Unsafe surfing
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on April 10, 2003 at 2:00:56 PM
The number of fraud complaints filed last year was more than triple the year before, and the dollar amount for each case was tripled as well. The internet isn't all fun and games. Why would you put your identity (IE: Social Security Numer, CC number) on a place you don't know? And don't buy anything at auctions too good to be true, it most likely is. Boggles the mind.
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Auction fraud led the pack, as it did in 2001 and 2000, accounting for 46 percent of complaints the unit referred to law enforcement in 2002. Online auctioneers have been the target of numerous fraud schemes, ranging from shill bidding, in which sellers bid on their own auctions to artificially jack up the price, to identity-theft schemes.