Revised : Friday, 14 January 2005
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EBAY AUCTIONS : " The Barry " and OTHER FRAUDS
Revised : Friday, 14 January 2005
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THIS IS HOW EBAY DEALS WITH THOSE WHO REPORT FRAUD AND TAKE INDEPENDENT ACTION !
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Click below for current GOGGLE search results for " ebay fraud "
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Two recent examples from about 897,000 GOGGLE results for " ebay fraud " . :
eBay fraud hits Coffs Harbour ( Australia )
By Staff Writers 30 December , 2004 ...
www.pcauthority.com.au/
news.aspx?CIaNID=17419&CatID=14 - 37k
ebay scammer indicted for $66k fraud
" .... A 20-year-old man from Toledo, Ohio, has been indicted for allegedly scamming $66,525 from eBayers who thought they were bidding for electronic equipment, the Toledo Blade reports. "
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From Richard Silva :
From Richard Silva :
" PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD TO THE OTHER EBAY VICTIMS AND THEY CAN WRITE A DECLARATION AND MAIL IT TO THE FEDERAL COURT IN CHICAGO; TO THE U.S. ATTORNEY "
( Replace his name with your own in the draft form below and post by 20 April , 2004 . )
CASE# 03 CR500-1 USA vs. Barry Reiger 2002-2004,ON-GOING CASE BEFORE PLEA.
Declaration of Richard Silva
I, RICHARD SILVA, do hereby declare the following based upon my own personal knowledge, and if called to testify, I would and could testify to the following:
I sent Barry Reiter $2,200.00 on or about March 5, 2002 for the purchase of video tapes allegedly in his possession. He called me on the phone numerous times, we had many telephone conversations and e-mails, verifying the items to be purchased, and confirming the products would be sent in a timely manner. Based on previous transactions between us, I trusted that Mr. Reiger would provide the products promised, and, based on this trust, sent the money prior to receiving the products.
Upon my return from a business trip seven days later, I attempted to contact Mr. Reiter, to no avail. After thirty (30) days of attempting contact, Mr. Reiter finally, after realizing he had been suspended off e-Bay for similar frauds perpetrated against many other victims from e-Bay, who had subsequently e-mailed and phoned me, regarding said fraud, he stated he had hired an attorney, and wished me luck in being reimbursed the monies and damages I was due.
After countless attempts to get back my money through e-Bay, who offered no reasonable help or assistance in the matter, I, with several other disgruntled customers, who had been similarly defrauded, we personally conducted our own investigation, and ultimately contacted the U.S. Postal Inspector, the F.B.I. and local police authorities, and after 1 ½ years, charges were finally brought against Mr. Reiger for his criminal behavior.
This behavior rose to the level of being malicious as this theft on Mr. Reiger’s part, brought undue hardship to me both financially and to my business reputation, as tapes promised to me, subsequently promised to my own clients, were never delivered. The irreparable damage to victims worldwide has been documented by me and was passed on to the District Attorney.
Mr. Reiger never offered to make good on his business promises, and indeed laughed challenged at me and others when we attempted to make arrangements to get our money back. He stated he had retained an attorney, and that he had no intention of returning our money. He stated he knew how to beat the system, and that he would use our money for his legal defense.
I find it uncontainable that a man can steal money, hide it within his family and cohorts, and not be thoroughly investigated, as to the whereabouts of the ill-gotten gain, leaving countless victims worldwide, who haven’t the knowledge, nor resources to communicate properly to the necessary authorities and courts.
In the course of my investigation of Barry Reiger, I found that he has previously been convicted of similar Postal and Wire Fraud charges in the past.
I pray to the Court to award, with whatever monies can be recovered, to pay myself, and other victims who have brought themselves to the attention of the Court, any and all monies due to us as well as punitive damages as the Court finds to be equitable.
The foregoing is true and correct, and I testify under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the United states of America.
