Most certainly a scam. 600 F4 shows date code of UV0320. See link below.
posted on craigslist.
Email from Maria Banegas [email protected]. I can also see the profile picture of this person on gmail which is some what obscene.
-----
Hello,
Thank you for contacting me about Canon Mark III EOS-1Ds and Canon EF 600mm f4L IS USM.
These were my brother's items and he passed away 2 months ago. I need to sell these because every time I look at them... This camera is too much for me and I will never ever will learn to use it. I think this is a fair price and I will close this deal ONLY trough ebay.
I am located in Detroit MI and I will ship them and after you will "buy it now" I will send you the tracking number.
According to ebay you have 3 days after the items will get to you to inspect them and confirm that everything is OK. After your confirmation the funds will be released to me. Let me know if we have a deal and if you want me to list them on ebay.
Here are some extra pics:
Wouldn't forcing the sale through eBay run contrary to the idea of a scam? I'm not saying you're not right on this. I'm just trying to wrap my head around the reason for that piece of it.
I imagine eBay option was offered only to gain confidence... Actual ebay offer was not made despite request..
Besides, no response anyways...
-----
The purpose I posted it here is that users can get familiar with the pictures, and that may potentially help identify near future scam (assuming it is a scam, and that scammer is lazy enough not to make new pictures).
I am in the Detroit area could you pm me the link or post it so I can stay clear it may be redone and I may still look into it I have seen some deals and I want to email them but not sure which one is the one your referring to thanks
I also had one of these offer before, saying that they'll do the eBay deal, but it they end up trying to email me from eBay email center, and asking me to wire the money, I'm pretty it's a scam.
Captain Trips wrote:
Didn't anybody notice the difference of the IQ between the shots of the body and the shots of the lens??
maybe that's her only 'camera' and used her cell phone to take pix of the 1ds and used the 1ds to take pix of the lens.....
