Well done escaping their evil net.
Phone number out of the country. Would be interesting to know which counry code these scums come from.
It really is time they are wiped off the face of the earth.
No punishment is too hard for them.
Buyer anxiety
I have purchased an integrated amp here on Audiogon. It is my first buy here. I tried to pay with Paypal but the transaction will not complete. I sent a message to the seller asking for advice. She is asking me to pay her directly to her email at Paypal. I'm not sure Paypal will back up a purchase with a private individual.
This is her message to me.
Hello Dear, I Hope you are doing well.
Sorry for my late reply, I tried to contact you through audiogon,
For the confirmation process and for your item to be shipped to the right address could you please give your shipping address and send us a screenshot of your payment from PayPal.
Your order has been prepared and ready to be shipped tomorrow, please confirm the previously requested details.
The red flags are
They have no sales history.
There is no discussion history under Witting74
The amp is supposed to be in Kansas, but the phone number is out of country.
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@clearthinker County code was 66 |
Yipes. That's Thailand. Some of the biggest international scams originate there. Some years ago there was a huge forged wine fraud that lost buyers more than $8 million. Wine speciallsts in auction houses were taken in. It is also known that audio equipment is forged there. Yup, they copy the stuff good enough so that some people buy them.. Good rule of thumb: don't deal with people in the Far East, except possibly Singapore and Japan. Not Hong Kong any more, it's just part of China now. It's worth repeating that the internet and websites are by far the biggest source of fraud and it's growing all the time. |
@clearthinker Ok now even more anxiety! As soon as I saw the phone number, I said WTF. I was very attached to the idea that I rally wanted the unit, even though I saw the red flags. Paypal saved me! |
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