eBay vs. Romania's Online Scammers

spinctrl links to an interesting story in the L.A. Times about the cloak-and-daggerism of fighting online scams in Romania, summing it up like this: "The country is the top source of auction site scams. One company is trying to do something about it, with increasing collaboration from local law enforcement over recent years. Ebay has sent over equipment and a team to help the authorities combat this form of cyber crime, which is run with all the organization of an industrial-scale business."

Comments

It's easy to avoid

[FredFredrickson]

It's easy to avoid scams. I say they just educate people to the point where these scams are no longer profitable.

-Don't purchase/sell to certain countries.
-Avoid any auctions that don't allow a well-known escrow service.
-Request delivery confirmation on everything you send out.

Problem solved.