jase555

ok basically been scammed via paypal,

person in question has used their works email ie

joe.bloggs@bt.com

I got a vacation message bounced back,

is their any way to trace ????

Jase

davegtt

try contacting the company in question...

Out of interest is it a bt.com account?

BlkKnight

you need to post up the e-mail headers on the e-mail he sent you. (view options)

OllyK

Open a paypal dispute as a first course of action

jase555

here you go




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BlkKnight

it would seem that the sender is a BT employee

Jerome

Have you definitely been scammed?

If you have, she's pretty daft to use her work email for scamming.

jase555

thanks

basically, person has done a bunk with goods i paid for via paypal, did not have contact details , i know it was stupid,

so item has not been delivered as they said, sent an email that was linked to the PAYPAL address and got an out of office reply,

so thought ok here we go , they have used their work addy, if they do not come back to me when the out of office clears, my thoughts were to contact them ie the company and say

trying to contact person x, who has fraudulently obtained money from me using the above address, can you supply me with details as I wish to involve appropriate authorities and do you as a company know that employees are using company email addresses for deception

what do you think

Jase

KiwiGTI

And they'd tell you to get lost, it would be against the law for them to provide any details whatsoever.

BlkKnight

As you said in your opening post you had an auto reply stating she's on holiday!

The e-mail was sent from a BT corp system.

When did it say she would be back?

jase555

back on the 11th, but was promised goods would be sent last week RMSD

jase

DCI Gene Hunt

How long has it been since you 'paid' for the items? 1 hour, 2 hours? 1 week, 2 weeks?

jase555

goods were paid for 7 days ago

j

BlkKnight

Was it an expensive item?

I guess she didn't provide you with a tracking number?

Your call - you could eithor wait till the 11th & see what happens, or put in a pay-pal dispute. the sender could be on holiday for any number of reasons which would prevent them from sending the item.

I don't suppose her auto-reply gives a clue as to which dept she's in or who to contact in her absence?

jase555

no tracking number

3 figures as to the expense of the item

and here is her out of office

I am currently out of office on annual leave until 11.05.07 I will reply to all emails after this time Amy x

j

DCI Gene Hunt

Just wait till 11th, and see what happens.... no point in having a heart attack over a seven day wait

jase555

i know what you mean , but its one of these ones that on reflection you start to feel un-easy,

myself i would never do something like that, i am always upfront but thats me

j

DCI Gene Hunt

Its horrible when it happens, but on the bright side she does have an email account (and not just a yahoo or hotmail one) and it does say she'll be away till 11th.

You'll find her sister was meant to post it but forgot or some pathetic reason like that.... but hang in fella and update us (whichever way the cookie crumbles on 11th)

davegtt

Still waiting on something I bought about 3-4 weeks ago and paid for via postal order so have no comebacks at all

Starting to get worried now as they aint replying to emails anymore

SWRTWannabe

Maybe not, but someone where I work faced disciplinary action after they defaulted on an ebay transaction and the other party complained to the employer. By making the ebay transaction with their work address, they'd violated the companies computer / email use policy.

So, they might not be able to do anything, but she may be in a whole world of poo if you were to complain, depending on the corporate policy.