[LINK] [Another] Internet Fraud

James Pearce james.pearce at zdnet.com.au
Mon Apr 14 14:40:50 EST 2003


> " Internet auction fraud comprised 46 per cent of complaints and 31 per
> cent comprised non-delivery of merchandise bought over the net, and
> non-payment for merchandise."
>
> My Occams reading of this is that 77% ( 46 + 31) of complaints were about
> disputes on e-bay. <yawn>

I read the 31 percent to be goods purchased at online retailers, and then
not receiving the goods. There's been a fair bit of this, but obviously I
don't know how much compared to the volumes cited in the report (or indeed,
general Net commerce).

James



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