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Mcintosh scam

motorstereo said:
I've now given up my daily search for Mcintosh items on ebay because of those multiple scam listings that pop up constantly and have for months now......if ebay doesn't care and either can't or won't do anything then I don't either and I'll simply take my business elsewhere.
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It's a real dilemma. Many of us (myself included) have taken vacations from eBay more than once. They're often pretty horrible frankly, especially if you need help with something. But they are also a larger and more 'efficient' marketplace than most, despite the fact that some proportion of their offerings are bogus. And when and if you try to sell something, you're often at the mercy of scammers. However, by a similar token, if you receive DOA or wrecked mdse, the returns & refunds are quick and easy. And aside from clowns like the topic of this thread, most seller feedback can be trusted--especially if you take the time to read the details.
 
Last time I made a deal on eBay the only thing I did was pay, and I really wish I didn't have to do that since the sellers always get gouged on the back end. At least I was able to save myself the shipping by meeting him locally, that's how I got my MX-150. Probably the last piece I'll ever go through eBay to get, it's not worth the hassle anymore.
 
As a member from 2001, the early years under Meg Whitman were fantastic. When Meg left and John Donahoe took over was the turning point. I remember a video of him saying corporate stuff like maximizing shareholder value. Then came the push to out-Amazon Amazon. My enjoyment of buying and selling has gone way down. Only reason I use them is they are a monopoly of sorts with no direct competition....unless they want to become Amazon which is beyond stupid.
 
SoCal Sam said:
As a member from 2001, the early years under Meg Whitman were fantastic. When Meg left and John Donahoe took over was the turning point. I remember a video of him saying corporate stuff like maximizing shareholder value. Then came the push to out-Amazon Amazon. My enjoyment of buying and selling has gone way down. Only reason I use them is they are a monopoly of sorts with no direct competition....unless they want to become Amazon which is beyond stupid.
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The only upside is they are so screwed up they continually miss me posting my email address in the background of my pics. More than happy to deal direct as needed.
 
This scammer has been posting quite a few fake auctions lately. Every time I check my saved searches (sometimes twice a day), there are the same scam auctions over and over. Sometimes the same items are listed twice in a day.

Maybe it has been covered in this thread somewhere and I missed it, but my question is, how does he hack accounts so easily? It seems like this guy goes from account to account and posts his fake auctions. Even if ebay can't block the URL, can't they improve password security somehow?
 
Saw one or two yesterday, two already today.
Been reporting them as I see them.

There's something called a "dictionary hack" (I think) according to Google.
Might be using that.
That may be part of the reason some websites ask/require members to change passwords sometimes and to use letter, numbers, and symbols in the new password as well as a minimum number of characters.
 
I reported one this morning, a McIntosh C2300 preamp for $1,050. The seller, Quickshiptoday, still has over a dozen other items listed, electronics, cameras, bikes, musical instruments, each for $1,050. Like the federal government, the ebay wheels of justice move slowly.
 
I reported that seller today as well.
I think it's been shut down now.
One odd thing, only had 178 (I think) items for sale.
The scammer usually has closer to 400 items listed.
The one time I checked, I think 78 were for stereo gear.
Haven't kept close count but that is at least 6 hijacked accounts this week that I saw.
There may have been others.
 
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I just reported several of "his" items 20 minutes ago.
Interesting, the scammer was gone for many weeks (2 or 3 months?) and reappeared last week.
Still using the same items so it's easy for me to see when he hijacks another account.
The two recent hijacks featured over 3000 items each time.
One new twist....the multi-colored click on message down page is now hidden, I can only see it when I click on "SEE FULL DESCRIPTION".
Is it just me or is it that way for others?
 
Well I’ve had enough, I reported these activities to the FTC. I’ve begun saving URL’s, screenshots and most of the affected user names from eBay are posted here. Keep it up people! If ebay won’t clean up their act, maybe some heat from the FEDS can persuade them.

You guys/gals need to understand something here: by not taking steps to prevent this from happening, and let’s face facts there’s a pattern here by now, ebay are potentially complicit in international identity theft, and possibly money laundering as well. At the very least they are negligent for not blocking these postings to begin with, as I’ve said before there’s a simple fix for this all they have to do is write the code.

It is a federal offense to defraud someone out of more than $999.99, I know this because years ago my own account was hacked for that exact amount and the guy at ebay said that’s why that specific amount was chosen. If you look it up, the laws typically say ‘modest amount’ and give $500 as an example of when it would go from being a misdemeanor to a felony. Whatever, the dude just needs to be locked up. Who knows how many thousands have been taken from hapless users so far? It needs to stop.

So keep posting the usernames, I’ll keep saving URL’s and screenshots. Hopefully FTC gets off their ass and asks for what I’ve collected, I’d love nothing more than to help throw this bunghole in prison.
 
miniman82 said:
Scammer is busy again today, don’t buy from user capecodcloths!

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/332534612694
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Same old scammer, same old 3000+ listings.
I reported several of those items about an hour ago...
it's nice of the scammer to keep posting the same items, and even nicer that I am always looking for certain items (checking several times each day), some of which he posts, and have alerts set up for other items he always posts.
I still think ebay needs a way to automatically delete any listings with the multi-colored scam page.
Also the scammer is now hiding the scam payment page and you have to click "see full description" to see it.


NOTE---I've seen more than one url when hovering over the BIN button (they must change it every so often, OR is it a different scammer?)and that's the direct link to the current scam payment page.
 
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I see capecodcloths (otherwise known as the bunghole) also has his fingers in the Klipschorn pool. Cheapest khorns go for on ebay is well over $1g so that meets the feds criteria to.
 
elitopus said:
This scammer has been posting quite a few fake auctions lately. Every time I check my saved searches (sometimes twice a day), there are the same scam auctions over and over. Sometimes the same items are listed twice in a day.

Maybe it has been covered in this thread somewhere and I missed it, but my question is, how does he hack accounts so easily? It seems like this guy goes from account to account and posts his fake auctions. Even if ebay can't block the URL, can't they improve password security somehow?
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Maybe two weeks ago, I started reporting another batch of the scammers hijacked listings.
Then I see some items are listed twice, turns out the "second" listing was priced for Canadian money amounts.
Maybe that was why you saw two of the same items?
 
miniman82 said:
Today’s winner is sshi4650, claim your hacked prize!

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/152888124079
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Gone now.
And my morning check of my usual item searches didn't show him in action.
Day off so I did sleep in today.
Over night email alerts also didn't have any of his items.
Maybe he listed between the alert sendout and when you saw and reported them.
If so, ebay shut him down fast.
This time...it's not always real fast.
 
Nope, sometimes it takes them a whole day to figure it out. If ebay are really OK with buyers and sellers being their main form of deterrent and reporting, then we need a way to report hacked accounts directly. Not one item at a time till they get a clue, maybe a ‘report seller’ button?

No idea, sure seems like blocking links in the description field would shut this down real fast.
 
I have been reporting those scams for years, thinking eBay would figure out a way to prevent them from happening. I normally just pass them over these days, it seems eBay is not so serious to do much about preventing them. I had an account on US Audio Mart, and was notified that my account was hacked, in November or December, and to create another account. I have yet to do so.
 
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