Is this a scam?

[Shinbone]

Big Al for a ridiculously low price.
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I googled the email address and found that the same poster has an ad for a Gibson SG in New York.

 

[dalkowski]

Might be hinky. Crappy phone pics, and "Seller" just copied and pasted product description from MF web site.

Reply to the ad -- what do you have to lose?

I'm intrigued -- report back!

 

[MrTaff]

It's too cheap for it to be genuine.

 

[JimmyM]

Why would you email the dude with a phone number right off the bat?

 

[smcd]

Kind of a weird bass to use in a scam. Reply and see what he says.

 

[lowfreq33]

There's a very similarly worded ad in another thread for a Tobias Basic 5 for $300. Tampa FL.

 

[lfmn16]

Is this a scam?

YES. You don't get something for nothing; there is no free lunch; you get what you pay for; etc, etc, etc.

These guys bank on someone thinking they can get a $1700 bass for a couple of hundred dollars. Frankly I have no sympathy for anyone who gets taken in by such an obvious scam.

 

[Pandastylebass]

It's probably stolen, and someone wants to move it quickly

 

[fettbass]

My guess is he'll say something like "I am US army soldier stationed in Afghanistan, I will have my broker arrange for drop off of the item. Please use western union to transfer the funds......". Complete with spotty English.

 

[Handyman]

My guess is he'll say something like "I am US army soldier stationed in Afghanistan, I will have my broker arrange for drop off of the item. Please use western union to transfer the funds......". Complete with spotty English.

Either that, or its stolen.

 

[Shinbone]

There's a very similarly worded ad in another thread for a Tobias Basic 5 for $300. Tampa FL.

Yeah. That is very suspicious. Not sure why they would want you to email your phone number. Weird.

 

[RustyAxe]

Big Al for a ridiculously low price.
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I googled the email address and found that the same poster has an ad for a Gibson SG in New York.

Yes. These gmail addresses (most always a female name) have been appearing all over CL in the northeast.

 

[Pandastylebass]

Yeah. That is very suspicious. Not sure why they would want you to email your phone number. Weird.

I just emailed him my number, he called me back right away...
Turns out that he is a Nigerian Prince that recently started playing bass, he is buying a new Alembic and just just wants this to one go to a good home. The only condition he had was that I send an email to 10 of my friends or family and make sure they do the same. He told me this will guarantee I will have good luck in the following business year. So it's a win win all around

 

[mancefine]

Not saying it's not a little suspicious, but when I post on Craigslist I usually only have my cell phone to take pics and I usually ask people to call instead of email just because it's quicker.

 

[nukes_da_bass]

No pic of headstock is a big alarm.bell too.

 

[Justice]

SCAM - these types of ads are appearing a lot right now in Houston. First one I saw was a vintage Fender Bassman amp and cab for $200

They have really good descriptions, but you can spot them by the way they format the email address in the ad

 

[groooooove]

lots of ads say no phone number = no response

i've seen ads like that that turned out to be legit. i once got a yamaha maple custom absolute nouveau snare for $100

you have nothing to loose by emailing or calling someone. the minute it's anything other than "meet at x with y amount of cash" you know it's not real.

i've bought a LOT of stuff on craigslist. you can tell when someones a sketchball.

 

[bassbully]

Scam..we have them all the time here. there was a 60's vintage strat found in a barn for like $400.00..it got flagged and $30,000 boats going for 10,000 but are being held in a storge facility out west...just use paypal

 

[FranF]

Yeah, I'd email him a phone number....
of the Florida Attorney Generals' Office.... ;-)

 

[tranceFusion]

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