Fraud Alert: Audio Zoom Zoom, Netherlands


Beware: I paid almost $15K to Audio Zoom Zoom (Netherlands) for a Kondo Souga amplifier and all communication stopped completely as soon as the money was paid. Guy goes by the name Varchi.
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Sending money to Nigeria (or the Netherlands, for that matter) just makes NO sense! I empathize with your situation ($15K, yikes), but sending that kind of money is crazy. I hope you get some of it back. Audio Zoom Zoom, really? Caveat emptor!

P.S. If someone ripped me off for $15K, I’d be on a plane the next day.
Further to @prpixel s observations, using Google image search on the thumbnails of equipment will return examples of the same photo, or one very slightly cropped or cleaned up, on the sites of other resellers.

This = https://audio-europa.com/ads/linn-lp-with-radikal-urika/?refsource=hifishark

Thishttps://www.ebay.de/itm/Nagra-300i-VFS-Isolationsbasis-TOP-Zustand-2-Jahre-alt-OVP-/271669662664?pt=... with just a bit of re-touching.
I think the best protection is to always use a credit card.  Unless you know the seller is legit do not send cash.
Not to beat a dead horse...
When I was trading watches, I always had the seller provide references before wiring funds.
Sorry this has happened to you.
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