Why does eBay® not stop the scams on their site?
They do as much as they can. It is not a simple matter to stop the scams. Especially when they have scammers using hijacked legitimate accounts with long positive histories. eBay® also has many thousands of legitimate auctions listed every day. Among those, they have to find the small number of scam auctions. Spotting scam auctions is not simple when you have that many to go through. It is buyer beware(and if you are a seller, seller beware). You have to look for the warning signs and not depend on just the user’s feedback rating. Most fraudulent auctions are easy to spot. Some scammers are becoming more advanced in their methods though. What do the more advanced scammers do? Scammers have begun adapting tried and true phone scam techniques. They may not scam the person on eBay®. They may sell them an expensive item at a discount, or a counterfeit item, and once the buyer receives the item, then they have established trust. The scam seller will try to sell them something bigger or appr
