It is not a scam that is exclusive to ebay so how do you expect them to stop it?

It has been reported widely on ACA some time ago....I doubt that the News is going to be interested.....it is more the province of an investigative show rather than straight news.

The only way to stop it is for people not to fall for it and send money.  Learn how ebay works and understand that they never act as the intermediary in any deals.