Whether you are new to eBay or you have been using it for years, you are making mistakes that are putting you in danger and you do not realize it. There are full time criminals posting auctions to eBay, bidding on auctions, and just looking for ways to scam people every day and they are going to snare you sooner or later. I learned the hard way and now I can tell you how to trade safely on eBay.ael Ford

I love using eBay, but I hate being scammed. I have used eBay for ten years and I have run a full time business on eBay plus I have written a number of books and produced other eBay related audio and video programs which have given me a lot of eBay experience. In that time I have been the victim of a scam or bad seller or bad buyer many times.

Why I quit using eBay and why I returned:

I quit using eBay for a long time after I was first scammed in 1998 but I returned. I returned determined to avoid being scammed again. And again I was scammed. But, I did learn from these experiences. I can help you avoid being scammed on eBay by sharing everything that I have learned in the last ten years, showing you everything I did wrong, and showing you everything you should do right.

When you place a bid on eBay, do you wonder if the seller is legitimate? When you send that payment off do you think you may never receive anything for your money? What will you do then? That is a lonely feeling isn't it. It is terrible to feel so unsure, to extend your trust to someone you do not know and then have them take advantage of you.

You trust someone and then they betray you. You trust someone and they send you a broken item that they knew was worthless. You trust someone and they do not send you anything at all. Now what do you do? You feel so alone and embarrassed, what can you do next?

Experience using eBay does not protect you from scams!!!!!!!!!!

Many people make the mistake of leaving eBay. They are turning their back on a great source of bargains and the only source of many antiques and collectables. Even worse, they may be turning their back on a future source of income.

Many people think they have eBay experience and because of that they can spot a scam. This is completely wrong. You can not identify a scam until you know exactly how criminal networks operate, how the steal accounts, how they build false feedback, and the tricks they use to lure experienced eBay users into their trap. You can spot fraudulent auctions but only after you know how they work.

Many people rely on the seller's feedback. This is a mistake because scam sellers create fake feedback profiles or they steal legitimate accounts. These can both be easily identified but you have to know what to look for.

Many people bid and hope for the best. This is a sure recipe for disaster. They may bid on a professional criminal's auction which can get them into very serious trouble, much more than the value of the auction. You must know what to look for in an auction and NEVER hope-for-the-best.

I faced these same questions. I used to wonder these same things but then I found out that there were signs that I could use to identify fraudulent auctions. I can identify fraudulent auctions before ever bidding. If I had only known how to do this when I started using eBay, I would have avoided many of my bad experiences.

When you deal with someone face-to-face you can make judgments about the person. When dealing with someone online, you need a new set of skills to judge whether or not the person can be trusted. Most of us do not have those skills because we never learned them. It is possible to identify fraudulent sellers before bidding or sending a payment but you must know what to look for.

Do you know about the ebay escrow scams? How about the Media Mail scam, or the round-about scam, the mystery auction scam, the wholesale-list-price scam, the vehicle down payment scam? These are very common on eBay and you need to know how to identify them so you can avoid them. These and many more scams are easy to identify if you simply know what to look for. I will tell you exactly what to look for.

This kit contains everything I learned in my ten years of eBay experience plus a lot of information based on my research and interviews with victims. This kit contains everything you need to trade safely on eBay. Please, do not buy or sell anything on eBay until you know what I have to tell you in this audio course.

I can't wait to tell you what this kit contains so here it is:

The Scams and Scoundrels audio book - This is the full, unabridged and complete 5 hour audio course version of the Scams and Scoundrels book in an audio MP3 format. If every eBay member knew the secrets in this audio book, the fraud rates on eBay would plummet so low, earthworms would not notice them This book contains what I learned over my ten years on eBay as a full time buyer and seller.

This audio course explains everything. This course It is packed with everything, and I mean everything you need to know about eBay scams.

That is not all. I could not stop there. After completing my research for the Scams and Scoundrels audio book, I realized people needed even more information so I produced a series of safety reports. The Auction Inquisitor Security Report Series. This series of reports goes in-depth on a number of the most popular fraud schemes used on eBay.

It includes:

• Vehicle fraud, which is a favorite of scammers because they can steal thousands of dollars from every victim
• Real Estate scams
• Collectable scams
• Event Ticket scams
• Work-At-Home Scams

Every one of these reports sells individually for $29.95 EACH from the AuctionInquisitor.com website. With this kit, you get all five Plus, I will include the audio versions of these reports in MP3 format along with the Scams and Scoundrels 5 hour course. That makes a grand total of 9 hours and 18 minutes in this course. Not only is it thorough and informative, it is fun and entertaining to listen to the stories shared about scams.

This email was sent to me by Berlynn Sparks.

hello my names berlynn sparks i was an new member to ebay ... i recentley lost my car to a car dealer worm took my car and sold it so i got on ebay as a freind told me to find another car i found a car dealer i made an purchase of an 1992 grand marqese... i sent 3,590.00 too this man before ebay and refuses too send me the car i sent both checks by fedx mail hes received payment i have receipts that says hes paid the 23rd of january he wont give me the name of the shiping company thats sussposed too be shiping this car too me hes been telling me the same thing for the last past couple days now what it is is that hes trying too keep my money and not send me the car...i had just been a menber 1 week and this happend ive called he puts on his answering machine ive got delivery dates thats turned up nothing because i did make this purchase at the time i was on ebay im wondering if they would help me if not get the car atleast my noney back i just lost a car too another dealer because he stole my car and is in cort now because he sold the only traspertation i had this man should have tild ebay that i did make a purchase from him he did not he took my money can someone please tell me what too do for all i no this mans still got this car for sale on ebay but ive paid him for shiping and registration fees and taxes on this car please help

I receive messages like this all the time. The worst part is knowing that Berlynn did not have to be a victim. This scam was 100% avoidable. If only Berlynn had known what to look for and how to protect himself before he sent the money, he would still have his $3590.00 and he would have never dealt with this scammer.

All of the warning signs were in the auction but Berlynn did not know what to look for. Unfortunately he contacted me after he was scammed. He needed my information BEFORE he was scammed. That is why it is so important for every eBay user to know how to identify fraudulent auctions. You can do it, you simply need to know what to look for.

I wanted to make it as easy as possible for you to use this system and what can be easier than kicking back in your recliner to listen to these audio files? If only Berlynn had the Vehicle Fraud Report before trying to buy a vehicle, if only..... That one report could have saved him over $3000.00 and that is only the value of one report, you get all five. You may not want to buy a car on eBay, but you will find out how to avoid other scams. Did you know that even a $20 purchase could cost you thousands of dollars if you do not know how to spot that particular scam? You have to know the information in this course if you are going to trade safely on eBay. The information is also useful for general Internet safety too!

This is an downloadable audio course consisting of audio mp3 files and PDF files. You can download the audio files to your computer or mp3 player. Compatible with with Windows, MacOSX, Linux, and other operating systems. Files are in ZIP format. No physical product is shipped. Approx 110Megs in size Zipped.