Info Beware of These Scams

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There has been a flood of scams on other guitar forums and it looks like LTG is not immune. I'm listing them as I see them.

Best way to deal with scammers:

• Trust your gut and report them! Every post including private messages (conversations) have a report button. Use it!

Some good rules to follow for your own benefit:

• Do not use PayPal Friends and Family unless you 100% trust the person.
• Do not use Western Union to send money

WTB Scam #1
New user (but not always) places ads by ripping off Reverb/CL/Ebay ads) trying to defraud people by getting you to go offline (as in via email instead of Reverb/CL/Ebay) so they can scam you without recourse.

WTB Scam #2
New user (but not always) replies to your WTB ad by sending PM's saying their friend has what you are looking for then refers you to another email address which is always from a free email service (gmail, aol, hotmail, etc.)

FS Scam #1
New user (but not always) responds to your FS ad saying that their friend wants to buy your item and tries to get you off the forum via texts and emails where again, there's no recourse when things go bad.

 

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Here's another popular one.
Someone offers to buy your guitar at a really favorable price. They send you a check, and after you cash it a week later, they call you or contact you and say something happened they can't buy the guitar please refund them. They will request you use Western Union, which is an instant money transfer. There is no recourse to an accidental transfer of money to a scammer, with Western Union. Meanwhile the check they gave you, is fraudulent and bounces after about a month. That's how long a bank takes to really check up on whatever check you've cashed. So what happens is you are on the hook for that fraudulent money. And since you sent it Western Union you sent real money out of your bank account to refund fraudulent money that never actually existed. My ex-wife was an attempted victim of that type of fraud but she's too smart to fall for that.

 

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We just had another new user trying to scam people who have posted WTB ads. Please report any suspicious activity you notice, and thanks to those who have.