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There's a protective cover over the keys. That's why it looks unlabelled to you. If you look at the far right side you can see a line where the cover ends. So looks pretty new. Could always be 'fell off the truck' merchandise though.
Oh damn, that looks weird. I'm wondering if it's just a bad picture. The letters are backlit. Maybe with the computer turned off you just can't see the letters?
Since it's on Kijiji, you can ask for another picture.
The seller also says that the keyboard is unlabelled so 🤷
You need the keys labelled? What, don't you know how to type?
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Looks of a low end computer, didn't bother buying it.
Whitebook is probably just a variant on whitebox, meaning it comes from a no-name brand. These usually come unbranded from the same Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) that the big players use. Small OEMs can easily brand these as their own without investing a lot in engineering. The downside is that there are a bunch of other small OEMs doing the exact same thing.
As for whether it's a scam, it's tough to say. Those specs are in line with the Thinkpad t590, which is readily available on the secondhand market as corporate users upgrade to newer models. But I'm not familiar with that marketplace or how a transaction would go.
As for whether it's worth getting (assuming no scam), you would first have to price the RAM and SSD. Then you must consider installation, which might be difficult. You might also have trouble getting drivers if you can't identify the ODM or they don't offer support to end users.
All things considered, I would look to the used enterprise market. Lenovo Thinkpad, HP Elitebook, and Dell Latitude (and ONLY these lines. Do not get their consumer-grade lines, especially not used). They probably have what you're looking for, in a much better and verifiable package, and around the same price.
I'd consider a thinkpad t590 if it had a dGPU, but a laptop with a GTX 1660 Ti priced at $300 is an insane price even if it doesn't come with ram or a hard drive. If I had them install everything then it would cost only $400
Looks like it was available with the (discrete) GeForce MX250, which is comparable to the GT 1030. No idea how easily you could find that secondhand, since most corporate customers would opt for the integrated option.