Dated: _______________________ ______________________________
Richard Silva, Declarant
Email
received from Richard Silva October , 11 , 2003
( Apparently he is in jail . )
We
have found a live fraud etc reporting address : spoof@ebay.com
AND
A real person to talk to , if you are in Australia , email for details .
Today
( 24 Feburary , 2004 ) we have confirmed a new fraud , concerning DVDs this time
( MASH
M*A*S*H* 5 DVD LOT COLLECTORS EDITION , Ebay references 3372911656 and
3376395685 . ) Please check back for our page concerning this fraud .
EBAY FRAUD user ID : tombstone 101
" THE FOLLOWING FEDERAL COURT CASE IS IN DUE PROCESS AND HEARING DATES 7/23/2003 CHICAGO , ILLINOIS , USA
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CONTACT DETAILS ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE .
VIRUS
WARNING !
We have received
emails supposedly coming from Det. Rodriquez and others involved in this case .
Some also have forged Spankoz email addresses , do not open any of these
messages without checking with the sender first . So far all appear to be coming
from Rakbooks@aol.com .
Scan
Result
Name of File : Pn.exe ( may be another name /type )
Type of File : audio/x-midi
Scan Result : Virus W32.Klez.H@mm found.
CLICK
HERE for removal tool .
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( 3 August , 2003 )
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LATEST NEWS
Arraignment and GUILTY plea is scheduled for Monday, June 9 , 2003 at 10:00am. Case # 03 CR500-1USA vs. Barry Rieger ( see above email )
( This information is unconfirmed . )
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Here is a recent email we have received from a fellow victim :
Here is an update I received from Mike Rodriguez in February: To my knowledge, the case is still being investigated by the FBI (I spoke with them about a month or so ago). I'm sure they are reaching some type of a plea agreement with Barry. Once completed, I have been told somebody will contact all victims. Unfortunately, I cannot distribute any contact information (its probably better because they generally don't comment on a case until totally completely through trial and sentencing.
................. Mike
Thanks for keeping your site going for this cause. Occasionally I update the Yahoo page.
" http://site2758.dellhost.com/EBAY_Lawsuits/ contains a number of documents that you might find interesting. Please help spread the word.
.... Ken McCready " ( From a email dated 10 January , 2003 )
There is another police update , it will be placed here when confirmed . ( See Ebay Forum )
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From Ebay Forum
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eBay users' theft complaints lead to Buffalo Grove address
By Steve Zalusky Daily Herald Staff Writer
Posted on April 03, 2002
Some eBay users say they have traced a case of information superhighway robbery
to a Buffalo Grove address.
The department is investigating the
matter with the help of the FBI, said Buffalo Grove Police Detective Mike
Rodriguez.
Rodriguez said his department was
contacted on March 12 by eBay.
"They said they had received
complaints about an individual operating a (post office) box out of our
town," Rodriguez said.
The complaints said the man has been
selling rare videos - including out-of-print and factory-sealed items - on eBay,
taking money from customers and not supplying the goods.
The scams took place within a six week
period during February and March, the complaints said.
"He's been doing this legitimately
for a couple of years. It's only recently that this case has come about,"
said Rodriguez, who said he could not reveal the identity of the seller.
Rodriguez said eBay sent a complaint
form to victims, who, in turn, forwarded the forms to Buffalo Grove police.
"I've got hundreds of these,"
Rodriguez said, who added that most of the victims are from out of state and
some from out of the country.
Rodriguez estimated the losses to
customers at $250,000 and the number of victims at 1,000. Some of them have
received their money back.
Buffalo Grove police have yet to make an
arrest. They say the investigation is still in progress.
FBI Special Agent Ross Rice said the bureau's computer crime squad has been helping Buffalo Grove police. He said the U.S. attorney's office has been looking into possible federal charges.
