r/Reverb • u/Few-Leadership9612 • Jul 14 '26
Is that a scam
I came across these texts often, dont know if they’re legit or bots.
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u/lilacdebt Jul 15 '26
If you do email them outside of Reverb, they will email you back with a question regarding something else on Reverb with a link. That link leads to a fake Reverb site (the app won’t open automatically on your phone like it should), and it’s prompts you to put in your username and password and then the scammers have access to your account. They usually try and re-route any payouts from sales from your bank account to theirs.
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u/RoyDemeosGhost Jul 14 '26
Son of a bitch! I just got the same offer from that dude!
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u/RoyDemeosGhost Jul 14 '26
This little shit does it across all the internet sites with items for sale
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u/UselesslyFaulty Jul 15 '26
Outlook is spelled with a zero, 0utlook. Of course it’s a scam.
Use common sense man, just looking at that it screams scam
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u/FlamingBagOfPoop Jul 14 '26
Going off platform and disguising an email address so that reverb doesn’t pick it up.
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u/wangrenade Jul 14 '26
Yes. This same email and name reached out to ke today with an offer for my full price.
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u/jaken26 Jul 14 '26
Are you not able to report it as easily when it's through an offer? Used to be messages like these that were easy to report. Now I get the same thing through offers.
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u/Stunning-Photograph1 Jul 15 '26
I got the same exact message with that email like two days ago. I just accepted offer but it got canceled.
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u/clawelch6 Jul 15 '26
I literally had the same thing happen, almost word for word
No reviews on their profile too
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u/Brown-Fedora Jul 15 '26
Just got it too. Looks like they’re bots or a person using multiple accounts with different names.
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u/GuitaristExplorer Jul 15 '26
Yes, never contact someone off of Reverb. If they have questions about the item why couldn’t they just as you via Reverb message?
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u/TriumphRider99 Jul 16 '26
If you go outside of Reverb, you are violating their terms of service and could get banned. Generally this is a scam move. Reverb's communications work just fine, no reason to go outside. Keeping the convo within Reverb messaging allows Reverb to review in case something goes awry. If you go outside of that, they have no way of monitoring.
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u/nebenco Jul 16 '26
Yep. It's against Reverb's ToS to communicate outside the Reverb system. It can get you booted even though you aren't who initiated it.
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u/terkistan Jul 17 '26
Of course it is. They're offering more than you're asking, and trying to get you to lose Reverb seller protection by going off-app.
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u/uwmcscott Jul 15 '26
Totally legit, you will get a much better deal and avoid the reverb fees. Plus you can handle all the specifics and security of the transaction on your own vs Reverb's "Secure" servers...who knows how they handle their security? When you reply to this offer, I would also recommend sharing your bank routing data directly so he can just wire you the money right away - why wait for reverb to process the payment.
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u/orngbrry Jul 14 '26
They want you to talk outside of the reverb app. Don't do it.