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[Dthomas3523]

Hopefully it works out.

Just an FYI, I’ve seen scams where they give you a tracking number and it ends up going to another address.

They figure while you are tracking it and thinking it’s just a post office screw up, they buy time to scam more before being outed.

 

[hjAICS300]

Yea, I have seen it before too. But this one is not even tracked yet lol. He sent me the pic of the label with his address and everything and it matched his info. That's why I'm saying this is a weird one. While I don't wanna jump the conclusion but I do give this as a 50/50 now. I'm just give it a few more hours or maybe until later to see what's up.

Hopefully it works out.

Just an FYI, I’ve seen scams where they give you a tracking number and it ends up going to another address.

They figure while you are tracking it and thinking it’s just a post office screw up, they buy time to scam more before being outed.

 

[frank320]

Damn it. That sucks. This guy obviously used the trust members had established with each other to take advantage of others. If you sent him money, contact the payment providers/credit card company to file a complaint ASAP. Do not hope for him to make good, he won’t. Think about it, he is basically MIA currently. If I was accused of something like this and I was legit, I be all over here and everywhere declaring my innocence.... the fact that he has gone quiet is a very bad sign....

We know of 3 members, there could be more given he could have PM others on the thread that showed interest.

 

[Rog2069]

The fact that he took funds from 3 members for the same scope is a hell of a lot worse sign than going quiet. Benefit of the doubt, sure IF he hadn’t “sold” the same item to 3 diff members. This is a scam, plain and simple. I really hate it for all 3 guys, sucks that there are people in this world that do stuff like this. Hate a thief!

 

[HK_fanatic]

If it is indeed a scam. USPS does allow you to print labels and so long as they don’t get a scan by the post office they can be instantly refunded

 

[Ravenyzf-r6]

The only guy to scam me here (recently) was an established member as well. I figure he decided fuck it and used his rep to make some $$. Another member here had a positive experience with him a short time prior.

Good luck getting your money back. I claimed fraud with my CC and am in the middle of that crap.

 

[BLKWLFK9]

If u have his address, notify the local police and pass the info along.

 

[hjAICS300]

All,

5 hours flew by and no response from him (ever since I mentioned about this fiasco). CONCLUSION: yes, I have been punked. LOL

SOB, I'm calling my bank and revert the transaction. I have his full name, full address and everything to file a police report too. Dumbbel, AdamB pm , I will give you all information necessary for your case.

Like Ravenyzf-r6 said,... maybe he throws his rep away for this quick $$. Or hacked account. Either way, lesson learned for me as I have never thought some members on Hides here with some past transactions and post would do sh*t like this. (and I always double check, triple checks and cross reference ) . Hats off to him, he got me. But I will get my money back anyways from my cc.

 

[Campguy308]

So he pulled a scam like this, and gave his real address?

 

[hjAICS300]

I don't know.. everything seems real to me, phone number matched with name, address matched with name. Phone number had been used in previous transaction etc and match with the name etc.. I was able to trace him, his number, name etc.. on other forums etc.. That's why I said it's freaking odd..

So he pulled a scam like this, and gave his real address?

 

[mx711yam]

The only guy to scam me here (recently) was an established member as well. I figure he decided fuck it and used his rep to make some $$. Another member here had a positive experience with him a short time prior.

Good luck getting your money back. I claimed fraud with my CC and am in the middle of that crap.

That's why I pay everything via credit card, even if I have transacted with someone before. Pretty sad the world we live in.

 

[Sniperstud]

Sounds like calling “shotgun” on this road trip could have a dual meaning.

 

[Dthomas3523]

Don’t mean this offensively to the people affected. But now I’m interested in just wtf is going on.

