Convincing AirPods Max Scam Sweeping The Internet.

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[@Nazo422]

2:11 “THIS box just says Max… MAX WHAT? Maximum Ripoff!” This part was so funny to me 😂😂😂

[@shanepatrick641]

😂😂😂

[@AadamOmar148]

Ikr lol

[@cc8530]

Headroom

[@bitelaserkhalif]

MAX MAX MAX SUPERMAX

[@libertyordeaf]

Marketplace is a human sewer. Half the sellers are scammers or con merchants and half the buyers are lowballers who make you feel guilty for asking what the items is worth.

[@bluephreakr]

In a Venn Diagram you may find there is a lot of overlap with both kinds.

[@jseden]

Marketplace sucks.. I’ve got a MacBook Air on there now and I’m constantly getting “perfect! I’ll take it for my friend/daughter/dog. I’m just too busy to come pick it up! Hope you can ship.. I’ll pay $100 extra to cover shipping.. hope this post is legit!”

[@libertyordeaf]

@@jseden Yeah I've had a ton of those too. Followed by "you got pay ID?" Human parasites.

[@kjavorich]

Like anything, I've found it takes patience. I've sold on FB since a bit before COVID and it's been quite a healthy marketplace in my area. I do think I've blocked most of if not all the bots and scammers in my area tho haha

[@tylern6420]

​@@jseden their rebrand concept sucks too it didnt make it seem premium it made it seem like "eBay Marketplace by AliExpress"

[@TheTundraTerror]

This is why, if you're going to buy anything from Facebook marketplace, you agree to meet up in person and examine the product in full.

[@AlvinFlang69420]

For the love of God, do be very careful when doing that. Never go alone, do it in a public place in broad daylight where there is a lot of people, and have ready a way to leave as soon as possible. I have seen many tragic cases of people that does that.

[@CrisCheese_]

​@@AlvinFlang69420america do be weird

[@MarcusTheDorkus]

@@AlvinFlang69420 I'd be worried even in a good, public place. If you decline to go through with the purchase because the product appears to not be genuine, it's really easy for them to force you to pay anyway by threatening you. They could stab you and likely get out before anyone even realized what had happened and who did it. Because of that I would see if the local police station has a spot set up specifically for performing this kind of exchange. On its own, proposing the station as a place to meet is going to act as a filter for the scammers and thieves.

[@shanepatrick641]

​@@AlvinFlang69420woah! Really 😮😮?

[@chair5728]

@@AlvinFlang69420The best idea is to meet up at a police station, or a bank, if the seller says no, you’ve got your big red flag

[@realcartoongirl]

yeah i buy real original headphones from the official stores and i felt scammed

[@Bobspineable]

At least at ten original store you know for sure it’s real and you can return it should you not like it

[@DarkGT]

In Europe some sellers will refuse a return if you open the box at all. They call it damaged packaging and it's the end of the story for you.

[@adampavella1225]

@@DarkGT where in Europe? In the EU you have the right to return whatever you buy within 14 days, even if the packaging is open

[@DarkGT]

@@adampavella1225 Can confirm for two electrons sites in Bulgaria. You get a refund, but sometimes partial.

[@DarkGT]

Can confirm for two sites in Bulgaria having such a refund policy.

[@TotallyNormal-]

i bought some fakes on accident.. came with applecare and everything - took them into the apple store for service and they couldn't tell the difference! the ONLY reason they discovered there was an issue, was by running the serial number! so they brought out some real ones and a few employees gathered around while we looked for the subtle differences.. anyways i ended up buying a REAL set before leaving.. but some of the fakes are REALLY convincing!

[@NoobsDeSroobs]

So you got scammed twice then. Ouch.

[@86nomorepain]

​@@NoobsDeSroobstouche

[@showdiscipline1489]

Was there a big difference with sound ?

[@TotallyNormal-]

@@showdiscipline1489 they were "okay" but didn't sound like a pair of $600 headphones for sure! - ended up giving them to a friend that just wanted 'bluetooth headphones' and they're happy enough with 'em

[@Unhomiee]

The tl;dr is... Use common sense. If the deal is too good to be true, it probably isn't.

[@megajatt123]

U mean is. The deal IS too good to be true, a scam.

[@DarkGT]

The problem is with unverified sellers and popular brands. The second hand market should exist, buying only from the official store at full price is exactly what the big brands want.

