HELP! ive been scammed for $2000.00 on ebay!

prosper1ne · Mar 23, 2004

watch out, ebay user id Y_ELECTRONICS is a scammer!

what should i do? i won the auction using buyitnow and i sent an instant payment through paypal. im verified but im not a premier member. two other customers have just left the seller negative feedback and i am very concerned. where should i start? i have kept a complete log of all the emails and i do have the sellers name phone number and address. what steps should i be taking in order to help ensure that i dont become a victim of mail fraud?
wasnt gamersabyss like a scmmer chicken hawk or somthing? could anybody help me? i dont where to begin. pm me or email me at fwbeatdoown@comcast.net id really appreciate it thanks

NeoLord · Mar 23, 2004

Don't you love it when you entrust someone with your money just to find out that he / she is a thief? God... what the hell is this world coming to? You have a PM, btw.

DanAdamKOF · Mar 23, 2004

I know from dealing with you that you're a great person to deal with, but this is terrible. I seriously hope this gets sorted out, we NGers have enough shady sellers and we don't need more...

GA's profile: http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=1106

Good luck!

SNKJorge · Mar 23, 2004

where is the seller located? you're located in the bay area?

Nesagwa · Mar 23, 2004

Ruining chat was one thing, but scamming people is another.

Get that fuckers head.

Kusanagi-sama' · Mar 23, 2004

Hey,

I know how you feel. I have just recently been scammed $1450US by one "omegagouki" aka Aaron Foster on these forums. I sent him the money just under a month ago for $1450US AES games purchase that was meant to be shipped via EMS.

First he told me he had sent it via EMS and gave me a tracking number that never even existed....then he tells me he sent it via AIR and that I should have it within a week - that was like 2 weeks ago.

I haven't even heard back from him in like 2 weeks and I have emailed him on numerous occasions, yet with no reply.

The thing is I pre-sold 3 of the AES carts I was getting for $550US for 2 and the one for $450US so I had to refund that to the buyers ontop of the $1450US I have lost. I am out of pocket $2450US! I have also had to sell some of my prized collection pieces (US MS3, Garou JP, ROTD US) to help compensate such a large loss.

My advice is go through PAYPAL. Luckily for you it is ebay sanctioned so you have a chance of getting your $ back. As for me mine was not over ebay so my chances are slim at best.

I hope things go well for you though - good luck :buttrock:

...as for me though

Lagduf · Mar 23, 2004

Kusanagi-sama' said:
The thing is I pre-sold 3 of the AES carts I was getting for $550US for 2 and the one for $450US so I had to refund that to the buyers ontop of the $1450US I have lost. I am out of pocket $2450US!

Sorry to hear you were scammed too, but honestly that was not a very smart move. Don't sell stuff you dont have in your posession.

Kusanagi-sama' · Mar 23, 2004

Lagduf said:
Sorry to hear you were scammed too, but honestly that was not a very smart move. Don't sell stuff you dont have in your posession.

I agree with you on the pre-selling bit. Although up until recently I had pre-sold many items and then shipped them when they were in my hands - Without a single problem.

Unfortunately there are alot of people out there who are scumbags so I have now learnt never to do that again.

galfordo · Mar 24, 2004

Holy shit, man. This stuff is out of control :eek:

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prosper1ne · Mar 24, 2004

thanks for the replys everybody! the seller is located in chicago and he claims that he shipped them via dhl. he told me he wasnt given an airway bill upon shipment. i have personally contacted dhl and asked if a delivery was scheduled either from his address or to mine and they said no. i plan to contact ebay my bank and paypal but is there any other precautionary measures i can take?

RyoGeo · Mar 24, 2004

You absolutely have to do the following.

Make direct contact with the other people that were recently scammed. The three of you (or you as coordinator) need to contact the police in CHI. You see, what this perosn has done is ragarded as racketeering.

Essentially, he intentionally set out to defraud you, the buyers, and because he did it to multiple people, it comes under the heading of racketeering. Here's the good part.

Racketeering is felony. You can take this guys life and completely fuck him, and let me say having been in a similar situation, I took great pleasure in putting the thumbscrews to a scammer.

Get with the police, provide them every bit of info you can (print the auction, print paypal transaction, print the emails) and once you are working with an investigator, try your damndest to get him every shred you can muster. You know who the scammer is already, so your battle is almost won right out of the gate.

You can crucify this guy, and for $1450 I'd show up with a whole bucket of nails were I you.

