Slightly OFF TOPIC....
Just lifted this one off the wires....I think that eBay should be held responsible and that the stupid fraud should be executed on national television. I am glad that they caught this SOB!
Later Gang
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Sunday December 13, 2:28 pm Eastern Time
eBay drops user targetted in fraud probe -Newsweek
NEW YORK, Dec 13 (Reuters) - U.S. online auction company eBay Inc., which sells everything from rare Elvis memorabilia to Beanie Babies on the Internet, has suspended a user who is under investigation for cheating customers out of as much as $100,000, Newsweek reported in its December 21 edition.
But the high-flying San Jose, Calif. Internet company has refused to give refunds to the duped customers, the U.S. news weekly reported.
The Newsweek report suggests this may be an example of eBay's inability to protect its customers from fraud.
The Oklahoma regional postal inspector's office is currently investigating suspended eBay user Sonny Stemple for allegedly conning fellow users out of at least $30,000 by getting them to send money orders for prime auction items he claimed he had, then never delivered, Newsweek reported.
''We feel badly for (the victims) but (they) really do need to take it up with local law enforcement,'' eBay chief Meg Whitman told the magazine.
The online auction house, among the fastest growing online commerce sites, has seen prices for its shares rise from an initial public offering price of $18 in September to $192 last week, off its November high of $234.125. |
