Neda Kristinal - ebay ripoff Las Vegas Nevada
I bought an item on ebay. It was 2000 toyota 4runner item=4646839084 I send the money since thursday the 16-2006 after I send the money i never hear from them. Please help me i never get an email since they got $6315.00 for me
Mexene
Kissimmee, Florida
U.S.A.
4 Updates & Rebuttals
Nancie
San Jose,California,
U.S.A.
You May be able to get your Money Back
#5Consumer Suggestion
Wed, June 28, 2006
Mexene,
Assuming you sent a money order using the US Postal system, the following holds true. If you did a wire-transfer, you can follow the same steps, but you may not be able to submit a Mail Fraud report.
I had a similar experience back in October 2004. By May 2005 I had a received a check from the US Treasury for full restituition (included expenses and of proof of Money Order being cashed).
The criminal code for Mail Fraud is: Title 18 federal mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. 1341, wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. 1343
I believe it covers "Theft by Deception" as well since that is what happened to me. i.e. US Postal Inspector said, this individual claimed the US Postal Service "Lost" the item.
I did the following and was sure to keep hard & electronic copies:
#1 Emailed and Sent via US Postal Service Registered:
"This is a formal request for the refund of $X dollars". I purchased X item from you on X Date. It has been X days, since it was "never received; tracking numbers are invalid; so is insurance number" or "was returned, because it was defective, and no replacement has been sent". Please send refund via US Money Order, for $X dollars, to me at Your Name and Address within 10 days of the date of this letter. Please email me back with the US Money Order #, and tracking number.
#2 Note any other possible victims for your reports.
#3 efile 3 reports to:
eBay
- Copied eBay report & case#
FBI via Cybercrime.gov at: ic3.gov/
- Pasted in eBay report & case#
- Copied FBI/Cybercrime report/case#
USPS Postal Inspectors at: usps.com/postalinspectors/fraud/
MailFraudComplaint.htm
- Pasted in eBay report & case#
- Pasted in FBI/Cybercrime report/case#
- Copied Mail Fraud report/case#
#4 Called local authorities and filed by phone, following up if requested with email or fax copies to:
US Postal Inspector - Get their name
Local Police/Sherrif - Get Detective's name
The Police/Sherrif will usually ask you to fax or email copies of the emails & letters with individual; Report/Case#s from efiling on eBay, FBI/Cybercrime, US Post Mail Fraud site.
Yes, it took awhile, but we (the 43+ other victims) were successful, because we followed through, kept good records, and were able to help/provide the local authorities in conjuction with US Postal Inspector, who I believe, is an officer for the DOJ, the information when needed and follow their directions.
Good luck, Nancie
Nancie
San Jose,California,
U.S.A.
You May be able to get your Money Back
#5Consumer Suggestion
Wed, June 28, 2006
Mexene,
Assuming you sent a money order using the US Postal system, the following holds true. If you did a wire-transfer, you can follow the same steps, but you may not be able to submit a Mail Fraud report.
I had a similar experience back in October 2004. By May 2005 I had a received a check from the US Treasury for full restituition (included expenses and of proof of Money Order being cashed).
The criminal code for Mail Fraud is: Title 18 federal mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. 1341, wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. 1343
I believe it covers "Theft by Deception" as well since that is what happened to me. i.e. US Postal Inspector said, this individual claimed the US Postal Service "Lost" the item.
I did the following and was sure to keep hard & electronic copies:
#1 Emailed and Sent via US Postal Service Registered:
"This is a formal request for the refund of $X dollars". I purchased X item from you on X Date. It has been X days, since it was "never received; tracking numbers are invalid; so is insurance number" or "was returned, because it was defective, and no replacement has been sent". Please send refund via US Money Order, for $X dollars, to me at Your Name and Address within 10 days of the date of this letter. Please email me back with the US Money Order #, and tracking number.
#2 Note any other possible victims for your reports.