 

[hjAICS300]

Well, 3 people here got scammed, including myself. Seller seems like a good member, did transaction here before, had other transactions on other forum as well. Same phone number posted on some post of buying and selling. Then poster message some buyer and let them know the deal couldn't go through with previous buyer and we some how fell for it. I guessed I should have checked the post before sending the money. Anyways, you know what happened after that

The funny thing, couple weeks ago, I remembered answering some other member's post and said "double check, triple check, verify seller etc, ... and I'm a lucky one that haven't run into any scammer" . I guess that jinxed it.

Well, what happened already happened, now I let the LE takes care of it and my bank will refund me the money... Hopefully the same for the other 2 buyers.

Don’t mean this offensively to the people affected. But now I’m interested in just wtf is going on.

 

[Eoddave27]

This has to be one of the most bizarre schemes I have ever seen. It looks like the guy needed money fast and didn’t care about the consequences. Is sounds like with minimal research any of the buyers can find where the guy lives. This is one of the reasons I have never asked for payment with F&F. Paying PayPal the 3% stinks but I have always just seen it as the price of doing business to give both buyer and seller piece of mind.

 

[Deleted member 10043]

Buyer beware. Sellers usually charge too much for their POS used scopes here and people go for it. If you're not paying too much than it is probably not a good idea.

 

[Sweetyzfd]

This happened to me an a few other several years ago. The guy was basically taking orders and then going and stealing the items. Well, he got caught while stealing. I used my credentials to his police report and he and his family down and threatened police action. He returned mine and a few others $$$. Don’t think everyone got it back though. They usually aren’t too sophisticated, usually drug problems I would assume.

 

[Wormydog1724]

Don’t mean this offensively to the people affected. But now I’m interested in just wtf is going on.

OP did a "FIRE" sale and "BURNED" a bunch of people.

 

[Downtown]

I think the reason this scam has troubled me is that all those precautions were ones I would have taken. Checking member history, googling address and number, looking for prior sales are all things I've done to try and insure I wasn't ripped off. Here they didn't work. Scary, because I've spent a lot of money here.

 

[Adam B]

The crazy thing is that I googled his hame and email and it came up with a ton of legit things, I also viewed his feedback on here. The price was good but not crazy good, these have been selling for $1400 pretty regularly.

 

[nn8734]

Seeing this happening all too often and it really sucks. I am no longer using PayPal’s friends and family option when buying stuff unless I have personally dealt with the seller before. The extra 3.5% is worth the piece of mind.

I hope to hear those that were taken got their funds back.

 

[hjAICS300]

Exactly, if you search his email, his number, a lot of legit transaction from different forums popped up. Feedback score on here is good too. I even searched his name and also got his address and it matched with what he texted me. Even spoke with him and found out he lived in TX and just about an hour away from where I used to live. We cracked some TX jokes as well. That's why I just thought for some reason the other deal fell through so it's my turn just like how things worked in here.

If this guy has just a few post, never had transaction etc.. heck, I wouldn't even talk to him talking about guying from him. So everything that I always checked for doesn't work with this guy. Some how he went dark? Who knows... It is just a bit scary that I spent a lot of money here on Hides and always think those "check list" I have is good and bullet proof ... Now I just gotta be more careful.

The crazy thing is that I googled his hame and email and it came up with a ton of legit things, I also viewed his feedback on here. The price was good but not crazy good, these have been selling for $1400 pretty regularly.

 

[Adam B]

I think I may be SOL since I sent him payment through Venmo. Venmo already to me I was but I am disputing the charge with my cc company.

 

[sabrecross]

think of it this way...His reputation was only worth $2700... That is sobering in and of itself

 

[BWB]

I downloaded the Venmo APP yesterday JUST to pay this douche bag, and reading through the Venmo "do's and dont's" it said Venmo is for personal friends and family only, they are NOT responsible...blah blah and that's when I started reaching out to the others on the "list" above me. Certain things weren't adding up. History was all from 2017 and nothing since, PayPal "locked up", Venmo only...

I hope to God these gentlemen get settlement and get funds returned. Anything over $500 is still a felony (I believe) so with being able to track funds hopefully he's caught and suffers the wrath!