Whats with this site ? I got scammed again

[Filer]

WTF This place his attracting more & more crooks :mad: :mad:

I checked this guys heat and it was good. I just went to check his heat again & now the name isn't even in the data base it seems :mad: ...... posts in his threads say he is a good trader ..... so I buy this ;

http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=250792

he replied to all my PM's when corisponding to do the buy ....... now after I pay via EMT ........ he's gone :mad: :mad:

This site is startin to really piss me off. Sellers think your an ******* when you use extream caution but when someone seems to check out BANG > they FUK ya :mad: :mad: :mad:

Im getting sick & tired of the buy & sell here. I am now at about $370.00 scammed fron me here.

[ji2o0k]

ouch bro, i feel for you... how long have you waited/he hasn't contacted you ?

contact the mods and try and get this sorted out ASAP.

all the best !

[dmatthew]

if you're going to do local deals, it'd be best to meet at a neutral place and to pay in cash.

that way you get to inspect the item for yourself and the seller 100% gets the cash

in all honesty i wouldn't do EMT at all as it's too easy to get scammed off that

PAypal is a little better..but only slightly as it's easy to get scammed there as well

the best is a person to person trade

[Badman]

Too bad not all the deals that you want is near by you, that u can say ur goona pick it up >:(

btw: I feel sorry about all this, and hearing things like this makes it even more scary to buy expensive items from ppl who u dont know >:(

[gamer123]

don't blame the site, blame the arseholes that abuse this wonderful site

[DaVibe]

Don't do anyone any favours in terms of payment.

At the end of the day, it's your money.

Their a seller, so what ... what if they were the buyer, how would they react and what would they ask?

That's how I feel about it, but then again I don't scam people so I wouldn't know that end :P

Sorry to hear, that's not right. Believe in Karma, I do.

[Filer]

Whats going on in this site ?? :confused: :confused: :confused:

There was a post Here; http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=250792

from someone stating Qber was good to deal with & a post from me stating something like how do you know as I haven't heard from Qber since I paid him ...... now they are both gone > whats up with that ????? :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: Why are them 2 post in that thread gone now ?????? :mad: :mad:

[Raikkonen]

Contact the police. There will be records of his IP address and the electronic payment. Let him know you mean business. Press charges if you can. :mad:

[Angultra]

Sorry to hear. But for local, just pay with cash.

Sucks that he has good feedback and everything though.

[HughG]

its not the site bro, its the people and they are everywhere.

[Filer]

Up > as I would like to know the answer to post #7 here in this thread.

Mods please.

[v_tofu]

sorry to hear about your lose.. maybe there was some miscommunication? fordfocus seems like a regular here and has sold quite afew things before..

[bubble.tea]

Please list the steps you took to protect yourself.

Did you check users feedbacK?

I personally would've been satistifed with the prompt replied pms' but no feedback and no contact via telephone for ANYTHING OVER 100, is a nono for me.

Sorry, but I think you were a little loose in your trust.

HAS THIS USER BEEN ADDED TO THE SCAM LIST?

[gamer123]

I heard you can contact RCMP and report for online fraud scams? Try checking it out.

[Filer]

Yes I checked him out but not good enough I guess. I will be so cautious now.

Where is this scam list ?

Also , why has posts dissapeared from the thread I was scammed from ? This question is the one I want the answer for more then anything right now.

[nkn1983]

you can remove your own posts.

[scottrempel]

Yes I checked him out but not good enough I guess. I will be so cautious now.

Where is this scam list ?

Also , why has posts dissapeared from the thread I was scammed from ? This question is the one I want the answer for more then anything right now.

Like the next post says, you can delete your own posts. How many posts did the guys have that were reffering the seller? You gotta be careful that guys don't make multiple accounts so that they can "bump" themselves, etc. I've seen it before where 3 different guys are praising a new seller, and all the praisers have like 2 posts.

[gizmo8]

Cops arent going to do a thing for a small loss in a internet transaction..there is no binding legal contract and no actually proof of fraud..its your word against his the item was not deliveried..NEVER do a EMT..you got his phone numbers?..any address..any names???

[blues45]

saying u got scammed by qber?

i had a tracsaction with him before

bought something for $600 and meet up with him, everything went fine

if u would like i could try to look up if i can find any contact information i have left of him... but i did deal with qber in person and it went perfect...

[Filer]

saying u got scammed by qber?

i had a tracsaction with him before

bought something for $600 and meet up with him, everything went fine

if u would like i could try to look up if i can find any contact information i have left of him... but i did deal with qber in person and it went perfect...

Any info. you can get me on him would be appreciated :!: Thanx

[bubble.tea]

THIS is getting interesting.

So a $600 transaction goes smooth, and your car deck...370...not smooth?

question is then....WHY?

[Filer]

THIS is getting interesting.

So a $600 transaction goes smooth, and your car deck...370...not smooth?

question is then....WHY?