[@thomaswburkhart]

i refuse to buy expensive tech from random people. i just wait for discounts new-got the max’s $100 off from best buy, but i see people at the airport wearing fake ones and really wonder….

[@LifeInFrame]

Wow someone tried to sell this exact thing to a barista at my local coffee shop when I was last there. They came in asking for 2 for 250 or 150 each. The barista turned them down but I bet you it was someone banking on selling them locally as they knew they couldn't get away with it online anymore.

[@MarsPLAYStudio]

1:00 Ah yes, 119 Year old John Smith ( from The Man in the high Castle ???) signing up for Facebook Marketplace to sell his brand new AirPods Max

[@shanepatrick641]

😂😂😂

[@L00KOUT]

LEGIT CHECK: Removing the ear cup there should be a pin hole near where the headband connects. 99% of fakes do NOT HAVE THIS PINHOLE.

[@shanepatrick641]

😮😮😮

[@DrCeramicDallas]

This was the case until recently. Unfortunately seems like the newest fakes have also included the pin hole.

[@deniseshephard3347]

It makes you wonder what tech and company you can even trust thank you Sir for what you do and the lessons you teach us

[@carlstanford7607]

This literally just happened to me on eBay. The counterfeits were near perfect. Thank you for highlighting this. Fortunately I identified them in time as fake and got my money back but it was not easy. They misspelled Cupertino, the packaging was different, and the slot in the inner ear for detaching the headphone band was absent as well as lots of software bugs. They paired with my iPhone and the iPhone recognized them as AirPods Max and they definitely were not. It was crazy.

[@ThePhimsahakcheat]

Can't stress enough how educational this video is, especially from a famous disassembler like you. Thank you so much for this one ❤ Hugh Jefferys

[@MatWilson2612]

This has been a scam for a long time now, having to tell people that they've purchased (or worse, been gifted) a fake product is really difficult since it's usually apparent to you straight away.

[@Rivenworld]

Great advice, thanks for sharing.

[@tenzinkheldrup1057]

Hey bro i was wondering if you could do a full mobile troubleshoot course (android) Really enjoy you contents keep going!!!

[@heapolis]

Dang... I bought a set of 2nd gen AirPods pros I went through all the checks for fake AirPods and it passed all the checks. When I got home I realised the ANC does not work nor could I update the software. I took it to the local iStore and was informed the set is fake. But the customer care staff thought me one thing to look at for fakes and the counterfeits struggle to replicate... it is the bucket inside the box is just hard plastic the real ones have a white carton bucket.

[@deanwoods8647]

One of your best vidoes. Nice one.

[@davidsalmons80]

Love your content Hugh!

[@xNoLiix]

4:20 Another way to check is if there's a hole for a SIM Ejector to go into the top of each Ear-Cup in order to remove them fully from the headband All fake ones I've seen don't have that hole at all (or the mechanism itself even)

[@hetsie9956]

I found one of these on marketplace, I reported it. Facebook denied my request and said the product was legit.

[@thebrowns5337]

Tbf the price of real ones, for a couple of magets, some paper, foam etc makes me feel like they also are a massive scam.

[@gadgelt]

I actually like the ear cushion material in the thumbnail, is it something available for sale?

[@Lumilicious]

I have seen this with Apple Pencils as well.

[@moth.monster]

I was browsing liquidation auctions and found a whole box of returned AirPods. All of them looked brand new. Actual customer returns from Costco. I bet that some guy was buying a bunch of fake AirPods and putting them in the real boxes and then returning the fakes and keeping the real ones to resell.

[@melmelhodgepodge3800]

That's incredible

[@sdenineteenfifty]

I feel the genuine anger in this mans voice

[@Aphelia.]

First time I see Aussie dollars, you guys have a transparent part with stars on it? So pretty

[@HughJeffreys]

Thats one of the anti counterfeit parts of an Australia Note. I think our modern money is ugly. The old Australian Pound £ notes looked like US notes, but in the 1960's Australia changed to the dollar and changed the design of the money with it. Should of kept the Australian Pound and its design and just changed it to metric.

[@puffinondasticky]

also in the cellphone trade group im in from mobile sentrix every one all says to weigh the devices, that can help normal consumers.

[@IanChristopher]

When the deal seems too good to be true, it probably is

[@0takudad]

Reporting scammers and scam products on facebook is futile. They wont take it down and informs you that there is nothing wrong with the seller or the product.

