eBay has told Snopes in a statement that it has been actively removing fraudulent and misleading PlayStation 5 listings.
$1,000 consoles aside, sellers on the website have been advertising empty PS5 boxes, giving birth to rumors that some gullible folks fell for the scam and parted with thousands of dollars. eBay acknowledged that there were listings for empty console boxes, but none of those transactions actually went through.

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