Just got scammed badly by someone in the US, any suggestions ?

[melon]

I just managed to make a phone all ( I have issues speaking due to health ) to my former would-be helper in the US ( the one I posted a video of here ) that originally agreed to help me. However it turns out , after continually making excuses, has decided to finally give me the shove by hanging up just some 20 mins and and 8 months later.

The problem is I sent all this stuff ( motors etc ) under good faith he would help, and now he has it ( and obviously scammed me in the process ) I have no evidence of that agreement other than through pm ,email , the video i posted which he sent me a link too , and his shipping address on the items i had shipped to him ( one from china ).

His ip address from what I can see is private ( 10.229.128.220 ) so that route seems a waste of time , and the only other thing I can think of is the fact I sent the motor to him myself because it had been mis-delievered to me first.

Does any one have any ideas on what i could do ?

cheers

m

[MSIC]

Sorry to hear it, but it sounds like you need proper legal advice rather than forum advice.
Try somewhere like here:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Dire...acts/DG_195356

[melon]

Sorry to hear it, but it sounds like you need proper legal advice rather than forum advice.
Try somewhere like here:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Dire...acts/DG_195356

Thanks, it looks like Im prob in a no-win situation from what I've been told.

m

[chuckskull]

If you have his home address, might be worth contacting the state police wherever he lives. They should have a website with contact details.

[melon]

If you have his home address, might be worth contacting the state police wherever he lives. They should have a website with contact details.

thanks , thats what im planning to do.

I managed to find his work address,facebook too through reverse image search of him as reg keywords were useless.

m

[Lucio]

Unless you can prove a case against him there's no point contacting the police, here or in the U.S.

You're gonna have to chalk this up as an expensive learning experience

[Larkspeed]

Unless you can prove a case against him there's no point contacting the police, here or in the U.S.

You're gonna have to chalk this up as an expensive learning experience

I would tend to disagree there if you nicely explain the situation to his local police and you get a decent officer he may go round and have a talk with him. The police visit alone could be enough to kick this guy into gear and get him to return your stuff.

It does not hurt to try

[melon]

I would tend to disagree there if you nicely explain the situation to his local police and you get a decent officer he may go round and have a talk with him. The police visit alone could be enough to kick this guy into gear and get him to return your stuff.

It does not hurt to try

I sent an email , if that doesnt work i will try to speak on the phone or go to phase 2.

thanks again chaps,

m

[thedonutman]

I've heard/read stories of local police being able to do a little a bit. As others have said, the visit itself can gently persuade certain individuals.

[melon]

I've heard/read stories of local police being able to do a little a bit. As others have said, the visit itself can gently persuade certain individuals.

local police never even responded to my email.

found the thiefs facebook though , for what its worth ( if I wanted to use propaganda ) though I doubt it would achieve much..

Overall he owes me $700.00..

m

[finlay666]

Create 3 accounts to add him as a friend, use the friend reset to reset his password then hijack his bookface for a ransom and deliver a suitable ransom (joking of course)

[Behemoth]

You may want to see if you can get a solicitor that deals with cross boarder disputes, won't be cheap though.

[mikerr]

Has he actually scammed you, or just lost interest in doing the work ?

Is he now ignoring all your communication, or would bhe be willing to ship the parts back / to someone else in the US ?

[melon]

Has he actually scammed you, or just lost interest in doing the work ?

Is he now ignoring all your communication, or would bhe be willing to ship the parts back / to someone else in the US ?

Scamming was prob a bad choice as I dont know for sure , though the fact remains he actually has more than $700 ( 750 ) in items i sent him ( one i paid for to be resent to the US from here ) , and yes has cut all communication .

Wont , and hasnt , respond too emails, and hung up on me after letting me speak for 10 seconds ( never said a word himself ) when i attempted to speak to him 2 wks or so ago.

m

[melon]

Create 3 accounts to add him as a friend, use the friend reset to reset his password then hijack his bookface for a ransom and deliver a suitable ransom (joking of course)

heh if only my father had been born in Sicily instead of Italy.

m

[melon]

You may want to see if you can get a solicitor that deals with cross boarder disputes, won't be cheap though.

I would have to win a lot more than $750 in damages to just pay him lol.

m