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