Five months ago, Klaus Priebe, a soft-spoken building contractor who said he was sick and tired of fraud on eBay, decided it was time to catch the cheaters at their game. In one recent auction, he bid ...

EBay users worried about fraud, take heart: Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University say they've invented data mining techniques that can detect online auction fraud before it happens. By looking at ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the case of the eBay seller, whether it was a fake account or a phishing scam, I’ll never know. Curiosity, a trait that is usually considered a strength is another weakness that scammers exploit, ...

Today, few things cost eBay users as much money and grief as account hijacking. At the vanguard of this threat is an attack known by the warm and fuzzy name of phishing &#151 e-mails sent by thieves ...

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 ...

Many small business owners shop eBay for inventory as well as office supplies and furniture. While most transactions on the online marketplace are completed to the satisfaction of both parties, ...

Many online vehicle buyers like eBay because of all the protection it provides. But one young woman learned all that protection is worthless if the eBay pages turn out to be fake. That's exactly what ...

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 ...

Robert Beck suspended his distrust of online auctions last month and went for a top-of-the-line speaker system. He cast a winning bid of $1,900, paid by credit card and waited for his first EBay ...