eBay CD Seller Steals Woman's Identity In Retaliation For Negative Feedback

[mandy]

She was an unhappy customer of an online auction site and wasn't afraid to write a negative review about the seller she dealt with.

Soon, her cell phone started to ring. On the other end of the line were Web surfers of another kind -- men looking for sexual pleasure.

Police are investigating a possible identity-fraud case after they say a local woman's name ended up on a XXX-rated Web site without her knowledge. Loaded with pornographic photos, the site provides personal ad services for those looking for sexual relationships. One of the messages posted on the site carried the name and cell-phone number of the 36-year-old woman, and police believe the man who sold a music CD to her on eBay is behind it.

full article: http://www.lowellsun.com/front/ci_3440086

[jezebel]

All that over a $3 CD sale.  :

[iron_chick]

England added fraud cases account only 100th of 1 percent of all transactions made on eBay.  

[rose]

Police have yet determine the full identity of the suspect except that he is in New York.

Why don't eBay and PayPal know his full identity if he sold there?

[xppman]

Why don't eBay and PayPal know his full identity if he sold there?

BECAUSE THE DON'T REALLY "VERIFY" AND DAM THING?

[bargainbloodhound]

[quote author=iron_chick link=topic=2401.msg8495#msg8495 date=1138464618]
England added fraud cases account only 100th of 1 percent of all transactions made on eBay.  


[/quote]

eBay arrived at that number by only counting the fraud cases that were reported in the press.  Knockoffs, auctions for information about laptops, auctions for pictures of laptops are also excluded from the total because the buyer did receive a package in the mail.