Ebay Scams and the FTC (Semi-OT)

[Randall R Schulz <rschulz at sonic dot net>]

To Whom It May Concern,

There was a short piece on All Things Considered (NPR) today about 
Internet scams.

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Regulators Go After Online Fraud

NPR's Jack Speer reports federal and state regulators are going after 
fraud on the internet. The Federal Trade Commission is joining state 
and local law enforcement agencies to target online auction scams. As 
internet deal-making has grown at sites like eBay, so have the number 
of complaints. Online auction scams are the most common type of 
Internet-based fraud, according to the FTC. eBay says only one in 
10,000 transactions on its site are fraudulent.

>> E-mail this audio link 
(<http://discover.npr.org/rundowns/segment.jhtml?wfId=1248285>)
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This summary appears on the Web page for today's show: 
<http://discover.npr.org/rundowns/rundown.jhtml?prgDate=04/30/2003&prgId=2>. 
The links for audio retrieval are "javascript:" URLs, so there's no 
point in including them here.


My attention was divided, but I think they mentioned that the FTC is 
seeking complaints from those that have been taken in. What really 
caught my ear was the part about the laptop that never made it to the 
purchaser despite the money having been transferred to the scamster.

Randy 


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