Thank you for clicking on this thread. I am from the San Francisco Bay Area and am in the process of receiving a large and very expensive item from a person in Regina, SK. It seems that this person is trying to avoid me now that the bank cleared the check. He has not returned any of my e-mails nor is he picking up his phone when I call. This transaction was facilitated through Ebay and his contact information on Ebay has changed (i.e. different contact name, number, and address). I've tried my best to contact him but to no avail. I am quite sure that I have been scammed. I've been in this community (S2ki.com; as well as S2000.com and h-a.net) since its start and everyone that I've known and met on here are great people. We all help each other out when one of our members is in need. I know this is asking to much, but I am in need of help. Anything would do. Thanks!

Regards,
Clifford

 

Sorry to hear of your predicament. There are a few active board members in Saskatchewan, some even in Regina. Hopefully they will see this and respond. Is the guy who's doing the scam a board member? You can do a member search by city or by province to see who is there and who might be active and PM the active ones:
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/memberlist.php?...=&action=search

 

Seems to be happening more lately...

 

You can always enlist the help of T.I.T.S.

They are getting bigger and bigger these days.

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...&threadid=95561

 

Umm.. me thinks I am the only one in Regina... so if I can help out I will. And.. I have a few options, if you are willing to let tell me the scoop.

I looked at xvipers list and did a search. I would say I am the most active.

 

Boy oh boy...this is a tough one. Such are the woes of buying over the internet. You don't know this person from Adam, and criminally speaking, cannot prove that it was indeed the recipient that infact deposited your cheque. I would suggest for future transactions that you use a money order, or other wire transfer such as Westerm Union, since traces are much more easier than with a cheque.

As such, criminal recourse is mediocre at best. You could pursue civilly, but alas, identity becomes an issue. Do you know anything about this person? You know their phone number, why not try a reverse and obtain an address. Get an attorney to write a letter to that address and see what the outcome is. If this individual chooses not to alter their tone, or respond to said letter, I'm afraid you will have to sue this person via civil litigation.

Hope you can resolve this one way or another.

Regards
Asif

 

S2SAV,

Can you provide more details??

Mark

 

Have you had the cops check out the new address? Did he clear the check into an account? Do you have any emails where his IP might be contained in the headers?

 

Here are the details. I won an auction for a JDM F20C from a guy named Spoon_EK9 on Ebay (therefore, he doesn't go on this board, I think). I wanted to have the transaction through Escrow, but he said that he had no experience with it; he insisted on money order. Alas, I sent the money order and it was then put on a "bank hold" for 25 days. After the hold cleared, he said that the engine as well as shipping information will be sent out on the 25th (last Friday). I contacted him on Saturday since I didn't receive the shipping information and he said that it was shipped that Friday by a shipping company called Tiger(????). He also said that the shipping information will be sent to me w/in 3 hours time. Now 2-3 days later I have yet to get in contact with him. No shipping information or nothing. Here are some other facts that may contribute to his "shadiness." On the day my auction ended, my seller had upwards of $10,000 worth of merchandise ending at the same time as my own auction (i.e. JDM B18, JDM B16, Comptech Supercharger, etc. .). I've contacted a person that bought a set of Toda Cams from him (yet, this auction ended in January; mine ended in March) and that person said that he was pessimistic af first, but the cams eventually came after a long delay (the bank hold).

I believe that I have a lot of pertinent information on this guy. I have his name, apartment address, and bank account number. I have e-mailed him telling him that if I do not recieve either my engine or my money in full, I will seek legal action against him. Again, no response. I have no idea how to proceed anymore. Tell you the truth, if he doesn't send me anything, I'm planning to fly down there and break his legs after finals. Any ideas how I should proceed? Thanks!

 

I have the boys in blue at my service seriously, if this situation can be resolved it will be...