Is this a gumtree scam?

djspecialist

I had a good one today, received via SMS:

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Re: Dr Scientist The Cleanness.
Hey. Would you be happy to rent this to me? Happy to go through fatlama.com so it’d be insured?
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Er ... nah.

Dominic

A lot of these are not scams to rob you just shitty local listing portals that charge a fee to advertise in the same way Gumtree do but with about 1%of the credibility and coverage 
They are are usually responses from cuddly sounding female names........Anna, Monica, Lola etc ....." Please email me if your item is still for sale "is the usual generic approach to the canvassing.
"Anna " replies to everything you put on Gumtree ........I'm tempted to offer a Human Butchery Service and see what she makes of that !

sawyer

Had a guy text me asking if he can rent my £300 Blackwater halfstack through Fatlama.com. wtf!

midlifecrisis

sawyer said:

Had a guy text me asking if he can rent my £300 Blackwater halfstack through Fatlama.com. wtf!

ive had a few of these fatlama requests. I think its a genuine site but im guessing fatlama are trying to get recognition by spamming people with stupid requests. I sold a £25 practise amp and someone wanted to rent it through fatlama ffs.