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Got Scammed, but how?

#21
Gazman said:
.... and I deposited $400 into their bank account.

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Beyond google, where do you find pictures of musical gear?
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Any story today that starts with depositing money into someone's account is almost guaranteed to end with "and I got scammed."

As my friend once said, "the WHY question occurs to me." In today's world, this is an even better question.

We all have moments of guillibility. Unfortunately this one ended with an expensive lesson. If you contact the bank where you deposited the money, maybe there's a way you can trace the person who scammed you and take action.

I Google photos of instruments often, but I don't buy them that way. If I'm going to buy an instrument, it's going to be (1) on a retail site using a credit card so I can contest a charge, (2) online at a site like Ebay where I can use a credit card via Paypal, or (3) by meeting them and paying cash.

I wish you better luck and better decisions in the future.
 
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#25
If you transferred money you must've used your bank. I would contact them and describe it to the manager as what it is, theft. All PC's leave as footprints their address, it may be 176.92.00.01 or something similar. If that ad was placed on facebook and you still have your side of the conversation facebook has the technology to pinpoint the origin of the scumba….err thief who got you. Do both, alert and file a complaint with your bank and contact facebook.
 
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Gazman said:
I got scammed on Facebook, after posting a “Wanted to buy” ad for a specific 2 x12 cabinet.
The person got in touch, they had one they wanted to sell. They sent photos as proof, and I deposited $400 into their bank account.
Next day...they have blocked me and deleted the conversation.

Of course I should have insisted paypal....but how did they get photos, I can’t find anywhere on the internet?

Another member of the FB group had the same scam pulled, with photos of the exact guitar he was looking for. Again, he searched the net and couldn’t find the photos, so assumed the buyer was legit.

Beyond google, where do you find pictures of musical gear?
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Your faith that Google knows every image on the web is odd. Even then, photoshop a different coloured carpet on an image, crop it, then you and Google both would be hard pressed to spot it.
 
#29
Downunderwonder said:
then the Police can get them good. That would be your first port of call. Then the bank may be able to help you if scambag left anything in the account, not sure how that works when you did the transfer.
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I have seen this over and over. The police won't even waste their time on stuff like this. At least here in the US of A. There was a thread where a TB member had a thief dead to rights trying to resell a stolen bass. The Wonderful Cops wouldn't lift a finger to assist. I know it seems like it would be a simple "Bust" for the Police but good luck getting them to get involved. It's just so much easier for cops to hide along the highway and hand out speeding tickets.
 
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Downunderwonder said:
then the Police can get them good. That would be your first port of call. Then the bank may be able to help you if scambag left anything in the account, not sure how that works when you did the transfer.
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The transfer was from bank to bank which gives our brother member something he can press his bank on by identifying it as theft, don't add any particulars, just call it a theft which gets the bank talking to the receiving bank. And as I said earlier, if he has his part of the FB conversation he can contact them and have them track the person via the I.P. address.
 
#37
Clark Dark said:
The transfer was from bank to bank which gives our brother member something he can press his bank on by identifying it as theft, don't add any particulars, just call it a theft which gets the bank talking to the receiving bank. And as I said earlier, if he has his part of the FB conversation he can contact them and have them track the person via the I.P. address.
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I don't think the banks can do anything without Police involvement. I don't even think they can freeze funds just because Customer A at Bank A says Customer B at Bank B is a crook.
 
#38
Can you go into your browser history and find the IP address? I don’t use FB but they should have some kind of fraud protection or fraud department.
If your CC company is tied to the money transfer you may have fraud protection through them. My son got scammed on Ebay on a $700 mic and the seller just mailed a piece of paper to an address across the street so Ebay said the item had been delivered just to the wrong address. It took several emails and calls but he finally got reimbursed.
Don’t give up! COVID has created a lot of free time for scammers to rip honest people off. Good luck!
 
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Downunderwonder said:
I don't think the banks can do anything without Police involvement. I don't even think they can freeze funds just because Customer A at Bank A says Customer B at Bank B is a crook.[/QUOTE

Sure they can. Banks have the ability to instantly know where the funds were transferred to and the name used by the receiver of funds at the place of transfer. I know from experience. It's optional with banks if they want to bring the police into it, but they don't need the police at all to identify who and where.
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