No One Charged Yet on $Million Ebay Shop Scam

Police have not charged any individual for their involvement in the setting up of the Ebay Shop Online Recruitment scam where thousands of Fijians allegedly lost more than $3 million last year.

Last November, the online Anti- Scam Taskforce set-up to monitor and address online scams and also work towards legislative reviews, recorded that 1859 complaints were lodged against the EBay scam as of last October.

This was believed to have been valued around $3.1m.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Crime Mesaka Waqa said investigations on the matter continued.

Many people had been questioned and released about the scam, he said.

Photo: Mereleki Nai

The Inter-Agency Taskforce is represented by members from the Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Local Government, Reserve Bank of Fiji, Office of the Solicitor-General, Fiji Police Force, Consumer Council of Fiji, Fijian Competition Consumer Commission, Online Safety Commission together with its co-opted members Vodafone Fiji and Digicel Fiji.

For more information or to report fraudulent activities or have any related information that will assist the enforcement agencies, members of the public are encouraged to contact the Consumer Council of Fiji at 155 or the Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission on telephone number 8921991.

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