update? any news? its the 22nd....

 

Yeah Paypal is pretty powerless to help you unless the party involved still has the cash in the paypal balance, which no one ever does especially if they are intentionally scamming. Usually that's why people stall with those excuses to clear any holds so they can withdraw that balance and by the time you complain or escalate the issue, the money's out

Sure paypal can put a negative balance on them but I think the worst that can happen there is it goes into collections and then some person starts calling them periodically to annoy the crap out of them to pay (kind of like when you are late on CC payments) but it's not like a lien or anything that actually forces them to pay or takes money out of their account.

 

You know, I think blackpearlz posted that on the other forum so that he can try to win those from there. I'm sure he hasn't gotten any money back due to the investigation. I would think that the people that got scammed would get their money before anybody else.

 

No update so far

 

This sh*t is really ridiculous...

 

What did you bank/cc holder say??? f*ck paypal, they ain't worth ****, just as dave stated... they are only worth the 2 cents they deposit into your acct when they verify it... nothing more...

What about that internet commerce government agency? Have they said anything?

 

I bet he's living it up with all the money.

 

i think it's time to have your lawyers send BlackPearlZ a kind letter. That would show him that you guys mean business.

 

I don't think Alex cares whether it is us or a lawyer harassing him - guy is living in a dream world and so far seems to be getting away with it. I don't think a lawyer can do anything more than what has been done, except of course charge for his services. Still hoping PayPal or the CC/Bank comes through for these guys.

 

has alex been banned from the lotus forum yet?

 

Apparently not by what dave has posted...

 

No answer what so ever from ic3, signed and sent back the verifcation letter regarding the fraud to my bank already, paypal-wise, i guess i will have to wait until 1/23 12:00am......

FUC1K this whole thing, i really wish we can do something all together, get our money back and send this douche into jail.....

 

Hey Guys... This guy tried to scam me...

I had a thread on Wanted for Diamond Black CE28s. Same type of situation as the Poster.

He never replied to my thread, but did PM me saying that "his friend" had a set. He stated his friend was from Indiana, but was stationed in NC. He gave me a cell number (Probably his own) to call. I talked to someone (probably him) about the set of wheels.

The friend seemed to be pretty cool. As a buyer I asked for him to send pics. He delayed of course... Saying his old pics were at home in Indiana and not in NC with him. Through out this time he kept pushing on sending the payment. The deal I wanted to do was for him to take off the rear tires (since I did not need them) and sell the set of wheels with the front tires. I never confirmed for them to take off any tires since I wanted the pics first. So all of a sudden I get a text saying that he had his friend (Blackpearlz) took off the rear tires. I asked him why he did that, since I never got any pics. The guy finally sent the pics, but as a cautious buyer, i noticed that the cars plates was from CA.

I questioned him immediately and said that I will pass. At that time I knew he was trying to scam me. The friend started to try to throw a guilt trip on me by saying that his friend (blackpearlz) took the time to take off the two tires and I am not going to buy. He gave me a lame excuse that he was stationed out in CA for a bit, yadda... yadda... I told him to prove they were his and take more pics of them. He declined to do that, so I passed on the wheels... So glad I did...

I guess i am one of the lucky ones...

Good luck bro

 

what was the friends screen name?

 

And when did this happen?

 

i kept one old pm. it was around 12/22/08

heres a quote from the PM i have

Originally Posted by TheBlackPearlZ
like i said, there are tires on the wheels right now. you just need to tell me which ones you want to keep the tires on and what not and i can have thsoe taken off at my local shop.

would you do 2200 for all 4 wheels and the fronts with tires...this is what you want right??

let me know. im working on pics...

 

D@mn that douche must pay
Spankey - what was his friend's screen name?

 

Bro.. you need to post those pics... CA plates??? WTF? this is taking a weird turn... is taking others car pics???

You could also find the ip of the e-mail that was sent via your e-mail host... and if it matches the same one john has then its the same guy again...

 

Here is the pics the guy sent me. He never once tried to explain before or after i confronted him on why he just didn't mention that was was supposedly stationd in CA. This scammer wasn't too smart and jumped ship...





I saved the email...

As you can see from the first pic, it is a CA license plate. I zoomed in with photo editinge tool to confirm and i also pulled up Indiana and NC plates. They do not even look remotely close to those plates. I gave him a chance and asked him for more personalized pics... like his sn on a piece of paper to prove they were his. only shots of a supposedly owned car. He just said "forget it, it's not worth my trouble"

His name was Alex. Mods.. if you want more info on his email addy, etc. Please PM me.

I also still have original text messages from him.

So glad you guys made this thread...

 

He did not have one. All contact was through texts and phone calls. i have he original text messages still. it was around the same time that the original poster got contacted.