SCAMMER WARNING: Due to a spate of recent scam attempts (some successful) recently, if you're doing a deal in the classifieds, ONLY USE PAYPAL GOODS AND SERVICES UNLESS YOU KNOW THAT INDIVIDUAL PERSONALLY. It's really not worth saving a few quid.
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Good evening
This morning I received an email from a Donald Conte offering to sell me a Bartel Sugarland. What follows is the email tennis:
'How did you get my details?'
'through the forum your email is on there'
Hi Donald. Thanks for clarifying, I tend to be hesitant when I get an unexpected email. What's the asking price?
'Its fine I understand. I will be willing to sell it for £2500 including shipping. Where are you located?'
I live in Chippenham, Wiltshire. But £2,500 is more than I want to pay so I'm going to wait to see if I can grab a less expensive one. I'm aware of two others that are about to be listed and my aim is to get one much closer to £2,000.
£2000 will be fine with me if you will cover the shipping cost which is not much we can have a deal today let me know
Could I ask where you live? Also I will need the weight and dimensions of the shipping box.
'i'm in scotland - Dimensions 20" x 17" x 10.5" - Weight 33lbs - That wouldn't be so much'
I have a good friend in Scotland who I could ask to collect it from you and pay you. Which town/city are you in?
'I'm sorry i will only post'
Yeah right! He is using this email address - donaldconte06@gmail.com
His surname is sounds like the expletive I use for such scumbags.
I do not have a friend in Scotland.
Be vigilant people!
Castro
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I’ve noticed a lot of scammers on Reverb recently also , it’s as if a new glut of them have appeared
goes by Mark Mckeown in Scotland -
Shady character, damaging the pedal and requesting refund instead of being honest with the buyer's remorse.... but big credit to eBay for sorting me out!! Bucks are in the bank and pedal is back with me.
The problem is that it's hard to persuade somebody to use a secure method that's a pain in the ass, when the biggest consequences of their account being compromised are other people being scammed.
I'm looking at alternatives, which might help. As it is, I think I've prevented the main approach these scammers are using, so hopefully we'll be free of this kind of bullshit until I can come up with a better auth solution.