Does this PM seem fishy to anone else?

[stratusrt01 10+ year member]

name withheld in case the guy actually is serious, but here's the PM:

Hey,

I'm very interested in purchasing. If you can provide me with a few pictures with my name (insert name here) on a piece of paper, consider it sold. Thank you, and I hope to do the deal!

Now why would someone want their name on a piece of paper, beside an amp that didn't belong to them, if they weren't planning on scamming someone? Just seemed strange to me, so I sent a picture to him that said "stratusrt01's amp, but (insert name here) wants it!!" He also has a 0 postcount. Just didn't seem right to me, so people be careful.

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[22mountaineer 10+ year member]

Seems like he is wanting to act like he is selling something that you have and use that username somewhere else to "prove" he has it. I wouldnt have done it either.

 

[stratusrt01 10+ year member]

that was my feeling also, I'm waiting to see if I get an IM back from him, since he was just checking PMs, but if I don't within a relatively normal period of time, I'll post the name here to warn everyone.

 

[CobaltKicker 10+ year member]

sounds like a dirty scammer....recommend a ban on him before he screws someone over....

 

[saj21187 10+ year member]

Whoops read that completely wrong, sorry. Yea sounds like a scam for sure.

 

[LUV2BHATED 10+ year member]

seems fishy you did the right thing

 

[surftb15 10+ year member]

wait a second.

i got one similar, but not the same.

 

[CobaltKicker 10+ year member]

LOL.....he's a scammer....BAN!

 

[rtillaree 10+ year member]

maybe he's asking so that he knows it's you who is taking the pics of the item...why don't you both agree on a common word to use like TOOTHBRUSH or something...i've done that before...

 

[stratusrt01 10+ year member]

Well, i would think a pic with my name on it would suffice.........

 

[bdawson72 5,000+ posts]

So you withheld his SN then told it later on in the post.

Interesting

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

name withheld in case the guy actually is serious, but here's the PM:
Hey,

I'm very interested in purchasing. If you can provide me with a few pictures with my name (insert name here) on a piece of paper, consider it sold. Thank you, and I hope to do the deal!

Now why would someone want their name on a piece of paper, beside an amp that didn't belong to them, if they weren't planning on scamming someone? Just seemed strange to me, so I sent a picture to him that said "stratusrt01's amp, but (insert name here) wants it!!" He also has a 0 postcount. Just didn't seem right to me, so people be careful.

yup, very fishy!

 

[stratusrt01 10+ year member]

So you withheld his SN then told it later on in the post.

Interesting

I did that because someone said they had the same PM, then they said it was similar, but not the same........I edited it now.

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

who is this? ip check time

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

need the name