..... From the Daily Herald ( dailyherald.com )
SPOKESPERSON SOUGHT
agent_hollywood
(28)
(view
author's auctions)4:48pm April 3, 2002 (#275 of 278) |
| Folks, Of the victims only here, I need to know if there are any of you willing to speak to the media about this. Chuck Goudie of ABC and also a reporter of the local Daily Herald have both contacted me saying they would like to talk to the victims of this fraud. The more the better. Please click on my id to email me if you're interested. |
( Extracts from email from Buffalo Grove Police , PM Thursday , 14 March )
As of right now, the
investigation is ongoing. I am
> continuing to receive numerous emails from victims
> (100+)which, although is a TON, seems to be the
> easiest way to properly compile a victim list. If you
> happen to be in any of the ebay forums, can you please
> ask that the victims simply email me at my work
> address mrodrigu@vbg.org. I
have received way too
> many voice mail messages from all over the country for
> me to return the phone calls. I am working with ebay
> and paypal, as well as the Lake county states
> attorney's office and I hope that I will have a
> finalized victim list before any indictments or other
> criminal charges are handed down, if criminal charges
> apply.
>
> So, if you can, please advise the other victims that I
> am working on this matter (even if I don't call them
> back) and I hope to send out a bulk email within a
> week or two to the hundreds of victims.
A new variation :
There may be a so called " ring " ( or rings ) of traders , who appear to have transactions between themselves and then trap unsuspecting third parties into bidding . This practice is noticeable when the same accounts repeatedly appear as buyers and sellers .
A fraud investigator from Ebay notified the Buffalo Grove Police Department March 12 that someone had defrauded more than 1,000 people by not sending the items he had agreed to sell on the Ebay auction Internet site. The suspect was using a Buffalo Grove Post Office box. Once all the complaints are filed, the investigator estimated the losses could be as much as $200,000. The transactions involved primarily the sale of secondhand video tapes.
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/
localnews/current/bg/03-28-02-police.html
NOTE : This would mean that all Ebay postings up to and including the following would ( or should ) have been known to Ebay :
macsmotel
(62)
(view
author's auctions)
11:34 pm March 11, 2002 (#47
of 270)
The first posting was :
dancingoutlawvideo
(16)
(view
author's auctions)
7:51 pm March 3, 2002
Eight days had elapsed ( or six working days ) before action was taken !
This is not all , we still do not know when the first complaint was made to Ebay .
We would be interested to see copies of written complaints made to Ebay prior to March 3 . We will not publish these complaints , but will adjust the date that Ebay was first formally advised .
( thebarryemail1@spankoz.net
)
Spankoz Australia has won several Ebay auctions recently :
|
ITEM |
TITLE |
DATE |
| 1508376045 | KISS ME KATE VHS Kathryn Grayson 1953 | Feb-05-02 13:13:20 PST |
| 1510907964 | INTERNATIONAL HOUSE VHS W.C. Fields 1933 | Feb-11-02 19:58:46 PST |
| 1512570461 | MANDINGO VHS James Mason 1979 | Feb-16-02 09:36:21 PST |
| 1512640467 | STORY OF O VHS Corinne Clery | Feb-16-02 12:44:27 PST |
The seller agreed to combine all of our purchases into one shipment at the end of all of their Ebay auctions . This was our last communication from " TheBarry " .
Recently we received the following email :
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <plainrapper@bigfoot.com>
> To: spankoz@spankoz.net
> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 9:50 AM
> Subject: Question from eBay Member
>
>
>
> To member: spankoz.com
> From member: dancingoutlawvideo
>
> --------------------
>
>
> "TheBarry" sold Thousands of Videos to buyers like you and I.
Are they to
> be shipped?
>
> I have been sending out inquiries to buyers of these items, beginning
with
> those whose auctions closed over 30 days ago. Of more than 20
responses so
> far, not one buyer has received a single video. I believe there is
cause
> for concern and am searching for more information and taking appropriate
> legal and civil action.
>
> Since "TheBarry" had maintained a good eBay reputation since
1998, many
> hundreds of buyers, including you and I, bought many thousands of videos
> during a recent sell off of, what were promised to be, new items. After
the
> sale and purchase we were informed that the shipments would take up to 10
> days to go out. This was more than 3 weeks ago, yet, to my knowledge,
none
> of the items have been received by any of the buyers.
