Preloved, not heard from seller

Articulate25

Yes, and the local police in his area informed me to report to my local police who informed me to contact A/F who informed me it would be passed on to local police but no guarantee of action.


so buck passing and maybe no action

Articulate25

I've looked all over the Preloved site for a forum to discuss this fraud and similar, (another person lost £2500!) no luck, plenty of places to discuss how wonderful it is though.


update, bypassed Action Fraud and the local police are coming round, not sure what will come of it.

mattyprice4004

With his address you can always lodge a Small Claim, but ultimately there's always a risk sending money to someone you don't know via the Internet.

I know a few people who've been stung - at least you got his details first.

JimmyTheWig

mattyprice4004 wrote: »

With his address you can always lodge a Small Claim

But is it his real address?

wealdroam

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

But is it his real address?

Of course not.
If I remember correctly, wasn't his address Thurso?

By 'choosing' that address, he was pretty sure that very few people would be willing to collect.

Articulate25

My bank has said it will allow me details of the BACS transaction, which would include his real name, etc. Though I will wait to see if that happens

wealdroam

Stick his bank account number in google.

Bit of a long shot but you never know, maybe others have been stung and he was using the same bank account.

Articulate25

When I used sort code checker, this came up, 'R Raphael and Sons PLC'


http://www.raphaelsbank.com/about/about-us.html


its a very old independent bank, not sure why someone who addressed me as pal' and uses hip hop language would be using that bank, should I ring them?


this is the number he was using, btw, Vodaphone 07909574584.


update, it was sold and is now mostly foreign exchange and fast transactions, why am I not surprised.


but reading T and C you have to be in U.k, so he is in the country, dog and bone now.

wealdroam

Articulate25 wrote: »

When I used sort code checker, this came up, 'R Raphael and Sons PLC'


http://www.raphaelsbank.com/about/about-us.html


its a very old independent bank, not sure why someone who addressed me as pal' and uses hip hop language would be using that bank, should I ring them?

Of course you should ring them. The worse they can do is say sorry we cannot help you.
Maybe they have had lots of enquiries from previous victims... who knows.

You need to do everything you can.

robatwork

Does this help:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:4e3s3YMTLfgJ:uk-book.info/82/01/childs-elroy.php+&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk