You need to remember that hardly anyone knows that, if it's true AT ALL, which I'm doubting. Most people are people buying from across the country and such. They're just buying because they want the figure and if they get scammed, chances are they'll simply be sad about it and complain somewhere.
eBay doesn't cover your purchase after 30 days and Paypal doesn't do anything about your purchase within 30 days as well. Also, many people simply ship out a empty box so that here's a tracking number that said it was delivered.
I don't think ANYONE takes it to federal reasoning.