Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Blog Assesment

1. Safe ways of not getting cheated on websites is complain to the post office, file a complain with the internet crime complaint center, or ask the National consumers League for help.

2. Proxy bidding is an Ebay application that is used to automatically bid each time you're outbid.

3. Sniping services are used to get a jump on other bidders. Sniping is entering a bid at the very last possible second before the auction is finished.

4. The Triangulation scam is a scam made when wire transfers are done. The item comes shipped and marked as a gift and hides the address of the person who paid for the item. The victim may get accused with credit card theft or receiving stolen property.

5. A virtual credit card is generated by Citi, Bank of America or Discovery cardholders. The cardholders use the "ShopSafe" feature and it generates a 16 digit number that looks and works like a normal credit card.

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