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p.2 #13 · p.2 #13 · RE: Yesterday's Thread - eBay Canon 5DIII for $2,600 - Was Bogus! | |
KloseJack wrote:
HELP!!! I am exactly the victim of this scam. I bought that on the last Thursday and paid for that. Could anyone give me suggestion that how to get my money back?
I am sorry! I saw your PM to me, I was offline for about 9 days at our vacation place in the Upper Penninsula of Michigan until today.
You could try to strong-arm eBay, or Barclay's.
eBay had quite ample warning from the account owner that the account was hi-jacked - at least 6 hours between the time the account owner contacted eBay on the next morning, and the time in the afternoon that the scammer sent the e-mail. (I talked with the account owner the next day.)
You could contact the account owner and see how happy he is with eBay's actions. He might help you, or at least know of others who were scammed so that you can join together.
It seems that eBay could certainly have individually and CLEARLY warned the "buyers" that the sale was a fraud. They could see each person who had "purchased" the item and tried to contact them.
If you can find others who were scammed, join together and make **A LOT** of noise online to get their attention!
You could also follow the next fraud by the same sellers (posted above.) Report it to eBay, see how eBay handles it, etc. If you can establish a pattern of failed action and repeated, known fraud it makes it all the worse.
You could also contact Barclay's bank about the account you sent the funds to.
I called them as soon as I got the email from the scammer to warn them that there was fraud connected with that account, that it might have been hijacked, and that it was connected with confirmed criminal activity.
Now laws vary, and I don't know the UK, but you might be able to make a case that they were warned about criminal activity in conjunction with that account and took no action, thereby aiding and abetting the fruad, and essentially becoming an accomplice in the fraud.
May be tough going, but your only leverage is going to come through making a lot of noise, so that someone takes action to help you, if only for public relations resons - to shut you up and not look bad in public.
Good luck! Please keep us updated.
Michael
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