Beware eBay A/C Tool Scam

[Rick76]

Anyone working on their A/C and think it would be nice to have a hose crimper, watch out for fraudulent listings on eBay. Member's accounts are being compromised and listings for Mastercool 71550 crimpers are showing up at far below the expected price.

From legitimate sellers these tools go for around $200 but the scammers are listing for as low as $23.99 with fee shipping. Don't expect to receive the tool.

They usually target member's accounts that have been inactive for a while.

If it looks too good to be true-----

[raymond~]

got link?

[Rick76]

Just search for Mastercool crimper on eBay and you will see them.
They keep changing as eBay removes them but not until dozens of buyers are suckered.
No sooner than they are removed, others pop up under another hacked user account.

[lorainfurniture]

That’s so weird. I had the same thing happen to me about 2 years ago. I was purchasing a refrigerator compressor, and this guy had one about $50 cheaper than everyone else. Ended up being a scam.

It happened again to me on some fridge control boards.

[Diseasel300]

If it seems too good to be true, it usually is.

[Hit Man X]

Originally Posted by Diseasel300

If it seems too good to be true, it usually is.

Exactly.

FWIW, I love my Mastercool manual crimper.

[Mike Murrell]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mastercool-71550-A-C-Hose-Crimper-Tool-Kit/232861164885?hash=item36379b6555%3Ag%3AmD4AAOSwyjNbVshI&_sacat=172008&_nkw=mastercool+crimper&_from=R40&rt=nc&_trksid=p2499334.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC1.A0.H0.Xmastercool+crimper.TRS1

a likely suspect - look at sell - ratings - claims he has been a member sice 2006

[Mike Murrell]

Checked ebay at 9:15am - no more $25 crimpers. The last sellers id was Jakob587. That id no longer shows up on ebay.

[Rick76]

They are still showing up.

Same pattern. An inactive account hijacked. Free shipping. Low item price.

EBay needs to do something to protect users accounts from being compromised. How many other items are fraudulent such as this?

[97 SL320]

Hello E Bay user. During a recent audit we have determined that your account may have been compromised in a recent access attempt.

In order to ensure your continuing safety and to prevent your account from being permanently shut down, please click on one of the links below and change your password.

Thank you for continuing to keep E Bay safe.

https://www.ebay.com/help/account/protecting-account/recognising-spoof-emails?id=4195

https://pages.ebay.com/securitycenter/index.html

[dieseldiehard]

Originally Posted by Mike Murrell

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mastercool-71550-A-C-Hose-Crimper-Tool-Kit/232861164885?hash=item36379b6555%3Ag%3AmD4AAOSwyjNbVshI&_sacat=172008&_nkw=mastercool+crimper&_from=R40&rt=nc&_trksid=p2499334.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC1.A0.H0.Xmastercool+crimper.TRS1

a likely suspect - look at sell - ratings - claims he has been a member sice 2006

look at the dates of his feedback, all more than a year ago and all for musical equipment, a sure sign that account has been hacked. I reported it as fraudulent listing to eBay, lets see how long it stays up.

[dieseldiehard]

and I forgot to point out the eBay listing shows:
"7 available / 8 sold in 24 hours"
That indicates 8 people got scammed!

[dieseldiehard]

Originally Posted by dieseldiehard

look at the dates of his feedback, all more than a year ago and all for musical equipment, a sure sign that account has been hacked. I reported it as fraudulent listing to eBay, lets see how long it stays up.

I went away for 20 - 30 minutes and came back and VOILA! the listing is no longer available!
Deltronicos is still a valid ebay seller however.

[Assault]

Here is an example: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mastercool-71550-A-C-Hose-Crimper-Tool-Kit/283034455579?epid=2254478674&hash=item41e62b0e1b%3Ag%3AmTYAAOSwIphbOHvU&_sop=15&_sacat=0&_nkw=Mastercool+crimper&LH_Complete=1&_from=R40&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mastercool-71550-A-C-Hose-Crimper-Tool-Kit/202377187654?hash=item2f1e9ed146%3Ag%3AxqsAAOSwAoFbVEb-&_sop=15&_sacat=0&_nkw=Mastercool+crimper&LH_Complete=1&_from=R40&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1

Search the sold pages: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=Mastercool+crimper&_sacat=0&_sop=15&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1

avoid sellers with low ratings and to goo to be true prices.

[97 SL320]

The point of my post 10 is E bay can do little to defend against people that fall for scam e mails.

These e mails tell the user to click on a link in an e mail that appears to be from e bay but is really the scammers site. Once the user enters their user name and password, the scammers use this info to access the account. I'm betting the scammers change the password to prevent the user from quickly regaining control of their account.

Scammers probably target low traffic accounts because the users are likely to be less experienced and a high traffic account would notice an issue sooner.