#3 efile 3 reports to:
eBay
- Copied eBay report & case#
FBI via Cybercrime.gov at: ic3.gov/
- Pasted in eBay report & case#
- Copied FBI/Cybercrime report/case#
USPS Postal Inspectors at: usps.com/postalinspectors/fraud/
MailFraudComplaint.htm
- Pasted in eBay report & case#
- Pasted in FBI/Cybercrime report/case#
- Copied Mail Fraud report/case#
#4 Called local authorities and filed by phone, following up if requested with email or fax copies to:
US Postal Inspector - Get their name
Local Police/Sherrif - Get Detective's name
The Police/Sherrif will usually ask you to fax or email copies of the emails & letters with individual; Report/Case#s from efiling on eBay, FBI/Cybercrime, US Post Mail Fraud site.
Yes, it took awhile, but we (the 43+ other victims) were successful, because we followed through, kept good records, and were able to help/provide the local authorities in conjuction with US Postal Inspector, who I believe, is an officer for the DOJ, the information when needed and follow their directions.
Good luck, Nancie
Nancie
San Jose,California,
U.S.A.
You May be able to get your Money Back
#5Consumer Suggestion
Wed, June 28, 2006
Mexene,
Assuming you sent a money order using the US Postal system, the following holds true. If you did a wire-transfer, you can follow the same steps, but you may not be able to submit a Mail Fraud report.
I had a similar experience back in October 2004. By May 2005 I had a received a check from the US Treasury for full restituition (included expenses and of proof of Money Order being cashed).
The criminal code for Mail Fraud is: Title 18 federal mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. 1341, wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. 1343
I believe it covers "Theft by Deception" as well since that is what happened to me. i.e. US Postal Inspector said, this individual claimed the US Postal Service "Lost" the item.
I did the following and was sure to keep hard & electronic copies:
#1 Emailed and Sent via US Postal Service Registered:
"This is a formal request for the refund of $X dollars". I purchased X item from you on X Date. It has been X days, since it was "never received; tracking numbers are invalid; so is insurance number" or "was returned, because it was defective, and no replacement has been sent". Please send refund via US Money Order, for $X dollars, to me at Your Name and Address within 10 days of the date of this letter. Please email me back with the US Money Order #, and tracking number.
#2 Note any other possible victims for your reports.
#3 efile 3 reports to:
eBay
- Copied eBay report & case#
FBI via Cybercrime.gov at: ic3.gov/
- Pasted in eBay report & case#
- Copied FBI/Cybercrime report/case#
USPS Postal Inspectors at: usps.com/postalinspectors/fraud/
MailFraudComplaint.htm
- Pasted in eBay report & case#
- Pasted in FBI/Cybercrime report/case#
- Copied Mail Fraud report/case#
#4 Called local authorities and filed by phone, following up if requested with email or fax copies to:
US Postal Inspector - Get their name
Local Police/Sherrif - Get Detective's name
The Police/Sherrif will usually ask you to fax or email copies of the emails & letters with individual; Report/Case#s from efiling on eBay, FBI/Cybercrime, US Post Mail Fraud site.
Yes, it took awhile, but we (the 43+ other victims) were successful, because we followed through, kept good records, and were able to help/provide the local authorities in conjuction with US Postal Inspector, who I believe, is an officer for the DOJ, the information when needed and follow their directions.
Good luck, Nancie
Mike
River Edge,New Jersey,
U.S.A.
Just checked your item
#5Consumer Suggestion
Tue, June 27, 2006
Hi Mexene, I looked into this for you and here is what I found:
1. This car has been re-listed as item #4650048715. If you sent this person $6,455 as of June 11th, they relisted the car on June 12th (it ended on June 19th with no winning bidder).
2. There is a phone number listed for D&E Auto Sales, who this ebayer claims to be. Have you tried calling and inquiring about it? If this is a scam, than perhaps D&E would liek to know someone is using their name in auctions
3. It appears to me as though you've been had. Since they only accepted wire transfer , money order or cashier's check as per their auction, that should've sent up red flags. In fact, they would offer financing, accept credit cards, etc. Hopefully you paid in some way so you can file a complaint with the local authorities.
4. I would notify Ebay, PayPal (if used), as well as leaving negative feedback for this user to ensure others don't get scammed. In the future, NEVER buy a big ticket item from a new Ebay user (signed up as of 6/3/06) with zero feedback. Most of these are scams.
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