Want to help combat Ebay fraud?

[dbilsborough]

http://www.nbnw32820.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ebayscam06.zip

I have created a little application that makes reporting Ebay frauds a lot easier :)

I will write an FAQ for it when I get some time, but basically log in when the login box appears, use the search buttons at the bottom of the app, or use the normal Ebay search box.

When you come to an auction that you think is a fraud, press the appropriate reporting button and a reporting window appears, pre-filled with the auction info, press the send button job done, a lot quicker than trying to find the reporting section on Ebay.

The false feedback section on the right is to combat the masses of Chinese fraudsters that register hundreds of accounts every day. Look at the feedback of user fgvwjr for example. Look at the times of the feedback and the very similar user names (all 7 chars long). In the feedback page of one of these users, press the "collect users" button and then go into the feedback of one of the users on the page and do the same. After a while you find that one false account leads to another (usually in groups of 10 - 12 users). Once you have a list of dodgy accounts, press the "report" button.

It does work pretty well and people over at the dell outlet forums have been reporting with it for quite a while now :thumbs:

[homerjhandley]

if it works that good then make sure ebay cant 'borrow' it and come up with their own version!

[ArthurDent]

How do we know that you're not just harvesting ebay passwords? :suspect: ;)

[dbilsborough]

How do we know that you're not just harvesting ebay passwords? :suspect: ;)

:lol: I thought that would be the first post, not the second, but seriously if someone with VB6 would like to verify the code and recompile it then I have no objections. :thumbs:

[Alamar]

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[dbilsborough]

if it works that good then make sure ebay cant 'borrow' it and come up with their own version!

Ebay don't really want people to report fraud as they then have to do something about it! Spotting fraud is not rocket science yet they do nothing until someone reports it and even then there is no guarantee that they will do anything. They have agreed finally to put a "report this auction" link on every auction at some point this year.

[I_am_da_man]

Ebay don't really want people to report fraud as they then have to do something about it! Spotting fraud is not rocket science yet they do nothing until someone reports it and even then there is no guarantee that they will do anything. They have agreed finally to put a "report this auction" link on every auction at some point this year.

I was selling a partcular DVD (a genuine one) on eBay and another guy was selling blatant copies of the same thing at a fraction of the cost.

I reported him over 100 times (every time he listed it) and eBay did nothing. He's still on there selling the same things using the same account.

[richieuk]

I was selling a partcular DVD (a genuine one) on eBay and another guy was selling blatant copies of the same thing at a fraction of the cost.

I reported him over 100 times (every time he listed it) and eBay did nothing. He's still on there selling the same things using the same account.

Report it to FACT (http://www.fact-uk.org.uk/site/contact/com_form.htm?subject=Piracy%20Report%20from%20FACT%20website) it has the option to enter eBay details.

[jimmy101]

:lol: I thought that would be the first post, not the second, but seriously if someone with VB6 would like to verify the code and recompile it then I have no objections. :thumbs:

any chance of making the code available then so i can have a play :D

[dbilsborough]

any chance of making the code available then so i can have a play :D

well, having thought about it, the only problem would be if someone did recompile it but added in a password grabbing routine, would still look like it came from me :suspect:

below is the code running behind the login box

Enum SecureLockIconConstants
secureLockIconUnsecure = 0
secureLockIconMixed = 1
secureLockIconUnknownBits = 2
secureLockIcon40Bit = 3
secureLockIcon56Bit = 4
secureLockIconFortezza = 5
secureLockIcon128Bit = 6
End Enum



Private Sub Form_Load()


WebBrowser1.Navigate ("https://signin.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?SignIn")

Do
DoEvents

Loop Until Not WebBrowser1.Busy


frmEbayLogin.Caption = WebBrowser1.LocationURL


End Sub

Private Sub WebBrowser1_NavigateComplete2(ByVal pDisp As Object, URL As Variant)

If Left$(WebBrowser1.LocationName, 7) = "My eBay" Then

frmMain.StatusBar1.Panels(1).Text = "Secure Connection"

Unload frmEbayLogin

End If

End Sub



Private Sub WebBrowser1_SetSecureLockIcon(ByVal SecureLockIcon As Long)

If SecureLockIcon = secureLockIcon128Bit Then


frmMain.StatusBar1.Panels(1).Text = "Secure Login"

End If

End Sub