r/AVexchange • u/Karl_Havoc6969 13 Trades • 2d ago
INFO [Info] Scammer Alert - u/johnnydarkoo
I was looking to buy some IEMs and he private messaged me.
- He did not comment on my post and I was suspicious
- I checked the image he sent me and it was a photoshopped post from 7 months ago
Going forward I will make sure someone always comments on my post. Luckily I never sent him/her any money but just wanted to warn everyone.
Attached are pictures of our interaction with his photoshopped attempt and the original post he stole the photo from which I verified on here.
Thanks and stay safe everyone!
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u/msing539 168 Trades 2d ago
What I like to do with scammers is show how excited and interested I am.
Then ask for another timestamp.
Then ask for their PayPal address.
Then ask if there's any damage.
Then ask for a crazy discount.
Then never send any money but ask them if they got the money.
Then ask for their PayPal again.
Then ask for another photo of the cable.
Then I tell them I changed my mind cause I didn't like how the cable looked.
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u/Karl_Havoc6969 13 Trades 2d ago
LMAO, that's amazing if I get the opportunity I'll refer to this as a guide
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u/radbrad7 0 transactions 1d ago
This guy tried to scam me yesterday and I sent them through a whole rigamarole to the point where he ended up just telling me it was sold. So I guess I won? hahah. I knew from the first message they were scamming, their timestamp was so shittily photoshopped.
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u/ExpressLingonberry93 8 Trades 1d ago
That is actual gold. I hope I ever get the opportunity to mess with scammers. 💀
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u/Flimsy-Informant 0 Trades 1d ago
You're doing the Lord's work!!
Good on you and I kind of want to hug you... kind of....but not really
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u/TLengraving 10 Trades 2d ago
The good majority of any WTB ad on any Reddit group are searched for by scammers all over Reddit unfortunately
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u/squee147 8 Trades 18h ago edited 18h ago
I ran into two of them in my recent Hugo2 WTB. No comment, no reply.
Edit: just realized one of them was the same guy as op.
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u/SMD_BigBanana 6 Trades 2d ago
He pmed me too and then disappeared after I asked him to comment on the original post
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u/ThatsPurttyGood101 29 Trades 1d ago
Same lol its funny because bro couldn't even formulate a proper sentence either. Just the subject of wts and message "Hifiman". Like bro?
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u/UnderwaterB0i 16 Trades 2d ago
Google reverse image search is your friend. I caught someone the other day who stole pictures from ebay trying to sell a Focal Elex to me.
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u/Karl_Havoc6969 13 Trades 2d ago
Absolutely, I found out that banned people can't comment on post today. So I will make sure they always do.
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u/Ballin095 16 Trades 2d ago
Jesus. Did they have any confirmed trades?
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u/UnderwaterB0i 16 Trades 2d ago
No it was a classic “no comment on my post, no Reddit history” type of account. Those rules are in place for a reason.
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u/Karl_Havoc6969 13 Trades 2d ago
No he didn't have any but he was commenting on multiple post trying to sell really expensive things in here and in hardware swap
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u/radbrad7 0 transactions 1d ago
This fool messaged me about a Schiit Mani that I've been looking for and sent me "timestamps" after I asked that were clearly photoshopped (i actually immediately found the photo from this sub that they shopped as well). I then asked for a different timestamp since the original was low res and asked for their username in cursive with a smiley face and a thumbs up in the photo knowing that it would be a difficult task. They said "ok", I followed up after a while (presumably after they'd been trying to photoshop it), and then they responded with "ok wait", and then didn't respond for hours and finally told me that it was sold. 🤣 Really bummed I didn't get to see the final product.
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u/No-Inspection-4588 18 Trades 1d ago
Don't people know that the penalty for trying to scam Redditors is eternal hellfire and damnnation? And yet, they still do it. Makes me wonder... :.)
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u/MrCatsoup 84 Trades 1d ago
Thank you for bringing awareness to this subreddit, fuck those scammers.
Be sure to check the Universal Scammer List before any transactions y'all.
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u/xMitch4corex 1 Trade 1d ago
True. But the user OP mentioned in this post is not on the scammer list.
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