Yahoo Japan Corp. has started posting on its Web site the family names and bank account numbers of people who have repeatedly engaged in what it deems fraudulent transactions on its auction sites, according to news reports.
The country’s top Internet portal initially identified about 100 accounts of people who, using Yahoo IDs, have allegedly engaged in illegal practices such as failing to send products that have been auctioned off and paid for by successful bidders.
Yahoo Japan wants to make its Net auction corner into a more reliable marketplace where auction participants could engage in deals without being annoyed by the possibility of being victimized by a fraud, company officials said.
