Turquoise People photo on scam site

So I was scrolling online looking for Tommy Singer stuff, and ran across this :flushed: They didn’t even bother to change the copy from this thread. Legit Tommy Singer piece?

This photo is from a thread on this forum. This whole site is FULL of pictures from who knows where all claiming to have items for sale (cheap! 48 bucks!). I didn’t want to link it since it’s obviously a scam, but here is a screenshot of how it came up in my Google feed.

People have no shame.

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Look at all the other places it’s also posted, besides Turquoise People

I’m not going to click on ANY of these sites

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Oh! My! Gosh! I didn’t see those. What the heck??

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That picture was from originally from a thread on the forum; one of the members had a question about the cuff. The picture from the forum has been stolen.

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I try to be super careful about clicking on anything that seems suspicious.
People fraudulently claiming to have a piece of jewelry and wanting to sell it to you.
We all need to be super careful and only purchase from reputable vendors!

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Originally clicked on the say well thinking because I didn’t realize what it was, but that is why I didn’t link it here. From your screenshot, this is the actual original Turquoise People one…

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I’ve seen another site that had numerous high end jewelry for ridiculous prices…ie a $1 - 2 K cuff selling for < $50.00! It seems they highjacked the pictures and maker name from other sites, but didn’t include any information about the piece…Crazy. I’ve always wondered how anyone could fall for this and what would happen if one attempted to make a purchase? Interesting world we live in🙄.

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I know that happens, I just hadn’t seen it before personally (the pictures being lifted, I’ve seen lots of fakes online). But seriously, they actually left a bit of the copy content from the thread. They must not be very good scammers, or they would at least delete that :laughing:

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We see that a lot in both vintage travel trailers and VW buses - all of the sudden owners are finding photos of their own trailers and vehicles on scammy sites listed for sale.

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Sadly there is a fact that whatever is on the internet can never be deleted. Numerous people and boots take copies nobody can control. So think twice what you post publicly visible. For example people post pictures being drunk at the beach, and later wonder when they don’t get a new job.

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That photos on the internet can never be deleted is actually false @gt75. I can’t say how but yes it has been done.

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For most of us it’s not possible to delete things we post on the internet. I have also heard it can be done, but it’s not easy, and beyond the skill of the average person.

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All good points! I pay close attention to a web site’s URL - if it looks suspicious or wonky in any way, I don’t click on it. No matter how tempting that $29.99 rare Preston Monongye cuff is.

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Thanks for pointing it out. Unfortunately there is a ton of trickery & fakery going on. I see it mentioned pretty much on a daily basis in turquoise facebook groups. Much of it is lifted photos (and identities) like in the example in this thread.

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I’ve recently come across a TON of these sites. There was one site where they had pictures of genuine high value items. I did a reverse image search and they were taken from a completed listings of a reputable online auction house.

I suspect they have bots scrape items from various places (in all categories to reach wide audience) and all it takes is for 1 or two people to buy something. By the time the buyer realizes they have been scammed, that site can be taken down and another popped up in its place with minimal effort. It’s awful.

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