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UK suffering fraud boom-time
News A typical skimming scam, involves fraudsters attaching a device to the entry slot of the cash machine to record the details of the card's magnetic strips as they are inserted into the machine. Typical phishing scams rely... [07 Nov 2006]
eBay: You've got (private) mail
News According to a report from online privacy watchdog Truste, seven out of 10 people who go online have received phishing emails, and 15 per cent of those have been duped into providing personal information.eBay has been... [05 Jan 2005]
Cheat Sheet: Phishing
Cheat Sheet The scam will be emailed out to large lists of people asking them to confirm their eBay or QXL account details for example, because the database is being cleaned up, or some such excuse. The most obvious... [25 Jun 2004]
Teen eBay scammer jailed for nearly three years
News At the age of 17, he was found by the authorities to be involved in another internet scam - taking over $1m off punters to use in online betting after telling them he had tips that 'couldn't lose'. A US teenager has been... [16 Jun 2004]
Alarming rise in phishing attacks
News Phishing is an internet scam where official-looking emails attempt to fool users into disclosing online passwords, user names and other personal information. This was illustrated by the Anti-Phishing Working Group's... [26 May 2004]
IE "phishing" fix lockout causes more complaints
News The software giant made the change to stop scam artists from constructing URLs that appeared to link to a legitimate website but actually directed people to a fraudulent site. The fake site will typically ask for a... [05 Feb 2004]
5 years ago... eBay has its back to the wall over online auction fraud
News However, users who fall for the scam and hand over the account details are often the dupes in fraudulent scams - such as people claiming to sell items they don't really have. Internet auction pioneer,... [15 Dec 2003]
Leader: The end of the 'phishing' line
Leader But what happens to the details of those who fall for the scam? The practice of 'phishing' - whereby spam emails try to lure unsuspecting victims to enter account details on a fake web page of a trusted institution such... [12 Nov 2003]
EXCLUSIVE: eBay warns of new fraud
News The criminal or criminals behind the scam have clearly gone to some lengths to covert heir tracks and evade detection and capture.silicon.com was contacted by Krivosikova after six emails to eBay's US... [12 Nov 2003]
EBay cracks down on fraud
News EBay plans to expand its new buyer-protection programme and take a number of other measures to combat fraud on its site, which has become a popular target for online scam artists. In... [30 Jun 2003]
eBay traders targeted by email scam
News Over the past week, users of eBay's online payments service have been receiving emails masquerading as official PayPal alerts. Tricks involving bogus email posing as legitimate messages from eBay and... [10 Mar 2003]
eBay and the ID thieves
News In Fraser's case, that was the domain name 'change-ebay.com', a scam website where an unknown number of eBay users may have been tricked into handing over their eBay... [22 Nov 2002]
FBI exposes massive online racket
News FBI officials have smashed an internet scam that successfully duped around 56,000 Americans out of $117m. ebay claimed that there was one case of fraud for every 40,000 transactions last... [24 May 2001]
Fighting Fraud: eBay scam highlights online risks
Comment A bogus eBay dealer has been suspended after offering antique coins, raking in thousands of dollars, and then failing to deliver anything to eager collectors.eBay quickly washed its hands of the incident... [18 Apr 2001]
