Indeed skiznfliz, PayPal fees are not cool.
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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@cohicks4 good catch, and good thing you caught it before you lost any money or equipment. |
Some great tips here! I grew up in a time where thieves broke into houses, cars, and businesses. I struggle with all the current modes of thievery and deceit, and struggle even more with the seemingly endless quantity of such people. I have been taken a couple of times, most recently someone managed to wiggle into a private Band group (app) for my kids' swim team parents. Someone posed as a parent with two Taylor Swift tickets...and I bit. There were a couple of signs, some of which are mentioned above, but I figured it was a private group of honest-ish people...I serve on the Board of Directors for the team, and know most of the parents. I lost some money, learned a lesson, and had to let my wife, daughter and her best friend know that it was all a scam, and they would not be able to see Tay-Tay. |
@audioman58 that is not cool. |
@jayctoy referring to audioman getting scammed out of 12K. Decidedly not cool. |