Does this sound like some sort of scam on Facebook Marketplace?

[Rroff]

Sounds like he was going to attempt to scam you, and then realised you weren’t going to fall for it and left.

There’s a lot of scam guides going round TikTok and other social media at the moment, I imagine some people are just starting out and don’t really know how to pull it off properly yet.

Probably tries it on a bunch of people and at least one they will be able to pull off whatever scam they are trying on.

Someone I know does a lot of agricultural services stuff where people pay with cash and encounters the same attempts time and time again, not to paint all tradesmen as scummy but he says a surprising number try the same old tricks to distract you while paying say a £1000 bill with only £900 worth of notes, etc. then play dumb if someone notices and/or claim you must have misplaced the extra £100 or trying to scam them if it is noticed afterwards, etc. and it is obviously not just a mistake when you've seen it many times.

 

[pastymuncher]

I did invite him in. He seemed keen to do it outside.

He's coming back to bum you

Definately the above.

 

[watercooledman]

OP not ben on for a while, so the phantom bummer has been around robbed the place and ripped the back out of the OP ?

 

[dlockers]

I did invite him in. He seemed keen to do it outside.

Dirty so-and-so.

 

[kissenger]

Everything fine. Sorry to ruin your fantasies! Was definitely a scam but nothing has come of it.

 

[Rroff]

Everything fine. Sorry to ruin your fantasies! Was definitely a scam but nothing has come of it.

How do we know this is you and not the scammer? who has now taken over your whole life.

 

[nine_tails]

erm.. so how does a scam in person play out? Fake notes? Grab and run?

 

[Clearcut]

I reckon the op was either bummed and rather liked it, or bummed and is so ashamed he's pretending all is well.

 

[watercooledman]

I reckon the op was either bummed and rather liked it, or bummed and is so ashamed he's pretending all is well.

got bummed and has since advertised again.

 

[Hades]

got bummed and has since advertised again.

Enjoyed the bumming so much the first time that he advertised it for a second round?

 

[watercooledman]

Enjoyed the bumming so much the first time that he advertised it for a second round?

yes but now the item is free to collector.

 

[Hunterlit]

Theres some characters on here

 

[dlockers]

erm.. so how does a scam in person play out? Fake notes? Grab and run?

Plays on the kind hearted nature of most scam-ee's.

"Heres half the cash I'll transfer the rest when I get back because...

<phone ran out of battery>
<don't have debit card/ 2 factor auth device>
<money was transferred from savings and hasn't shown up in main account yet>

... I'm sorry but I live really far away, is that OK?"

 

[arknor]

he was probably looking for a weak person who would put up no resistance and just hand it over.

not wanting to come inside though why would you want to?

 

[pastymuncher]

not wanting to come inside though why would you want to?

At least he spared the OP that much.