[@MuscleCarLover]

Off topic, but the S24 Ultra appears to be a welcome site on physical repairability (front and back glass, battery pull tab), just curious on the software side of it

[@bgc3864]

"Maybe you want space grays" 🤣🤣🤣

[@-someone-.]

Max “headroom”, with your choice of chicken pork, or bee bee beef...🤣🤣🤣

[@theshadowman1398]

Apple is not an audio company so there is no chance I will ever buy their headphones

[@alastairmackay4589]

Disgraceful. I’m worried about the future my daughters will face: scams, deep fakes, AI, hackers and identity theft all rising exponentially.

[@ecocodex4431]

3:13 "No friends" 😭

[@andrewho2456]

In Australia there is a very easy way to tell a "sealed" AirPods Max box from a fake one. Australian stock should have the RCM mark (tick inside a triangle) whereas North American stock has the CSA mark (big C with a smaller SA inside). So far the Chinese factories have not bothered to make Australian fakes yet.

[@chanm01]

I feel like these sorts of scams weren't nearly as bad even a few years ago. It's a shame, because the idea of selling unwanted stuff locally makes a lot more sense than having to ship it half way across the country. And it's extra pointless if you're trying to buy something new in box, as I don't feel like it's possible to reliably assess authenticity based on the packaging alone.

[@chanm01]

Just thinking about this a little more, it doesn't help that these online marketplaces fail to implement even the most basic fraud deterrence measures. e.g. Don't allow new accounts to participate in marketplaces, flag ads or offers from accounts that seem suspicious, etc. It's not like they're not hoarding the user data to resell anyway. They may as well use it to make their marketplace products a little more useable.

[@GRINGOf10]

I own legit one and "fake" ones. I use the fake ones for at the gym, walks, so I dont mind ruining them. The legit ones are used for streams, music and at home.They dont leave my office basically.

[@BLX187]

how can it have a serial and it offer applecare and warranty

[@svartdraken]

They copy the SN of an existing product

[@sendycatthekiller6483]

Yeah right now there are sooo many airpods clones out there you can't even tell a difference. Same applies to apple watches. Iphone clones aren't that good and you can definetly tell the difference but people are still can get scammed because maybe it's their first time with an iphone. Honestly the best way to prevent yourself from getting scammed is getting brand new ones from apple or meet the seller in person and let you use them. There is a popup about non geniuene airpods when you try to connect to them to your apple device. Great video!

[@musicviolamusician4392]

Damn that crazy cuz I could’ve gotten scammed since I bought mine on Mercari back in 2020😅

[@jseden]

Had a guy come into my store the other day with some fake gen2 AirPod pros.. one of my employees was pretty convinced but I did some quick searching and was able to conclude they were definitely fake.. tells were in the box.. perforated peel tab, wrong sticker, said made in china instead of Vietnam, and so on. Guy was asking $100/pair.

[@richardnascaw1237]

I always check the profile of the seller before even consider buying the product

[@keithbradfield7825]

Good advice

[@bradfab_fx]

Not Hugh flexing 50s on us😂

[@Gannett2011]

They don't just scam buyers on FB Marketplace, but sellers too! I was almost conned out of $300 US recently when trying to sell as $50 retro handheld console. I have a bunch of tech I want to sell, but online sales are just so damn scammy now, what are you supposed to do?

[@Kevin_geekgineering]

this applys to every online purchase

[@davidwood9966]

MP is finished, ya can't use it anymore to sell anything even remotely popular. I ended up giving eBay money and they gouged me big time on a 14 Pro cos it was better than the steady stream of scammers I got on Marketplace, it was crazy. They're both way worse now. Not expecting that to be news to anybody.

[@sh4ba]

Can anyone link them

[@volkhen0]

Even from retailer you can get a fake phone or head phones. How? People order original products, swap them with fakes and return them to the retailer. Since there are no professionals this products goes to next unsuspecting customer. Solution, only buy in stationary shops or with pick up in the shop and check the product before leaving the shop.

[@Qwerty-uiop]

2:20 this part 😂

[@mart182003]

Anyone know where I can get good reps?

[@oxygon2850]

I had a feeling watching this like I watched this video before a couple months ago...

[@ReubenCornell]

An "unsuspecting victim" is the person who pays $$$ for real Apple headphones.

