I had a problem with one of the member sof this site. Sent a postal money order and nothing happened. After months of emails and then no emails, etc. I turned him in to the FBI Internet Fraud Div. After a short time I got a call from the local police department where he lived. They told me what the story was and that I would be getting my money back. Took another couple weeeks and another followup from the police but I did my money and an apology too.
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