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MC081 Suspensions on 50% of all new accounts within minutes
 

Hi All,

Would really appreciate some help on this, my usual account creation method of the last few years doesn't seem to be working. I get this unusual MC081 within minutes of creating the account, on one of them it happened before I even managed to register an address and no phone number was linked either.

IP is residential from rebooting router each time, phone number from real EE sims, I'm creating a new chrome profile for each account in the same browser which has never been a problem in the past. Not using any anti detect or anti fingerprinting as never needed to.

The suspensions appear to be entirely random, the process I used was identical for each account and the bans appear randomly distributed.

Can anyone please help?

Re: MC081 Suspensions on 50% of all new accounts within minutes
 

You are using only a new browser, not entire new desktop page, like username?

Re: MC081 Suspensions on 50% of all new accounts within minutes
 

Yes only a new chrome profile in the same browser, I've never had issues doing it this way before.

Re: MC081 Suspensions on 50% of all new accounts within minutes
 

Have you tried going all out and not cutting corners for convenience?
I know you know how to do it.

I think it's worth the try at this point.

I never deviated from the stealth guide for 15 years and no issues like some people have mentioned here.

Re: MC081 Suspensions on 50% of all new accounts within minutes
 

I heard some are getting mc081 just upon creating the account.
I make new users on pc so I don’t get mc081(so you should try that) but I get those reactivates after 1st listing, don’t know how to bypass that and what is triggering AI.. def not ip, something in creation process but Im still trying to figure it out.. previous stealth methods are not working now that’s for sure.

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For context I’ve made a brand new account at a new house I’m on the electro roll on, I’ve got 37 grand and 200 item limit out the gate and sold £1300 with zero issues.

Could be a standard ban for non electoral roll.

Maybe even companies house API for brand new business accounts.

The first thing I’m doing when I move house is moving electroll roll and opening a fresh account without my middle name and a new basic current account.

Re: MC081 Suspensions on 50% of all new accounts within minutes
 

Are these suspensions happening before converting to seller account?

Re: MC081 Suspensions on 50% of all new accounts within minutes
 

Reads like after conversion and listing of items...

Re: MC081 Suspensions on 50% of all new accounts within minutes
 

No it's around 5 minutes after account creation before conversion.

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This is driving me mad, many hours of testing so far and all I can reliably say is that it's about the browser, the same creation method in a portable chrome on same OS works but creating a second profile on this portable version in chrome didn't work.

Re: MC081 Suspensions on 50% of all new accounts within minutes
 

Generally you’d want to start entry into your account on a fresh aged iOS account through the eBay app like any normal human being and not weird private sketchy browsers.

Zero cookie history when they collect data from sharing data with enriched Google Adsense. This is 2025 now.

Re: MC081 Suspensions on 50% of all new accounts within minutes
 

Ask Grok what I mean by this in context of creating eBay accounts and not getting banned.

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I am creating some cookies before accessing ebay. The accounts that are staying up had cookies from just 4 different sites within the last 20 minutes before finishing registration.

Re: MC081 Suspensions on 50% of all new accounts within minutes
 

Yeah I’m finding greater success just grabbing a family members phone and registering with 37 grand 300 account limit and selling all their household nick nacks within the first month then flooding with all my highly profitable products on a 20% promotion with 20+ cloned listings dominating every search for my product.

I like old school stealth, but this is just too easy at this point.

I like to pretend to be a Facebook soccer mom.

You can find hundreds of these people at your local church who will happily pocket a grand a month to be your eBay mule.

Re: MC081 Suspensions on 50% of all new accounts within minutes
 

You're obviously doing something wrong like using a browser. Just because something worked in the past defiantly does not mean it will continue to work, when you are using blurred lines to do stealth.

5 minutes after account creation means eBay has you 100% flagged.

Re: MC081 Suspensions on 50% of all new accounts within minutes
 

I'm testing blurred lines because the usual standard ways aren't working anymore.

After many additional hours of testing it's 100% about the machine. I don't know why and anti detect doesn't seem to cover it up either but the same IP with the same method in the same time frame isn't causing any issues on other laptops on the same network. After a while the other machine gets flagged too and I can't make accounts on it, there's clearly some fingerprinting going on.

Re: MC081 Suspensions on 50% of all new accounts within minutes
 

One of these happened to an account I created other day that had only the registration name match to another suspended account but all other info was different hmm

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Accounts suspended due to matching details are always an MC999 and come through within hours. Fingerprint bans are within minutes.
I think all the of go slow build cookies etc has been replaced with simple but hard to beat fingerprinting. On a "new" machine I can make an account in less than 4 minutes and it has no issues.

