Gumtree Buyer Reported My Bank Account

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CardinalWolsey said:

Ireland: Eire or Northern Ireland?

Ireland since the OP is talking about the Garda and not the police.

Penguin_

Block their number from your phone.

Hasbeen

beyer78 said:

Just had another call from him he is saying they will find my forensic all over the item which proves im the scammer not him.
If he really his a barrister he cant be a good one his spelling and speech are awful. 

If all is actually true? Then simply block his calls etc and ignore. 

beyer78

He gave me an address in Holywood county down to post the item to which i duly did.
How can i have the money if i cant access it due to being put on limitations?.
He said he would pay me by bank transfer.
He is now saying he has copies of our gumtree messages thats strange because apart from 2 we communicated mainly by phone.

beyer78

born_again said:

beyer78 said:

I dont know if they paid by BACS or used a credit card or if it was a faster payment. My bank cannot tell me that information.

Oh come on....
It's clearly stated on your bank statement how they paid. Which bank is it that can not tell you how it was paid? (we all need to steer clear of them) And unless you are a business then you can't take card payments...

born_again said:

beyer78 said:

I dont know if they paid by BACS or used a credit card or if it was a faster payment. My bank cannot tell me that information.

Oh come on....
It's clearly stated on your bank statement how they paid. Which bank is it that can not tell you how it was paid? (we all need to steer clear of them) And unless you are a business then you can't take card payments...

Santander.

Aylesbury_Duck

beyer78 said:

He gave me an address in Holywood county down to post the item to which i duly did.
How can i have the money if i cant access it due to being put on limitations?.
He said he would pay me by bank transfer.
He is now saying he has copies of our gumtree messages thats strange because apart from 2 we communicated mainly by phone.

The money is in your account, you just can't access it yet.
I'm afraid I'm with others that think this is all too unbelievable.  If it's true, just ignore him, let the bank conclude their investigations and you'll be able to access the money.  There's no other course of action to take.  If it's true.

Penguin_

What have your bank, if this is all true, said?

Penguin_

Hang on..... why are the Garda involved if you posted to somewhere in Northern Ireland?

Aylesbury_Duck

Penguin_ said:

Hang on..... why are the Garda involved if you posted to somewhere in Northern Ireland?

Because OP didn't check their facts before writing the story.

beyer78

Aylesbury it is indeed true. I have a image on my phone of the item i posted to him and i took photocopies of the item and original diamond certificate from the images on my phone also the proof of posting receipt from the post office.
I called into my local branch and handed the copies to a manager who asked me to wait in her office whilst she faxed them over to the fraud investigation team.