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Think I'm being scammed.... have you seen these MBP pictures before?

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WilliamG

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I found someone on the Interwebs who wants to sell me a MacBook Pro, and he e-mailed me these pictures. Based on a hunch, I don't really believe he has the system, and wanted to see if anyone had seen these shots before anywhere on the internet.

Thanks guys...

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Those shots aren't anything special. This can be easily achieved using a 50mm fixed lens with a decent SLR and proper lighting.
 
If you want to be a little more stealthy about it, tell him they are really nice pictures and you're curious about the camera he used, and ask him to send you the original photo files (if he hasn't already). You can use EXIF-O-Matic (a free app) to check the photo details, which will tell you when and what camera was used to take the pictures and see if they match his story...

Those pictures look vaguely familiar to me, but I've seen so many pictures of the new MacBooks that I'm not positive...
 
WilliamG said:
Yeah I'm pretty sure it's a scam now. He even wants me to Western Union him money. :rolleyes:
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Just tell him you found some people on MacRumors that want to stop by his house and check the machine out.

And if you can get his home address so we can stop by.
 
Haha yeah really. The shots aren't anything special, but may be from an unboxing some of you had seen. Anyway, avoiding like the plague.
 
r6girl said:
If you want to be a little more stealthy about it, tell him they are really nice pictures and you're curious about the camera he used, and ask him to send you the original photo files (if he hasn't already). You can use EXIF-O-Matic (a free app) to check the photo details, which will tell you when and what camera was used to take the pictures and see if they match his story...

Those pictures look vaguely familiar to me, but I've seen so many pictures of the new MacBooks that I'm not positive...
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I've done that a couple of times :) works pretty well!
 
angemon89 said:
One way you can tell it's fake: perfect photographs.
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That is hardly true...actually it is not true at all.

Is this transaction through eBay?
If it is, use PayPal and you are 100% protected and will be reimbursed if anything goes wrong.
Just because the guy HAS that computer and can write his name on a piece of paper, does NOT mean that he will actually SEND you that computer.

Once again, if it's through eBay, USE PAYPAL to protect yourself!:D
 
Proof Of Life...Picture with Today's Newspaper

Tallest Skil said:
Ask that he take new pictures with his name (Internet name is fine) and date either typed on the screen or on a piece of paper laying on the keyboard.

This is an easy way to prove frauds.
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Proof of life. Well they could have it and still not send it to you.
 
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