On 1/23/21 1:09 PM, Doug H. wrote:
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021, at 5:27 AM, Roger Heflin wrote:
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.
Out of curiosity I checked Amazon. "2tb usb flash drive"
Sure enough, for just $19.99. The first review shown:
This is not a 2tb drive
Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2020
Verified Purchase
This product is falsely listed as 2tb. When inserted into a computer, it will report itself as 1tb, but it isn't even that - after some investigating I found that it's actually an 8gb drive with some malware on it that causes it to misreport its size. This is a straight-up 100% scam.
They're all over Amazon, indeed. I reported a couple of them. But at
least there people should be able to get their money back.
Riki
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