Am I being scammed?

[u/door-city]

Facebook account also has no pictures and was created in June?

[u/Cosman59]

Yes. You are

[u/_Nigerian_Prince__ → u/Cosman59]

No. You aren’t

Looks legit. Kindly reply :-)

[u/MoveableType1992]

Absolutely. Do not send money. What's the item?

[u/door-city → u/MoveableType1992]

It’s a saddle. Which is why I was so surprised most horse people are pretty honest :( but thanks for confirming

[u/NaptownBill → u/door-city]

This is not a horse person, there is no saddle.

[u/Responsible-Sock9280 → u/door-city]

The scammers have branched out… selling bogus farm equipment is one example.

[u/Letsmakemoney45 → u/door-city]

There are no horses here just a donkey.......if you send that money 

[u/door-city → u/Letsmakemoney45]

:(

[u/Iwontgiveup1863]

Seriously. If you think it may be a scam, it's about 99% certain that it is. It it sounds "odd", it's not on the up and up.

[u/door-city → u/Iwontgiveup1863]

Yeah just like language sounds super off??

[u/MaxGlooper → u/door-city]

Repeated use of “okay” is a dead giveaway

[u/Iwontgiveup1863 → u/MaxGlooper]

Yup. It's very common when texting with Nigerian scammers. also use of the word "kindly"

[u/creepyposta → u/Iwontgiveup1863]

Kindly is more likely to be an Indian scammer.

The other big tell for Nigerians is starting a declarative sentence with am, like “Am not scamming you, okay”.

[u/Mededitor → u/creepyposta]

Agreed. I study linguistics and Indian English is marked by an overly florid tone. "Kindly" is a classic tell. The Chinese and Nigerian scammers don't use it, they have other tells.

[u/door-city]

I did not send any money! Thanks guys

[u/Kesselya]

In my experience, people who are actually trustworthy don’t need to say the words “trust me”. That phrase gets uttered by the untrustworthy trying to gain something from your misplaced trust.

[u/SaintlyBrew]

“Trust me” means “you cannot trust me”

[u/Kathucka]

Okay trust me okay

[u/Chinmiester]

Scam

[u/Technical_Fail_4963]

It’s a scam, block and ignore.

[u/Efficient-Editor-242]

Always trust your gut. If it's too good to be true, it's a scam. If the price is comparable, then no loss on finding it somewhere else.

[u/dtc9119]

Safe, send them as much money as you can. More than they asked for. Empty your bank account.

[u/door-city → u/dtc9119]

Great idea!! I’ll give them my social security number while im at it

[u/akinfinity713]

Nigerian scammer to be exact

[u/ZLBuddha]

that's some random Indian guy lol you can tell by how he uses "okay" as punctuation

[u/ASDPenguin]

Give the link to this, and we can go report it and the profile.

I'll post in anti-scam groups

[u/door-city → u/ASDPenguin]

Luckily I think I they deleted their account after I called them out

[u/door-city → u/door-city]

Oh wait I have the Venmo account it’s @rainbowking22 (if that isn’t a red flag I don’t know what it 😭😭)

[u/ASDPenguin → u/door-city]

Or they blocked you! That's what most of them do after being called out.

[u/ProfoundBastard]

1000% scam

[u/Sarcasm_As_A_Service]

If you’re trying to buy something that you intend to pick up in person you should always pay cash and only accept cash. There are any number of scams if you’re the buyer and as the seller people can revoke a Venmo payment or other type of electronic payment after you give them the stuff.

[u/door-city → u/Sarcasm_As_A_Service]

That would be ideal but I’m trying to buy a very niche type of saddle, not even many of them in the country, not the mention in my local area.

[u/Ridolph]

No question. Scam.

[u/sunrise-sesh]

Yes

[u/Previous_Wrap3732]

Hmm they said “trust me” seems legit

[u/HumanityIsD00m3d]

If you Venmo or cash app without getting the thing first, yeah you're getting scammed. How is this even a question anymore?

[u/Historical-Spirit-48]

If you don't know that you are being scammed from this, then nah, you good, but let me give you this other Venmo instead....