BIG BEAR · Mar 24, 2004

http://cgi2.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=y_electronics
This guy appears to be one of those catalog sellers,a middle man who sells stuff he does'nt have in his possession! :oh_no:

For 2 grand,I'd be taking a trip.and PROOF as to who I am and what I am doing in that part of Chicago.
As far as the member who paid somebody 1450 for a promise...you should have asked for refs..someone should have dealt with him or her here.. OR you could have sent the money to maybe a SAFE HAVEN US member ike myself to handle the transaction.
I would have did my homework on this character before giving him sh8t! The least hat could happen is you would have been refunded your original 1450 USD
-BB

Kusanagi-sama' · Mar 24, 2004

BIG BEAR said:
As far as the member who paid somebody 1450 for a promise...you should have asked for refs..someone should have dealt with him or her here.. OR you could have sent the money to maybe a SAFE HAVEN US member ike myself to handle the transaction.
I would have did my homework on this character before giving him sh8t! The least hat could happen is you would have been refunded your original 1450 USD

Hey man, he did have some references however I was unlucky enough to miss out reading this thread before I had paid him: http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=83423

All I can do is hope now that PAYPAL has my back on this - but knowing them I will get screwed again and will be out of pocket $1450US+ while this bloke is laughing his ass off at me.

Atomiswave · Mar 24, 2004

Im sorry to hear about this.

Please keep us updated though, and RyoGeo is exactly on the right track, good advice from him.

In the meantime, if you want to cheer up, try to find yourself a copy of eddie murphy 'raw'. its stand up comedy. Seriously, i was having SUCH a bad day and it made me :glee:

Good luck.

Neo Bomber Man · Mar 24, 2004

Kusanagi-sama' said:
The thing is I pre-sold 3 of the AES carts I was getting for $550US for 2 and the one for $450US so I had to refund that to the buyers ontop of the $1450US I have lost. I am out of pocket $2450US! I have also had to sell some of my prized collection pieces (US MS3, Garou JP, ROTD US) to help compensate such a large loss.

So you refunded the money your buyers sent you, and are out of pocket $1450, not $2450? :spock:

prosper1ne: take RyoGeo's advice. Racketeering, mail fraud, probably other crimes unmentioned, and you have basically everything you need to prove it -including whom and where he is. Motivation being the only variable here I for one hope you contact the other eBay members and take him to town. Theft is too much of personal violation to ignore.

Tiptonium · Mar 24, 2004

prosper1ne said:
watch out, ebay user id Y_ELECTRONICS is a scammer!

Mr. Barger? Is that you?

rudekid · Mar 24, 2004

Get in touch with your credit card company and get them to chargeback that is what i did when i was nearly scammed for $800.00 with money sent thru paypal.

BioMotor_Unitron · Mar 24, 2004

Click HERE. Follow the instructions. It's helped many people get their money or goods back.

Liquid Snake · Mar 24, 2004

prosper1ne said:
watch out, ebay user id Y_ELECTRONICS is a scammer!

what should i do? i won the auction using buyitnow and i sent an instant payment through paypal. im verified but im not a premier member.

If you're not premium account holder then you have a low credit line. Then how can you lose $2000?

This sounds very strange to me :spock:

prosper1ne · Mar 24, 2004

yes it is tiptonium, i guess its my turn now huh, anyways my paypal payment wasnt a creditcard payment it was from existing account funds. thanks

rudekid · Mar 24, 2004

You should always use your credit card not cash when buying anything expensive.

Tiptonium · Mar 24, 2004

prosper1ne said:
yes it is tiptonium, i guess its my turn now huh, anyways my paypal payment wasnt a creditcard payment it was from existing account funds. thanks

Thread Moved... merchandise/scam does not seem to be Neo Geo related. Account on eBay is not a registered user.

... here's a bit-o-history ...

Linky

I do hope that you are able to get the situation resolved. That said, you were not the most friendly eBay Seller in the World...

Scams suck. Contact PayPal. Contact eBay. Contact the appropriate Police Department. Maybe the dude just ships s-l-o-w-l-y... Did you pay for confirmation and insurance?

slerch666 · Mar 24, 2004

For anything more than what I am willing to lose, and generally I'm not willing to lose any more than $20, I always use my CC through PayPal. If PayPal won't refund me, my CC company will.

Hopefully you'll either get your shit, or get your money back (both people who were scammed).

Metal Slug · Mar 24, 2004

slerch666 said:
For anything more than what I am willing to lose, and generally I'm not willing to lose any more than $20, I always use my CC through PayPal. If PayPal won't refund me, my CC company will.

Hopefully you'll either get your shit, or get your money back (both people who were scammed).

Just what I was going to say!
Paypal are next to useless, but CC companies are normally right up for a fight!
SO my advise would be to get straight onto your CC company and ask their advice/help.

Oh, and bloody good luck to you mate!
Hope you get it all sorted asap.

qube · Mar 24, 2004

Man, I really hope this works out for you

Having dealt with you I know that you are an honest guy, and I hate to see this happening to you.

I feel especially bad b/c I am experiencing some difficulty with a member on this site myself right now. It is getting real close to the time where I go public with it. Hopefully it doesn't come to that though

Anyway, good luck bud, I hope it works out.

Q-

P.S.- Where the hell is Sonny?

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