Have I lost my £400 ?

[Alan9127]

Two weeks ago I bought two bumpers from a seller on Facebook. We agreed a price of £400 which is a really good price. They accepted my offer and told me they would dispatch the bumpers when they got payment.

I bank transferred the money over and they said that they would take care of it from here. 2 weeks later I’m still waiting and now the person has blocked and removed themselves from the forum group on Facebook.

Where do I stand with this ? Or have I just lost my £400.

[burritoNinja]

It would seem that yes, you got scammed.

[shtu]

Alan9127 said:

have I just lost my £400?

Yes.

[eybic]

I think that unfortunately you have lost the money, probably worth speaking to your bank but as you did the transfer, I think you may be screwed.

[designforlife]

Oops... yeah that's gone.

If you are buying car parts on FB, always, always, always, ALWAYS pay via. Paypal (goods and services, not friends and family), then you have buyer protection in case what happened to you, happens.

[Xcore]

How do people still fall for this?!

[Bubba Zanetti]

Moral of the story - arrange to meet half way at some random motorway service station to exchange the goods/money.

[MDMA .]

Xcore said:

How do people still fall for this?!

Because it was a really good price.

[MysteryLemon]

My boss lost just over £2000 bank transfering money for something he was buying on ebay. Thought the seller was doing him a favour ending the auction early for a cheeky offer. As soon as the money was sent, seller went silent, account deleted and the address he had given was a shop off in some random town totally unrelated.

Bank not interested, ebay not interested. Money gone.

Always pay online with paypal or pay in cash on collection if buying from a private seller. Never bank transfer or use a friends and family money transfer service. Anyone requesting you do are 95% likely to be a scammer.

[Fastpedeller]

Your only hope is that they'll come back on FB (maybe under another ID, but the clues will be there) and see if you can connect enough to get their details and go round with some fellow large PHers. As an alternative..... Will fraudUk (or whatever they're called) be able to trace this person via their bank details which you paid to? I saw a while ago about a guy who offers a service for 10% IIRC to beat the scammers, but I don't remember his website address - maybe a google?

[Screechmr2]

MDMA . said:

Because it was a really good price.

sorry, but that's often the giveaway.

[cat with a hat]

Who are you expecting to confirm it?

[skilly1]

cat with a hat said:

Who are you expecting to confirm it?

I can confirm it for £25, please send via western union, that's a really good price for this service.

[227bhp]

Your money has gone to join your common sense.
Wherever that may be.

[thebraketester]

i have found your bumpers. Send £100 to 2138957 12-09-23 and 'Ill get them sent out to you

[Black_S3]

Fastpedeller said:

Your only hope is that they'll come back on FB

I don’t think that’s very likely.

[Section 8]

Please just send your long card number...

[anonymous-user]

have you got his address? ring him up, go round. If you have an address and name you could do a money claim.

[Butter Face]

stuart-ermrc said:

This happened to a friend of mine. We worked out what bank he used from the sort code, then through a friend of a friend who worked at said bank we got the gentleman's address.

Paid him a visit with a few friends.

Problem solved!

It was also for cars parts, through a Lotus forum.

Nice bit of gross misconduct there, surprised your friend would be willing to put their neck on the line for that!

[0ddball]

I'm guessing a pair of Golf R bumpers from Bradford.