May 30th, 2007 @ 6:03pm, Keith McCord Reporting

Many of you have probably made a purchase from a Web site, and entered a credit card number to pay for it.

It’s a fact of life these days that Internet shopping is very fast and convenient. But you need to be careful. There are a number of scams out there aimed at acquiring your financial information.

The online financial security issue is a constantly evolving thing. “In 2006, $50 billion was traded across eBay…$52 billion to $52.5 billion was traded on eBay. And that’s individuals sending money to other individuals,” said eBay Vice-President of Trust and Security Matt Halprin.

 

 

People can buy and sell just about anything on the Web site eBay. PayPal, which eBay bought a few years ago, is the service which provides secure online payments. Read the Rest.

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FBI data shows Internet purchases, most by auctions, produce most online crime reports. Robert McMillan, IDG News Service Sunday, March 18, 2007 03:00 PM PDT

Internet auction fraud remains the most frequently reported online crime, but complaints over online purchases that are never delivered are on the rise, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).

Auction fraud complaints made up about 45 percent of the 207,492 complaints received by the IC3 last year, but that number is down significantly from 2005, when auction fraud was cited 63 percent of the time. Read more.

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If you suspect your identity may have been stolen, what do you do next? Who do you call or contact? There are specific steps to take if you are ever in this situation. Additionally, if you can show that you have taken these steps, that will help your case in the event that you have to prove you did not make specific charges or open certain accounts.

There are four main steps that you should take and here is the first step:

Contact any one of the three consumer reporting agencies. This will put a fraud alert on your credit report and that will tell creditors to pay special attention to any requests to open new accounts in your name.

Here is the contact information for the three companies:

 

• Equifax: 1-800-525-6285; www.equifax.com; P.O. Box 740241, Atlanta, GA 30374-0241 
• Experian: 1-888-EXPERIAN (397-3742); www.experian.com; P.O. Box 9532, Allen, TX 75013 
• TransUnion: 1-800-680-7289; www.transunion.com; Fraud Victim Assistance Division, P.O. Box 6790, Fullerton, CA 92834-6790

You only have to contact one of the three listed above. The one that you contact is required to pass that information on to the other two agencies. Make sure that you receive a confirmation from the company you contact. Read more.  Read Part 2.

OSA Editorial Comments:

What a great article, and great advice for everyone! Also, part 2 continues the great advice!

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Marketworks, a multi-channel e-commerce software solutions provider, has announced it has completed its most successful quarter in the company’s seven year history, facilitating over $200 million in sales volume, as growth in online shopping continues unchecked.

News Release from: Marketworks
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial Team on 22 January 2007

Marketworks provides a multi-channel ‘Software as a Services’ e-commerce solution that enables retailers and manufacturers to build market share and profitability across the Internet’s most popular shopping channels. Ken Powell, President and CEO, Marketworks, said, ‘Last year was a phenomenal one for online sales’.

‘For the first time, e-commerce revenue passed the $100 billion mark in the US and the GBP30 billion mark in the UK, Marketworks’ second largest market’.

‘The strength of our performance is as a direct result of our customers’ success in aggressively expanding their online sales beyond their web store to other online channels, using a combination of our platform, and our outsourced fulfilment and customer care solutions’.

On its way to achieving a record quarter, Marketworks achieved a number of significant milestones, including adding more than 1,000 new customers to its multi-channel solution in the period.

It has also expanded its service offerings through Google, Amazon, NetSuite and eBay, the most vibrant global online marketplaces.

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Written by Motorola Inc.

Tuesday, 09 January 2007

Jentro Technologies and Destinator Technologies’ Award Winning Navigation Solutions to be Integrated Into New Motorola Devices

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8 — Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT - News) today announced it is bringing world-class mobile navigation and location-based services (LBS) to the mass market. Working with Jentro Technologies and Destinator Technologies as software suppliers, Motorola will launch new navigation products in 2007.

The new products and mobile devices will be equipped with location-based services and navigation platforms that give consumers access to local point-of-interest searches, community tools and other LBS and value-added services. These features are made possible by Destinator’s seamless integration and Jentro’s mobile Internet platform which uses the Java client on a handset to communicate with a server-based backend — thus enabling a complete phone-based navigation for the mass market.

In addition, this new product portfolio will provide flexible, reliable solutions in personal navigation. Leveraging Destinator’s fully adaptable navigation application, Motorola is able to customize product with up to 18 different languages and features for various regions and markets. Read the rest.

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