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This appeared on Facebook.com: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1757847465617124 Nancy Nieves - Free Martin guitar "This item is being given away for free due to personal reasons" I sent a message about this and they eventually replied: "Hi Ed, It's still available and in good condition. My sister is downsizing and willing to give the guitar out for personal reasons to anyone that would care to have it, you can reach her via [email protected] for details on how to get the Guitar. Her name is Carol." So I contacted Carol using my "good" email address (should have used a throw-away email address). Carol replied: (abbreviated email reply) "I see you are interested in the guitar, it was owned and used to be played by my husband who passed away in April. I have just moved to a new home in this city from Reno, Nv and I do not want to keep the guitar as I know it would make healing harder for me, I also do not want to sell it as I believe my husband wouldn’t be pleased if his guitar was sold considering his love for the instrument, it was his favorite. Best regards, Dr. Carol Ruth Khan." I replied and she provided these details: (also abbreviated email) "I got through to a representative of the moving company the guitar is being stored with (sky2c freight systems) in order to know how to go about redirecting the guitar to you. You should send an email to the company representative named Faith via this address, [email protected], then you present my reference (ID: AYMAT117TCD) letting the agent know Dr. Carol referred you." Stupid me, I sent an email to the [email protected] address and then it hit me, why a gmail address? So I looked up sky2c freight systems, and did a search for the [email protected] address and saw it on the BBB scam database. Just like the "Free Martin guitar", this was in the database: "Online Purchase - Fake Give Away This was a Facebook marketplace scam for a very expensive harp. The woman claimed that she was parting with a harp that her late husband had used, and would sell it for the cost of shipping...", etc. These people should be ashamed. OTOH I should have been more alert, smarter, "if it looks too good to be true..." I guess my desire for a Martin guitar got me snookered.