Criminal gangs in Iraq and the Middle East are selling forged art works on auction Web site eBay and in antique markets in Britain to help fund terrorism, British police said on Wednesday.
The extent of the scam was not clear but the items, purportedly Iraqi or heirlooms from the region, could each sell for up to a couple of thousand pounds (dollars), according to London police's Arts and Antiques Unit.
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Thursday, November 23, 2006
O.J. Simpson Book Lands on eBay
Despite the decision earlier this week that O.J. Simpson's book, "If I did It," would not be published, bidders lapped up the book on eBay today before the auction site decided to pull it.
The book, which tells how Simpson would have killed Nicole Brown-Simpson and her partner Ron Goldman, if he actually had killed them, was also to be followed by a two-part interview with Simpson to air on FOX next week. The TV special was also cancelled on Monday.
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The book, which tells how Simpson would have killed Nicole Brown-Simpson and her partner Ron Goldman, if he actually had killed them, was also to be followed by a two-part interview with Simpson to air on FOX next week. The TV special was also cancelled on Monday.
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EBay accused of being slow to block bids for O.J.'s If I Did It
An attorney representing the family of Nicole Brown Simpson has accused online auction site eBay of not moving quickly enough to yank auctions of If I Did It.
If I Did It is the book, whose publication has been cancelled, in which O.J. Simpson talks about the murder of his ex-wife and her friend Ronald Goldman.
Earlier this week, News Corp., owner of Fox Broadcasting and publisher HarperCollins, cancelled the book and a two-part interview with Simpson scheduled to air beginning Friday on Fox TV.
The project had been condemned by critics and families of the victims as revolting and exploitive.
Read More http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2006/11/23/oj-ebay.html
If I Did It is the book, whose publication has been cancelled, in which O.J. Simpson talks about the murder of his ex-wife and her friend Ronald Goldman.
Earlier this week, News Corp., owner of Fox Broadcasting and publisher HarperCollins, cancelled the book and a two-part interview with Simpson scheduled to air beginning Friday on Fox TV.
The project had been condemned by critics and families of the victims as revolting and exploitive.
Read More http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2006/11/23/oj-ebay.html
eBay Rolls Out 'Safeguarding ID' System to UK Site
eBay is rolling out its new "Safeguarding Member IDs" project to the UK site after launching it on the U.S. Motors site earlier this month. The new feature reduces the transparency of bidding activity for shoppers in an effort to fight scammers who employ spoof phishing techniques, and eBay may roll out the change to eBay.com in early 2007.
eBay is implementing the new system on eBay.co.uk listings with a high bid of £100 or greater. The bid information for listings where the bid is lower than £100 will continue to display as it always had.
Read More http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m11/i23/s01
eBay is implementing the new system on eBay.co.uk listings with a high bid of £100 or greater. The bid information for listings where the bid is lower than £100 will continue to display as it always had.
Read More http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m11/i23/s01
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