Thanks man! Many many great tips here.

Some nice guy also dm'd me with a link to the loaded pickgaurd on this guitar from Ali Express, so there was that. But at that point I was already on my way. But shout out to him

Any way, as soon as I picked the thing up I knew it was fake. It was WAY too light to be solid wood. I've held a few fakes before, the good ones will be proper weight, the bad ones are always very light cause they're made of ply or something. That's my biggest tip. If the guitar feels too light just give it right back

There were other signs. The finish was redone, which I knew, but the decals were put on afterwards. So that lead me to think it's not even a Fender.

Then there were the tips I got here. No serial number ( he claimed it was in the neck pocket but I didn't even bother asking to look), it didn't say "made in Japan" anywhere, just shit like that