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Auction scams investigation

Last Updated on Monday, 06 June 2011 20:27 Written by Administrator Monday, 06 June 2011 20:23

Every day, users found to have sensed the good case are victims of new scams on the eBay auction network. Investigation.

On the eBay auction system, anyone can buy and sell all kinds of items, from postcards to home theater system, through clothing, jewelry, collectible stamps, furniture or accessoriesfishing. And the community of buyers and sellers is global. Thieves and crooks - some organized networks - have not been slow to take the measure of the system. Who stop him? The digital leaves few traces, especially when working abroad, away from a nickname, and with the convenience of banking mechanisms bit ... looking statements.
In France, the eBay site has received, according to Médiamétrie-NetRatings, the visit of 4.7 million people for the month of January 2005. Enough to supply the skids. The Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry could not be clearer: "There is no absolute guarantee. The auctions on the Internet are based on a relationship of trust. "" With 23 months of service and thousands of hours browsing eBay, I suggest that in areas comics and toy cars, at least four ad is questionable, "says his side FD Charentais a bookseller who had trouble with some of its customers electronically. Description not comply, the shipping scam, fraud, inflated price, refusing to sell at the price awarded, as many things to watch. "Anyone can create hundreds of accounts with false contact information and use a credit card number on a credit card slip pique," says Ogoth in turn, that created and runs the site Encheresbidon.com, on which users eBay and auction enthusiasts come to share their experience. "Can not quantify the actual percentage of scams, it rains constantly," he adds.Thugs of all stripes have started to attack the smallest cracks. And gaps, giant eBay has a few.

"True-false" evaluation
Able to form an opinion before bidding or sale is critical, morality being a safe haven on the Internet. Hence the existence of an eBay assessment system, which allows each member to note and comment on the buyers and sellers with whom he has made transactions. And hence the idea among some crooks to make virginity and reputation, sometimes by theft.The technique used, which is not specific to eBay, by the name of phishing. It is to pretend to be customer service by flooding eBay users fake emails asking them to confirm username and password on the grounds that the deficiencies have been identified during any maintenance.

Of the thousands of emails broadcast, sometimes a naive user, or fearing to be removed, provided the information requested. The indelicate takes hold on the account and change the password, so that the rightful owner is thereby deprived. Good pick for the thief, as long as the account stolen displays a largely positive assessment. This false e-mail from eBay refers to an address located in South Korea. This kind of relationship does not survive very long on the servers that host them often without their knowledge.

Of the thousands of emails broadcast, sometimes a naive user, or fearing to be removed, provided the information requested. The indelicate takes hold on the account and change the password, so that the rightful owner is thereby deprived. Good pick for the thief, as long as the account stolen displays a largely positive assessment. This false e-mail from eBay refers to an address located in South Korea. This kind of relationship does not survive very long on the servers that host them often without their knowledge.

The false second chance
This scam uses the form of transaction "Second Chance Offer", which is part of eBay's policies. It states that a seller can make an offer to a bidder other than the one that won the auction, if it ultimately did not buy the object or if the seller has been duplicated. The scammer then watch the final minutes of a sale of high value. You just bid in the hope of winning this great camera, still in its original packaging, and "out" is likely to 3000 euros.But you get beat to the punch by a higher bid than yours. Very quickly, you receive an email from seller telling you that the winner of the auction was finally withdrawn and he is willing to sell you the camera at the price you offer. This is your "second chance". Except that we look more closely, the name on the email does not match that of the sale. A crook was introduced at the right time in the game it will offer, outside of any eBay, to buy the good he does not have.

The auction Shield
A bidder is allowed by the rules of eBay to retract its offer if not handled properly, eg typo. In this scam, two friends bid on one lot, one cheap, the other to a very high price, making escape from other interested persons. Near the end of the auction, the high bid is withdrawn, because it had a zero too. The accomplice then becomes only bidder and won the lot at low prices. The seller, who did not see anything happen, especially as the retractions are not reported, bends the rules and assigns the object at low prices. eBay threatens those who engage in the practice of disciplinary action up to the temporary closure of the account. Nothing really chilling, in fact.

The face to face with a sniper
You dreamed of this laptop, you just find on eBay! The auction will be ending soon, and it has not yet reached 50% of new. Dame! You go to your bid. There is one minute battery. A big hit on the Enter key, you refresh the page to not miss anything. The countdown counting up the dying seconds, you're the best. Unless it's another name that appears in place of the winner. In fact, you were the victim of a sniper. Perfectly legal, the auction sniper is a program that bids at the last minute. It calculates the average response time of the site, just minutes before acting, and place the order at the last minute. It is unstoppable, except to use the same technique.

Payment by Western Union
This company financial transaction, using the offices in France, La Poste, should be used with caution. Useful for the emergency transfer of cash, Western Union is regularly charged for online transactions. The company is deemed permissive effect on the verification of identity documents, delivering the same funds without presentation of any room. Of course, then no appeal is possible. There are countless testimonies of online shoppers who have had bitter experience of funds retracted in this manner.