Things to take note to prevent e-auction fraud when a participating in an e-auction.

Below are some tips on keeping your risk at a minimum when purchasing items from an online auction website.

~Become familiar with the auction website. Look into the websites protection policies. Never assume you are protected from auction fraud.

~Before placing a bid, learn as much as you can about the seller. If you can’t find anything out about the seller, than avoid doing business with them. Never fall for promises of better deals by moving away from the original auction website.

~If the seller wants you to use an escrow service you’ve never heard of, look into it. Check out the website. Call up customer support. Contact them to digg up data on the business in question. If you can’t confirm the legitimacy, don’t use it.

~Never ever give out your social security number, drivers license number, credit card number, or bank account information until you have thoroughly checked out the seller and the escrow service.

~Always save 100% of the transaction information. You’ll be glad you did in the event your case makes it to court.

~If after the sale you feel the item/payment should have been delivered already, try to work it out with the seller/buyer. If at that point you feel that fraud is involved, immediately contact your state attorney general’s office and the FTC at www.ftc.gov or call toll-free 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357).

refferences
http://www.crimcheck.com/background-check-news/whats-internet-auction-fraud-and-how-do-i-prevent-it

E-Goverment in Malaysia: Its implementation so far and citizen's adoption strategies.

E-Government (electronic government, also known as e-gov, digital government, online government or transformational government) is used to refer to the use of information and communication technology to provide and improve government services, transactions and interactions with citizens, businesses, and other arms of government.
The E-government initiative was launched to lead the country into the Information Age. It will improve how the government operates internally, and how it delivers services to the people of Malaysia. It improves the convenience, accessibility and quality of interactions with the citizens and businesses. At the mean time, it will improve information flows and processes within government to improve the speed and quality of policy development, coordination and enforcement.

Towards vision 2020, Flagship Applications are engineered to start the MSC initiative and create a multimedia heaven for innovative producers and users of multimedia technology. The 7 pilot projects of the Electronic Government Flagship Application are as follows:

1. Project Monitoring System (SPP II)
2. Human Resource Management Information System (HRMIS)
3. Generic Office Environment (GOE)
4. Electronic Procurement (EP)
5. Electronic Services (E-Services)
6. Electronic Labour Exchange (ELX)
7. E-Syariah