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The Internet has become
an essential tool for life in the 21st century, with many
wondering how they ever managed without it. We use it to
learn, to inform, and to communicate.
The dark side of the web.
But there is a dark side to the Web.
It provides swindlers with an extremely effective way to reach
out and find new victims. Online auction sites, for example,
are replete with fake art, sold by largely anonymous sources
to an unsuspecting public.
The work by American abstract painter Richard Diebenkorn attracted
lots of attention on eBay. The bids opened at .30 cents and
soon started soaring. The price reached four figures, then
six figures, finally selling to a buyer in the Netherlands
for $135,805 USD.
The painting was a fake. And so were most of the bids.
Read the article and learn
to identify risks and short-circuit the swindlers.
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