Well, for one, Carlos Santana has a very particular brand of guitar that he has used exclusively and obsessively for the past 19-20 years. Unless Fender is the company that uses "10 tops" and "bird inlays" as their trademarks, I'd say that would be the most obvious sign that the Ebay post was bogus.
I've never even seen a photo with Santana holding a Strat, not even in the '60's, when Paul Reed Smith was a math-loving adolescent who had no idea that he would be a luthier, much less have Carlos Santana as a client. From what little understanding that I have, he favored Gibsons for a long time, then, for a while, a Yamaha custom shop model, but no Strat.
I'm guessing as well that the account, once very reputable, is now hijacked.
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