Nasty online rip-offs on Amazon and eBay: Victims only notice it when it's too late. Fraudsters have developed a new variant of the so-called triangle fraud.
The criminals offer goods at particularly low prices via cracked seller accounts or specially created fake online shops. When users then order from the fraudsters, the trap closes. Because now the scammers own the customers’ data, the criminals then use this data to order the new goods from a reputable dealer. He in turn sends the products to users who had previously ordered from the fake shops.