I think the key part of these scams is the long shipping times. That gives the scammer 16-20 days of sales before the real reviews start coming in with 1-star that the product is fake. And after those start the scammer has very likely already started the new ad for a new product with its good fake reviews. Searching on ebay for 2tb flash I see lots of fake 2tb devices, and some of the listings look pretty carefully done. Likely whoever you bought yours from already has their new listings up to continue the scam. Besides Ebay, I have seen what looks like similar scams on other websites. So if something has a high shipping time for a high volume sales item be worried. Most of the items that have valid high shipping times are uncommon low volume items that it is likely they are only selling a few of per month. On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 6:57 AM Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Michael D. Setzer II via users writes: > > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/2TB-256GB-USB-Flash-Drive-Thumb-U-Dis > > k-Memory-Stick-Pen-PC-Laptop-Storage-USA/283587547192?ssPageN > > ame=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=585288826733&_trksid=p20603 > > 53.m2749.l2649 > > > > Was the link $22.99 was the price for the 2T? Formated to that size, and > > shows that size. Just got yesterday, so don't know if it actually works.. > > You've been scammed. You should do a Youtube search. Plenty of videos of > bought 1 or 2 tb flash drives being tested, and found to be …much less in > actual size. The drive's firmware lies about it's true size. > > This is a fairly popular E-bay scam. > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
