Friday, July 4, 2014

Stolen Goods Online: 8 Red Flag Warning Signs

You might have seen news reports a few weeks ago about Federal authorities charging three people in connection with the sale of more than $7 million of stolen goods on eBay.

The scale of the alleged crime might have been surprising -- it was said to have run for 10 years and netted around $4 million -- but there's certainly nothing unusual about the sale of stolen items online.

Online shoppers find themselves victims of this crime every day and police have specially trained squads who constantly scrutinize sales sites looking for the proceeds of burglary and theft.

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