Assuming US: You can sue, as always may or may not be worth the legal fees. You can also contact whatever branch of police in your area handles online auction fraud. (FBI also has auction fraud division in the US, but for say a $35 porn commission you might not want to involve that. They'll point you to the Internet Crime Complaint Center or the Federal Trade Commission http://www.ftc.gov/)
Fines would be levied by some states in cases of auction fraud.
It can be tough to sue over borders, you can sue someone in absentia but usually can't collect until they are in or set up assessts in your country. Or you can sue in their country, but you'd have to pay for travelling and being there.
(I accidentally a word, ugh LJ is not working well for me slow loading, sorry if double post)
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You can sue, as always may or may not be worth the legal fees. You can also contact whatever branch of police in your area handles online auction fraud. (FBI also has auction fraud division in the US, but for say a $35 porn commission you might not want to involve that. They'll point you to the Internet Crime Complaint Center or the Federal Trade Commission http://www.ftc.gov/)
Fines would be levied by some states in cases of auction fraud.
It can be tough to sue over borders, you can sue someone in absentia but usually can't collect until they are in or set up assessts in your country. Or you can sue in their country, but you'd have to pay for travelling and being there.
(I accidentally a word, ugh LJ is not working well for me slow loading, sorry if double post)