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>> Don't use your credit card on websites you don't trust

> The person in this article bought stuff from Amazon

Yeah, you shouldn't trust Amazon. They don't do nearly enough to ensure their 3rd party marketplace is safe.



Amazon is one of the largest companies in world. They have a responsibility to be more trustworthy than this, and should be held accountable.


I agree, and I didn't mean to blame the victim here (in case it sounded like that to anyone).

But it is a lesson to the rest of us, about the risk of shopping on Amazon.


I totally agree, and I don't buy from Amazon as a matter of principle, but considering their size, clearly most people don't. And I suspect that's not because they're fine with the risk, but because they're not aware of it. And that's a problem. Amazon is profiting from trust that they're not worthy of.




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