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Friday News: Social media identity theft on the rise; bundling taking off; and eBay luring Amazon rivals

Friday News: Social media identity theft on the rise; bundling taking off; and eBay luring Amazon rivals

How a lying ‘social engineer’ hacked Wal-Mart – ” A Wal-Mart store manager in a small military town in Canada got an urgent phone call last month from “Gary Darnell” in the home office in Bentonville, Ark. Darnell told the manager Wal-Mart had a multi-million-dollar opportunity to win a major government contract, and that he(…)

Aspiring Author Attempts Own Auction

Aspiring Author Attempts Own Auction

An enterprising author offers up his book for auction on eBay. The auction, entitled “Offering the Rights to My Book” starts with a bid of $5,000.00 and free shipping. The book has apparently already been sold to a publisher and is set to be published this coming month (September), but the rights (unclear what exactly(…)

ALERT: Major Plagiarism of Reviews Occurring on eBay Seller Site

A company called Edson.financial.group has a books and music and other media ebay store. Over 200 products are reviewed, however, it has been discovered that many of those reviews are copied word for word from reviewers on Amazon. Jennifer Ray from Wild on Books Reviews has had three reviews copied and reposted under Edson.financial.group’s name.(…)

eBay Injunction Reported Incorrectly

According to a press release from eBay, the JK Rowling injunction was against eBay sellers and not eBay itself. The case started in 2004 against a specific seller named Baazee.com. The injunction required those specific sellers to stop listing the illegal items. It was not an injunction requiring eBay to proactively seek out and remove(…)