What's insidious about these Peruvian scams is that I suspect that at least some of these scammers actually have the watch in question. I had requested one seller to provide me pics of the watch he was selling with his email address written on a piece of paper and the watch set to a specific time, and he quickly obliged. He even voluntarily provided me a pic of the Extract. So, in my short experience, it appears that what distinguishes these Peruvian scammers is that they're using real watches in their possession as bait. So the ways I know to avoid this scam are: 1) if it's too good to be try, it probably is (the Peruvian scammers that I've communicated with all appear to be overly-eager to make a deal and have you pay up, that is your first clue), and 2) as many seasoned watch collectors have said over and over again: buy the buyer, not the watch.
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