Got scammed!

The safest way, if there is one, is to use PayPal as a third party transfer method. If the seller declines, the odds of a successful transaction are slim and none. We seldom buy from non pro sellers, but PayPal has prevented scamming when we do.
 
Most likely these people don't even live anywhere near that address. Would not be to bright to run a con operation for years under different names and use an address that can be easily traced. And they seem to be successful long term at this.
 
So, the bottom line is we shouldn't buy anything from David "Gills" Hardy, who shows his address as 1219 N. 76th St. Kansas City, KS, because he's a no-good crook.

Right. Got it.
 
rheltzel said:
So, the bottom line is we shouldn't buy anything from David "Gills" Hardy, who shows his address as 1219 N. 76th St. Kansas City, KS, because he's a no-good crook.

Right. Got it.
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A man who can sum things up and get to the point!
 
Lanny said:
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I have called the post office a couple times to ask about them helpng
incase someone don't send parts when using a Postal Money Order, they
said I would be SOL. :eek:
They said they only help incase Postal M/O was Lost.



Also, I always get a phone number before sending money to anyone.
If I can't talk to them on the phone, then NO money will be sent.
That don't guarantee they are not a scammer, but a number will
help track them down if they are.


This. At least in NJ, it's an urban legend that the PO will help you if you get scammed.









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This. At least in NJ, it's an urban legend that the PO will help you if you get scammed.
 
I thought that any deceptive act through the mail, especially involving U.S. Postal Money Orders, was considered to be Mail Fraud, punishable through a Court of Law. I guess cut-backs and layoffs dissolved the Security Department of the U.S. Postal Service. :(
 
CC33 said:
I thought that any deceptive act through the mail, especially involving U.S. Postal Money Orders, was considered to be Mail Fraud, punishable through a Court of Law. I guess cut-backs and layoffs dissolved the Security Department of the U.S. Postal Service. :(
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It is, there are lots of things that are illegal, the issue is what are you going to do about it? If you had a real name and a real address you could press charges. But the post office is not going to investigate it for you, not now and not in the past. Where would they start? Someone on here said the low mark for the FBI is $25,000. I'm sure the post office has a number also, but no idea what it is. Look at it this way, think the post office lost over 2 Billion dollars just last quarter, so how much does that leave to investigate something that has $0 return for them?
 
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