Bad Face Book "Sponsored" adds and Counterfeits

2 adds running in my feed today; source sells counterfeits and uses stolen images of genuine slabbed coins and adds from good Dealers in the listings. I previously reported the 1875-CC PCGS slabbed image and the Dealer's images and they were removed but replaced with others.



I am guilty of purchasing one of the 1875-CC's; I wanted to see what I would receive and if it had a working chip, which it did not:


I have reported the adds to FB for what that will get me- seems something better could be done about these.

Love this one for the NGC 1918/7 SL quarter:



https://goodooid.com/products/1918-7-s-25c-standing-liberty-quarter-ngc-au-55

 

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What no close up on the 18/7.
I found one in a pawn shop once, Fake as Clinton on a three dollar bill.

 

What? My three dollar bill is fake? OMG!

 

FB is a cesspool. I'm guessing Zuck cares even less about facilitating the sales of counterfeits than ebay or HiBid or Etsy. Haven't been on there in over a year.

 

And another from this ad:



https://www.ebay.com/itm/1552881943...3aO9VlIvdWjhIkZIcyIKzAaw==|tkp:Bk9SR6bE1vaaYQ

 

Group has morphed into a new name:

 

I'll take 20 please. LOL

 

Oh, they're "connected" alright.

 

LittletONO

 

And these keep popping up...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1553078124...84&osub=-1~1&crd=20221213182115&segname=11001

 

Says "copy" in the description, as if that matters. Reported.

Edit - seller took it down. I sent them a message and got the usual attitude in response, but they killed it anyway.

 

And this one @KBBPLL ?




https://www.ebay.com/itm/155308481205?hash=item24291b5ab5:g:Qo8AAOSw3GxjmRTv

 

So is that "CĊ" mintmark (dot above the second C) a tell, or is there an actual variety with that feature?

 

It is a "tell":

 

And this response from FB:

 

I wonder if mass PM would be a better avenue.
All of those have different certs.
They are getting better by the day, buy smart folks.

 

Coin Week's follow-up article to mine:

https://coinweek.com/counterfeits/l...tified-morgan-dollars-appear-in-facebook-ads/

 

Their follow-up article essentially says: "Everyone be careful!"

 

Did I read that correctly? One "victim" bought five of them, all from the same seller, all with the same cert #? What makes them think they're getting an $825 coin for $25? I guess greed overwhelms all rational thinking.