Multiple "sales" of EAR 324?

It's interesting that most of these fraudsters just don't seem too bright and generally are easy to spot. But there must be a fair amount of buyers that are not too circumspect either or the fraudsters would simply give up.

I imagine if someone really bright got into the fake ad biz they could really make hay. But then again, if they were bright they probably would set their sights higher than $1,000 pieces of hi-fi gear.

Josh got back to me today. The seller has seven ID's attached to his computer! Yeah, I won't be seeing the pre-amp. I'll call Paypal again after today, and start the process. I have 935 feedbacks on ebay (as buyer and seller), haven't had a single scam. I'm fairly new to Audiogon, and my cherry has been popped!

"But then again, if they were bright they probably would set their sights higher than $1,000 pieces of hi-fi gear."

I wonder about this. Hard to see how there could be much money in it. At the same time, they know or research enough to pick high interest pieces as bait.

Is it just that the risk of prosecution is so low it is worth a shot, for the criminally inclined?

"High interest pieces" is the thing. The guy picks the EAR 324 Phono Amp, a pretty esoteric item, as his bait. How would a guy like this even know about an item like the EAR?!

How would a guy like this even know about an item like the EAR?!

Because he heard that there a lots of people on this board who will pay $5K for a power cord????