This scam can be deeply frustrating, and it’s deceptively simple: You order an item, open the box and there’s nothing there. Scammers can trick you into buying an empty box by burying phrases like ...

A worldwide network of fraudsters conned thousands of people into buying fake golf clubs on eBay, a London court has heard. In allegedly the largest fraud uncovered by the online auction site, the ...

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 ...

Acknowledging that caveat emptor goes only so far as a guideline for online sales, eBay has been putting new mechanisms in place to help fight fraud. We want to know what your experiences have been as ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

he white poodle should have been a tip-off. Antiques dealer Thomas Perry had taken a picture of a giant antique teakwood ship's wheel outside his gallery in Chester, Conn., and offered it for sale on ...

ebay has been criticized by a U.K. judge for not doing enough to protect its users from the dangers of fraud. Judge Richard Bray said it was "hardly surprising" that eBay was targeted by criminals, ...

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EBay Inc. has unveiled expanded protections for those buyers and sellers in its marketplace who complete transactions using the company’s PayPal online payment service. The new protections, which will ...

EBay, the online marketplace, has agreed to pay $9.25 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that accused its PayPal payment service of mishandling customer complaints about fraud. All PayPal users ...