever.  I guess after the buyer emailed you from your contact info provided by A'gon the remaining transaction was completely off A'gon?

jetter
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@carlsbad2

My bad, I assumed that you were referring to this forum when you wrote

I recently sold a $3K used streamer to a fellow audiophile. It started out on the forum

jetter
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@cohicks4

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

Interesting, I'm curious how the buyer can gain access and retract money from your account?

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