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Ebay Fraud Article in Newsweek

thesplendidsplinterthesplendidsplinter Posts: 336 ✭
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Newsweek Article

Everyone be aware. These things are just gonna get worse.
Orioles cards from 1960 to today.

Be good my brothers.

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  • jskirwinjskirwin Posts: 700 ✭✭✭
    Everybody thinks it won't happen to them, but the scams I see get better and better. If you think that you are too smart to be scammed, guess what? You'll get scammed.

    This is one area where being paranoid isn't a drawback.

    Edit:
    Here is a link to a Tom's Hardware article on Security.

    Scared yet?
  • baseballfanaticbaseballfanatic Posts: 2,415 ✭✭
    The sad part is, as the article says, Ebay does nothing. How can this continue to happen? Ebay allows people to operate multiple accounts etc etc. They get 110,000 new people per day, meaning over 40 million people per year. With 181 million people already, the numbers just dont add up. They are scammers who have had hundreds of accounts. I personally keep reporting one guy, but Ebay does nothing. He has had over 100 accounts this year alone! Ebay takes no responsibility, yet 40 billion dollars was traded last year. Like what has been said before, "buyer beware" works at the local flea market, but should "legally" NOT be allowed to be a security blanket for a billion dollar company.........
  • AllenAllen Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭
    They should hire two or three of us and we could really clean up the sportscards fraud.....
  • larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,067 ✭✭✭
    Without question Ebay is VERY slow to respond. However, who is dumb enough to wire $10,000 or send an $18k ring on an Ebay sale!? I think that's just STUPID. I know there is a risk when I buy and sell on Ebay and I take that into account. Maybe that's why I don't buy high dollar cards on Ebay!? Maybe that's why I try to buy from people with higher feedback. I still know there is a risk. I know there is fraud of all kinds on Ebay, and the rest of this great world, so I try to be as careful as I can. I have lost a few bucks on Ebay transactions but very few as I don't take high risks. I think wiring $10k for a watch on Ebay is just plain MORONIC. Pay $11k and get it from a reputable dealer. In my mind, Ebay is no different than anything in life. You need to protect yourself. If you park your car in a big city don't leave your laptop computer on the seat! If you are buying a $10k watch on Ebay... THINK REALLY LONG before you do it and realize you may LOSE it. Life is full of risks. Just my op.
  • gemintgemint Posts: 6,115 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Scammers are getting better at phishing. The first time I received a threatening question from eBay member for non shipment of an item, I logged in to see what item it was. When I saw it was a laptop that I never sold, I immediately recognized the scam and changed my password. But I never was hooked in their previous scams.

    I could foresee them hijacking a high volume bidder's account and then using it to gain access to all the accounts of the sellers whose items they bid on. If you see an eBay question from a bidder and/or item you recognize, you're more likely to trust that email.
    https://ebay.com/sch/gemint/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    I like the new Paypal ones where your first & last name
    is now at the top of the email. Saying that you paid for whatever
    and if you move the cursor to the highlighted icon, it shows something else.
  • glmuellerglmueller Posts: 138
    They need to find out who these a-holes are and then publish their names and addresses on sites like this one. I'll go bust some heads in Texas
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