[@zzzaaalll]

Apple can release a update which says ,, its not a original product . but they only show it for replqced parts 😂😂

[@peterthepanda]

The best part is they're probably more repairable and last longer than the real thing. 😂

[@Legofan2676]

And maybe the ANC wont break like not long after you purchase them unlike what happened to DankPods

[@samholdsworth420]

Only schmucks buy apple 🍎🍏

[@0h2ezy]

But sound like a toilet paper roll core…

[@1eyedwilli3]

@@0h2ezynope I bought a pair for $78 and they are great.

[@LoremIpsum1970]

China loves fakes, it's amazing how they keep making copies cheaper and cheaper...until you buy complete junk. All for show.

[@Burns_RED]

I feel literally nothing about apple drones being scammed 😂 They should be used to it by this point.

[@Zgiosplaus]

Moving house don’t have any space got me 😂

[@thealtamedia7913]

I fell in this scam sadly, but theres a good ending to the story. So i, unaware of this problem, searched markedplace for a pair of these headphones. I found someone, selling them for unopened for 100 usd less than retail and i thought heck ya. I drove 2 hours, met up with ham in public and inspected the item. Everything looked fine, with the box, i took out the headphones and they connected with find my and everything. I send the seller off with the money. Then i realised how flimsy the telescoop was and that the cup wasent cold to the touch. I messaged the seller, saying "Hey i think theres a misundestanding, these arent genuine. Seller came back and had my money with him.. Never going to buy electronics from facebook again

[@tessierrr]

i remember in high school people selling knockoff beats headphones you could buy for 50$ instead of 250

[@dlewis9760]

This concerns the business of in store displays. When you see a display for a specific product, usually at the end of the aisle, 3rd parties set up and take them down. Not the store, nor the manufacturer. My sister did that. You put a shirt on for the company and go in and do your thing. Next store, different company, shirt and product. She did Beats and Microsoft Keyboards and mice a lot. Supposedly when you took the display down, the stuff is supposed to be sent back or destroyed. She had a closet full of Beats. Also MS Keyboards and Mice. One year, her kids and all their friends got Beats. I think she handed out 10 of them. I got some MS stuff. She asked me if I wanted some Beats. Wasn't interested. This was maybe 15 years ago. She could do (in the US), Best Buy, Lowes, Staples, Home Depot all on the same day. The stores don't want to set the stuff up, and the manufacturers want to make sure they are set up. If the displays demanded power, she'd also show up once a week to see that the displays were up and running. In addition to Beats + MS, I remember her setting up Direct TV and Stanley Tools.

[@Michael-zf1ko]

It's honestly depressing how massive an operation scamming is.

[@DrMario_666]

Also the colors of the headphones on those skinny boxes are off. Not obvious to the average person but still notable.

[@Steve_jobs9_41]

I didn’t know this but thanks for the heads up

[@DEVAXTATOR-1]

no no the airpods pro man that is rampant!!!!

[@RennieAsh]

There's heaps of AirPods Pro ads that keep popping up; I don't really trust any of them. They always never need them lol

[@invertthelab6532]

and now the quality of oem, replica, black market or whatever it called getting better and sometimes it's hard to check except you buy it from official store

[@OneMore1UP]

Facebook marketplace are a paradise for scammer, even if you report a sell post facebook do nothing about it, not even remove the post...and if you pm the scammer and confront the seller facebook punishing you by restricting your account by that you need to identify you for pm people...so in big thing facebook protecting scammers...

[@fabianhuttinger115]

Does anyome know the song at 4:54 ?

[@fayenotfaye]

If you get these fakes and they have a really bad EQ out of the box. There are apps that can connect to them and let you adjust the EQ and various other settings. They’re mostly android only though (for obvious reasons).

[@cheesethesylv]

haiiiii faye :3

[@rayrous8229]

$500 less than retail??? Headphones are way overpriced! Thanks for the scam alert.

[@wyzemann]

As long as buyers are looking to get something for (next to) nothing, there will never be a shortage of takers and scammers waiting in the shadows😶‍🌫️.

[@japonesque]

yeah becasue of all this fakes going on.. i got mine airpod max at sgd$807 now i wanted to sell i cant even sell it like $600.. the fakes would sell like $200 to $300 as real ones..

[@notinservice3724]

I bought a fake and it works really well, except that it drops the bluetooth signal then hunts and catches it back, after about 5-10 mins then it resolves and works perfect, noise cancel and battery life are great, if I could only fix the bluetooth, paid 150cad

[@guidosaur7506]

Man, the whole internet is a scam now.

