eBay scamming automation bots for fraud
Published September 1st, 2006
UK Auction Info
As well as stealing accounts, con merchants have begun to use other techniques to obtain accounts that look pukka to the casual observer, according to security appliance firm Fortinet. By automating the process of creating an account with an ostensibly good rep, crooks can avoid the tedious business of building up a decent profile before looking to cash in with a scam auction.
The “eBay scamming automation” begins with the (probably automatic) creation of randomly named, fake user accounts. These fake users, powered by automated web spider software, search eBay for extremely low value ($0.01) “buy it now” items, such as eBook or wallpapers, and place a purchase
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