Would a scammer take a deposit?
I'm buying an iPhone and I wasn't able to pay by PayPal and I didn't want to send through the money on bank transfer for her to mail it to me as I got scammed a few weeks ago trying to buy a phone. The girl said I could pay a deposit of $30 and as soon as I receive the phone I could pay the rest of the money… Does that seem dodgy or would a scammer not bother for $30?
Scammers want money for nothing. $30 is cash for nothing.
Yes.
NEVER buy electronics like that - buy in person only - they might send you a non-working phone and good luck trying to get your money back
No, scammers don't like money. Hate it. Hate money.
Scammers don't care how much money you send. If just 100 people send $30, that's $3000 the scammer made
NEVER buy any phone unless it's IN PERSON and you can have it checked out at a phone store to make sure A) it's not counterfeit and B) it's not stolen/blacklisted
You would be insane to buy a phone online unless it's from a reputable retailer like BestBuy, T-Mobile, the Apple Store, etc. Everything else is going to be a scam
And when buying from a person, not a store, ALWAYS meet at the phone store where THEY have an account. If they have any excuses why this isn't possible, either it's a Chinese fake phone, the phone doesn't exist, or it's a stolen phone.
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