| Of the millions of transactions that
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| | service and examine their products. If
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| transpire on eBay each day, only an
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| | you find theyre fakes, youve learned your
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| infinitesimally small percentage are
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| | lesson at a minimal cost.
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| fraudulent. However, even that small
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| | 3. Counterfeit cashiers checks and money
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| percentage means that fraud does still
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| | orders. Be particularly careful with
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| occur. How do you, as a seller, avoid
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| | international buyers who need you to send
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| becoming the victim of a scam? By
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| | an expensive item to an agent along with
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| recognizing common signs of fraud:
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| | an exorbitant fee.
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| 1. Phishing expeditions. According to
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| | Before you send out a buyers item, or
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| eBay guru Skip McGath ( phishers send out
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| | forward any agents fees from their check,
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| mass emails, posing as eBay, or any
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| | take that check to your bank and have
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| company, and asking the recipient to
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| | them call the issuing bank and verify the
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| confirm their password, which they use to
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| | check is good. If its not, youve saved
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| hijack their account.
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| | yourself a lot of money. And if they tell
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| Advises McGrath, Any email thats really
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| | you its good and turn out to be wrong,
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| from eBay will be on your My eBay page
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| | you arent the one taking the loss.
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| under your My Messages, NOT in your
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| | 4. Sites or auctions that dont accept
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| inbox.
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| | PayPal or credit cards.
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| Always log into eBayor any password
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| | PayPal performs very thorough background
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| protected siteby going to the site from
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| | checks and is committed to going after
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| your favorites bar, or by typing in the
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| | perpetrators of fraud, and credit cards
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| URL yourself. Never log in on a page you
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| | let you file charge backs.
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| opened through an email link! No matter
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| | If a supplier insists on being paid with
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| how authentic the page looks, theres a
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| | a cashiers check or money order, that may
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| good chance youve been redirected to a
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| | be an indicator that theyre not a good
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| phony site.
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| | product source.
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| 2. Unauthorized suppliers. You need to
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| | Dont let a few dishonest people scare you
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| verify your suppliersnot everyone that
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| | off of eBay altogether. There are plenty
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| claims to be selling wholesale products
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| | of genuine suppliers there, and not every
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| is legitimate.
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| | user is trying to cheat you. You just
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| If someone claims to be selling you
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| | need to be aware of whats out there, and
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| wholesale items, but doesnt require your
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| | proceed with caution. The vast majority
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| Tax ID number, theyre not legitimate.
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| | of transactions that happen on eBay are
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| If you see a drop ship site with name
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| | completely above board: its one of the
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| brand logos plastered everywhere, theyre
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| | safest e-commerce platforms around.
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| very likely NOT an authorized
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| | Assures McGrath, You can buy $10,000
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| dealeraccounts with large brand companies
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| | Breitling watches on eBay that are
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| are extremely difficult to establish, and
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| | perfectly legitimate. Just take those
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| the logos are copyrighted material.
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| | steps, and make sure you know who youre
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| If youre using a new supplier, start out
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| | buying from.
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| with a very small order to test their
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