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Chinese online commerce company Alibaba.com Ltd signed an agreement to accept payments for products listed in its AliExpress wholesale platform via Western Union agents in 160 countries. Alibaba ended its agreement with PayPal after PayPal wanted to increase fees. However, a considerable number of postings across the internet warn about Chinese scams that specifically use Western Union as the payment system due to lack of controls after sending funds. Buyer beware should probably be in force.