Dateline Creates Commerce Site to Lure Scammers

Incredible story traces package to Benin

[jsinger]

Best report I've ever seen on commerce fraud by MSNBC's Chis Hansen (the child sex predator reporter)

Two part TV report that aired in late March and early April:
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Dateline puts GPS in shipments to Africa and tracks down dupes and cons in the U.S. and overseas.

[trinorthlighting]

That right there is a good reason to make sure the avs section is on and make sure you only ship to the billing address.

[jsinger]

Link shows MSNBC's Chris Hansen delivering packages to Innocent dupes in Anytown USA for transshipment to Africa. (there is a brief commercial before that segment begins)

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By the way, we ship to non-billing addresses with few problems. About 15% of our business is done that way. Rare fraud attempts almost always stand out from real orders.

[jsinger]

Link shows MSNBC's Chris Hansen delivering packages to Innocent dupes in Anytown USA for transshipment to Africa. (there is a brief commercial before that segment begins)

[video.msn.com...]

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By the way, we ship to non-billing addresses with few problems. About 15% of our business is done that way. Rare fraud attempts almost always stand out from real orders.