E-Commerce Scam Hall of Fame?

I am a baseball fan, but was not aware that there is a "Spam Hall of Fame," let alone one that includes someone named Sanford Wallace.  Fraud is fraud is fraud.

Online Scam King Sanford Wallace

As I have mentioned before, like other items, scams happen.  Sure, they suck when they happen to you, but get this from the August 4 IT World article:

In its indictment, the FBI accuses Wallace of having gained illegal access to more than 500,000 user accounts using phishing messages that sent victims to sites that copied their user data and then spoofed their accounts as the supposed source of more than 27 million spam emails sent to Facebook members.

The lesson for me? If you are on Facebook, eBay, Aliexpress or Alibaba, there are millions of users of each.  Odds are, unfortunately, that if even a micro-fraction percentage of users are scammers, it could result in thousands of victims.


I've written before about Alibaba's Safety and Security Center, there are concrete steps that you can take to avoid getting taken.   And taken.  And scammed, especially by dirtbags like this guy Sanford Wallace.

And if you are Alibaba user, it's worth a read.

Fan Boy

P.S. - Also worth a read is "Will the real spam king please stand up?"