Fraudster Foiled in New Orleans

The Kenner Police Department recently arrested a wannabe fraudsters for attempted fraud with the support of ChestNet Transactions and our fraud protection tools. See my online friends, there is some teeth out there and the good people in the Kenner Police Department proved it!

Personally, I would like to thank the Kenner Police Department for taking our leads and information to heart and following through and taking this scammer out. In a day and age when law enforcement is stretched thin and people are becoming too immune or bothered to report online fraud, it was refreshing to work with an agency that took an online criminal offline. Which brings me to ask the following; what percentage of people actually report online fraud? We’ve noticed an increase in attempted fraud online, but how much of it outside of ChestNet Transactions is reported?

The team at ChestNet Transactions would like to hear from you. Tell us your story about how you’ve been scammed online and we’ll give you a free Hot Spot when you post a sell ad. We want to know if you ever reported being scammed to the authorities and what was the outcome? Simple way to get free exposure for your classified ad. Oh yes, and it’s always free to post your items for sell on ChestNet Transactions.

Buy and Sell Safely,

./Casey

ChestNet Transactions Tips: Send and Receive Money Safely

Buying a laptop from Craigslist? Sold your Wii system on eBay? Why send money to a stranger when you can protect your transaction by using ChestNet Transactions secure online payment system. If you are sending or receiving a payment for items bought our sold outside of ChestNet Transactions, use the links listed under “Payments” section of My ChestNet Transactions Tools.

To request money from a buyer click “Request Money” under the green Payments section.

To send money to a seller click “Send Money” under the green Payments section.

To manage your payment requests, use “Overview” to track the progress of your payments.

Buy and Sell Safely,

./Casey

What if the BCS Ran College Basketball?

It’s here! The NCAA Tournament is just a day away. The ChestNet Transactions office pool is in. (Can you say free Starbucks anyone?)

In my last post I predicted that the USC Trojans would win the Pac 10 tourney. I was off by one team. Oregon spanked the men of Troy in Saturday’s final at the Staples Center. I personally think the Oregon Ducks are the hottest team coming into the tournament, but it is going to be the Ohio State Buckeyes cutting down the nets. Then again, last time I said a team was hot (Washington), they didn’t even make the NIT.

Why the Buckeyes you ask? Easy! Kansas is too young. UCLA is soft. Texas and North Carolina will wear each other down too much to compete in the end. That leaves the football school OSU. Does this make them a basketball dynasty? Far from, but below is a list of schools who are … along with some wool dynasty national championship banners for each of the teams:

UCLA Bruins

Arizona Wildcats

Duke Blue Devils

Indiana Hoosiers

Kansas Jayhawks

Kentucky Wildcats

Louisville Cardinals

North Carolina Tarheels

I read an interesting article the other day in the Los Angeles Times titled “BCS Basket case“. The author, Chris Dufresne, asked us to imagine college basketball if the BCS (Basketball Championship Series) were to run things with the same rules as football. His story really exposed the fraud of a system that college football gives us. It really made me wish we had a similar playoff system in NCAA D1 football like March Madness. Could you imagine! Any who, enough about sports, back to putting fraudsters out of business for me.

Buy and Sell Safely,

./Casey

eBay Stamp Scam – Biggest Online ?

In spirit of recommending some of my favorite websites, I’d like to give a quick ChestNet Transactions Stamp of Enjoyment to http://www.419eater.com/, a site dedicated to exposing fraudsters.

Speaking of stamps, I wasn’t too surprised at recent article titled “Is eBay stamp racket the Net’s stickiest scam?“.

The article got me thinking … is it? I personally think so, but on a much bigger scale then just stamps. The commonly unreported misrepresentation of goods is the largest and most unreported online. For an example, is that Gucci wallet you practically got for free from the seller on eBay really a Gucci or Pucci made in Vietnam? You would like to tell yourself it is and by golly he had positive feedback (whatever that really means!). But how can one tell? If one can tell eventually, can one swallow ones own pride enough to report the fraud? If one can swallow that pride, who does one report the online fraud to? eBay? Police? FBI? Batman!

Psst. Stamp Collectors. A little secret I’d like to share with you. Use ChestNet Transactions. At least with ChestNet Transactions, you will get seven days to approve the stamp before the seller gets paid. In the case of the stamp, that’s 168 consecutive hours to get your super small sticky paper collector b u double t over to an appraiser or your fellow collectors to see if the item is legit. If not, return and refund! It’s that simple with ChestNet Transactions.

Buy and Sell Safely,

./Casey

Will ChestNet Transactions Put Judge Judy Out of Business?

I know it’s the question on everyone’s mind … will ChestNet Transactions put Judge Judy out of business? After watching the video of the “Pictures for PayPal” scam, I couldn’t help but feel concerned about JJ’s future. I wonder if Judge Judy realizes that that scam that happens on eBay couldn’t happen on www.chest-net.com?

We really like Judge Judy. Honestly, we really do, but what will become of our Constitution Defending Superhero if www.chest-net.com keeps eBay fraudsters from committing fraud?

I think I have a solution. It’s not as glamorous as yelling at an eBay scam artist, but she can at least be part of a team that solves eBay fraud. We can use Judy in our HR department. We’ll even give her the title of “VP of Judicial Officer” aka VipJo. As VipJo, she’ll keep those loose ChestNet Transactions vacation days in line. Call in sick? Better have your doctor show up to vouch for you. Car has a flat? She’ll remind you that cars have four tires.

On second thought, I’m not really sure if JJ will fit in with our corporate culture of “Fight Fraudsters Not Fun” philosophy.

Until next time, safe buying and selling everyone!

./Casey

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