Amazon scams on the rise in 2017 as Fraudulent Sellers Run Amok and Profit big. there are 529 counts of negative feedback from people who never received their purchases from one of the three fraudulent sellers (EVILLE, xkuehns,HJSGHUY).https://www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshepard/2017/01/02/amazon-scams-on-the-rise-in-2017-as-fraudulent-sellers-run-amok-and-profit-big/#79b2e6cf3ea6
A photographer was scammed out of 135 pounds after attempting to buy a camera lens online. Tomas Balazik from Grantham paid for the equipment after seeing it advertised for sale on Facebook but says he was later sent a profanity-filled message after he asked when the lens would arrive.http://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/photographer-scammed-out-of-150-after-trying-to-buy-lens-online/story-30172475-detail/story.html
Trust issue: online dating fraud victim Numbers reached the high record 3889 victims one year, each victim loses £10,000 on average.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38678089
Alibaba fake products issue has caused a worldwide attention, however it is not easy to solve it:
- Cheap ‘apple watch ‘ copies on sale in Taobao, only £23.9 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31832108
- Alibaba returns to U.S. List of ‘Notorious’ Counterfei goods market. http://fortune.com/2016/12/22/alibaba-taobao-counterfeit-goods-platform/
- Purveyors of fake goods in taobao, values in 2015 exceeded $1.7 trillion.https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/01/16/alibaba-cracks-down-17-trillion-fake-goods-market/96633850/