Monday, January 8, 2007

Launch of Safeguarding Member's IDs On eBay.com

Rob Chesnut, SVP eBay Trust and Safety, states that the "SMI" Program will launch this week on both ebay.com and eBay.ca in Canada.

The "SMI" program is designed to cut down on Fraudulent second chance offers and other misuses of bidder histories on the site. According to the announcement the T&S department feels that there are safeguards in place to prevent and eliminate "Shill Bids". Many community members have expressed a concern that the "SMI" may increase fraudulent Shill activity on the site.

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