Help me £1248 scam need money asap

n57602000

Hi i sent off £1248 via bank transfer to this guy in singapore for 100 1gb memory cards emailed each other looked a trust worthy guy i spoke to an old customer of his and said he was good but last email i had from him was 1 to 1 and half weeks ago saying he was arrnaging deleivery soon havent heard from him since i have all this bank details and name and number contacted hsbc but they said they can not do much i am ment to be going travelling for a year beginning of dec what can i do as i need this money back asap do hsbc have insurance for this kind of wrong transaction?

Hintza

This unfortunately is not a wrong transaction as far as the bank is concerned. You could have sent the money for any reason and really has nothing to do with the bank.

If however you bought through EBay you can claim there see the help section.

1-1.5 weeks is not long to wait. Delivery from Singapore normally takes about 14 days but could be 3 weeks. It might also be in customs in the UK.

Where did you buy from?

soolin

Like Hintza says imported goods from Singapore might take some time to arrive especially as customs might be interested..did you make any arrangements for VAT and duty (as appropriate) on importing from overseas?

Also, and again as Hintza says the bank can't help you as you made a transfer voluntarily, there has been no error on their part. If this does turn out to be a scam then I can't see anyway at all for you to get your money back.

One question though, when you spoke to the satisfied customer did you trace that customer yourself or did the guy in Singapore put you in touch with him? It is fairly common in a sting operation to put potential victims in touch with so called satisfied customers to reassure them all is well, when in fact the satisfied customer is their brother in law or something and gets a cut of the scam.

Anyway, it is early days yet so keep trying to contact Singapore and if you dealt through ebay contact them via their dispute mechanism as you may be covered for a very small part of the loss (but only about £105).

Please tell us how you get on as others here might have more suggestions for you.

Soo

Bargainbabe_2

n57602000 wrote:

Hi i sent off £1248 via bank transfer to this guy in singapore for 100 1gb memory cards emailed each other looked a trust worthy guy

:eek:

Just out of interest, how did the seller "look" trustworthy? What's the seller's name? Why did you decide on Bank transfer and not Paypal?