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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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winerocks OP
11 posts
 

@audioman58 that is not cool.  

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zappas
176 posts
 

I was on a fake Costco website it looked real but when I went 5o check out something with payment didn't look right, so I canceled.  I always say buyer beware. 

waorwraith
35 posts
 

Here’s one: I list a higher priced item, someone agrees to buy and then sends me a 2k “deposit” via Zelle which I don’t have. When I respond with No and No, he says ok just send the 2k back to me. 
The scam is you send a payment from a stolen credit card number, wash it through someone’s bank and by the time the CC# shows up on the stolen list you already have your clean funds and are gone. 
Went through this last year and Agon did nothing but insist I refund him immediately. They either are slow to understand scams or just don’t care.

chrisoshea
391 posts
 

Indeed...A sucker born every minute...Or in the USA 77, 200 million + voting suckers 18 and over in age....

chrisoshea
391 posts
 

OP...Oh jeez...you fell for a Taylor Swift scam...My advice...Stay OFF ALL Social Media....You are welcome...

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