With the June 29, 2007, launch of the Apple iPhone, scammers and thieves are coming out of the woodwork. ScamBusters.org, a public service website that has helped over 9 million people protect themselves from Internet scams since 1994, offers predictions about the Top 7 online and offline iPhone scams, as well as tips to avoid [...]

Mighty Bids was created by Michaud and Ramaglia out of concern with eBay’s high fees, which users are charged whether an item sells or not.
Michaud has stated that listing his own auction site on eBay was primarily a marketing decision. “It’s getting a lot of attention and puts them to the test.” Michaud says that [...]

eBay is helping Romanian law enforcement to detect and stop fraud targeting losing auction bidders. The auction giant said a large portion of online fraud was coming from the Eastern European nation.
Since 2005, criminals in Romania are taking advantage of a gap in the knowledge of local police to prey on eBay users that are [...]

Two men have pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to selling nearly $6 million worth of counterfeit software on eBay.
Robert Koster of Jonesboro, Ark., and Yutaka Yamamoto of Pico Rivera, Calif., both pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit Rockwell Automation computer software over the Internet. Each defendant faces up to five years in prison, a fine [...]

EBay recently pulled ads from the world’s most popular search engine in what the auction company billed as an experiment to determine the most effective means of getting customers to visit the shopping site. The move, however, had smacked of blatant retaliation as it coincided with a June 14 party that Google had been planning [...]

A Rensselaer Wal-Mart Manager faces 10 felony counts after being accused of defrauding at least eight Internet users out of thousands of dollars. The accused allegedly did this by offering NASCAR collectibles, via online sale, that were not in his possession.
Benjamin LaGuire, 29, of Lafayette attended his first court date June 15 after charges of [...]

Meg Whitman, chief executive of the Internet auction leader, said eBay’s partnership with Tom Online is within a few months of starting, somewhat later than first planned. It is eBay’s second attempt to crack the Chinese market, following the collapse of the company’s EachNet venture, and the first with a local partner.
In order to win [...]