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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Heretic Apostate" data-source="post: 780835" data-attributes="member: 696">There are certain categories on eBay so rife with fraud, it isn't worth bidding.  Laptops are one of them.  Even if I could get a Pentium IV laptop with 512MB of RAM and a 100GB hard drive, all for $50.00, I wouldn't bid.Thank goodness that you didn't get ripped off.Also, BIG tip:  Never, and I repeat, NEVER send money for an auction through Western Union.  Why?  Because, even though you think you're sending the money to St. Louis, the money can be picked up ANYWHERE there's a Western Union office.For instance, someone can hijack an account that's got great feedback, load up a lot of auctions on high-end stuff, insist on money through Western Union, and walk away with thousands of dollars before the complaints start rolling in.  The original owner of the account is left with a huge feedback hit, and the thief walks away free.So don't use Western Union.Also, the latest round of scams use fake escrow companies.  You think you're putting your money safely away until you've verified the goods, and several weeks later when you haven't gotten the goods, you contact the escrow company.  Only your emails bounce back.  And you reach a disconnected phone number.So watch out for that scam, as well.</blockquote>