Complaint Review: Fadee Atshan

Hello there

I am making this complaint against Mr. FADEE ATSHAN alias FREDDY ATSHAN to whom I wire transferred $4700USD towards the purchase of a new Omega watch on June 3rd, 2014. He hasn’t sent it to me till date. I saw his listing on ebay where he mentioned his mobile number 2019181019 to which I called to make the deal with him. I wired the funds to him from my bank account only after knowing the fact that he works at the luxury pre-owned cars dealerships LUXURY HAUS and BENZ & BEEMERS in NEW JERSEY, U.S.A. which I thought are reputable.

He has been selling on ebay for over eleven years with absolutely no negative feedback. More information can be found by checking his feedback on ebay. He has also done several successful transactions even after having scammed me and is still selling expensive products on ebay. Having complete trust & faith in him I paid him through wire transfer, so the transaction happened outside ebay and paypal.This is the ebay listing of the watch for which I paid: http://www.ebay.com/itm/261429553920(As per ebay policy, they remove all their listings 90 days after the listing has ended)

His eBay account: http://www.ebay.com/usr/the.finer.things.intl

The deal was made on 28th March 2014 for a brand new Omega watch where in $500USD should be paid immediately & the remaining $4400USD before 1st May 2014. I wire transferred the money on 28th March, but the funds didn’t go through because he didn’t give me his actual name. He used Freddy Atshan to be his name & goes by the same name on his email addresses as well. His actual name is Fadee Atshan and is the same in the bank records. My funds were held by the bank & returned with deductions on 22nd April 2014. Upon receiving the reversal I immediately wire transferred $700USD as he reduces his actual offer of $4900USD to $4700USD due to my loss in the form of transaction fees & reversal fees incurred by the bank.

This time the wire transfer happens successfully.I wire transferred the balance payment of $4000USD on 3rd June 2014. I then email him the swift copy for proof after wire transferring the $4000USD and then he emails back to me that the funds are pending clearance on June 5th only after numerous emails were sent from my end asking him if he received the funds. He then keeps me waiting for couple of days and then emails me on 9th June with confirmation that the funds have been successfully cleared. He also states in the same email that he is away with family on vacation until 19th June & that the place where he’s at has extremely limited access to communication & internet. I wait until 20th June and then call him on his cell number: 2019181019. He tells me that he is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the 2014 Fifa football world cup & that he would return to the US on 18th July. I wait until 19th July without interrupting him in any way and then call him.

Ever since then he has completely made himself unavailable on his mobile number. He doesn't take my calls or reply to any of emails and it still remains the same till date. He will surely lie when asked about this scam because when I last called him from a different number this was what I got in reply from him “YOU HAVE GOT THE WRONG NUMBER. I TOOK THIS NUMBER (2019181019) JUST TWO WEEKS AGO”. After giving me all this false information he disconnected my call and thereafter he made himself completely unavailable when I tried calling him from the same number. When I call him from my mobile number I am directed to automatic answering mode which he has deliberately done to avoid speaking to me. I can provide all the emails and text messages exchanged from both ends since if required. I even had couple of calls recorded.Attached are swift copies of both the wire transfers along with my bank statements showing the transactions for your kind information.

The amount that should be wired back to my bank account is $5000USD which includes transaction and reversal fees charged by my bank. It also includes the charges that I had to bear to make several phone calls to him. I previously sent his boss a letter via Fedex International Priority with tracking no. 803576438714 that was received on September 10, 2014 by someone named M.Villanova at the dealership who is the receptionist as per fedex. The amount that needs to be wire transferred to my account is inclusive of the charges that I had to pay to the fedex to send the letter to his boss to which no kind of response was received.

I am actually located in India, so I can do nothing to get my money back. I hope justice is done to me.

Regards.