Complaint Review: Am Don International - Digitalbuy - Aleksandra Tkach - Edith Moran

On April 27th, 2005 I placed an order with DigitalBuy.us for one Canon XL2, and placed the last order on April 30th for the remaining items listed above. The company confirmed this order, as well as the total as $9045.68. I sent this payment via Bank Wire Transfer on 05/03/05. This account was listed in the name of Aleksandra Tkach, I questioned this, and was advised this was their representative in NY where the items werw shipped.

This wire was sent back to me, with an email from the company that evening stating they had decided to open a company email to build the trust of their company. They gave me a $45 discount for my trouble. I then wired this money again on 05/04/05 to the company of Am Don International , and upon email confimation from this company of receiving this amount on 050505, they advised me their account had been blocked; was I connected to this.

I responded advising I had no idea what they were talking about..where is my goods on 05/05/05. On 05/06/05 DigitalBuy emailed me advising this was a misunderstand with their bank, and my shipment would go out by 4:00 on Friday May 6th by 4:00.

At 4:10pm I emailed them requesting a tracking number. They responded. They advised me that their bank had thought this came from a stolen bank account, and advised them to put a hold on the shipment. They said the bank would be notifying me on Monday May 9th to validate my identity and if all was well, shipment would proceed with the expected shipment date as the following Tuesday or Wednesday.

On Monday May 9th, their bank did not call us, so I called them. I spoke with Ziomara Munoz, and they had no idea what I was talking about. They stated that wire had been posted on 05/04 and this company had access to that amount since that day. There had been no hold, or no question concerning the sending account, and they had no intention of calling me to verify any information. I emailed this company questioning their actions, but later found out (that same day), that their domain, digitalbuy.us was down.

After a DNS lookup, it stated their domain subscription had run out as of May 7th. This domain was initiated and paid for by one Edith Moran of 7607 Spreading Drive, Garden West California. I called the phone number listed on this lookup: 1-323-871-0484 and it was a wrong number.

I have tried calling the company's toll free number and it is exceedingly busy. I have tried looking up their number with the Information Phone System, and have had no results. Those responding to my emails representing this company are John Prior, and Ted Berghaus. I have notified this bank of the untrue statements given to me by digitalbuy representatives, but they can take no action on initiating any type of investigation without the involvement of law enforcement.

So I have filed a complaint with the IFCC with the FBI. These guys are MAJOR fraudulent people. I realized on May 7th that their domain ironically expired that day, so I have no way to contact them via email.

Michele
Charleston, West Virginia
U.S.A.