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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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allenf1963
373 posts
 

@oddiofyl -- It stuns and flabbergasts me that in today's "Scamner Society", there are still people who would scan a QR Code from some random letter they received.  Anybody that has elderly parents with smartphones should go through and remove any apps that their parents could mistakenly use causing trouble. 

skiznfliz
50 posts
 

If Paypal’s fees were not so insane, as well as, not to be so quick to dismiss a seller’s defense when disputing a bogus claim from a scammer, maybe they’re wouldn’t be so many issues.     

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winerocks OP
11 posts
 

Indeed skiznfliz, PayPal fees are not cool.  
 

bassbuyer
261 posts
 

The scammers are getting more and more sophisticated.  Around here the latest scam is a text that looks like it’s coming from EZ Pass that you have an unpaid toll charge.  You have to look closely that the link isn’t exactly the same as the real vendor.  In addition the cell number it comes from is from outside the US.  Selling and buying online is also getting more involved and requires more scrutiny.  

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thecarpathian
4,874 posts
 

@winerocks ,

How did you respond to them?

You didn’t mention that part.

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