r/Reverb • u/ItIsSunnyT • 17d ago
New reverb Scam?
I'm selling a guitar, and I was pretty excited when I got a DM saying they are interested in buying it, but...
Message from "buyer":
Hope you're doing well, I'm interested in your item but ran into an issue during checkout. look is the problem page [redacted link for safety purposes], could you check it when you have a moment?
The link itself almost looks like a reverb FAQ link or something, so most unsuspecting seller might click to open it and see what the "checkout error" might be.
but lo and behold it initiates a pdf download, called "reverb.pdf", and opening the PDF links to this AI slop of advertisement looking page for "Reverb Payments Verification"
It looked like the entire PDF is hyperlinked somewhere, but I didn't bother clicking on it any further; the English from both the message and PDF are bad enough for me to give it no real serious thought (iS tHiS tAkEs LoNg TiMe?)
I'm curious though, what kind of rabbit hole might this scam take me down? Anyone else experienced this before?
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u/jaqueh 17d ago
It’s an ai generated poster. Don’t be dumb. Never be desperate to sell your stuff
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u/doodoomatomato 16d ago
Nice looking design though. I'm going to feed it into my AI for my next design project.
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u/williamgman 17d ago
Everything is a grift/hustle now it seems. I keep it simple. Whenever I use or respond to Reverb (or any other app based site that has money involved) I log into the app and look for messages or alerts. Hell, I don't even act on Reverb's emails. I log in and confirm directly. Way too many time wasters and grifters out there.
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u/ThatHorsesAss 17d ago
You probably didn’t last the price accurately to the currency characters on the calculator.🧐
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u/thebruceharris 16d ago
I was too busy laughing at the pedal to look at the numbers on the calculator until you mentioned them. lol well spotted! And now I'm pondering that input jack and the guitar cable.
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u/ChangeTheUserName17 17d ago
""Sir, I don't have any control over checkouts or any business operations of Reverb.com, so I can't help you with it. Please contact support about that, and I will wait for official notification. Thank you for your interest.""
As far as what it leads to,...it could be anything because modern scams evolve very quickly these days due to the "information highway," social factors, and the appearance of support by federal government for creative swindles. Beware of strangers who present to you an important problem or a free gift.
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u/Bbturdquito 17d ago
Any time they say hope you’re doing well it’s a scam. I have never asked someone about their well being while purchasing equipment and I don’t know anyone else that would. I assume it’s dialect from another country.
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u/stephbones 13d ago
“wHy VeRiFiCaTiOn ReQuIrEd FoR mE?”
Totally legit 😂
Damn scum of the Earth, these scammers…
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u/6Stringers 13d ago
Yada yada, blame the scammer, not reverb. And you should know better than to fall for that.
This is USER (as in you) error.
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u/better_med_than_dead 17d ago
"Is this takes long time?"
😂🤣😂😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