No not $370. The deck was $150 ........ I have lost a total of about $370 to scammers since I have been a member at this site.

[rtto5588]

Yeah, I wouldn't trash the site. It's the lowlives out there preying on people's trust. There are a ton out there so you just have to be careful.

I try get as much info from the person when I'm buying something from them. Phone number, Address (if out of Town), and e-mails. I say 95% of people on this site are pretty trustworthy and will never scam you, but you have to be careful of the 5%. A big big tipoff is EMT. Most sellers will either want to meet in person or go through different channels other than EMT.

Anyways, good luck finding a resolution. Going to the authrorities will not do anything unfortunately. 150 is somewhat immaterial (in their eyes, that's a lot of money personally).

Sucks to hear that there are people on this site that will scam you.

[hotspot]

Police will do nothing about suck small things and ips are easily erased and.. come on use you brain

[veryhuman]

honestly, have you EVER seen a negative heatware feedback?

[Rehan]

Up > as I would like to know the answer to post #7 here in this thread.

Mods please. That thread has not been touched by the mods... no posts have been deleted.

[demha88]

That thread has not been touched by the mods... no posts have been deleted.

so Filer is a liar?

[Rehan]

so Filer is a liar? No, Filer just got some info mixed up. The posts he was talking about in post #7 are at http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=248159

[Filer]

No, Filer just got some info mixed up. The posts he was talking about in post #7 are at http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=248159

OMG Rehan ............ :-0 :-0 I do appologize for the thread mixup. Thanx for showing me this.

I didn't think a mod would remove a post.

demha88, thanx for trusting & defending me and to you to I appologize as I did screw up on witch thread my post was in asking about this scammer.

[Gnus]

Hope you get this resolved. For me, anything over $100 means local pickup. You CAN get a great deal from people across the country but you also have to be prepared that things like this could happen as well.

This sucks, as RFD gets more and more popular, more and more of these threads are going to keep popping up.

It's sad that people will take advantage of a great site like this...

[anthony108]

.... I only believe face to face meeting...check the stuff very carefully which I want to buy....then pay at the last moment!

WTF This place his attracting more & more crooks :mad: :mad:

I checked this guys heat and it was good. I just went to check his heat again & now the name isn't even in the data base it seems :mad: ...... posts in his threads say he is a good trader ..... so I buy this ;

http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=250792

he replied to all my PM's when corisponding to do the buy ....... now after I pay via EMT ........ he's gone :mad: :mad:

This site is startin to really piss me off. Sellers think your an ******* when you use extream caution but when someone seems to check out BANG > they FUK ya :mad: :mad: :mad:

Im getting sick & tired of the buy & sell here. I am now at about $370.00 scammed fron me here.

[GuiltySpark]

Unfortunately this is a very Toronto-centric website. Those in the GTA have the luxury of trading in person, but those of us in the boonies, or just plain out of province have to take these risks. It's unfortunate, due to the recent growth of RFD those that were here earlier and enjoyed the community and low amount of scams, are now becoming more and more cautious. (Obviously a wise action lately)

This will only get worse and worse.

Bump 'cause I feel for ya. I've been taken a few times, but all well under $100 and never here.

[Filer]

^^ BUMP for othes to see & read.

[ch1zo]

^^ BUMP for othes to see & read.
damn scammers...
bump for thread :arrowu:

[balou911]

Always, always always, get the person's info, name address, phone number etc.
if they dont want to give it out, walk away.
if the person is new, give them a call, do a reverse look up to make sure the phone number matches the address.

Man, filer , again, i feel for you bro.

[Sash[DSL]]

Always, always always, get the person's info, name address, phone number etc.
if they dont want to give it out, walk away.
if the person is new, give them a call, do a reverse look up to make sure the phone number matches the address.

Couldn't have said it better myself. There are very VERY few cases when an honest seller wouldn't want you to know where he lives and what his name is. I have the luxury of living in Toronto and I still have been scammed in a local meetup situation when the seller just gave me a cell phone number and nothing else and I wasn't cautious enough.


Also, just like others mentioned there's nothing about this site to make it more secure than ebay/classified ads/garage sale/trading with timmy from 209A. :) It simply provides tools to connect sellers with buyers, there are bad people everywhere, this board is no exception.

And last but not least, IMO heatware is A VERY weak way of telling whether a person is trustworthy or not. Unlike ebay feedback, no one is oblidged to leave feedback after trading here, so if a trade doesn't go down too well, both parties are kind of interested in keeping it low and not getting neg. feedback. to their name.

[grs7]

THIS is getting interesting.

So a $600 transaction goes smooth, and your car deck...370...not smooth?

question is then....WHY?

One was local, the other was shipped to Thunder Bay.

[Filer]

Bump for more people to see this scammer.

I am doing bank searchs now to tryin find this guy.