As embarrassing as it is I thought I would throw out a reminder that scammers are out there and they finally got me. I'm not expecting sympathy as I took a chance and lost....$375....it could have been worse. I posted a wanted ad, got a reply, got some pics, e transferred money and then got stiffed. Kijiji and the bank won't do anything and I doubt the police will either but I did file a report. Oh well. I did check to see if the pics were to be found elsewhere on the internet (Eddy 7176 manifold) and a few other things. I've been buying and selling car and guitar stuff from afar for over 25 years and this is a first.
Got scammed on Kijiji
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Ironracer
Gearhead
Man that sucks. I just got scammed out of a carport and a metal building that I built and own. I caint stand a liar and a thief
That sucks. A guy at worked told me his contractor got scammed out of $15K so I don't feel too bad. I consider it a wake up call for myself.
Ironracer
Gearhead
Ouch! I never really knew there were that many Crooks out there after getting done with double pneumonia, being on oxygen for a few months, and almost dying, I lost my home, so I tried to find something to buy, well that didn't seem feasible I started looking at rentals... you would be surprised at the amount of fake ads out there, all designed to get you to pay an application fee, up front
I only buy and sell on sites like that and CL in person.
Cash in hand, part in hand.
Meet at the bank, or wal-mart if you want but no electronic funds transfer unless I have the part in my hand.
I won't even accept electronic funds as a seller.
Cash in hand, part in hand.
Meet at the bank, or wal-mart if you want but no electronic funds transfer unless I have the part in my hand.
I won't even accept electronic funds as a seller.
Ironracer
Gearhead
All by foreigners..
Dan the man
Well-Known Member
How can you get scammed if you built it and own it?
Ironracer
Gearhead
I had a verbal agreement which is binding under Florida law and the witch is going back on her word. I was supposed to have 6 months to remove. Evidently she's found out and it cost her about four grand maybe five grand to have that stuff replaced it's cheaper just to steal mine
Dan the man
Well-Known Member
You'd be surprised how many Americans do this. They use the computer because they can move the ip address and that makes it pretty much impossible to find them.
Ironracer
Gearhead
Ahh, makes sense
Dan the man
Well-Known Member
That's a bummer. I guess that you have no recourse in court. I'm surprised that a verbal agreement is binding as it's impossible to prove either way. I hate that happened to you.
Ironracer
Gearhead
I can sue her I have a witness to the agreement but she's already texted me that her father and her daughter have witnessed as well so she's just being a lying piece of crap. And a Thief
Dan the man
Well-Known Member
Was this on rented property? In Missouri if you put up a building on rented property it becomes the property of the one who owns the property. When I lived in a mobile home park years ago I put up a metal shed just big enough to store my yard equipment and trash cans.
Dan the man
Well-Known Member
I hate this happened to you. If you ever do it again get it in writing, heck with Florida law.
Ironracer
Gearhead
Should have took a video of the verbal. And get a written... She's really lucky because she's pissed me off pretty bad ..
The key to this may be the "e transferred money".
Get a USPS Money Order and then mail it. Any fraud committed in the transaction then becomes a federal crime with much higher fines and prison time.
No such thing in Canada. I'll think I will find out that scammers run very little risk of being investigated or caught unless its big $$.
Who ripped you? ****-rat took me for $200 from Montreal on Kijiji. Same scenario.....A wanted ad.
Ironracer
Gearhead
The postal Investigating folks are armed. I've heard they don't play
I find Wanted Ads are risky. The guy/gal used a cell # 587 717 0366. Its probably a burner forwarded to another number.
Dan the man
Well-Known Member
These guys only take gift cards or money transfers. Unfortunately it's next to impossible to locate them. You would think that these computer geniuses would have fixed the ip address of a computer.
Sorry it happened, got any more info for us? Username? Location? Email from etransfer?
Dan the man
Well-Known Member
Remember, cash, wire transfer, gift cards are untraceable, these people are pros at what they do.
This dick had a couple of phones....Even had a kid's voice on the answering machine. I offered to buy more but he said the other parts in the pictures he sent me were no good. This guy was in no rush.
I'm sure the bank knows what bank it went to and the location. I'm also sure that the cell number can be traced to an owner. The issue is that no one will disclose the info or do anything about it. The scammers can do whatever they want without fear of repercussion and they know it.
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