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From MSNBC

6. Although eBay says that fraud occurs in less than one hundredth of one percent of all its transactions, victims continue to be frustrated by eBay's stance -- that buyers and sellers should try to resolve their differences on their own. Complainers about fraudulent transactions generally get only an automated response to that effect from eBay, though the company does monitor the site from bases in San Jose and Salt Lake City for fraudulent items -- bouncing blatantly fake art, for example.

After all the problems I had with the fraudulent seller, I already knew about this problem with eBay.