“There were loads, it was all just stuff like ‘have you got the PlayStation’ and ‘does that mean I’m not getting my PlayStation?.I haven't received it’, or something like that. When she got her account back, Ahmet looked through the DMs and found people who appeared to have sent money to the scammers. UK Labour party politician Peray Ahmet had her account taken over by someone offering to sell the console. On Twitter some high-profile accounts appear to have been hijacked by PS5 scammers. That desperation has attracted scammers who are keen to prey on frustrated gamers and parents by promising resale consoles at reasonable prices on Twitter and Facebook. Mehmed is one part of a burgeoning side-industry that has shot up since the PlayStation 5 launched last November, which feeds off the current rarity of the console. However some Twitter users have pointed out this is another form of scalping because Mehmed buys consoles for raffling, from which he makes a profit, rather than for personal use. Mehmed also claims he doesn't use bots to buy consoles. He says he gets stock from a friend who had bought “a few PS5s” (he says his friend wasn’t keen on talking to me) and some he’d bought from Amazon and Smyths - presumably using the stock update information he passes on to his followers. A raffle ticket costs £1.99 and Mehmed claims to have given away PS5s - and other tech - to seven winners so far.
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