Beware eBay A/C Tool Scam - Page 2 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

dieseldiehard · #16 08-06-2018, 04:09 PM

Theyre Baaack!
check seller meshe_caro

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mastercool-71550-A-C-Hose-Crimper-Tool-Kit/183361740647
listing for $45.99 shipping out of Hong Kong and more than 10 available
I searched their contact info and they re (were) located in the US, definitely a hack and will be reported again
Lest see how long it takes eBay to sniff them out!

dieseldiehard · #17 08-06-2018, 04:37 PM

Ebay's response was:
Thank you for taking the time to submit this report.
This information is very important to us, so please be assured that we will thoroughly review it and take action if necessary.

If there's a violation, the action we take depends on how it impacts our community. In some cases, we explain the situation to the seller, and the listing will remain on our website. If the item or listing doesn't follow our rules, we may cancel the listing. We may also restrict the seller's buying and selling activities on eBay.

To protect our users' privacy, we're unable to share the action we take. Thanks for understanding.

Note: You don't need to contact us again. Doing so would create a new report and prolong the process.
if more of us reported the item as fraudulent maybe they would act faster.

dieseldiehard · #18 08-07-2018, 12:01 AM

just a few hours later and that seller vanished too!
amazing the Cretins keep trying!

dieseldiehard · #19 08-08-2018, 02:40 PM

Back again, this time they managed to sell one to some poor unsuspecting buyer!
Still listed as being in Hong Kong but when you look at the seller's ID its a US based person who hasn't had any activity since 2016. Obviously hacked account.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mastercool-71550-A-C-Hose-Crimper-Tool-Kit/312209466256

DDH

dieseldiehard · #20 08-08-2018, 05:26 PM

Gone again! Poof! looks like the eBay reporting feature works, just not as fast as it should be.
I hope the cretins don't read this forum though.... ha!

dieseldiehard · #21 08-12-2018, 03:25 AM

Another fraudulent sale on eBay using the same scheme with ten kits available buy it now at a ridiculous price!
Another listing using another nabbed account, this is still being listed as a Hong Kong seller but the sellers ID darregile-6 shows to be a US based buyer who never sold anything on eBay!
Odd thing is though they are selling out of Canada somehow, as indicated by the url I see:

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Mastercool-71550-A-C-Hose-Crimper-Tool-Kit/401580185512

Reported as fraud at 11:20PM PST 8/11/18.
Lets see how long it stays up.

dieseldiehard · #22 08-12-2018, 03:45 AM

wow, 20 minutes later I checked and the listing VANISHED!
Good going eBay!

dieseldiehard · #23 08-15-2018, 12:56 AM

now listed 7 separate sales of the Mastercool crimper kits at a mere $58 each.
Using a definitely hacked seller ID wupperkam14
It says sold from Saddle Brook NJ, but if you were to look for shipping it says it will ship from out of the US.
Reported all listings at 20:35 8/14
Lets see how long it takes eBay security to catch them this time!

dieseldiehard · #24 08-15-2018, 01:05 AM

Ha! They are GONE it took ebay 14 minutes but unfortunately the scammers sold 2 items before I discovered their little fraud.
DDH

dieseldiehard · #25 08-26-2018, 08:06 PM

After 12 days or so of no fraudulent listings of the Mastercool crimper kit, I received a alert that there were these listed under $90, the criteria I set for the alert. Bingo! a seller that hasn't sold anything is suddenly dumping these for $25.99 with free shipping! duh! he's shown to be in GA named andrewhall63

I reported the suspect fraudulent listing at 4PM.
Unfortunately 4 buyers have bought the kits. Buyer beware, if its too good to be true it probably isn't!

dieseldiehard · #26 08-26-2018, 08:22 PM

I was away for about 20 minutes and when I came back I looked and Voila! Listing is GONE!!

Oh, and the seller andrewhall63 has also Vanished! poof! THANKS EBAY!

dieseldiehard · #27 08-28-2018, 02:02 AM

Hello to my long running thread on the eBy scams listing Coolmaster crimp tool kits.
Somebody pointed out this in the first place so I started reporting the listings to eBay and they promptly (in most cases) remove them!

I just spotted seller tuffsusan listing these, $25.99 and 3 available with free shipping, consistent with the previous scams (really

! It seems they would set a much more reasonable price, huh?!)
One thing I've noticed is these are always listed by some Chinese service, shown as:

dieseldiehard · #28 08-28-2018, 02:05 AM

While I was preparing the jpg of that Chinese service Logo (it wasn't as easy as I thought!) eBay acted on my scam report, just maybe 10 minutes afterwards and the listing is gone! poof!
DDH strikes again!

dieseldiehard · #29 09-05-2018, 01:56 AM

after a few days of no fake Mastercool lisitngs suddeny they are back online!
Seller cool_pinatas out of Dallas, never sold anything only was a buyer. Now why would they be selling these for $42.55 and free shipping? Claims to have more than ten for sale.
Reported at 21:50

dieseldiehard · #30 09-05-2018, 02:49 AM

took a little longer than before but I came in after about 30 minutes and Poof! gone! Seller is not listed as a valid seller too.
Will these scammers ever give up?