I was recently scammed when I sent half of the price ($900) for a Vortech supercharger ($1820) by Western Union. Here is the listing:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...

Now that I think about it, it was a stupid thing to do. However, he seemed very knowledgeable in the supercharger and besides asking for western union, didn't seem like a scammer at all. Besides contacting the government, which could take forever, is there a way to recover the money?

I have his name that he used to pick up the money and his phone number, but that's it. The address provided was a fake. Thanks.

Steven

All I have so far is his cell phone number, which is 954 304 0670, and his name, Robert Kelley. The money was picked up in Miami, FL.

 

I did a phone search and this is all that came up:

PHONE REPORT FOR (954) 304-0670
RECORD 1
NAME RUIZ RICHARD
CARRIER At&t Wireless Services, Inc.
ADDRESS Fort Lauderdale, FL 0
COUNTY BROWARD

The address he gave me was:

ROBERT KELLY
1424 CADIZ AVE
CORAL GABELS FLORIDA 33134

Other names were Dustin Reed and Elmer Garcia.

This is actually the address of an attorney that he probably stole information from. I got the phone number for this house, called it, and he actually stated that his credit card had been stolen lately and that he had to cancel it. Might be the same guy... hmmmmm

might be how he registered on ebay.

 

I think you're screwed, sorry..

never pay for ANYTHING western union or moneygram, all the guy has to do is be friends with the cashier at a grocery store and he can pick up the cash with fake info and its pretty much untraceable

 

You are not the first to be scammed by him. He uses different names and different numbers.

Call the Miami PD.

 

You think it's the same guy? He claims to work for a hospital and was going to ship it overnight using their account. When he claimed he used to work at a town not far away from me (not very well known either), i thought he was legit.

The address he gave me was:

ROBERT KELLY
1424 CADIZ AVE
CORAL GABELS FLORIDA 33134

Other names were Dustin Reed and Elmer Garcia.

If it's the same guy I would love to work together with anyone else who got scammed and put this guy behind bars!

 

Call Coral Gables PD and see what they say:
CGPD

What has ebay told you?

 

this is about 5 blocks from my sisters house, i'll drive by

 

Well since I didn't go through ebay can they really tell me anything? I agreed to buy it from him for $1820 and send half now, only realizing after searching the forums that others have gotten scammed th same way.

by the way, thanks for the help. however keep in mind I have no idea if it's the correct address.

 

Tell Western Union what happened. I was scammed some years back and i remember they tried to help me but i waited to long

 

All that western union told me was to call the police and file a report with www.ic3.com. I tried getting more info but the told me everything else was confidential. Should I call Coral Gables or call Fort Lauderdale, since that's what came up on the cell phone reverse trace.