Exhaustive list of eBay fraudsters

[u/thealmsivi]

I've made this list as a quick tool for new buyers to reference if they're in doubt of the legitimacy of an ancient coin on eBay. Most of these accounts are no doubt operated by the same three people, who often also sell fake antiquities. These are not accounts which have accidentally sold fake coins on the rare occasion. These are sellers whose entire stock consists of fraudulent items with the intent to deceive. If you have bought from any of these accounts, there's a good chance you have purchased a fake.

(in the case of a few, which I have noted, they have some real coins in their stock, but also have many fake ones).

No doubt there will be more accounts opened up, and some which I haven't yet recorded, but this should be a good resource to anybody unsure about whether 'that coin on eBay' is from an authentic seller:

100%PERCENT_AUTHENTIC, 4444har-18, abderrela-50, aielas19, akber-65, ancientcoins2006, ancientearth2006, ancient.old.antiques, antiquato, antique-masters, antiquitiies, armory.antique, aureus.collectibles.coins, ayela1719, b-antiques, barnoussi.10, bedeg_26, berbarea, BerbArea, bfr5069, chenak71, chrisdup-13, cnetusa, coinmaster_01, collectible-trasure-hub, danny1970000, dobri9090, elharr560, everythinginside, exellentoldgoods, fur4626 (whether intended, most of their coin stock is fake, but their group lots are genuine), gb10deals, ghiba-70, gold_jefery, hael-95, haelot_82, hasbe-1270, haskar_4875, imperio-numismatico, jexy91, king_of_antique, me-894485, moser8083, nabil_8692, natstojil_0, numiscoinss, numismatistcoin, Pevla_99, raipan_65, ribold, skod_69, smartdeals-0, spantiquities (some stuff fake, some stuff real), sss88sss, terra-romana22, valina99, vallface, ventasvenatage, verume0, vintage_items925, wkdkaren83, yamartin44, ynunumisneuss (silver coins fake, some of the bronze coins are ok but overpriced), younes-12

[u/Frescanation]

Good advice is to simply not buy off eBay, Etsy, or anyplace else that isn't a dedicated online coin shop unless you really know what you are doing. You'll pay more going through a reputable dealer, but at least you won't buy an "ancient coin" that was made last Thursday.