cnet: "Fraud threatens auction sites"

From: Kai Kaltenbach <kaikal_at_MICROSOFT.com>
Date: Wed Nov 4 15:33:07 1998

http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,28301,00.html?st.ne.fd.gif.f

Extract:

Online auctioneers smell a rat.
Individuals who sell items over online auction sites like eBay
<http://www.ebay.com/> and AuctionUniverse <http://www.auctionuniverse.com/>
suspect that their bidding sessions are being artificially manipulated by
phantom buyers known as "shielders" and "shills"--and that the auction sites
are not doing all they can to discourage the fraud.
Received on Wed Nov 04 1998 - 15:33:07 GMT