Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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I thank the witnesses. I note from both Google and Meta's opening statements that the number of fraudulent websites and ads that have been taken down is massive. I note the work that is going on there.

Regarding Amazon, Mr. Brophy was nearly back in his old role, giving a bit of financial advice to the committee, slipping into his old jacket too comfortably. I hear his opening statement about Amazon. Where the fraud takes place in Amazon, in the main, is others replicating Amazon sites. It is not solely that. Mr. Brophy gave an outline of the checks that are done for selling on Amazon.

Is it not the case that one of the most popular types of Amazon frauds is where somebody sets up selling an item on Amazon and then cons the person into making the payment outside of Amazon? Therefore they are not protected by the A to Z. They are left high and dry. Could Mr. Brophy or Ms Bishop speak to that? How many of those cases have happened in Ireland if there are any statistics for them?