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Reducing internet auction fraud

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When it comes to online auctions, "caveat emptor" is an understatement.

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                  cover image Communications of the ACM
                  Communications of the ACM  Volume 51, Issue 5
                  Web searching in a multilingual world
                  May 2008
                  92 pages
                  ISSN:0001-0782
                  EISSN:1557-7317
                  DOI:10.1145/1342327
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