I was just swindled out of $650 by this guy.

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


I was kinda hesitant to buy from him since he said he would only take check or money order. but i looked at his history and he has been selling for a while with a descent record. i talked to him yesterday and we agreed on the price of $1400 for the kit shipped to me. we worked it out where i would western union him half and he would ship the item. then once i received the item i would send him the other half. well i wnt and wired him the money, then he told me that he was on his way to the fed x store and he would call me back with the tracking number. well he never called me back. i call him the next morning and no answer. so i decide to call him from my house phone, he magically answers now when i call from a number he dosen't recognize. when he realizes who i am he pretends his phone is breaking up and hangs up. i immediatly call him back and now his voice mail comes on. the item that he supposably sold to me is still on ebay. what can i do about this or am i totally screwed. i am an l.a county sheriff deputy, and i called the miami police department. i am working with them and western union to find out when, where and who picked the money.

any help would be appreciated

 

wow sorry to hear that...

 

i saw those as well, and was very reluctant. it looked very enticing, but I had to pass once i saw paypal was not accepted.

honestly, if you're law enforcement, i don't know what help we would be. this is exactly the course of action i would recommend.

additionally, you may consider having an associate pretend to 'win' the next auction, and set up a sting.

 

i am working with the miami beach police department to track down who picked up the money. first we have to subpoena the records from western union and find out at what location they picked it up at. then we can try and get video tape or license info. but there is a big chance that the store won't have anything useful.

 

pull the phone records.

 

the guy bought this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=180068437523

if it's on his car, he shouldn't be TOO hard to find....

 

the bad thing is i should have known it was to good to be true. a brand new turbonetics kit shipped to your house for only $1400.

 

I think the guy drives an acura integra... lots of past purchases... side skirts, fenders, cf hood, diablo mirrors... i'm seriously betting this vehicle wouldn't be that hard to find.

 

His number begins with 864....isnt that South Carolina

 

i pulled his phone records, they come from a pre-paid phone out of south carolina

 

Yeah upstate sc too, give me some info im in the 864 area ill check around man

 

Thats BS man....People like that should have their nutz placed on a chop block and smashed with a rubber mallet!

I hope things work out for you!

 

too late to say this now, but never ever wire money to anyone.. always leave some sort of trail when you are dealing with people online.

this has happened many many times.


hope everything works out for you

 

found a profile on myspace for daallstar -
name may be alex
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...iendid=3883976

 

clayisland485, the guys name is ryan pruit. He told me he used to work for a big reputably shop that went out of business that's why he's selling everything. if you can find anything out i'd appreciate it.

 

Maybe CherryBox...should be a cop

 

tell me about it, cherrybox you ever think about a career in law enforcment?

 

there's also a xanga profile, this one for a guy named tim in georgia...it's old tho. talks about buying chucks, and the ebay profile shows this guys seems to have a penchant for jordans

http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=DaAllStar

 

on his auction he states his company name is npw wholesale

 

Ok I'll call around to all the shops around this area and ask if they know anyone with that name or any shop that has turbonetics stuff