No offence here Charles,
I appreciate you sharing this,
Too bad that so many people feel that government should be the ones to make
all their troubles go away.
The wild WILD west is fading slowly away into the sunset, and the night in
its blackness will rule, sorry everyone you cannot take photos there.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Packard" <packardc@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "OlyList" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 11:30 AM
Subject: [OM] [OT] US Gov't response to Internet auction fraud.
> I know that the recent wave of Ebay fraud reports have left some members
> wishing for the rest of us to get back on topic. But I saw this news
> item about Internet fraud and thought I would share an excerpt from the
> article.
>
> Source : The Standard (www.thestatndard.com)
> Article : The FTC's Unlikely Enforcer
> Subject: Profile of Jodie Berstein, Head of the FTC's consumer fraud
> bureau
>
> [excerpt]
> " But when it comes to protecting consumers, Bernstein makes sure con
> artists on the
> Web know she means business. This week she announced that her bureau is
> aggregating
> Internet auction fraud complaints from state officials, consumer groups
> and online auctions
> such as eBay (EBAY) into a massive database for exclusive use by law
> enforcement. This
> comes after the agency disclosed that it received 10,700 complaints
> about online auctions
> last year, up from 107 in 1997. "
> [End of excerpt]
>
> I don't know if this means action will be taken by this or any other
> agency. But at least the FTC is aware and collecting the data. I hope it
> does not result in regulating auction sites out the wazoo. That would
> probably mean higher costs and more red tape for the seller and maybe
> even the buyer.
>
> I apologize to anyone who feels my use of bandwidth is out of line.
>
> -C. Packard, Birmingham, Alabama USA
>
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