Buddy I know what you mean. I have a hard time buying hooks I have'nt used before online. I would rather buy them from a fly shop where I can hold them in my hand a get a good idea if they will work for the patttern I want to use them for. In this particular case the collector was from the U.S. and the fraud was from Spain. The collector asked for a refund and even sent the puchase back , but he never got his money back. This fraud visits all the forums , including this one, and speaks english pretty well. I'm sure the collector will not be the last one duped.
Fred