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How to report Internet Fraud

Internet Fraud is on a rise. As more and more people get online, more viruses are created to steal information, and more people see the anonymity of the Internet as a good way to steal, fraud rates will continue to rise. Common fraudulent acts range from using stolen Paypal accounts to pay for eBay or [...]

How To: Shorten URL for emailing links

With the rise of Javascript and other web based programing languages, links to certain webpages have grown downright unwieldy. Places like eBay, Amazon, and many online shopping programs are the worst cases. But these portals provide such a vast number of items that any flat file based system from the 90′s would require a team [...]

More eBay changes: Increased Security

I’m not sure why this didn’t get covered more, but on April 14, 2008 John Canfield, Senior Director for Trust & Safety policy management (which sounds like something out of Dilbert) announced that eBay would now track which computers you are logging in to eBay from and track that information. After they fully cut-over, sellers [...]

How to: Contact Amazon.com’s customer service

Just like in physical stores, people sometimes have problems with online stores. Usually the larger companies have pretty good Customer Service. But sometimes you just want to be able to actually talk to someone on the phone to get an issue resolved. According to Amazoncustomerservice Blog the numbers you need are: (206) 266-1000 for Local [...]