A Perth man was lured out to a remote property in an elaborate online marketplace scam involving an innocent homeowner.

Aspiring DJ Tejas Manoj was scouring the online platform when he came across an advertisement offering decks for just $1100 — the equipment usually retails for around $2500 to $3000.

Despite the 20-year-old retail worker thinking the deal sounded “too good to be true”, he messaged the seller to enquire further.

The Marketplace listing stated the seller was located in the Perth CBD area, but when Mr Manoj enquired, he was told he would have to pick the DJ decks up from an address in a Wheatbelt town more than 200km out of Perth.

“They told me to come the next day in the morning... they were in Kellerberrin, which was a two and a half hour drive away from me,” Mr Manoj

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