The following is via OnlySimchas.com:

A Jewish man in his 20s was beaten up and seriously injured in London Monday evening after listing a laptop for sale on a website. But instead of getting money from the man who came to buy the item, he was attacked and was then taken to a hospital.

The man listed a laptop for sale on Gumtree.com, and he was contacted by a person who was interested in buying it. The two men set up a place where and when to meet. After showing the man the laptop the buyer told the Jewish man that he should follow him to his car where he has money to pay him. When he arrived near the so-called buyer’s car, he was jumped by the buyer and his two friends. They beat him up, stole the laptop as well as his cell phone and fled.

The man was treated by Hatzalah and transferred to a nearby hospital where he was being treated for swelling to his lips and injuries to his head, a spokesman for London shomrim said.

(Source: OnlySimchas.com)