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Counterfeit Mobile Phone Purchased (Facebook Marketplace)

Coffeesurfers · 2022-12-12 11:42:40

Over the years have both bought and sold several items on Facebook marketplace and up until recently have had some great bargains and sales. Last week I saw a Facebook marketplace listing with the title "Samsung S22 Ultra" selling for £400 Reading the description, the seller had described the reason for the low price in…

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mattyprice4004 Posts: 7,492 Forumite

15 December 2022 at 12:37AM

To be fair to the OP, some fakes are incredibly good until you get really ‘up close’ and spot something amiss.

My wife was using fake AirPods until last month as they worked perfectly (a couple of minor glitches aside) - it was a phone update that told her they were counterfeit (which they were)

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