Anyone noticing an increase in instagram accounts that claim to be selling hotrod parts using pictures and text stolen from the hamb classifieds? I sent a message to one about some wheels and he said oh ya I have those I'll take 300 bucks or whatever, and I started searching and found the pictures were stolen from here. I can't imagine how much money they've made off parts they don't have. Some examples are mj_paul_hotrods Daddyrod_ Vintage_hotrod_parts_hq
I don’t think you have to be a member to copy and paste. I could be wrong though, never tried it myself. Edit: I just tried it, can copy pics and text.
Man you can screen shot to steal pics easily enough. I've never noticed it with hamb stuff, but I've seen it in the boat world, and music stuff as well. Guitars, etc. So I'm not surprised...
I found a Jeep truck I was interested in. Could never get a hold of the guy. Doing a few key word searches I found the same truck for sale at 4 different locations in the US. Same pics different prices and contact info. Damn, I wanted that truck badly. The old too good to be true rule.
Yup, that's exactly what you see in boats and guitars. Same too good to be true Craigslist ad on every majoe city Craigslist in the country. I've seen it with campers too. Anything people are dying to find a good deal on something amazing, which yeah, rarely if ever exists. However! Just last week I found a killer solid woods eastman dreadnought guitar on cl for $200, which is silly low. I figured it was a scam but emailed the guy immediately just in case. He answered it was already sold. Missed that one... Dang it.
I'm sort of surprised people buy shit like cars on Instagram. I don't see myself doing that... But I'm a paranoid weirdo... So there's that...
The off topic Car Audio forum I frequent has a stipulation in the classified section that any pictures of items have to include a hand written note that states; the website name, users name, and the date. (we had a problem with user posting items that were not in their possession at the time of listing) It's not fool proof with the advent of Photoshop, and I'm not advocating it be mandatory here, but it's not a bad idea.
Yup...I see those SCAMMER alot...they are easy to spot if you ck out their profiles and friends...[emoji102][emoji107]
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Fraud in social networks is quite common, so if you suddenly decide to buy something through social networks, then be very careful. Scammers have a well-established scheme of work, so anyone can become their victim. I am an honest person, and I sell real goods through Instagram. I have a pretty big shoe store on Instagram. Sometimes I buy extra likes on photos here 1394TA, and for a good reason. It helps me sell unpopular sneaker models faster. I think it's absolutely legal.
FB Marketplace has gotten full of scammers. You'll see the same pic with a low price listed in several different areas. The ad will only have the one pic, and the user name will be some off the wall shit, a lot of times it will end with LLC or LLCC. You can easily pick them out, who's gonna sell a $20,000 tractor or motor home for $1000? Nobody. I've reported bunches of them, but FB doesn't seem to care, they keep popping up. I haven't noticed any HAMB pics on there yet, but it's probably only a matter of time until they start. Used to be able to find some good deals on there, but now you have to wade through the scammers and BS. Craigslist isn't much better, but it's about dead anymore. When they started charging for some ads, folks quit posting them. Cheapass folks like me won't pay high prices, so deals are hard to find anymore.
FB has a ton of fake impala pages I've been noticing as well. Any time you post you're looking for something in a group they flock to those.
I've got a few friends in other states I keep up with on FB, that's about it. Haven't even got many family members on it. It's mostly BS for sure. Marketplace used to be good, I've bought a few vehicles and parts on it. Anymore it's wade through the fakes and hope to get a response on anything that's real.
That's a problem, but not the bulk of it... Here's how it works: Facebook tracks everything. They track your friends. They track your friend's friends. They track your likes. They track the geo location on your photos. They track what you take photos of. They track the words you use in private messages. They track your browser history on other sites. They track every possible bit of data they can. On top of that, if you have the Facebook app on your phone... they track your geo movement - where you travel, vacation, work, etc.... They track your audio. They track an incredible amount of data. So, now they have a picture of who you are, your buying propensity, your political stance, your everything... even if you never post and only browse occasionally. They then take this data and cross reference it with other databases like Cambridge Analytics and others to get an even more complete data set. In fact, 80% of the data that Facebook sells wasn't even gathered through Facebook. It was gathered through correlating your account to other databases they buy on the open market. But you don't care, right? You don't do anything in life worth tracking or profiting from and what they know about you is of little value, right? Not exactly. Facebook makes money by selling the profiles they have created and gathered from multiple sources. The people buying these data sets are often times foreign governments. And this data is used by them to create division through posts and content on just about every available medium. Ask anyone in the cyber security world or anyone in a tech position of any kind and they will tell you - Facebook is more than a breach of privacy. It's a threat like we've never faced before. Why? Because the technical reach of Facebook is very hard to explain in layman's terms. And if normal folks can't understand the problem, they are less likely to be active against it. As a result, Facebook has been able to profit on an amazingly hostile breach of privacy... and they've done so with very little objection from anyone at all. If you get too deep into it, you can quickly fall into a dark rabbit hole of conspiracy. Given what I do for a living and as a hobby, I've seen first hand what nefarious people do with this information and how it's used. We are pretty much defenseless against it at this point... and it's fucking crazy.
@Ryan. Thanks for that objective observation about FB. In the Blue Moon tavern here in Seattle, in the men's restroom, there is this little piece of graffiti over the urinal, at eye level, that says, " A nation of sheep, led by a flock of wolves " That pretty much sums up my opinion about FaceBook, and precisely why I am not on it!
Agree, people are now the main product. Watch “The Creepy Line” documentary. It pretty much explains how and why they do it. Kind of ironic that it’s on Amazon Prime but it is a good doc.
I agree 100%! That's why I don't do that crap on my phone, I keep Google turned off until I need it. I do very little on the phone, I don't buy anything online on it, I don't use my cards on it. I try and limit myself as much as possible as to what I do to avoid as much of that as I can, but it's about impossible if you own a business not to have some online presence. Like someone said, "I've seen the enemy, and it's us." We are our own worst enemy to allow this crap to go on just for convenience.
That’s good practice but it’s damn near impossible to avoid completely. Your newer car, TV, phone (on or off), apps, streaming/cable networks and credit cards are being tracked. Anything you have ever done on the net has been noted and stored. Hell, even your electric meter tracks data. Getting way off topic here but it is a pretty messed up situation. Fight the fight but don’t let it take over your life, even if you think your winning you loose.
My son is a Pen tester for an IT consulting firm. He told us to kill our FB accounts as soon as he started getting into his degree field. Bad juju. I'm about to the point of killing my Iphone. I don't need a phone. No one calls me anyway. Come by and see me, or mail me a letter.
There was a time in this country, when this was considered to be a form of " SECURE COMMUNICATION " Now, you cant even find a pay phone booth, and if you did, you probably don't have any change in your pocket !
killing your facebook account does not stop them from tracking you. it only stops you from posting. I cancelled them a few years back. a month or 2 ago I googled my name to see if anything came up, and there was a photo I only posted on Facebook in the profile this site had for me. if there is a link to a facebook for sale ad and I am on the right computer I can still see it, on my newer computer that never had facebook the ad won't show up.
All I can say is be careful out there. A guy on Instagram has everyone else pictures of items for sale that are not even his. He also has a great talking bullshit line. I tripped him up when I offered to pay the PayPal fee to send it so I'm protected. He said no it was too complicated. "oldspeedparts"
I always ask for an updated picture when talking to someone about something i am going to send money for. If it is going to be shipped I ask for a picture in a packing box or a picture with today's date on a piece of paper next to the item. This has worked so far for me to not get scammed. Also ask specific questions about the item.
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