“I’m sure I’m not the only one they scammed. They’re hunting people like this”: Fake Guitar Center websites set up to scam players are on the rise – here’s what you need to look out for

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Like all areas of life, the guitar world is rife with scams, and a fake Guitar Center website – which recently conned one player out of more than $1,000 – has become the latest in a long line of scam sites that have been designed to prey on unassuming players.

A new report from Orlando’s News 6 has detailed how guitar fan Daren Maas fell victim to a guitar scam, after purchasing what he thought was a Gibson Les Paul for his birthday from a site he believed to be the legitimate Guitar Center.