[Clony]

Hi, i know there are thousands of post about HP1000 scams and so, but just wanted to ask if these are just fake sales?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Joseph-Grad...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Joseph-Grad...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Joseph-Grad...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Joseph-Grad...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Joseph-Grad...QQcmdZViewItem

Just look to fake!

 

[MaZa]

Well, he has a long list of good feedbacks, but 5 from same seller... Unless its a mistake, theres gotta be something fishy.

 

[Mindless]

Looking at his feedback and stuff, it seems legit. But why five 'phones? Are they all the same headphone or are there five different ones?

And I kind of recall seeing thoes pictures in other auctions...

 

[ecclesand]

Same seller has 5 HP1000s? Looks fishy to me....

 

[tk3]

All those pics in the different auctions look the same few pics to me, and looking at his feedbacks he doesn't seem to be a frequent audio gear seller.

 

[spinali]

This scammer uses a two-day auction, so it's still pretty early.

So, to cut down on the damage, you might send emails to eBay http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/...unterfeit.html . If a couple of Head-Fi'ers send notices at the same time, they'll shut the cammers down more quickly.

 

[Kees]

Five links to one sale. What is your point?
It looks legit to me, IF the intermediary actually have the phones in their posession.

 

[recstar24]

To all of you that are even believing that these auctions are real, shame on you

There are numerous tell tale signs that these auctions are fake.

1) same pictures and advertising but under different seller names leads to possible account hacker using different accounts

2) Request to be emailed outside of ebay, and specifically saying if you contact the seller you will not get a response, implies that the account does not belong to the seller/scammer.

3) I believe these pictures are ripped from a previous auction.

 

[tk3]

It's 5 links to 5 different sales, all of which seem to be the same phone.

 

[Computerpro3]

I have a feeling that a legit seller's account got hijacked.

 

[recstar24]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Computerpro3 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I have a feeling that a legit seller's account got hijacked.

I concur, the signs are pretty clear and obvious.

 

[Clony]

Hmm, that sucks! Realy want a pair of HP-1000

 

[Rav]

To start, there have been a number of auctions exactly like this in the last week or so from various sellers.

As someone said above, the email outside of ebay thing is a good giveaway as to a scam, as is the location being london but the currency being USD.

Pretty certain that the photos and text were ripped direct from another auction, or maybe a head fi FS thread. I know i've seen them both before.

 

[jellybones]

What's happening here, I believe, is hackers are stealing high feedback accounts through phishing and then putting up auctions for expensive items and having the payments sent to their Paypal.

 

[varro]

Google hes email account, and you'll know he is a scammer.