Offers for Cheap VPN Service on Ebay - Real or Fake?

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I was perusing Ebay and came across inexpensive offers for VPNS such as ExpressVPN and Nord compared to the regular purchase prices. I was wondering how they can be offered so cheaply. If they are unused credentials is one thing. If hacked, then how secure are these VPNS really if the info is readily available despite all the VPN security hype.

 

[L0ckJaw]

Was looking at the offers, and to be honest, i dont trust it. ExpressVPN has never offererd a Lifetime license.

This line in the sellers info :


2. How is it a lifetime key? This is because they are on subscription plans, which renews/recurs over a period of time.

Makes me not trust this seller. Looks to me he renews the license himself after a year, what will happen if he receives a lot of money and stops selling the item ? Better buy it officially at the ExpressVPN website.

 

[permar4]

I saw nord accounts of 3 years for 5€... I find it very cheap and a seller asked not to change the password

 

[L0ckJaw]

I saw nord accounts of 3 years for 5€... I find it very cheap and a seller asked not to change the password

Sounds to me like shared accounts, so sold to a lot of people.

 

[Threadripper]

Scam Warning

Almost all are hacked accounts, hence why you're told to not change the password to not alert the real account owner. As so many people use said accounts, it doesn't take long for someone to change the email and password to their own and lock everyone else out, then the real owner contacts support and everybody loses out - but the scammers.

This is assuming the VPN company doesn't detect abuse first as so many people are using one account and outright ban it.

There's many examples on the Windscribe subreddit of accounts being hacked...

Example 1:
"18 minutes after you submitted your ticket, the person who hacked your account also submitted a ticket asking to change the username. Good thing you provided the license code as that's the only thing that proves you're the account owner."

Example 2:
"We disabled your account because your credentials were leaked online and your account was compromised. We wanted to prevent any further changes to the account as well as prevent abuse of our service so we temporarily banned it until you can set a new password."

 

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Figured as much but if Express and Nord are SO secure, how could these accounts have been hacked from their systems unless the owners themselves were hacked, and did not know enough to use secure passwords instead of easy to remember ones?

 

[Threadripper]

Figured as much but if Express and Nord are SO secure, how could these accounts have been hacked from their systems unless the owners themselves were hacked, and did not know enough to use secure passwords instead of easy to remember ones?

Reused passwords 99.99% of the time, Windscribe refer people to HaveIBeenPwned after restoring access to their account and all examples I've seen have had (often several) pwned accounts.

 

[L0ckJaw]

Figured as much but if Express and Nord are SO secure, how could these accounts have been hacked from their systems unless the owners themselves were hacked, and did not know enough to use secure passwords instead of easy to remember ones?

I bet they have the account name and password from stolen mail accounts, and not from Express or Nord themself.

 

[Andrew3000]

Pay attention, they are selling stolen accounts!

 

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I guess the moral is to get in the habit of using strong passwords wherever you can, as opposed to easy to remember ones. I use to do that until I educated myself more about online security. Started to use a Password Generator and Roboform or LastPass to remember them as they were complicated. Yes an inconvenience but a necessity for peace of mind.

 

[Threadripper]

I guess the moral is to get in the habit of using strong passwords wherever you can, as opposed to easy to remember ones. I use to do that until I educated myself more about online security. Started to use a Password Generator and Roboform or LastPass to remember them as they were complicated. Yes an inconvenience but a necessity for peace of mind.

I think the complete opposite, the amount of times people (my parents for one) have to reset passwords because they forget them, yet they always use the same set of passwords is unreal. My memory is crap, remembering ONE password and using security keys for 2FA is way easier in every single way (other than setting it up, of course).

 

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I think the complete opposite, the amount of times people (my parents for one) have to reset passwords because they forget them, yet they always use the same set of passwords is unreal. My memory is crap, remembering ONE password and using security keys for 2FA is way easier in every single way (other than setting it up, of course).

Understand your frustration, and respect your opinion. I use Roboform to avoid the memory issues, too. One password to remember for me but many different ones employed on my other accounts to help deter info theft. Btw, I also got on the 2FA bandwagon with security keys.

 

[permar4]

There's no reason not to use bitwarden being free and a premium option for $1 a month.

 

[Cortex]

I have been selling network gear, not so much now though for many years & still have 100% feedback, it's hard work keeping people happy - A 'friend' recently bought a cheap AV key off Ebay for a 3 year 3 user at a cheap price then found out it was a single user (what do you expect for a pittance - Doh) Anyway after contacting the seller he/she knew everything about Ebay policy & at the end he kept the single user key (for as long as it lasts that is)

But the seller had a large amount of products yet been a seller for a very few months & has already quite a few negative/neutral feedback & soon wont sell much at all because of this in time - Maybe been a seller for a while until the bad feedback builds up then on to a new account with the same keygen rubbish, fake accounts. I look for feedback & how long the seller been a member. If it's really cheap I feel it wont last?

 

[Divine_Barakah]

I started using SurfEasy VPN which is sold for %1.99 a month. Have a look at it.

 

[ForgottenSeer 823865]

Mullvad , Top 3 VPN for 5-6 devices, 5.5$ a month, less than your coffee budget and people still look for cheaper and shady stuff...

 

[Divine_Barakah]

Mullvad , Top 3 VPN for 5-6 devices, 5.5$ a month, less than your coffee budget and people still look for cheaper and shady stuff...

With all due respect @Umbra What is cheap for you does not mean cheap for others. In Palestine, $1 equals 3.5 ILS. $5= 17 ILS which is not cheap.

Edit
I respect companies that have different pricing for different countries. Spotify is for $4.99/month and Emsisoft is 19.99/year for example. Both products are sold for higher prices in other countries.

 

[ForgottenSeer 823865]

With all due respect @Umbra What is cheap for you does not mean cheap for others. In Palestine, $1 equals 3.5 ILS. $5= 17 ILS which is not cheap.

i'm very well placed to say that because i live in a country where the average salary is 200$. I bet even in Palestine, if you drink one coffee a day or spend on cigarets, it will cost more than 5.5$ a month... now if one really need a god VPN, sacrificing some days of coffee isn't big deal...
Where i live the cheapest coffee is around 0.5$.
Not saying if you can buy a computer and a 3rd party AV license, a VPN won't be so expensive to compare with.

 

[Divine_Barakah]

i'm very well placed to say that because i live in a country where the average salary is 200$. I bet even in Palestine, if you drink one coffee a day or spend on cigarets, it will cost more than 5.5$ a month... now if one really need a god VPN, sacrificing some days of coffee isn't big deal...
Where i live the cheapest coffee is around 0.5$.
Not saying if you can buy a computer and a 3rd party AV license, a VPN won't be so expensive to compare with.

I do respect your point of view. But I wish if it was that easy. Life is not easy. But your point is still valid. Anyway do not ever tell me to reduce my consumption of coffee Coffee is life

 

[ForgottenSeer 823865]

Anyway do not ever tell me to reduce my consumption of coffee Coffee is life

Same for me with Coca-Cola Zero and peanut butter...worst thing for my health... LOL