I was the victim of a car buying scam. a man from the uk had a yahoo account and also had a fake yahoo finance account. he also posted this car for sale on ebay. it was all a fraud! so how did this man access all the yahoo and ebay sights so easy if there is so much so called security. and why cant we hold these sights responsable for letting fraud be commited
2007-09-07 06:26:58 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
They are publicly accessible sites. Anyone can create an account on them just like you did. It does sound like he violated several laws and you would serve yourself better to contact the police instead of wasting your time daydreaming about suing Yahoo! or eBay for the fraud caused by another.
When you create accounts on those sites you agree to a disclaimer that specifically addresses this issue. Your case against them would never make it to court.
2007-09-07 06:32:31 · answer #1 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately it is up to the consumer to protect themselves. Anyone can sign-up to sell items on-line and ebay or yahoo cannot travel to each sellers location to verify their information. This is one reason ebay partners with paypal to offer fraud protection. If the add would not accept this kind of payment then you should suspect something.
Ebay publishes documents on how to protect yourself and alot of it is common sense.
Be careful out there, only trust when trust is verifiable or backed by third parties.
2007-09-07 13:37:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You just defined fraud, creating facade of legitimacy for capitol gain.
2007-09-07 13:33:54 · answer #3 · answered by blindcuriosity 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