“Entire towns” go phishing, says eBay

by Sue Bailey

This post was written in March 2008; specific information contained within it may be out of date.

eBay have criticised law enforcement agencies in Romania for not doing more to stop phishing. Mark Lee, trust and safety manager for eBay UK, [where's Rambo?!] said that there “no fear of real punishment” for internet scammers in countries like Romania, Russia and China; “there are towns in Romania where the entire focus is on sites like eBay as the main source of income.”

Last year, eBay in partnership with law enforcement agencies, ran a campaign to catch Romanian phishers. As many of the country’s policing resources are concentrated in the capital Bucharest, they found backlogs of up to 200 eBay fraud-related cases in some smaller towns. And, as the Times reported, when eBay scamming is the town’s principal industry, there’s little incentive to close it down.


Author: Sue Bailey
Posted at: Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 at 3:33 am
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Comments

4 Responses to ““Entire towns” go phishing, says eBay”

  1. Blighty on March 12th, 2008 7:55 am

    I know people can go through proxys, but can ebay not blocked any Romanian IP from accessing the site?

  2. Mark Classic on March 12th, 2008 9:58 am

    At lease Ebay have identified the “enemy” now, which is a step forward.

    How to deal with that enemy is now the big question :-)

    Mark

  3. Sue Bailey on March 12th, 2008 10:05 am

    I think that’s the point, Blighty Mark - these guys are good. And I guess for one thing, Classic Mark, they need something as profitable to do. If I were eBay, I’d employ Vladuz and friends as security consultants.

  4. northumbrian on March 12th, 2008 10:33 am

    Indonesia has been at it since ebay started
    its not safe to deal there yet , cant see how they are going to easily stop Roumania

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