Suspicious scammer using AI generated or photoshopped photo in a return case

 

Hi all,

I have a suspicious scammer here that I never came across with.

This buyer created a return case with only one photo uploaded.

The photo shows a crack inside of the mug.

First of all, this is a brand new Hermes porcelain mug, which I have sold numerous of them and never had one cracked or broken. They were always packed well protected.

Secondly, if a brand new Hermes porcelain mug cracks, the crack mark should be a very clean white mark, same with any high quality porcelain mugs. It shouldn't be black like the photo this buyer uploaded.

Therefore, I strongly believe there is something fishy with this buyer. This buyer only just registered the account in July 2025. So I asked her to show me more photos of the parcel box that she received and also more photo of this mug in multiple angles. She replied with only the photos of the parcel box which is undamaged. I asked her again to show me more photos of the mug and she stopped replying.

 

This photo with the crack, I strongly believe it is AI generated or photoshopped!

 

Has anyone else came across with this or similar case?

 

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Also, maybe ask for a photo of the outside of the mug to verify the crack. I suspect they won't be able to supply one. I'd bet money that this is a scam. 

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Yes, and the crack's deep in places.....where are the shards?

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@twyngwyn wrote:

Yes, and the crack's deep in places.....where are the shards?


Already mentioned - the photo shows damage - not just a crack.

 

The tiny bits would be inside the cup - they missed that lot. LOL

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Take a look at the mug for sale - then take another look at the ' cracked job ' - they are not the same markings - that is not the cup sold.

 

Not even the same shape.

 

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Can't for the life of me find a triangle there,

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OP - all you have to do is supply photos of the mug sold and the ' cracked ' mug - they are totally different - the mosaic and the shape.

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Or is it possibly item no. 335324291821?

 

The buyer is a lazy cheat.

 

 

 

And … in case you need these… close-ups of the “cracks”:

 

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The artefact / noise surrounding the so-called crack is obvious. The buyer may have tried to blend the fake crack into the image of the cup - or possibly the buyer has just used an existing “inside of cup with fake crack” image from the internet. At some point, someone has faked the crack to the inside of some cup.

 

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Yes Twynnie.

 

Dom's on the wrong tram.

 

It's the mug sold on August 4th

 

hermes mug.jpg

 

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The rim on the cracked mug is not gold it's white.

 

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Like this?

 

hermes mug 2.jpg

 

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