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You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Reverb Scam? Thread starter paulcj Start date Jan 20, This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links like Ebay, Amazon, and others. Prev 1 2 3 Next. First Prev 2 of 3 Go to page. Shine Squier-holic. Nov 29, 4, West Coast Landia. Geez, this has all kinds of bad written on it from my perspective. Clean and simple it isn't, though I have zero experience selling overseas. Good luck and stay safe! Aug 30, 71 Uk. SoundDesign said:.
Never trust a Romulan. Those cloaking devices on their ships are obviously an attempt to deceive. Click to expand Shine said:. Jan 7, 10, Maryland, USA. Someone contacted me about a guitar I listed on OfferUp. Thinking that it might be an older guy who doesn't have a smart phone, I did. First Warning: "Becky" could have emailed the link to her "father. That's when I know it was a scam and replied for my own entertainment that I don't accept money orders, but I will accept a trade for "Becky" if she's over That ended the negotiation.
Oct 30, 7, Squier Island NY. Your being scammed. They do this sh. Uncle Joe Squier-holic. Dec 18, 4, Jersey. The scam that the prospective buyer was trying to run on paulcj is not usually run at the retail level. I'm a bit surprised. Even criminals are getting desperate. They must enjoy it. Another proof for the existence of evil. This scam is typically run on businesses that ship internationally. An esoteric, and expensive, product is usually selected by the con. The mark is sucked in right away because it's typically a high-margin item that only industry insiders use, and it's nice to garner new business from new players.
Then comes the story, similar to what was pitched to Paul about the need for inland delivery to an unknown forwarder. Naturally, due to the con's unique situation, it's difficult to ship to the unusual final destination i. In any case, it's someplace that's very expensive to ship to. The rest is the same; a friend in the states will collect the goods and forward them to the final destination. The con will pay the full expense including the fictitious forwarding cost that the mark is instructed to send to the fictitious freight forwarder with credit card s , directly to the honest business that directly accepts such payments.
