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W8 how did get that account? Seems fishy. Dont you need mail and password? I think they are both in on it. The OP and original account owner. The name in his gpu photo also looks edited and not handwritten. Hmm I joined 3 months back and this is the second scam case. Is it always like this before as well?
 
PunkX 75 said:
Request all members to also enable 2FA
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I believe this was already enabled by default for every single account after an account got compromised and used for a scam in a similar manner. I remember it being enabled on mine even though I never did.

drxart said:
the OP is old, he is responding, he has good seller reviews from past...
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Time and time again, this is one of the reasons why I don't give 2 shits about the seniority or age of an account, just because you bought or sold something here 5 years back doesn't mean you're still trustworthy today and like we have seen before, accounts get hacked from some other database leaks. Doesn't take a genius to copy a sale thread's photo style and handwriting.

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FS: Video Card Thread 'NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070'

Hi, I'm selling because I don't need it anymore.

It is in perfect condition and works flawlessly. It was definitely not used in crypto mining.

For sale or swap.

I can trade with a 3080Ti, I'll pay for it.
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FS: Video Card Thread 'Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060Ti'

I haven't opened the box yet. Warranty continues.
Bargaining will never happen. I can ship with insured shipping. Free shipping
I bought the Graphics Card from a UK site with a campaign abroad and did not use it.
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Honestly though, have some sense, we're a tech forum, not a charity organisation.
Whoever paid 11k for an rtx 3070 FE, I really hope you can get your money back (unlikely) but this is just stupidity from your side as well. Even if the listing was real in some universe, it might not even be fully functional for all we know.
 
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jaswanth2703 said:
W8 how did get that account? Seems fishy. Dont you need mail and password? I think they are both in on it. The OP and original account owner. The name in his gpu photo also looks edited and not handwritten. Hmm I joined 3 months back and this is the second scam case. Is it always like this before as well?
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No It isn't like this before. If a scammer is identified and blacklisted all other members don't engage with them anymore.

Sometimes it happens and also TE is in a transformation mode, so maybe these might have got hold of the info somehow as I also don't know how and is scamming TE members. Maybe.
 
mk76 said:
For now all old accounts with more than 6-10 months of inactivity should be immediately blocked.
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Agree with this.
If not blocked, then at least their market privileges should be temporarily revoked and can be enabled by going through the same 1 month / x number of messages system that we have in place.

In addition to this, 2FA should be made mandatory for all accounts.
It's 2025 this is a basic security measure now!
 
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bssunilreddy said:
Did both of them got money back or lost it? I think the scammer might have gotten hold of the account through TE WhatsApp group. Looks like it though but cant say how exactly.
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No, we both lost it...
Rezep said:
I believe this was already enabled by default for every single account after an account got compromised and used for a scam in a similar manner. I remember it being enabled on mine even though I never did.


Time and time again, this is one of the reasons why I don't give 2 shits about the seniority or age of an account, just because you bought or sold something here 5 years back doesn't mean you're still trustworthy today and like we have seen before, accounts get hacked from some other database leaks. Doesn't take a genius to copy a sale thread's photo style and handwriting.

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FS: Video Card Thread 'NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070'

Hi, I'm selling because I don't need it anymore.

It is in perfect condition and works flawlessly. It was definitely not used in crypto mining.

For sale or swap.

I can trade with a 3080Ti, I'll pay for it.
P

FS: Video Card Thread 'Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060Ti'

I haven't opened the box yet. Warranty continues.
Bargaining will never happen. I can ship with insured shipping. Free shipping
I bought the Graphics Card from a UK site with a campaign abroad and did not use it.
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Honestly though, have some sense, we're a tech forum, not a charity organisation.
Whoever paid 11k for an rtx 3070 FE, I really hope you can get your money back (unlikely) but this is just stupidity from your side as well. Even if the listing was real in some universe, it might not even be fully functional for all we know.
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I did some quick compare, there was a 3080 FE sale here for 19900 (just recent), the last sold 3070 FE was for 17000; this one came up for 11k... Yes, it was totally skeptical but could become a very good deal due to the stellar pricing
I read through the old sale threads of the same member, they seemed legit, and his last sale was on 2022, I have previously made deals with old members who came back alive after almost 5 years...

Yes, and there were signs... I knew that this would be a gamble (but the probability was 50-50 when I just had enough information to get in)... I just lost it...

It's easy to connect the dots after you know the big picture...

Will be careful the next time, lesson learnt...
 
To me , this forum is more than olx alternate. More than just to sell.
I try to check who I'm dealing with. If you look, warning sign may be spotted.
There are people doing a lot to help fellow members without even asking. You can see that there , this community is more than buy/sell.

Whoever made the payment first, Not updating the thread with a comment upon the payment was also big mistake.

I'm 200% sure that these scammers still come back on this site to buy/sell , know about deals etc .. so be extra careful ppl, they spoil the water for everyone.

I think there should be additional requirements to post anything above 10k .. i know mods team already have a lot to handle but this community should definitely take another step
 
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Did TE have a breach? I've seen a bunch of old-timers' accounts being used to scam of late. With this one I'm still not sure if there are two different people. The same guy could've just decided to do it.
 
Rezep said:
I believe this was already enabled by default for every single account after an account got compromised and used for a scam in a similar manner. I remember it being enabled on mine even though I never did.


Time and time again, this is one of the reasons why I don't give 2 shits about the seniority or age of an account, just because you bought or sold something here 5 years back doesn't mean you're still trustworthy today and like we have seen before, accounts get hacked from some other database leaks. Doesn't take a genius to copy a sale thread's photo style and handwriting.

A

FS: Video Card Thread 'NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070'

Hi, I'm selling because I don't need it anymore.

It is in perfect condition and works flawlessly. It was definitely not used in crypto mining.

For sale or swap.

I can trade with a 3080Ti, I'll pay for it.
P

FS: Video Card Thread 'Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060Ti'

I haven't opened the box yet. Warranty continues.
Bargaining will never happen. I can ship with insured shipping. Free shipping
I bought the Graphics Card from a UK site with a campaign abroad and did not use it.
  • Haha
  • Wow
  • Like

Honestly though, have some sense, we're a tech forum, not a charity organisation.
Whoever paid 11k for an rtx 3070 FE, I really hope you can get your money back (unlikely) but this is just stupidity from your side as well. Even if the listing was real in some universe, it might not even be fully functional for all we know.
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If you look closely then you will find that both of those threads have the same handwriting. I believe this current scam is also by the same guy.
He somehow was able to get in via the same method thrice.
 
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Afxal said:
If you look closely then you will find that both of those threads have the same handwriting. I believe this current scam is also by the same guy.
He somehow was able to get in via the same method thrice.
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Now, i don't see any pictures on this thread. They were here yesterday. Can someone post them if they got hands on it?
Edit: he uses another country format on the handwritten note, not as Indian format. I mean not 22/01/22 but 01/22/22...
 
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