Photoshop scam IMPORTANT! Someone posted the other day about a too good to be true offer on eBay.....Photoshop, CS5 as well as CS6 for $110., I called EBAY and reported one of these...

Wendy2 Loc: California

Someone posted the other day about a too good to be true offer on eBay.....Photoshop, CS5 as well as CS6 for $110.,

I called EBAY and reported one of these sellers. Someone had already reported him and he had already been suspended.

However, since this is only one of the "sellers" (because he keeps creating a new EBAY identity) I asked EBAy how they deal with that. They said they have ways, such as IP address etc.

As I was talking to EBAY I checked to see if there were more of the same product and sure enough, another NEW seller as of 12/16. I gave EBAY that seller as well.

I checked again, and there was another seller, same scam, brand new to ebay. I sent him a message and said he had been reported.

I'm sure buyers are getting screwed and I don't know how EBAY can track this seller. I am sure the seller is very savvy and knows not to use the same IP address and has figured a way around the system.

Just checked again and there are no additional too good to be true offers. Maybe eBay got it in check!!!

Just wanted to let you all know, this product IS NOT legitimate!!

lighthouse Loc: No Fixed Abode

Great work Wendy, well done.

Wendy2 Loc: California

lighthouse wrote:

Great work Wendy, well done.

Thanks! I hate to see innocent people get taken. On another note, a woman that works at the same school as my husband just got taken for $800. She is only a T/A teachers assistant, and does not make much money. She received an email about her relative in Mexico that needed immediate surgery and they he did not have the money for it. She called the number provided and she said it sounded like her relative, so she sent the money :( It was totally bogus.

There are so many people that are not internet savvy, nor do not know how to double check on scams like this. I feel really bad for her and told my husband let's give her $100 to help her out. That is exactly what my husband would have suggested, if I hadn't first. He has the biggest, kindest heart and I've seen him lend a helping hand many times.

karlw Loc: Enfield Connecticut

Always have to look out when buying on Ebay. The old saying It is to good to be true.... IT IS

Thanks for the heads up.

Heirloom Tomato Loc: Oregon

Wendy2 wrote:

Thanks! I hate to see innocent people get taken. ... (show quote)

I got a phone call from my "favorite nephew" a few years ago, requesting money sent to him right away. Totally bogus. I hung up on the jerk. It was the same scam the T/A fell for, but I quickly figured out the young man on the phone was NOT my nephew, a favorite one or otherwise, even though he did sound like one of my nephews.

Wendy2 Loc: California

Unfortunately they are at it again. I don't know how eBay can stop em!

hlmichel Loc: New Hope, Minnesota

It seems that there is no shortage of people who have realized that it's easier to trick people out of their hard-earned money, than to earn it themselves.

billjohdoittoday Loc: Arkansas

karlw wrote:

Always have to look out when buying on Ebay. The old saying It is to good to be true.... IT IS

Thanks for the heads up.

I have gotten some bargains on eBay, but you _do_ have to be careful. I recently got a Panasonic G1 (used, they tend to go for about $250) for $62 plus s/h. No problems & everything was as it should be. But the vendor had more than 1,000 positive feedbacks. Exercise care, indeed, but there are bargains out there if you look hard enough.

Wendy2 Loc: California

billjohdoittoday wrote:

I have gotten some bargains on eBay, but you _do_ have to be careful. I recently got a Panasonic G1 (used, they tend to go for about $250) for $62 plus s/h. No problems & everything was as it should be. But the vendor had more than 1,000 positive feedbacks. Exercise care, indeed, but there are bargains out there if you look hard enough.

Yes, there are bargains, but as you said, take care. The key to a legitimate deal is the feedback and number of sales the seller has. All these sellers just signed up yesterday or today, with no previous sales or feedback. Then once they sell their item, they disappear.

busted_shutter

hlmichel wrote:

It seems that there is no shortage of people who have realized that it's easier to trick people out of their hard-earned money, than to earn it themselves.

A year ago I received an e-mail. "Help me please!! I'm stuck in Arizona after my car broke down, and I can't get back home. Please send money.". My thoughts...so what's all about? Found out my e-mail address book had been hacked, and everybody received the same "urgent plea". How'd I find out? I routinely e-mail my photo-work from a public computer to myself, to then open on my phone. The bozo e-mailed me!! Lucky that no-one bought the story, or I'd be broker than today.

Elle Loc: Long Island, NY

while scams abound, I think that most people would be alerted to a price difference being too good to be true. In the case of software, the risk is probably greater that it's a pirated copy rather than that it doesn't exist.

Pepper Loc: Planet Earth Country USA

Seems like every time we read about somebody getting scammed it's a result of a deal to good to be true.

Wendy2 Loc: California

Unfortunately some of these products have been sold. And I clicked on one that had ended and found that the seller was no longer registered. I don't know if that is because eBay caught up with them, or once they sell the product, they assume another name and do it all over again!

karlw Loc: Enfield Connecticut

Wendy2 wrote:

Unfortunately some of these products have been sold. And I clicked on one that had ended and found that the seller was no longer registered. I don't know if that is because eBay caught up with them, or once they sell the product, they assume another name and do it all over again!

Seems that it is a scamming world more and more. Yesterday I got my credit card bill for a card I have not used since July 371.00. It was bought at American Girls.com. looks like all the sell is dolls.. If it was a camera place I may have overlooked it...lol

Elle Loc: Long Island, NY

The question is..does the buyer get a copy of the program, albeit a pirated one or nothing for money sent...

The ads I've seen often state the item is an open box unused item. A legitimate copy in the hands of a hacker can be replicated. It also could be someone who purchased a copy and wants to sell it if they don't use it.