I think these scams work often enough to make it worthwhile for the crooks, I know of a naive 18 yr old, sweet girl, just did not yet know enough of the world who lost $800 for a TOL sewing machin, she sent payment through Western Union and of course never saw the machine & no way to trace the seller, I can't remember if it was eBay or CL. But she did learn a valuable lesson, hopefully she'll never fall for a scam again.