I contacted barclays bank about their customer
You should do the same so he wont be able to take the money and fly
Also we have to speak and see what we should do with him
Is there anyone from uk to go to the authirities?
I lost 3029 over a digital camcorder
Hello, I´have been a victim of eportuk. I´m from Spain. I hope all together will be able to get some form of recompense. My english is very amateur, sorry.
I wish somebody help me
If i find out about this, i´ll write on this post in order to help more people in the same situation.
If its true that Paypal will only pay out a maximum of £500 to someone from abroad even though they might have say £5,000 (of that persons money) that that they have paid for say a Nikon/Canon camera...... what happens to the other £4,500.... if they gave it to charity I would say fair enough, but still harsh, its not Paypals money after all.
No, its if they can't get the money back of the person you gave it to they only give a max of £500. If they got all the money back, you would get all the money back. Unfortunately you can withdraw money from paypal to your bank account in about 3-5 days in the UK, so usually by the time you realize you've been scammed they've already withdrawn the cash.
I'm another victim I'm afraid...£1431.00 down the tubes for a Sony A900 which did not exist!!
The ebay listing had been very carefully done with excellent description & attention to detail - not the usual copy of the manufacturer's brochure.
I made email contact regarding the delivery & payment long before the auction closed, checked his feedback history etc etc & having won, elected to pay by electronic transfer.
Needless to say, nothing from ebay except an automated "insufficient time has elapsed" for them to entertain a complaint about non-delivery!
The rest is history!
i have just had a call from my bank fraud unit and they said that it's too late to reverse my BAC transfer and my only hope is that Barclays have frozen the account and there are still funds in there, The person seemed to know all about it so i think it is very big. I wonder if Barclays / ebay / paypal can be held responsable for any of it, gonna do some research.
If you haven't already joined the ebay group (link was posted earlier) you should as it has lots of info and through it we can work as a group to try and get things done
I have just made contact with eBay on the customer service number given in one of the earlier posts (Tel No is 020 8080 2105).
Ebay was receceptive to my complaint but can now only respond to police enquiries (they will not divulge this traders details to the general public as he is de-listed.)
I am currently in India which makes contacting the police a little difficult!
Is there anyone else out there who has been similarly 'caught' who can report the issue to the UK police in order that they then follow it up with eBay?
Pleased to say though taking some further private action that will prove effective. I will keep posted with details to benefit others when available.
I hope the private action involves 3 burly blokes and 3 baseball bats!! I'm gutted for all those that have been stung, especially as the **** had the barefaced cheek to give some lip on here while ripping people off!! :thumbsdown:
Here's hoping for a happy (or bloody) ending!! :|
UPDATE, my banks fraud dept rang me and said the Barclays accounts have been frozen and there are funds in them but as of about 1pm today the police had not made contact with Barclays, they have only frozen the accounts because of the number of complaints from us lot. When i reported this at my police station i was allowed to speak to i think it was the CPS and i gave them all the info i had about Eport and web links etc.
As there are funds in the accounts then there is a glimmer of hope for some money back. You must contact your banks fraud dept to set the ball rolling and if you are NOT UK based this is even more important, contact your banks fraud dept
WTF? He posted on TP?
Well, nine posts of posting. Which was more than enoughWTF? He posted on TP?
That is good news and I'm really pleased for those people he's ripped off. Hopefully there's sufficient left in the account to refund everyone or at least a sizable proportion of their losses.
Ive just read his posts, shocking. He's also definatly not brittish.
Supposedly there is around 15p for every £1 that people got ripped off left in the account and that is assuming that eBay don't get there cut first.
From what I heard they didn't freeze the account as soon as it was reported and a large amount £100,000+ was allowed to be withdrawn from the accounts. So even after the police and banks knew about the fraud, they still let them move money around and withdraw it.