Almost all online selling platforms are prone to scams that's why people should not let their guard down at times. eBay, for instance, is a notorious place where scams happen. For the part of the ...

Joseph D'Amelio thought he'd found a great deal on eBay: a 2000 Porsche 911 for $50,000. After talking to the seller and getting a copy the car's title sent to him in advance, he wired the money to an ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--eBay Chief Executive Meg Whitman told shareholders at the company's annual meeting here Wednesday that new software was helping the popular auction site make "major strides" in ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — It’s a consumer’s nightmare. A Henrietta woman discovered tech-savvy swindlers had stolen hundreds from her bank account. How? They made fake purchases on her eBay account.

Longtime friend and colleague Stephen Cobb sends the following warning about an auction-related scam (“I” refers to Stephen throughout and names have been changed to avoid lawsuits): In early April, I ...

CHEHALIS, Wash. -- A Chehalis mom is trying to warn others after an expensive mistake online cost her daughter part of her college savings. Christina Gibbons said her daughter will soon be heading off ...

Just as one six-figure online auction scam on eBay was finding closure, eBay has begun investigating another, according to published reports Wednesday. This time, the alleged fraud involves the sale ...

More than half a dozen eBay users last week alerted the online auction company to an identity theft and a series of fraudulent auctions allegedly stemming from Ukraine. However, the victims of the ...

Hijacked 'phishing' accounts used to carry out new scam... eBay is warning customers to be wary of fraudsters using hijacked sellers' accounts to try to con them out of money by offering to sell goods ...

eBay and Poshmark are online marketplaces where customers can purchase and sell new and used items. Like any platform, scams are common. A woman allegedly caught a seller attempting to raise the price ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — Executives at eBay Inc. are touting security as their top priority in 2007 after an internal survey showed that online scammers may be denting the company’s reputation. The San ...