"The Ghost of Oppo" (gohstoklasa)
02/03/2020 at 11:15 • Filed to: Scams
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"The Ghost of Oppo" (gohstoklasa)
02/03/2020 at 11:15 • Filed to: Scams | 0
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I see these sponsored ads every day. If you’ve ever searched facebook marketplace for a Tacoma, you’ve probably been served one of these ads for a mint Gen 1 for less than $2,000.
The scammers don’t even try that hard with gibberish user names and ridiculous URLs, I wonder if their goal is to get you to wire a down payment or if the website is in some way malicious.
TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
> The Ghost of Oppo
02/03/2020 at 11:21 |
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I have uBlock Origin
and
Social Fixer for Facebook installed
, what are Facebook ads?
BaconSandwich is tasty.
> The Ghost of Oppo
02/03/2020 at 11:22 |
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In the world of scammers, why not both? If they don't directly get money from you, they may as well make you part of a botnet.
Gerry197
> The Ghost of Oppo
02/03/2020 at 11:23 |
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I try to mark those as scams as soon as I see them. They usually advertise a way too low price and an obvious copy and past posting.
I also see a lot of what appears to be East Coast foliage , which is very different than what a I see in my neck of the woods, which is another big tip off it’s a fake.
fintail
> The Ghost of Oppo
02/03/2020 at 12:05 |
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I wonder if, in order to keep costs low and enhance “shareholder value” or something similar, they’ve cut staffing in fraud groups, or offshored it to low cost low quality locales.
ranwhenparked
> The Ghost of Oppo
02/03/2020 at 12:52 |
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Are these related to the ones that post, like 6 ads in a day, all showing only one really close up shot of a part of a Tacoma?
Theyre getting to be as common a s the ones that have $2500 in the description, then “actual price is $12,500, Facebook won’t let me post the right amount” in the ad.
Dogapult
> ranwhenparked
02/03/2020 at 14:55 |
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Annoyingly, I tried once, as a test, to see what FB does when the price is higher than they “think” a vehicle is worth, and they’re right. It won’t let you post with a huge price sometimes.
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ranwhenparked
> Dogapult
02/03/2020 at 15:03 |
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In those cases, I would suggest Facebook Marketplace is not the correct venue for that particular car, vs visiting with an inaccurate, clickbaity price
Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
> The Ghost of Oppo
02/03/2020 at 23:52 |
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Hmm and with a .us domain whois privacy isn't allowed so presumably you could report the URL to ICANN and give that report some (possible) teeth.