[Bungleau]

I'm with the Hunter. As I read the article (which admittedly is at least third- or fourth-hand), there appears to be no control mechanism to ensure that you are who you say you are. I could pick someone at random, fax in a request for info claiming to be an officer of the law, and they will apparently give up everything on that person.

Can you say identity theft?

Their scheme only works if the bad guys never try to play the game. If they do, they can get everything they want.

It's a dangerous position for E-Bay to hold, assuming it's true... okay, Snopes doesn't list anything on it, and Google doesn't come up with anything contrarian.