FBI warnings about Internet Auctions

The Internet Crime Complaint Center or IC3, a partnership of the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center, in 2007 released its latest annual report on victims' complaints received and referred to law enforcement.

Among the results:

"Internet auction fraud was by far the most reported offense, comprising 44.9% of referred complaints. Non-delivered merchandise and/or payment accounted for 19.0% of complaints. Check fraud made up 4.9% of complaints. Credit/debit card fraud, computer fraud, confidence fraud, and financial institutions fraud round out the top seven categories of complaints referred to law enforcement during the year."

For the full report, go to the IC3 webpage on statistics.

Listed below are tips to protect yourself and your family from various forms of Internet fraud:

Avoiding Internet Auction Fraud

• Understand as much as possible about how the auction works, what your obligations are as a buyer, and what the seller's obligations are before you bid.
• Find out what actions the web site/company takes if a problem occurs and consider insuring the transaction and shipment.
• Learn as much as possible about the seller, especially if the only information you have is an e-mail address. If it is a business, check the Better Business Bureau where the seller/business is located.
• Examine the feedback on the seller.
• Determine what method of payment the seller is asking from the buyer and where he/she is asking to send payment.
• If a problem occurs with the auction transaction, it could be much more difficult if the seller is located outside the US because of the difference in laws.
• Ask the seller about when delivery can be expected and if there is a problem with the merchandise is it covered by a warranty or can you exchange it.
• Find out if shipping and delivery are included in the auction price or are additional costs so there are no unexpected costs.
• There should be no reason to give out your social security number or drivers license number to the seller.

We at Advanced Sales Network believe our service can help avoid some of the pitfalls of online auctions. We support the Federal Trade Commission will turn in anybody who we suspect wrong doing. We will turn anyone who fails to preform over to the FBI and any local authorities.

Patrick Mahan
1974 Circle Drive
Cayucos Ca. 93430
805-995-5001
patrick@advancedsalesnetwork.com

Welcome to the Buyers and Sellers Blog

Today we start the beginning of a new era. The Advanced Sales Network has been created to make it easy for you to sell valuable items. The process is easy for the seller and the results make it worth every penny invested for the purpose of selling your item. Many mistakes can be made without the proper method of selling. It is possible to lose more than you would have`spent to have a professional make the sale foryou. We do research on the item you want to sell. We can provide you with a 90 day average eBay sales price. We can give you high and low price, how many items listed versus how many items sold, and even what the the best day and time to end your listing is.

We provide a service for the people who don't have the time or don't want the hassle of messing with computers to sell their items. We take the headache out of it for you. We will be the only person you have to deal with. For security reasons we are your protection. If you want to get an idea of what your item is worth, before attempting to sell we can do that for you as well. If you want to learn about how to get set up with eBay and other outlets we are willing to help. We are here to help.

Everybody wants everything for free all the time. The end results are usually, you get what you pay for.

Give us a chance to prove how much we care about helping you attain the full potential of the sale of your items.
Go to http://www.advancedsalesnetwork.com and see what we have to offer.