>
> The seller's feedback has turned quite negative this past week and
TheBarry
> has chosen to make comments from these experienced buyers unavailable
from
> his account. TheBarry no longer has any items up for auction, nor does
his
> eBay Store have any inventory available. Alarms are going off here
and I
> cannot get this character to respond to inquiries by using the available
> contact information:
>
> TheBarry (847) 419-1516
> Thebarry1@aol.com
>
> Barry J Rieger
> PO Box 5015
> Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
>
> All of the above contact information was found through eBay links and
from
> the merchant's own e-mail messages.
>
> I will dispute the charges to my bank, but I have also solicited the help
of
> public agencies by way of complaints with the US Postal Service's Mail
Fraud
> Division, the National Fraud Information Center & PayPal.com and have
plans
> to file with BillPoint/eBay Fraud Protection Program and others.
>
> If you have other contact information for this, apparently unaccountable
> merchant, please forward to me.
> I also invite you to join the Safe Harbor discussion on the eBay board -
> Here's a great link offered there by eBay member, "opinions.etc"
-
> http://www.mindspring.com/~bookdealers/
ripoff.html#advice
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Jerry - DancingOutlawVideo@pobox.com
>
>
>
>
> --------------------
> This email was sent by an eBay member via eBay's email forwarding system.
> If you reply to the email, your response will go directly to the member
and
> not through eBay.
>
> eBay does not tolerate spam (i.e., unsolicited commercial email) and is
> taking steps to protect members from this abuse. In addition,
solicitations
> to buy or sell items outside of eBay violate eBay rules and are not
covered
> by services that protect members such as feedback, insurance, escrow, and
> dispute resolution. If this is an offer to buy/sell items outside of eBay,
> please do not participate. Enter the following link into your browser to
> learn more. Link: http://pages.ebay.com/help/email_info.html
>
This was forwarded to the seller as follows :
SO FAR , THERE HAS BEEN NO RESPONSE FROM THE SELLER .
Another email has been received :
" hello .i'm sorry to bother you
but i need some information from you.
> we both bidded on item 1512570461 mandingo ,on 2/16/02 you won the bid.
> i'm trying to find out if you had any problems getting your tape from the
barry who was the seller?
> get back with me as soon as you can.
> thank you
> xxxxxx
> p.s. i haven't gotten either one of
the two video's that i won. "
We have again tried to contact " TheBarry " with the following result :
----- The following
addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<thebarry1@aol.com>
----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to air-yd01.mail.aol.com.:
>>> RCPT To:<thebarry1@aol.com>
<<< 552 thebarry1 MAILBOX FULL
554 <thebarry1@aol.com>...
Service unavailable
( 11 March , 2002 )
Another email has been received :
Hello,
Did you get my information about winning the 42 videos? I have done biz with
the barry in the past satisfactorily. Guess he was counting on that! As I
said, my credit card company is going to dispute this charge ($500+) with
Billpoint. So far ebay's response has been unsatisfactory. It appears that
protecting the seller's privacy is the most important thing. This
afternoon's email from ebay stated that thebarry isn't a registered seller
on ebay! Hello!!!! As of when???
No one connected with ebay is going to keep us informed as to the
status,
let alone whereabouts, of this guy. We're on our own folks. Thanks to Jerry
for bringing this to our attention. And thanks to you for putting together a
website where we can meet and discuss this, stay informed and decide what
action to take. Limbo is not a pleasant place to be!
Thank you.
amberraven45
" Buffalo Grove is a village of about 40,000 30 miles northwest of downtown Chicago. Originally named for the buffalo that used to graze here, the town now features residential development at various price ranges and an active Park District program. "
Email : police@vbg.org
( Direct : mrodrigu@vbg.org )
( You can
contact Sergeant Richard Clyburn or Sergeant Steve Parkinson in reference to
this matter.
..................
