• File a complaint with the online auction company.

• Notify your local and state law enforcement officials.

• Notify law enforcement officials in the suspect’s town and state.

• File a complaint with the Better Business Bureau.

• Fill out the online complaint form at www.fraud.org or call the Fraud Hotline at 800-876-7060.

• File a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection, www.consumer.gov/sentinel

Sources: National Crime Prevention Council, Mesa (Ariz.) Police Department Crime Prevention Unit and the Internet Crime Complaint Center, a partnership of the FBI, the White Collar Crime Center and the Bureau of Justice Assistance.