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 Post subject: i should have known
PostPosted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:09 pm 
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I was recently involved in a internet/moneyorder scam. See I was trying to sell me car on http://www.postaroo.com and someone offered me $530. I was selling it at $400. So it sounded like a good deal. I accepted the offer and then was told to wait for the check. When the check arrived, I noticed it was kinda suspicious, but took the chance of cashing it thinking that if it was a counterfeit the bank would suspect and maybe even warn me about it. But no! They just cashed it and it was for $3500. So i was told to deduct my protion of the check which was $530 and send the rest of it to a shipping company who would takecare of the rest. I waited for more than 24 hours and then sent the $2970 (including charges) to the "shipping company". The i was told by the so called car dealer, to wait. And I did, but a week later, I found my bank account to be in the negative $3000's. I asked the bank what happened and they said that the check was stopped and that I was the last one to hold the money from the bank, so I was liable for the money! My heart sank, and right then I knew that my wedding plans were ruined, my life was already beggining to take shape financially. But beacuse of this my life is now on hold. I will not be able to have a wedding, and I will not be able to do anything with my negative balance. The bank has given me a week to come up with some money, but I bearly now have enough to pay my bills and eat. All of this just happened this month. God how I wish I could take this month back. I really don't know what to do! I have tried to get in touch with the person who I thought would buy my car, but I cannot seam to find him or her.


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 3:30 pm 
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If you are a victim of this scam, write a letter/summary of what happened to you (you can view mine at http://scamvictimsunited.com/our_story.htm )

Then go to http://scamvictimsunited.com/resources_ ... _check.htm and send that letter to every place on that list. I would also suggest sending that letter to the media to try and get even more attention to this scam and your case.


If you would like to look into the possibility of a civil or even class action suit against the bank, please contact

Jim at
The National Center for Victims of Crime
2000 M Street NW, Suite 480
Washington, DC 20036
1-800-FYI-CALL
http://www.ncvc.org

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:38 pm 
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Has there every been a victim who gets his or her money back, and if so, how was that possible?


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 6:16 am 
lyric2184 wrote:
Has there every been a victim who gets his or her money back, and if so, how was that possible?


Your money is gone, you do not even know the true identity of the person who scammed you...................sorry.


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:45 am 
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armac wrote:
lyric2184 wrote:
Has there every been a victim who gets his or her money back, and if so, how was that possible?


Your money is gone, you do not even know the true identity of the person who scammed you...................sorry.


I guess it depends on what you mean by "getting your money back" . . . if you mean that they will find the scammer and get the amount that you sent to him back . . . armac is correct, that is not possible.

If you mean that by suing your bank there may be a portion of the money that you loss that you are not required to pay back to the bank, then yes, there have been victims in the past who were able to do this. But this requires getting a lawyer, so you will have to pay them something. The nice thing about the information that I posted is that these people work with crime victims and they have a network of laywers across the country so they may be able to match you up with a lawyer in your area that has dealt with these types of cases in the past. (like I said before, if you are in MN, PLEASE contact me directly about finding a lawyer)

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 Post subject: Roommates.com Scam
PostPosted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:11 pm 
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I know I should have known better but I was ALMOST a victim of the money order scam through roommates.com. Luckily my bank was fast enough to inform me of the scam and I was able to get my money refunded through Western Union. Believe me I feel like a total a$$. I've never done anything like this before and low and behold I get scammed. I am not out any money at all. I overpaid a few bills thinking I was going to have access to some of the money for rent but luckily it all went to my benefit. I could have paid way less on those bill but now without that extra rent money I was depending on I'm still out a little money. It could have been $3000 though! Be careful on Roommates.com. This individual is going by the username of lcbell and the name Linda Bell who lives in Manchester, England. Her "financial officer" called me and his accent was so thick I couldn't understand him so "Linda" emailed me to give me all the info I need for the Western Union.


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 Post subject: Lyric2184
PostPosted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:16 pm 
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[quote="armac"][quote="lyric2184"]Has there every been a victim who gets his or her money back, and if so, how was that possible?[/quote]

Your money is gone, you do not even know the true identity of the person who scammed you...................sorry.[/quote]


I hate to say it but if it wasn't for me calling Western Union before they picked up the money they wouldn't have refunded the money. The bank is being very good about the possibilty of refunding any overdraft fees. They literally caught the fact that the money orders were fraudulent within hours so I was lucky. Good thing I have updated phone numbers on my account with my bank.


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