Criminals using social media to lure victims is a popular M.O - because it often works.

Just ask a 19-year old Akronite who was robbed of the Air Jordan shoes he was trying to sell. He got a hit off a mention on Instragram, so he and his friend drove to the Orlando Avenue and Slossen Street vicinity to meet the buyer. The buyer brought a couple of his friends, too ... plus a gun.

He guy with the gun got the shoes.

The seller got no money.

The victim quickly got to Copley Road and called the cops. The descriptions don't do much to narrow it down, as provided verbatim from the Akron Police Department:

"The suspects are three black males, 17 – 21 years old. The first suspect is 5’11” and 160 lbs., wearing a black Northface hooded sweatshirt and goes by the name either Eric or Aaron and was armed with a silver handgun. The second suspect is a5’07” and 150 lbs., and was wearing a dark colored hooded sweatshirt and jeans. The third suspect was wearing a gray and red hooded sweatshirt, a dark colored skull cap and headphones."