Need Help! (Victim of fraud - I'm out $1300!)
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that sucks...you just got scammed.
Sounds to me like a real pro. I mean canceling. Rerouting.
You are gonna have to contact the right people and ride this thing up as high as you can. You are gonna need someone that can get into the phone records and get real addresses....guessing those are fake as well.
do you have any records of your conversations and emails? If so print them all. Save what you can on disk. Since this was an internet action it's a pretty serious fraud charge.
Freakin sucks man..thats one of the more thought out scams I've seen.
Sounds to me like a real pro. I mean canceling. Rerouting.
You are gonna have to contact the right people and ride this thing up as high as you can. You are gonna need someone that can get into the phone records and get real addresses....guessing those are fake as well.
do you have any records of your conversations and emails? If so print them all. Save what you can on disk. Since this was an internet action it's a pretty serious fraud charge.
Freakin sucks man..thats one of the more thought out scams I've seen.
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Wow, I'm sorry to hear that. Somehow, I hope you find this guy. Unfortunately, he has a really common name so it would almost be impossible to find him. I didn't even know you could cancel a money order.
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was it through escrowe.com? =\
That sucks dood, what company was the money order sent through?
Yet another reason why buying stuff online can be shady. =(
That sucks dood, what company was the money order sent through?
Yet another reason why buying stuff online can be shady. =(
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Somehow, I hope you find this guy. Unfortunately, he has a really common name so it would almost be impossible to find him.
Somehow, I hope you find this guy. Unfortunately, he has a really common name so it would almost be impossible to find him.
Where was the money order purchased (bank, post office, convenience store)? If the parcel was sent by the Postal Service, it might have been possible to enlist the aid of the U.S. Postal Inspectors but FedEx has no such equivalent.
Have you contacted your local police department to see if they have any advice to offer?
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People say Money Orders are as safe as cash.
Not true at all.
In some cases money order are worse then personal checks....With a personal check, ofcourse you are going to wait until the payment clears before sending out, right?..therefore if the person doesnt have money in their account the check gets returned to you, unpaid.
In the case of a money order, it can take up to 30 days for a money order to be stopped, or placed on 'hold'. Basically what someone does is that they issue you a money order, then they call the person who issued the money order (i.e. travelers express or western union etc...) and say that the money order was lost. You fill out a simple claim form and the money is returned to you in the form of a check....This is probably one of the most common forms of fraud, people who do this use fake names 9 out of 10 times...
The best thing for you to do at this point is to call the money order company who issued the money order and tell them you were a victim of fraud, they should have some info on the guy, like an address, b/c they have to mail him a replacment check for his "lost" money order.
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Not true at all.
In some cases money order are worse then personal checks....With a personal check, ofcourse you are going to wait until the payment clears before sending out, right?..therefore if the person doesnt have money in their account the check gets returned to you, unpaid.
In the case of a money order, it can take up to 30 days for a money order to be stopped, or placed on 'hold'. Basically what someone does is that they issue you a money order, then they call the person who issued the money order (i.e. travelers express or western union etc...) and say that the money order was lost. You fill out a simple claim form and the money is returned to you in the form of a check....This is probably one of the most common forms of fraud, people who do this use fake names 9 out of 10 times...
The best thing for you to do at this point is to call the money order company who issued the money order and tell them you were a victim of fraud, they should have some info on the guy, like an address, b/c they have to mail him a replacment check for his "lost" money order.
-Zoeb
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Originally Posted by 02BlackWRX
People say Money Orders are as safe as cash.
Not true at all.
In some cases money order are worse then personal checks....With a personal check, ofcourse you are going to wait until the payment clears before sending out, right?..therefore if the person doesnt have money in their account the check gets returned to you, unpaid.
In the case of a money order, it can take up to 30 days for a money order to be stopped, or placed on 'hold'. Basically what someone does is that they issue you a money order, then they call the person who issued the money order (i.e. travelers express or western union etc...) and say that the money order was lost. You fill out a simple claim form and the money is returned to you in the form of a check....This is probably one of the most common forms of fraud, people who do this use fake names 9 out of 10 times...
The best thing for you to do at this point is to call the money order company who issued the money order and tell them you were a victim of fraud, they should have some info on the guy, like an address, b/c they have to mail him a replacment check for his "lost" money order.
-Zoeb
Not true at all.
In some cases money order are worse then personal checks....With a personal check, ofcourse you are going to wait until the payment clears before sending out, right?..therefore if the person doesnt have money in their account the check gets returned to you, unpaid.
In the case of a money order, it can take up to 30 days for a money order to be stopped, or placed on 'hold'. Basically what someone does is that they issue you a money order, then they call the person who issued the money order (i.e. travelers express or western union etc...) and say that the money order was lost. You fill out a simple claim form and the money is returned to you in the form of a check....This is probably one of the most common forms of fraud, people who do this use fake names 9 out of 10 times...
The best thing for you to do at this point is to call the money order company who issued the money order and tell them you were a victim of fraud, they should have some info on the guy, like an address, b/c they have to mail him a replacment check for his "lost" money order.
-Zoeb
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that sucks...
i would've cashed the money order prior to sending out the merchandise. or are you saying you were liable for the money order funds due to cancellation ? I'd look into where that address is and how he picked it up.. not that it will get you anywhere probably :/
i would've cashed the money order prior to sending out the merchandise. or are you saying you were liable for the money order funds due to cancellation ? I'd look into where that address is and how he picked it up.. not that it will get you anywhere probably :/
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Originally Posted by Seranin
that sucks...
i would've cashed the money order prior to sending out the merchandise. or are you saying you were liable for the money order funds due to cancellation ? I'd look into where that address is and how he picked it up.. not that it will get you anywhere probably :/
i would've cashed the money order prior to sending out the merchandise. or are you saying you were liable for the money order funds due to cancellation ? I'd look into where that address is and how he picked it up.. not that it will get you anywhere probably :/
do what zoeb said, as well as contact your local authorites, as wella soakland pd for what it is worth.
make sure the money order comapny is notified they will have some info on the guy.... and they would be able to see where the check they sent him was cashed at as well as where they sent it to...
make sure the money order comapny is notified they will have some info on the guy.... and they would be able to see where the check they sent him was cashed at as well as where they sent it to...