[@user-zp9wx4dr2b]

I am going to purchase Airpods pro gen 2 for around 80€ tomorrow. The seriesnummer passes the apple checker, but the price is suspicious. Any tips on how to not get scammed?

[@Elvewizzy.]

Audio quality.

[@user-zp9wx4dr2b]

I've never experienced original earphones audio quality.@@Elvewizzy.

[@dlewis9760]

@@Elvewizzy. If it sounds like garbage, doesn't matter if they are legit. Because they sound like garbage.

[@Elvewizzy.]

@@dlewis9760 I agree. Although theres a clear difference between real and fake ones.

[@TanginaRubinstein]

Dont trust the serienummer..

[@angelamcmahon]

So many hacked FB Accounts selling lots of cars, I have to block about five a day, and that's just in my region.

[@gabllaqwerty]

Those are some beautiful bills

[@Aphelia.]

Exactly my thoughts

[@diymaster101]

Here in my country there is some many fake things you will think the original is fake 😂😂😂

[@Sibu547]

That money is ugly, same as the new notes in my country South Africa 😂😂🙂

[@VinnyUnion]

You are my vietnam bro, hugh jeffreys.

[@tschweet]

another thing to look for, fake airpod maxes dont have the pinhole under the cups that let you change the headband!!!

[@rayoflight62]

Thank you for the warning Mr. Jeffreys. I noted the trend of fake high-tech items had intensified since one year ago. I don't know if people buy the Air pods for their sound quality, or because they want to show-off. My suggestion to whoever need a good headphone and is in Europe, to buy a pair of Fairphone headset; they cost half of Air pods, and have an user-replaceable battery; actually everything is user-replaceable, but having a old Nokia-style battery is very refreshing. Buy 3 or 4 batteries and you can use the headset continuously. There is only one solution to the actual fake merchandise problem: Facebook should adopt an escrow system; but I doubt they would be involved financially. eBay should implement an escrow platform too; seen how lately it has become a dump for fake or subpar merchandise. Again, thanks for all the information. Greetings from the UK, Anthony

[@halfalligator6518]

damn... i almost fell for a facebook deal too good to be true. Lucky i check this out and noticed some of your warning signs. Bastards!

[@jozsefizsak]

That's pretty grim.

[@psphacker57]

How are they getting away with this? Does the Chinese government not care about factories making illegal products?

[@somnia3423]

China has concentration camps, they dont care about "illegal" products that makes them money

[@louispalermo9975]

Down here people play it as OEM stuff like if Apple had OEM lmao Had a small discussion with a seller, outright told him dude just say they’re counterfeit, nobody cares if it’s cheap and decent looking enough

[@DarmiGames]

My friend got scammed like this with an iphone 14 pro max for like $1000. It looked really like the real thing, but when he took it to Apple, they confirmed, it's a fake

[@RichardServello]

Might as well save some money. I paid full price for a pair from the apple store. They took a shit after warranty ended (like right when it ended) and apple charged me $400 to repair them...then the SAME THING HAPPENED again and they told me to fuck off.

[@denismcgreevy5608]

moving house and have no room for them 🤣

[@giovanniturco6428]

First if I was going to buy anything from apple I go to the apple store in my home town or on line from apple then I no I am getting a original one I will never buy apple products on eBay or Amazon

[@evextechreviews]

I literally just got myself a pair of Soundcore Space one‘s. I hat theese scammers so much… Thank you for getting the word out.

[@andrew_radios_speakersandmore]

Yeah, Soundcore is awesome!!

[@evextechreviews]

@@andrew_radios_speakersandmoreDefinetly! Theyre a TAD plasticy but OOHHH that fit and sound is GORGEOUS!

[@charlyguendulain8972]

I’ve seen 44 fake AirPods Max listed on mercari in less than 2 weeks

[@zwtsch]

Mainland Chinese trying not to make every counterfeit product challenge (impossible)

[@pablouribe1522]

Your commentaries are hilarious. 😂😂😂😂

[@Morog2002-gaming]

Dad store headphones be like

[@1vbAPiYk]

George Costanza would never sell fake gear

[@hoedenbesteller]

Uhh I don't have Facebook.. apparently that has saved me a whole bunch of times..

[@MrQuackthethird]

I love this video