texasnielsen
Outdoorsman
Seems the internet wolves attack any fresh meat. Travelnut, sorry for your loss.
Scammed
- Thread starter Travelnut17
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It can be difficult to admit that you got scammed. There is real loss involved, of dollars, trust, and faith. However, there is an important lesson too. When you share the whole story, it helps others learn. One key reason that scams are successful is that people are afraid to share the story of what happened to them, allowing the criminals to operate in shadow.
Did you make a few mistakes? yes. had you spent more time reading about other scams you might have prevented those, or maybe not. I’ve made a dozen or so buy-sell transactions here, almost all have gone well, with the exception of one. There was one sketchy character involved that wasted a bunch of my time preparing to sell an item, but they did eventually show up, so I didn’t call them out. For the most part, the community is strong, helpful, and honest. It seems that the scammers are few and far between, and spread across both businesses and individuals.
The only way to fully prevent this is to deal in-person, in cash, and take immediate delivery. It is still likely that some people will drive long distances and get ghosted. I’ve personally driven more than 1000 miles on multiple occasions to purchase used equipment and had the good fortune to deal with people that were solid and honest. They’ve had the same good fortune.
It is probably time for a sticky to talk about how to prevent scams across the board?
Travelnut17
New member
Thank you, I have spent more than 2 weeks back and forth with the member before he finally quit replying to anything. The next person I contacted about the same item only wanted to ship, I was willing to drive with cash in hand. It was a non deal, just ordered new and now have the item I was looking for along with learning a pricey lesson.
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aaaslayer
Active member
moral of the story, stop sending money online to people on forums using "friends/family" to bypass the fees. You give up your buyer protection in doing so. Doesn't matter how valid the deal seems or trustworthy the person seems, pay using GOODS/SERVICES since that's what you're paying for, "GOODS", that way you have buyer protection from fraud.
vintageracer
To Infinity and Beyond!
Call the County Court Clerk in the state/county/city in which the scammer is located with their name, email address, physical address, Paypal information and any other information that you know. Ask the clerk how to file a Small Claims Court Action against this person in their county/city of residence.
Generally most small claims court actions allow for the plaintiff to ask for $1,500 or less in damages. The cost to file this court action is generally very little, you don't need a lawyer and you may not even have to show up in court for the case. That's why Small Claims Court exists. It makes it easy to resolve small dollar amount cases quickly.
IF you can file a Small Claims Court Action typically a summons will be issued for the scammer to show up in court to defend themselves. Most defendant's never show up to court or even acknowledge/know about the summons or that a case has been filed against them. If they do not show up in most instances the court will find a judgement for the plaintiff in that amount $1,500 or less.
Will you most likely git your money? No/Maybe!
Will you cause aggravation that can be a ultimately become a real problem for the defendant if they do not address this action? Yes!
It is possible in some states that the court could issue a bench warrant for the scammers arrest based upon the defendant's none action in your Small Claims Court Case. The result could be they are stopped for a traffic violation. The officer runs their information and finds the bench warrant for their arrest and they are hauled off the jail all the time wondering what the Hell happened?
All this depends upon how Vindictive YOU want to be.
I would not look at it as being Vindictive.
I would look it as PAY BACK and have a LOTTA FUN screwing with em. Messing with that scammer has now become your new part time hobby!
Generally most small claims court actions allow for the plaintiff to ask for $1,500 or less in damages. The cost to file this court action is generally very little, you don't need a lawyer and you may not even have to show up in court for the case. That's why Small Claims Court exists. It makes it easy to resolve small dollar amount cases quickly.
IF you can file a Small Claims Court Action typically a summons will be issued for the scammer to show up in court to defend themselves. Most defendant's never show up to court or even acknowledge/know about the summons or that a case has been filed against them. If they do not show up in most instances the court will find a judgement for the plaintiff in that amount $1,500 or less.
Will you most likely git your money? No/Maybe!
Will you cause aggravation that can be a ultimately become a real problem for the defendant if they do not address this action? Yes!
It is possible in some states that the court could issue a bench warrant for the scammers arrest based upon the defendant's none action in your Small Claims Court Case. The result could be they are stopped for a traffic violation. The officer runs their information and finds the bench warrant for their arrest and they are hauled off the jail all the time wondering what the Hell happened?
All this depends upon how Vindictive YOU want to be.
I would not look at it as being Vindictive.
I would look it as PAY BACK and have a LOTTA FUN screwing with em. Messing with that scammer has now become your new part time hobby!
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Did the spammer get reported?