Sergeant Steve Haisley
Crime Prevention/Community Relations Unit )
Post Office : Buffalo Grove , 847-520-0089, 255 N Buffalo Grove Rd, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
( PO Box 5015 )
The name of Barry's Video Store would be of help !
also
http://www.buffalogrovechamber.org/database/
directory.asp
F.B.I. : http://www.fbi.gov/
Postal Investigators : http://postoffice.org/postalinspectors/fraud/
MailFraudComplaint.htm
Another email has been received :
eBay,Inc.
2145 Hamilton Avenue
San Jose, CA 95125
Hello,
The eBay Legal Fraud Investigations Team has been in contact with the
Buffalo Grove Police Department concerning a former eBay User that is under
investigation for their activities on eBay.
This investigation is not complete at this time, and your cooperation will
be appreciated. Please keep in mind that these are allegations only, and
that no charges have been filed nor should you draw any conclusions as to
the outcome of the investigation.
If you WON an auction posted by these User(s) through eBay, AND if payment
was sent and the item was NOT received, NOT as advertised, or a refund was
NOT issued, then the Buffalo Grove Police Department would like your
assistance in their investigation. Here is a list of the Name(s) and User
ID's that are currently under investigation:
Name(s):
Barry J Rieger
User ID name(s)
thebarry / thebarry1@aol.com
On behalf of eBay, I hope that you will take a moment to fill out the
information below, and mail this information to Investigator Mike Rodriguez
of the Buffalo Grove Police Department in order to help with this
investigation.
Buffalo Grove Police Department
46 Raupp Blvd.
Buffalo Grove, IL., 60089-2199
ATTN: Investigator Mike Rodriguez #184
Email : police@vbg.org or mrodrigu@vbg.org )
Please take a moment to fill out ALL the information below, and print and
send this copy. Also, please be sure to keep a copy for your records.
This information is imperative to this investigation.
Your Information:
Surname, First name:
Mailing address:
City, State, Zip:
Telephone number (day):
Telephone number (evening):
Pager number:
Cellular number:
eBay ID / E-mail:
Seller Information:
Subject:
Bid number:
Describe auction item:
Amount of loss:
Type of payment:
Date of payment:
If you paid by check or money order, do you have a copy of the cancelled
portion:
If Yes, please send a COPY of the check or money order.
Method of sending payment (mail, FedEx, wire, etc.):
Address where payment was sent:
Screen name of seller:
Any additional identifying information on seller or methods of contact:
eBay ID / E-mail address (seller):
Telephone number:
Address (complete):
BRIEF narrative of incident(s):
For more information and options concerning this situation, please visit the
link provided below:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/rulesandsafety/43110001.html
For future reference, this email address is intended for information
collection purposes only. Responses to this email may not be made. Please
direct all other inquiries to:
Safeharbor@ebay.com
Thank you.
Regards,
Fraud Investigations
See also : http://forums.ebay.com/dwc?50
@141.otVpca5qK2P^0@.ef135f7
and
http://forums.ebay.com/dwc?128
@171.Rtg9cT1jThE^0@.ef135f7
( complete listing )
NOTE : Ebay has indicated that it is now formally aware of the content of the above forum ( which is NOT moderated ) :
| kelley@ebay.com 9:52pm March 27, 2002 (#266 of 270) |
Thank you for your cooperation. Kelley, |
This is one posting :
To find other people that lost money to "thebarry " go to ebay.com click on "search ", then click on "by seller ", Include completed items select "ALL ", type in " thebarry " this also will show the scope of how large and complex this scam was. Most of the high dollar items were relisted and sold as many as four times. One of the items that I ordered was a very, very rare movie. This movie was listed as never played and in the original package. It relisted three times after I won it and sold every time for a LOT of money. To see if your item was relisted, just go to the Item # and look at the top of the page. Click on similar to it has been relisted “GO to item now “
...... kgtexas
(7)
(view
author's auctions)
6:44am March 12, 2002 (#52
of 54)
And another :
NEW YORK TIMES
Making Losers of Auction Winners
By JENNIFER 8. LEE
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/07/technology/
circuits/07FRAU.html
And another :
....
bnsinfl
(229)
(view
author's auctions)
11:15am March 13, 2002 (#83
of 83)
Is it possible that " The Barry " was a reputable business which has been sold to another person ?
