Police warn eBay scams defrauding thousands

sdm · Mar 29, 2005

INTERNET fraudsters are targeting thousands of shoppers on the internet auction site eBay with two highly effective con- tricks, police warned yesterday.

Officers are particularly concerned about a new technique in which bidders who have failed to secure an item for sale on the eBay website are offered a bogus "second chance offer" in which they are invited to make a private deal outside the eBay website, which ultimately turns sour.

Police also highlighted the better known "phishing" scam, in which people are tricked into sending their credit card details to a fake website.

The warning - from Fife Police after a spate of reports from their area - was backed by eBay, which urged shoppers to follow the website’s instructions carefully and refuse to make any deals "off eBay".
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