Scammed of £900?

mclaren_2

also - if you have google earth - have a look at this

http://www.tvchatzone.com/misc/map.zip

double click the file inside zip and it will automaticly open google earth

loobyloose

im near chatham too

crossley!

there is a lee and michael with that postcode in ballens road

mclaren_2

loobyloose - i would edit your post and remove the peoples names and number - but pm me if you want me to help out

Ashok_2

mclaren wrote:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=ME5%208PG

check the link

i have to say that last time i used ebay, i was stung out of £100 - went to police, they said they couldnt do anything because it was such a small amount and their fraud depo were dealing with cases such as £8k +

so police might not do anything.... my experiance - always best to deal with small things personally

Link didn't help.. thanks anyway though!

jermima

Ashok wrote:

Link didn't help.. thanks anyway though!

IT will cost you time in the long run!! If it's Theft you need to put the claim in and BE PUSHY ABOUT IT - They don't want all the extra paperwork!!!
Thanks
Alex

Print_Screen

Looks like you are getting closer to an address for this guy. When you eventually do get one are you planning to go round there and 'encourage' him to give you your money back or are you going to let the police do this?

Also what if the police don't want to know, or don't do anything?

demonblade

If this wasnt so serious, i would be laughing myself silly with your naiveness.

Theres a few points i'd like to ask.

Did you read his feedback fully before making such a big purchase?
Did you consider the vouchers might not have worked the minute you bought it?
Did you not consider that using a credit card to pay would have safer for such a large amount of money?
Did the seller explain why he had so many vouchers to sell in the first place?
and lastly did amazon explain why the voucher were cancelled?

Sorry, but the seller is screaming out scammer to me, and it seems to me you did little to protect yourself.

I do feel sorry for your loss, doesnt sound very likely you will get your money back, unless you find his address and know a rugby team to take with you. As the saying goes once burned twice shy, I hope you will be more cautious next time

Dammam

As above, the first think I'd do is speak to Amazon about WHY the vouchers were cancelled. They were on your account to start but then withdrawn? If so, then they were obviously good codes when you submitted them.
If Amazon are cancelling them because of some sort of fraud, then it would be a good idea for you to pool your experience with them - they may have 40 different people 'trying it on' with fraudulently obtained numbers without realising that there is ONE person distributing these numbers.

Lots of good work done here by people tracing the perpetrator, but I think Amazon is definitely the route to take right now.

p.s If you DO get the right address, it may not be a wise course of action to go down and demand your money back. You don't know this person (people) and they could be violent if provoked. Armed with your information and info from Amazon, take what you know to the police and at least give them the chance to do something before resorting to other methods.

Good luck.

lovetoshop_2

Blimey you guys are really giving this guy a hard time and he is the one who lost £900 ! we all know after the event he shouldn't have done it but ease up a little eh....................

apprentice_tycoon

To paraphrase Martin - ebay can make things look official and reliable, if someone wanted to pull a scam they can go to a lot of bother making the selling page look respectable, they get plenty of space to write a lot of reassuring words, the feedback that they have will show that they are responsible (bought cheaply probably) and you can be lulled into forgetting that the seller may not be the kind of person you'd like to trust with your money.

Martins killer line is - if I was offered this item in the pub would I be willing to buy it?