My 15 yr old son scammed and ripped off. Any advice?

cavework

Contact Action fraud ... contact Gumtree fraud , they will both give you a crime number but you may not get any money back even with bank details
There are a lot of ads on Ebay that are being copied and advertised on Gumtree by these scum
Name him here..
The one that got me was named Benjamin Russell who gave his location as Redruth Cornwall . He also has scammed at least 2 other people under this name. One address was Gloucester Drive Finsbury Park

His real location is London and he chooses very unusual items off Ebay to use.
Before anyone adds that I was STUPID .. I already know that

techspec

What peevs me off about all these cases - surely the bank accounts lead to someone.

POLICE should be arresting these scum.

fedupwithscammers

Hate to admit being scammed by a guy called DARIO LINARI using a female alias of [EMAIL="zoe.middleton-lyons@hotmail.com"]zoe.middleton-lyons@hotmail.com[/EMAIL] (and NOT the Zoe Middleton-Lyons Art Student who is a different person) to the tune of £300 for re-sale of One Direction Tickets. I know I'm not alone and that this guy has done it quite a few times to others (I posted a BEWARE SCAMMER ad on Gumtree and got a few countrywide response. I also complained to Gumtree who were useless but as he'll be selling them under a different alias by now I thought I'd post the details here).
So, don't transfer any funds to Barclays Leicester Branch; SC205304, Account name: DARIO LINARI, Account number: 13838048. (Neither my bank or Barclays are interested btw and neither are the Police who will file a report but won't chase the scammer as they cuurently have 30 officers too busy working out how to spell Pleb).
Any help in any way to locate DARIO LINARI would however be welcome ... Anyone?

Wywth

tempsc wrote: »

Hi.

Not sure if this is the correct board so, please move if not.

My son has recently been scammed to the tune of £75 by a guy claiming to sell his iphone. As a 15yr old, my son thought he was completely capable of making this deal but as he freely admits now, he wasn't/isn't.

After seeing the ad on Gumtree, he had agreed a price of £150 for the phone, but, thinking he was protecting himself, agreed to just deposit £75 into this guys bank acct and that night received a Royal Mail tracking number. On checking the number, it was one digit wrong and on challenging the seller, the guy has caused untold difficulties and basically, my son has learnt a hard lesson.

This is where dad comes in. I have simply googled the guys number and it returns several hits for selling the same phone, but based in wildly varyting areas of the country. Obviously a scammer it would seem.

Does nyone know if the bank would help my son recover the cash? I think it's doubtful to be honest - but worth asking perhaps? What about the police? If I took the guys information and the evidence I got from the web concerning all his previous ads, would they take the matter up? My sons is devastated about this as he worked all summer long cutting peoples lawns to raise the cash.

Any advice/assistance would be appreciated.

Tks

Gumtree is essentially for face-to-face sales where cash is king.

I think the seller is probably right regarding the advice he has given

Legal action is a possibility, but as you say, this is a scammer so it'll probably just be more good money after bad.

I think the seller is probably right regarding the advice he has given

The police won't want to get involved, it's just a civil matter.

Did I say, I think the seller is probably right regarding the advice he has given

jimbo24168

My son was ripped off for £600 a few years ago on ebay. We tracked the computer the fraudster had used which led to the company he worked for and told the police. They traced and interviewed him but told us it was a civil matter and we should take it to the small claims court. When we asked for his name and address so we could do this they said they couldn't tell us because of the Data Protection Act. So how could we take him to court if no-one would tell us who he was or where he lived?
The bank weren't interested as my son foolishly sent the money by bank transfer instead of paypal.
I have something to sell but i'm not going to send it to you even though you have paid me for it....a civil matter?...no - fraud plain and simple but our useless police don't seem to care.

Wywth

jimbo24168 wrote: »

My son was ripped off for £600 a few years ago on ebay. We tracked the computer the fraudster had used which led to the company he worked for and told the police. They traced and interviewed him but told us it was a civil matter and we should take it to the small claims court. When we asked for his name and address so we could do this they said they couldn't tell us because of the Data Protection Act. So how could we take him to court if no-one would tell us who he was or where he lived?
The bank weren't interested as my son foolishly sent the money by bank transfer instead of paypal.
I have something to sell but i'm not going to send it to you even though you have paid me for it....a civil matter?...no - fraud plain and simple but our useless police don't seem to care.

You said it

A buyer can get a seller's contact details from ebay on request.

Miss_Havisham

in defence of the police (no vested interest), I don't suppose they have the resources to deal with every fraud reported to them, and there must be even more that aren't reported. Fraudsters know this and the odds are in their favour.

jimbo24168

Wywth wrote: »

You said it

A buyer can get a seller's contact details from ebay on request.

We tried that but he had used false details and closed the bank account as soon as he had withdrawn the money. Not sure how he conned ebay, perhaps it's simple, I don't know.

geri1965_2

Miss_Havisham wrote: »

in defence of the police (no vested interest), I don't suppose they have the resources to deal with every fraud reported to them, and there must be even more that aren't reported. Fraudsters know this and the odds are in their favour.

Yet they have all the time in the world to waste on people saying nasty things about celebrities on the internet.

Strange.

cavework

The banks receiving these payments are aiding and abetting money laundering and fraud.
I contacted the receiving bank by letter giving the account details and telling them full details and a crime number but I doubt they will do anything.