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EBay Denies Involvement in Typosquatting

Crooked affiliate was redirecting 'amazon.cm' visitors to auction site

By Sam Biddle,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 9, 2009 4:00 PM CST

(Newser) – EBay claims it’s not responsible for a “typosquatting” scam that redirects browsers who head to amazon.cm (a frequent misspelling of its proper .com URL) to eBay.com. “We saw this a while back,” a spokeswoman tells Silicon Alley Insider. “We noticed there was an affiliate in our network doing some shady stuff. We kicked him out of the program in November.”

eBay says it has no involvement in a current scam redirecting web users who incorrectly enter Amazon.com's address to eBay.com
eBay says it has no involvement in a current scam redirecting web users who incorrectly enter Amazon.com's address to eBay.com   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)
eBay says it has no involvement in a current scam redirecting web users who incorrectly enter Amazon.com's address to eBay.com
eBay says it has no involvement in a current scam redirecting web users who incorrectly enter Amazon.com's address to eBay.com   (AP Photo)
eBay says it has no involvement in a current scam redirecting web users who incorrectly enter Amazon.com's address to eBay.com
eBay says it has no involvement in a current scam redirecting web users who incorrectly enter Amazon.com's address to eBay.com   (AP Photo)
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