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January 3, 2006
Avoid eBay Fraud With Simple Safeguards
In the past holiday season, the largest purchases were in the clothing industry, and designer clothes are always glittering, enticing favorites. Naturally, we all want bargain prices on our clothing and so millions turn to eBay. But how, if you want to avoid eBay fraud, can you be sure that you're not buying replicas, instead of the real thing?
I did some research on this using authentic Chanel purses and handbags, just to figure out what to look for to avoid fakes. The good news is that there are definitely clues, like this Chanel serial number:
I've never had a Chanel handbag and will never have one because I'm not interested in that sort of purchase. But, if I were going to invest the money, I would certainly take the time to gather the facts before putting out any money. It certainly wasn't hard to find what Chanel does to its handbags to make them distinctive. So, anyone investing in a major purchase should take the time to do the same, rather than relying on a website to keep you safe from the bad guys.
Posted by SydneyJohnston at January 3, 2006 1:46 PM
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What people need to know is how to avoid the scammers. We have suggested to eBay to change their posting policy about allowing email addresses NOT to be allowed. This would eliminate over 80% of the scams on eBay. Unfortunately, this has fallen on deaf ears. I wonder what the kick back to eBay is?? Perhaps the site should be renamed "Scam Bay". If their posting policies are not changed, this is what it will become.
We have created a new site with informative tips on how to avoid the scammers techniques as well as a list of over 500 scammers email addresses they are using as alias email addresses.
The site can be found at www.freespaces.com/scammers/index.htm.
If you want to substantially decrease you chances of being scammed at eBay, you need to check out the site.
This is a NON COMMERCIAL site, and is supported by Team Scam Finders.
Posted by: Team Scam Finders at January 15, 2006 4:23 PM
Does anyone think that a payment service that builds an Escrow service into each transaction would be a good solution? (Given that it must be price-competitive with PayPal)
Posted by: Jeff Grant at January 27, 2006 11:38 PM
