Uomo Di Fretti
Active Member
- Joined
- Mar 20, 2007
- Messages
- 40
- Reaction score
- 0
I'm sorry it happened to you fretti, but scammers are out there. There is a reason why "caveat emptor" is in Latin and not modern English; this **** happening isn't new.
I doubt you have much recourse honestly, because YOU verified the wire transfer and it was legitimately sent and received. A similar thing happened with an item I sold once; the buyer paid via paypal, but forgot a letter in my email address and paid the wrong guy. Luckily, he refunded, but Paypal themselves could do nothing about it as it was an authorized transfer. If the guy who received the money did want to refund, there was really nothing that could have been done. It's up to you to check/verify/research before submitting.
Nevertheless, given that you have the person's real name and bank account information, my guess is you could open a complaint with the Police or possibly the FBI (or some such law enforcement agency).
An expensive lesson learned, but just that.
And that's a smart thing to do in this day and age? Trust is fine and all... but trust and verify. Also, "cover your ass."
I am a very infrequent poster here so please accept my apologies for not displaying the required amount of awe (see: custom member level, prof. fabulous thread, etc.) that you are posting in my threads but once again, I'm looking for advice on where to go from here. A summation of all the things that could have been done differently is neither on-topic, nor helpful at this point in the cluster.
Though the whole Prof. Fabulous thing was quite impressive!