JamieMacdonald

Hi,

Got a horrible feeling I may have been stung for £200 through the for sale forum on a well known site.

Just wondering if it's worth reporting to the police is things do not progress?
All I have is name, bank account details, and possibly an address, oh and £200 less in my bank account lol. Wired the money through on line banking (LTSB) - is this likely to cover me for fraud (can't see anything on the website)?

Hopefully it's just me being paranoid but can anyone give me any advice?

Paulo P

iTrader: (42)

It seems to be getting more common now It's so easy for scammers to use the internet as a tool these days

gsm1

Why do you feel you've been had? Has the buyer disappeared?

JamieMacdonald

Yeah been 9 days since payment and not had any communication from the seller.

Was starting to get a bit concerned, then someone who had purchased goods from the same seller contacted me today, and he had also heard nothing.

I know some people take a while to get round to thing but to not hear anything at all? Hopefully they've just gone somewhere on holiday!

Mark_S

Can you say which site?

mr & mrs carlos uk300

Get in touch with lloyds tsb they have an internet helpline number ( 0845 072 3333)

JamieMacdonald

Wasn't sure whether to say which site but don't suppose it really matters! I think it was called http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk
But obviously it is not really anything to do with Scoobynet, it's between me and the seller and potentially the police. But as I said I think it's too early to do anything yet as it's only been 9 days and there could be a legitimate reason.

Thanks for that number, I'll give it a bit longer and hopefully I won't have to use it! Just trying to prepare for the worst case scenario.

Jamie

JamieMacdonald

update (sort of) :

Well this guy has obviously ripped me off (and I'm not the only one).

I spoke to my bank, and they said that if I still haven't heard anything after 30 days they can transfer the money back. Does that sound right?

I assume they can get the money back from the tw@ts bank then, even if the account has been frozen?

I'm well pissed off. Got his address so might pay him a visit with a few mates.

scooby-tc

iTrader: (2)

Sorry to hear that Jay hope you get it sorted soon
Name and Shame the muppet

paul-s

If his address is not far from you I'd definitly pay him a visit with a couple of pals and say What do you think your playing at ??? Have you got a fone number ?

ross98247

Jamie,

Yeah m8 think I'm in a similar position to yourself as I too have transferred money by internet banking to this guy and have heard absolutely f-all.

I'd like to give the guy the benefit of the doubt, if he's on holiday or something, but I fear I've been stung.

Let me know if you find anything out please m8.

Ross

JamieMacdonald

That's already been done mate...

http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthread.php?t=426348

On the plus side I've just got a PowerFc from ebay for £250 .

JamieMacdonald

It's north of London so a bit of a way from me but I'd love to see what he's got to say for himself. I knew I'd been had when he started selling stuff on the MLR about a week after people on here had stopped hearing from him. He then had the audacity to tell people on the MLR that the person on here was not him - yeah right, bit of a coincedence that they were both called Kevin Chan!
The weird thing is he has actually sold a car to someone on here a couple of months ago.

paul-s

I noticed from the other thread about the car. How about getting his number from that other guy and giving him a call, see what he has to say !

JamieMacdonald

Yeah I'll try and get his number, don't expect him to answer though!