They can accept the reports and then use data science to figure out which reports are legit.
And Ebay definitely did not have a “don’t get involved” policy (source: I worked on EBay’s fraud prevention team for years). There was a reason you could only communicate via the platform messaging and you couldn’t send email addresses through the platform.
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And Ebay definitely did not have a “don’t get involved” policy (source: I worked on EBay’s fraud prevention team for years). There was a reason you could only communicate via the platform messaging and you couldn’t send email addresses through the platform.