Re: MC081 Suspensions on 50% of all new accounts within minutes
 

This only happens to me when I do something wrong. If you're getting capchas or ebay security page before registering that is your hint to fix it.

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Using a VPN will auto trigger this. Funny I used to have VPN for both eBay and Paypal. IP tracking will my biggest paranoia 2015-2019. Now I don't think about it, just have a static real ip.

When you try to manipulate IP, that is a major red flag for eBay, and they increase security to detect these things year over year.

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I'm not doing anything wrong, I can repeat the exact process from blank profile on a new machine and it's fine each time, I don't get any captchas either.

I know it's fingerprinting, these issues have been known for a long time in other countries, the UK was lucky to avoid it for so long. Now I just have to test how long the fingerprint is flagged before I can reuse a machine. Can anyone advise on this?

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Wow I just had an agent admit it on a test account I tried reinstating "we now simply link accounts with machines ID's"

Re: MC081 Suspensions on 50% of all new accounts within minutes
 

hahahah you believe everything minimum wage customer service agent is going to tell you. Clearly agent doesnt have deep comprehension of how ebay's system works.

Re: MC081 Suspensions on 50% of all new accounts within minutes
 

ebay customer agents are highly skilled professionals , I would not be surprised if they hack into your computer while you talk on the phone with them. they likely already know who you are and it is only a question of time until they come for you

Re: MC081 Suspensions on 50% of all new accounts within minutes
 

funny ... not ...

Re: MC081 Suspensions on 50% of all new accounts within minutes
 

Erm guys? You're all being a bit slow here?
If you had any experience with ebay CS via phone you'd know the trust and safety team has access to a system that tells them exactly why an account is banned. You'd also know it's certainly possible to elicit valuable info out of them which they initially refuse to provide which has been vastly useful over the years. Not ALL agents are cage monkeys and the trust and safety agents are the highest trained monkeys of all. Lastly, if you read my thread you'd know what she said to be true, my account creation method involves a single machine ID until now.

Re: MC081 Suspensions on 50% of all new accounts within minutes
 

For sure CS staff can see a lot of info on the eb account - however many won't do much productive work for the eb suspended user - not like the older times...in general

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Yes it's all about getting the right kind of agent, I generally know which to go for.

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agents are not allowed to disclose why your account was suspended

Re: MC081 Suspensions on 50% of all new accounts within minutes
 

Hello, Ebay's Mc081 is getting more aggressive,often triggered by browser/device fingerprints or reused behaviours patterns. Try full isolation- new device /user agent, real mobile data. And verified identity. Tools like anti-detect browser can help reduce flagging risk now!

Re: MC081 Suspensions on 50% of all new accounts within minutes
 

Anti-detect browser doesn't really help reduce the flagging

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Just get a brand new smartphone Tracfone device for $30, then find eBay after a google search as if you're a shopper lookin for somethin to buy. Then download the app and sign up an account. This also gets you a solid phone #

That's very natural and clean.

If your account stays alive after sign up, then go buy a new laptop for it next from Temu.

Simple and cheap if you're worried about device fingerprints, browsers, Machine IDs or phone #s.

Re: MC081 Suspensions on 50% of all new accounts within minutes
 

what does Ebay ask for these days to open a new buy account?

Re: MC081 Suspensions on 50% of all new accounts within minutes
 

I'm confused don't portable browsers work anymore ? I never had to ever buy multiple machines to run ebay accounts back when I was true stealth.

Re: MC081 Suspensions on 50% of all new accounts within minutes
 

No definitely not for creation unless they are different enough to scramble the webgl and canvas naturally.
Running them is another matter, so far it looks to be okay but..
[redacted as you never know if the fraud team comes here for ideas] :mod:

Re: MC081 Suspensions on 50% of all new accounts within minutes
 

buying account is easy - go make a new one :) and report back if any issues

Re: MC081 Suspensions on 50% of all new accounts within minutes
 

The exact same thing that they always have; phone number and address after registration.

And this potential suspension after registering even a buyer account really is nothing new as it used to happen many years ago too. I haven't noticed any changes here.

Re: MC081 Suspensions on 50% of all new accounts within minutes
 

There absolutely are changes, you can see that just looking in the numbers of people complaining about activations and new suspension messages this year.

But these issues only come to light if you try to make multiple accounts on a device.