We ( Spankoz ) have had a problem with another seller and found the system of dispute resolution at Ebay was unsatisfactory .
( www.spankoz.net/vibetoys.htm )
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by Peter
Thiruselvam / iEntry Editor-in-Chief ClearCommerce Corporation, a provider of payment processing and fraud protection software for e-commerce, studied 1,100 of its best online merchants to get a better understanding of online fraud. In doing so, they analyzed 6 million transactions from 40,000 customers who were collectively doing business with the company’s merchants. ClearCommerce’s white paper on fraud prevention states that "fraud rates for orders with IP addresses from certain countries outside the U.S. are more than 10 times the typical rate from US orders. In addition, 21 percent of fraudulent orders can be identified by inconsistencies between the consumer’s IP address and their reported billing, shipping or card issuer countries." Many experts feel that last year’s figures will be even higher due to the activities of organized crime taking a larger role in online fraud. Some officials from top US intelligence agencies also believe that terrorists are stealing credit cards to help fund their organizations. To sum up the seriousness of the online fraud, Gartner Inc., one of the major online information researchers, reported that loss because online fraud/identity theft accounts for USD$700 million dollars. This is 19 times that of offline fraud for the same period of time. This loss accounts for 1.14 percent of the total online sales for 2002 (USD$61.8 billion). Additionally, it is not only the actual fraud but the perception of fraud which takes a toll on the bottom line of an ecommerce business. One of the high-powered analysts for Gartner said, "Merchants were rejecting around 5 percent of Internet transactions, on average, as ‘suspicious,’ and at large retailers that sell more than 25 percent of their goods and services online, the figure was up 7%." The number of frauds vary by
country. Below is a breakdown of the countries from where the most fraud
originates as well as the least. According to ClearCommerce, approximately
6% of all online transactions from such countries as Malaysia and Israel
(who are actually on the bottom of the dirty dozen show below) are
fraudulent.
I would add Nigeria to the international dirty dozen, with the "help me get my money out of here" email scam. It is also known to be one of the major players in the shipping the goods to a freight forwarder to circumvent the international shipping scrutiny. By the way, most of the victims of this scam pay through account debits and wire services. Top Internet Frauds
Source: Internet Fraud Watch What is an IP address?Knowing that a large percentage of online fraud comes from overseas, it is good business intelligence to know where orders originate. That way, merchants can scrutinize the order if it came from a high-risk country. The best way to find out the origination of your international orders is by looking at your server logs and tracking their Internet Protocol (IP) address. A computer’s IP address is analogous to the street number of your house. If the international buyer has a dedicated line to the Internet then it is possible to know which computer he used to make the transaction. Even if he uses a dial-up network, through his local ISP, it would still be trackable because blocks of these IP addresses are sold to different ISPs in each country. By knowing which country has which IP addresses, you can determine where buyer is located. Unfortunately, this kind of information is difficult to obtain inexpensively, especially when you consider the there are over 4 billion IP addresses issued worldwide. However, there are certain companies which have filled huge databases with this kind of information. Using their own propriety technology, they have made a business of tracking where an individual user lives. Additionally, you can do this yourself using a software program such as VisualRoute, which is found at visualware.com, or using a more full-bodied service like the ones below. I used Visualroute and found it to be a pretty good program at identifying which IP addresses originate at which country. On a side note, there have been cases in the past where criminals have been tracked down by their IP addresses. In a famous London case a couple of years ago, a man named David Frankl was fined £26,000 in damages plus legal costs of around £100,000 for sending emails to his company which were full of bulls**t about the company's deputy managing director. Since he used a Hotmail account, he believed that he was safe from being tracked. However, by using an expert in computer forensics, the company was able to track his IP address. Such experts usually look through the logs and/or monitor the IP address to find the guilty person’s IP address. They then reverse the address, backtrack through the Internet