Brett Johnson, AKA Gollumfun (twitter.com/GOllumfun) was involved with the websites Counterfeit Library and Shadow Crew. He tells his story of what happened there and some of the crimes he committed.In part 2, his past catches up to him.Listen to more of Brett on his own show. https://www.thebrettjohnsonshow.com/.
Tell me about what some of the eBay scams were going on.
Like, you know, how can you rip someone off on eBay?
So some of the scam.
Well, man, I mean, what I would do if it were going in Christmas season, I would see what the hot item was.
Typically, it was a lot of cameras, it was a lot of laptops.
It was those high dollar items that people were really wanting, but they didn't want to pay full retail price for.
So the idea is you need to come in at an amount that causes that potential victim to put logic and reason at the door and react emotionally, but you don't want to come in at so low of an amount that it causes them to question what's going on.
And that's a very thin line that happens.
You know, I'd find like, a Canon Xl one, and I would host that a couple times.
Hold on a second.
You can't be serious.
You said, okay, listen, this is what happened to me at the same time, okay?
So I'm on eBay.
I wanted the Canon Gl one.
This was a $2,500 camera.
Yeah, it was very expensive.
I saw someone selling it for $1,200 on eBay, and I'm like, okay, I'll bid.
So I bid on it.
They cancel the auction, right?
And say, oh, sorry, something went wrong.