Help! Camera bought in shop was stolen

force_ten

lucystardust87 wrote: »

It was from a fairly large chain used camera shop, and yes we do have the receipt.

in that case i would not worry about it one bit

you bought the camera in good faith from what you thought was a reputable dealer so you have nothing to worry about, you did not know that the camera might have been stolen at some time in the past

if it does turn out that it was stolen then it is the selling dealers problem not yours

I would tell this person to stop contacting you and to deal with it through the police and if he keeps harassing you then report him to the police

sound like a bit of a crank why would he contact your boyfriends aunt? i would be telling him to do one and would only speak to the police regarding this matter

Spank

A few things sound very strange to me.


Why contact your BF? if it was stolen he could sell it on.


How did he get his Aunts phone number? (it's got nothing to do with her anyway & she should contact the police for harassment as well)


You could contact the retailer & get them to check if it's stolen

lucystardust87

Yeah it does all sound very strange. I think he found his aunt because she's the only member of his family on Facebook, both my bf and his aunt have open Facebook pages. Mine is not publicly visible but he sent me a friend request. On his aunt page she has a link to her work website which has her number and email, and he's called her followed by an email.

Seems like a lot of effort to go to for a few hundred quid camera which was stolen months ago, but he's also said it was in a bag with £1000 cash, so maybe he's trying to sting us for that too. Also in his emails he didn't enquire about when my bf got the camera etc, he's jumped straight to the conclusion that he was the person who stole it and has demanded it back, mentioning a lot of stuff about the law and the police which seems like an implied threat.

JournalGirl

My guess is that it's not a scam. This guy has had his camera nicked, by someone who has then sold it to a second hand shop. He's now found it online and is really wound up that you're not giving it back to him, so fuelled by a sense of injustice he is contacting you every way he can.

But that said, advice would still be to let police handle it.

[Deleted User]

Nothing more to add to this except that personal information like telephone number and E-Mail address should never be entered on Facebook pages accessible to the general public. Set these details to "Friends Only" or, better yet, don't enter them at all.

GunJack

...and isn't this one of those situations that prove you shouldn't put so much of your personal information out there on the 'net? Would you give your number to a random complete stranger, asking for harassment...

[Deleted User]

GunJack wrote: »

asking for harassment...

Beat ya to it!

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=65905758&postcount=17

GunJack

next time he calls, ask him for the crime reference number and which police force he's reported it to, this will enable you to call 101 and give precise details - that will show if this is a scam, and if it is then get the police on him

GunJack

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

Beat ya to it!

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=65905758&postcount=17

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