nodes, and, with the help of ISPs, they are able to identify where that person lives. Companies Which Track Buyers Through their IP AddressQuova’s Geolocator (used by ClearCommerce) One of the leading geolocation software makers on the Internet is Quova Inc. (quova.com) located in Redwood City, California. This company, founded in January 2000, has created software called GeoLocator. This software gives, in real time, the country of origin of a consumer’s IP address. With this information, the merchant can filter orders for review if they come from a country known for fraudulent online purchases. Additionally, you know if the order is being shipped to a different address than where their IP address shows they are located. The latest GeoPoint version issued is the 4.0 version. This one is particularly good insofar as some of the new added features. It can identify which buyers are coming through anonymous proxies, cache servers, corporate proxies, as well as wide-coverage satellites. Furthermore, it is touted as the only geolocation services which can track the 30 million AOL users down to the country level. Furthermore, using this technology, you can use Quova’s software and services for other information. You can find network connection and performance information so you can determine how much bandwidth is used in that country, which is useful when designing your pages. Furthermore, Quova has a GeoTraffic analytical service to augment your own website traffic service. Lastly, if you want to understand where your US buyers are coming from, GeoPoint can breakdown the information to a city level. The latest version of GeoPoint can work with .Net and has some administration features. Quova has relationships with Jupiter Media Metrix, Visa International, Real Networks, ClearCommerce and Ladbrokes E-Gaming. GeoPoint doesn’t give any figures on how much it costs, but I think that if price is not listed on the website, there is a good chance that it costs some serious money. HNC Falcon® Fraud ManagerAccording to the company, HNC’s eFalcon is "an intelligent fraud detection and risk management service available to online merchants. This advanced solution uses sophisticated neural networks, scores, and rules to distinguish between legitimate shoppers and fraudulent purchasers. It provides strategy management and customer service tools to help merchants save legitimate transactions that appear risky, as well as set policies for accepting and rejecting transactions. eFalcon is based on HNC's Falcon payment card fraud detection technology, developed over a ten-year period and currently used to protect more than 300 million payment card accounts worldwide." HNC uses NetGeo technology to track buyers by IP addresses. NetGeo’s InfoScope engine lets HNC know all kinds of information about the buyer’s country, state, city, designated market area DMA, zip code, company, organization and method of Internet connection. InfoSplit’s Netlocator™Infosplit’s Netlocator accuracy of the person you are trying to find will be, according to the company, 99.5% for the country, 96.5% for the state or region, and 85% for the exact city. Additionally, the company has a program that is called InfoSplit Market Reports, which will tell you how many hits your received every day from every country, state and region in the world. Furthermore, it tallies up the percentage of hits from each area in regards to your total traffic. |
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Feb 5 #1508535612 Limelight $11.00
Feb 6 #1508875708 Boomerang $58.00
Feb 14 #1511867761 Bolero $66.25
( The above dollar amounts
include shipping charges.
I have tried repeatedly to get this seller to respond to my phone messages
(when I am able to leave any) and email.
I believe my emails have gone through because none was returned to me. Though
my last attempt at emailing him was several days ago.
What would explain how and why a seller who had a nearly perfect record would
and could do this to hundreds of people?
I talked with "Kobe" at Ebay earlier today and he told me he had
several complaints of fraud he was investigating against this seller..."thebarry".
I simply don't understand any of this. There must be some explanation though I
am certainly at a loss to know what it might be.
I did file a complaint with the BBB for his area. Tomorrow I intend to file a
fraud report with the National Fraud Information Center at 1-800-876-7060. )
We do not have time to pursue this matter but are happy to provide this page as a way for buyers and authorities to exchange information .
( We are located in Australia . )
Here is another " suspicious " email which was sent through the Ebay system . The prices quoted are very low . A similar email was received a few weeks ago and enquiries about references and the street address were not answered :
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eBay fraud - the scam of the future
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