Is this a scammer?

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BrianJohnston
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by BrianJohnston »

This guy wrote me on email claiming to have a mouthpiece that I’m after. Has anyone heard of him or done business with:

Frank Fred

<EMAIL email="FrankFred032@gmail.com">FrankFred032@gmail.com</EMAIL>

Trombonechat: FreddieJet
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MahlerMusic
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by MahlerMusic »

A good start is to ask for a picture of the mouthpiece with wording like "Trombonechat".

Plus must people have some kind of Online footprint. 80% of people here will get a hit if you search their name plus trombone together.

Trust your gut.

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atopper333
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by atopper333 »

I had one come through on email only. It was on a want to buy posted here. After my experience with a tuning slide, I won’t go through with a transaction that originates from an email outside of the forum for stuff posted in the forum. If it’s coming from the forum, I’ll wait for a DM and then go from there…I’d be suspicious of it to say the least…
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WGWTR180
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by WGWTR180 »

Dude has 2 first names. I say spammer. :)
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BGuttman
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by BGuttman »

FreddieJet

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IP address is European; can't figure out which country.

I make no judgement on what he is.
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Lhbone
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by Lhbone »

When in doubt, I ask for a video of the item in question and to give a thumbs up in the video. Usually they don’t respond again if they’re a scammer. Also PayPal G&S, as you already know.
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MahlerMusic
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by MahlerMusic »

That works for now until video generation is better and more assessable.

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JohnL
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by JohnL »

Same person:

<LINK_TEXT text="viewtopic.php?t=41668">https://trombonechat.com/viewtopic.php?t=41668</LINK_TEXT>

Looks like you instincts were right.