PayPal, the Internet-based money transfer system owned by eBay Inc., is trying to persuade e-mail providers to block messages that lack digital signatures, which are aimed at cutting down on phishing scams, a company attorney said Tuesday.
So far, no agreements have been reached, but the idea is one that PayPal would like to see from [...]

A conman who funded a £700-a-week cocaine habit by selling fictitious goods on internet auction site eBay has been given nine months’ youth custody.
Mold Crown Court heard how Timothy Franklyn, 20, of Denbigh, raised £13,000 for his habit after offering fake £1,000 holiday vouchers for sale.
He admitted eight deception charges and asked for 13 others [...]

Skype is owned by eBay and the Skype users are soon going to get a facility which would allow them to transfer the money to their buddies through PayPal which is also owned by the ecommerce giant.
Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom said in a statement that they are currently working with PayPal. However, it would still [...]

Management at Aberdeen’s His Majesty’s Theatre are to call in the police after valuable signed pictures of stars were put up for auction on the eBay website.
The 21 framed and autographed photographs of Hollywood greats who treaded the boards at HMT have been posted on the auction website.
Theatre managers said they have no record of [...]

Users of internet auction sites such as eBay are being targeted by HM Revenue & Customs in a crackdown on tax evasion.
Traders who are buying and selling goods online but are not declaring the income to the Revenue are being told to register their activities within three months of starting to trade, or face a [...]

Terry Merrygold got quite a shock when a friend telephoned him and told him that his £20,000 classic Austin Healey car was up for sale on eBay. It was the first he knew about it and to add insult to injury the fraudster who was trying to sell it had used photographs of the car [...]