Feds going after Ebay scammers

[JustMakesCents]

Hot off the presses ...

 

http://money.cnn.com/2003/04/30/news/ftc_auctions/index.htm

 

What do you all think?

 

Jeff

[BankNote1]

It is about time the Federal Government stepped in! eBay has been scam paradise for a while know.

[chrisfuccione]

Thanks for the info. EBAY should wake up to this. With all the bad press it can only hurt them. CHRIS

[Wihlborg]

Informative post.

 

Thanks for taking the time to share it.

 

John

 

[CoinLes]

criminals are gravitating to one of the Internet's most profitable businesses: eBay

It's about time someone woke up to this. EBay should have/could have been on top of this a long time ago. Now the Feds have to step in.

[cointagious]

prosecute cases that resulted in 57 criminal and civil law enforcement actions.

 

if the feds really wanted to make a difference, they would add a few zeroes behind that 57.

[true_grade]

Just the tip of the iceberg on this scam (online auctions).

 

Hope they don't look into the "truth in advertising" aspect while they are at it.

 

Oh, I forgot, you just need to put in the words.......I know nothing about (insert item) that I'm selling....Item is as is.......and a thesaurus to describe the once in a life time deal.

 

Besides, I'm I the only one that notices that 80-90% of the "auction" items now have minimum bids? It's like going onto Wal*Mart and starting an auction on something already priced.