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Other than reporting the email user to the service provider, writing to the fraudulent user telling them that we are aware of their attempt to defraud, and also having a security section on the website warning people of scams, is there any way to control these annoying email senders?
As the vast majority of these scam emails come from countries such as Nigeria, the cross border legislation is very difficult to pursue, so as to convict these people of fraud.
If only it were that simple. The problem is that the emails get sent directly to our sellers, and we don't see them until we get a complaint from one of our sellers.
Maybe they're doing searches and finding that information on your site. Personally I wouldn't mention anything negative on a website if you're trying to sell something. In my opinion, just the mention of scam will result in people leaving your site quickly. It's a negative impression regardless of how you present it. People don't want any hint of a potentailly bad experience. There's probably more in depth information somewhere on this subject.
Educate people at your end and move on. You'll never stop spam emails, they'll torment you forever.
I was rather hoping someone would come up with a magic solution, but it seems that the ignore them, and educate people about them, is the only solution.
If we had an all encompassing powerful internet police department with real teeth, every eTom, eDick and eHarry would be reporting their competitors because they had higher SERPS and everybody that received an email before they'd had their caffein would be reporting the senders ... and the real spam police would spend so much time dealing with disgruntled super-grasses that the real spammers would be left alone.
That's life in Cyber-Space.
90% of the fraud can be detected from the fact that the emails sound the same.
