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Running 4 pcs, 4 separate IP's, 4 different bank accounts, selling in US,UK,Germany and France, stock lists not identical, maybe only 50% same titles with over 500 lines. Not counterfeit, all deleted within 2 hours and all ghost accounts. How have they linked them!!!!

forgot to add, all accounts between 3 months and 9 months old, 98%plus ratings and all FBA

May not be linked but all taken down for the same reason(s).

Regarding linking, factors to look at:

1. Same ISP
2. Same operating system, installed fonts, addons, internet browser.
3. Same email provider eg gmail.
4. Same card provider eg 3V
5. All mobile phone numbers on account

This is just for starters. The fact that 50% of stock is the same across the accounts would be a big link. I'm not saying you are getting linked through all or any of the above but Amazon linking is far more advanced than anything ebay or paypal are capable of. The above would be a starting point to look at.

Were you selling DVDs?

:lol: well it could be the answer to but amazon maybe linked cause of listing differences were to small, yesterday i found 3 sellers that took My pictures and today all of them are gone.

I see a lot of this anymore.

I dont work Amazon like most of you but when I take a very good picture I have found it several times being used.

It could also be from the messgaes you have sent to buyers

e.g same return address

Of 4 a counts have gone down at the same time then you have been linked. Having 50% of the same items is quite a high so I would say its either that or you made a mistake somewehre

Im just glad ebay cannot link items like Amazon. Did you have just the 4 accounts or other stealth's that survived the culling?

three sellers took your pictures on amazon?

I wonder if anyone has actually been linked for this?

in my understanding UK and US accounts are different in many ways...

Yes that im currently aware off, only those who have my permission may borrow my pics.

so they created a new listing on amazon (not ebay right?), with your pictures ?

OP: you were up for 3 to 9 months! thats a longgg time for incorrectly creating accounts and staying up...

this deletion is for some thing differnet for sure..

did you try calling in for at least one account and checking to see if they can shed some light?

Without saying too much, yes like that.

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OP what kind of emails have you received since it happened?

i would give them a call on 1 acct just to see if you could get any info about this

nothing to lose by calling if youre already deleted

Funny things happening with Amazon recently. Registered new account with 4 countries, 3 went down one after another despite being well under velocity limits.

Mysterious.

@sax4, you had a CC or VCC on file that could handle random test charges, I am assuming?

It happens both ways.

People stealing good pictures to use on other sites.

LOL Acutally found one of my pictures of a vintage item I have listed on ebay over on esty. Just cropped a bit.

Same router?!! maybe?

Yes should've been fine.

BTW, these random charges, do they actually take an amount.

don't you usually get email saying cc on file is not updated... I am sure they have 1000s of accounts each day where seller forgets to update their new card info