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Milwaukee Tool Scam?
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I've seen what he is talking about. They do not appear to be knock-off tools or batteries. They appear to be a pure scam using pictures of real tools at unbelievable prices. I would be shocked if anything gets shipped. I wouldnt be shocked if they use your credit card as much as they can after you give them all the required data.
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Same scam, different bait. Real product, crazy price, dodgy website.
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It is a common scam, they just want your credit card or other payment information.
If I was in a trade that may require tool sacrifice I would have a few knockoffs and a bucket of sand. If you are doing a task in heavy rain or working underwater, use the cheapy. If it dies, that's OK.
I read the other day where they arrested a fellow that worked for Black & Decker that was scamming Dewalt tools in the return stream and selling them on Kijiji
One of the most popular items to steal from retailers is tools. Pretty easy to sell.
The employees at Black & Decker get to buy tools cheap, that get sold on Kijiji (They'd be the tools with no batteries for sale).
One of the most popular items to steal from retailers is tools. Pretty easy to sell.
The employees at Black & Decker get to buy tools cheap, that get sold on Kijiji (They'd be the tools with no batteries for sale).
I have a Milwaukee heated jacket. Runs on the 12v Fuel cells and the power source. Came with a 1.5aH which is good for maybe 2 hours on high. Purchased a 2.0 OEM battery then several aftermarket 2.5s. In 3 years only one battery has failed. The OEM 1.5 that came with the jacket.
When the URL is goobleygook, that's your first sign.
A friend almost got taken by one of these websites litteraly a few hours ago, he was looking for a diesel heater and Google barfed up a "sponsored" result that led him to "dieselheaterz99994994xyz.shop" or some garbage like that where the model he wanted just happened to be on sale for 80% off.
He texted me first thankfully....yeah, scam scam scam scam scam.
The scammers would probably have better luck if they went with something possibly believable like 30-50% off instead of >80% off. People dumb enough to think a 500 thing is on sale for $2, probably don't have a lot of money or a big credit card limit to steal from.
It works on a lot of people either way. FB Marketplace is littered with these scams as well....Honda generators seems to be a common one they go with, eu2000i inverter gennies for $75, that sort of thing. More than a few scam websites out there full of them as well.
I have a hard rule no buying anything advertised on face book as it is almost always a scam. Not sure why Facebook allows scam ads but the seem fine with them.
Sent from the future
I used to report the clear scam ads, but after getting back so many replies saying more or less "Everything is fine, we didn't take that down!", I just gave up.
I avoid buying anything from fb ads or sponsored crap on Amazon. Like maxwrist, I can avoid supporting them and hope they go away.
I've bought and sold a few things on FB, Kijiji etc but they were local, cash pickups.
Same here, I have had no scammer issues buying and selling specifically on FB. While the seller can have a fake or hacked account you can always look at what other items they are selling and at their account overall (recent activity, pictures, location), with a little critical thinking scammers are obvious. And to your point the sale will be in person. Buying stuff by post, etc. on FBMP, well that is obviously very risky and I won't do it. Even more so if the ad was a paid advertisement. They seem to have little intent to enforce their own rules in market place but post the wrong pic on your account and it is ban hammer time.
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The one that really ticks me off is doing a google search and the top paid result is a scam site! Recently searching for a bank and the first hit I got was a paid advertisement (phishing) pretending to be the bank! WTF.
I read a piece somewhere that stated the scammers often use obviously idiotic scams at times to draw in the real dumbasses that can be fleeced for even more.
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