Is this a scammer?

[BrianJohnston]

This guy wrote me on email claiming to have a mouthpiece that I’m after. Has anyone heard of him or done business with:

Frank Fred
[email protected]
Trombonechat: FreddieJet

[MahlerMusic]

A good start is to ask for a picture of the mouthpiece with wording like "Trombonechat".
Plus must people have some kind of Online footprint. 80% of people here will get a hit if you search their name plus trombone together.
Trust your gut.

[atopper333]

I had one come through on email only. It was on a want to buy posted here. After my experience with a tuning slide, I won’t go through with a transaction that originates from an email outside of the forum for stuff posted in the forum. If it’s coming from the forum, I’ll wait for a DM and then go from there…I’d be suspicious of it to say the least…

[WGWTR180]

Dude has 2 first names. I say spammer.

[BGuttman]

FreddieJet

Joined 2019
0 posts.

IP address is European; can't figure out which country.

I make no judgement on what he is.

[Lhbone]

When in doubt, I ask for a video of the item in question and to give a thumbs up in the video. Usually they don’t respond again if they’re a scammer. Also PayPal G&S, as you already know.

[MahlerMusic]

That works for now until video generation is better and more assessable.

[JohnL]

Same person:
viewtopic.php?t=41668

Looks like you instincts were right.