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Amazon’s long battle to clear its shopping site of bad actors came to a head when a federal indictment in Washington state charged six people with conspiracy for allegedly sabotaging competing product listings and bribing internal company employees to remove negative reviews, leak information about the company’s product review algorithm and reinstate suspended accounts to gain an upper hand on the sprawling marketplace.The group of individuals — Ed Rosenberg, Joseph Nilsen, Kristen Leccese, Hadi …

The Epoch Times published this incredible information about the pandemic causing record-breaking numbers of people to start their own businesses.  Check this out:A historic number of workers have become their own bosses amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (pdf).As of October, there were about 9.44 million unincorporated self-employed individuals in the United States, as per the bureau’s data. In October 2020, there were about 8.78 million uninco …

The BBB recently published a fantastic article outlining a new twist on an old crime that is leaving many people on social media not only suckered, but also with their personal information completely exposed.  The scam is called a "Gift Exchange". I originally heard about these gift exchanges last year when my sister-in-law joined a group that did "Wine Surprise".  Basically what it is, is everybody in the group posts their information and other people from the group prepare a win …

If you're an online seller chances are you have had one or more "Karens".  If you're not familiar with a "Karen", the official Slang Dictionary definition is "a woman who acts entitled, expects certain privileges or special treatment, and gets angered easily.Side Note: I hate the term "Karen" because it's my literally my moms name!  Yes, my mother is a literal Karen, and although she is a Karen, shes not a Karen... Anyways, let's get into some eye-rolling Karen experienc …

These six sellers learned the hard way that you can't list anything and everything on eBay.  October 2021: The FDA got involved in this case when an eBay seller was busted listing illegal weight loss supplements.An eBay seller was sentenced to 6 months in prison over her listings for a substance the Feds say was extremely dangerous and not fit for human consumption, called 4-Dinitrophenol (DNP). DNP is a chemical substance that, when ingested, causes rapid loss of weight, but is also …