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Originally Posted by Mr.C
You know, this thread has been quite entertaining. A repeat scammer, made at least a few victims, and he is still, uhm, capable of breathing. For all of its corruption problems back home, some things just don't happen there. This is one of them. Seriously, scamming 40 thousand dollars? That is quite a lot of money. I've heard of people having their breathing.. impaired... for much less than that.
And for the moderation, I commend you, Dr. Mike.
Speaking of which, isn't there anything that you can do in the US? I'm assuming you didn't just walk up to him with a briefcase of twenties and ask for the car. If it was a bank transfer, wouldn't this technically constitute wire fraud?
That's twenty years max in a federal penitentiary in the US. Seems really bad.
Don't know, just wondering.
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No, I think he had been watching me for a few years and waiting for his opportunity to strike. That opportunity came when he saw I sold my Supra.
He told me to just wire it and it was safe. I said "How is it safe? Yeah you will get the money, but that doesn't protect me from having you spend it on your own bills." He claimed that wouldn't happen and that he had his own money and had a couple houses, a bunch of cars, etc. This his GF told me how he referred to me as family and that he was helping me out and that he would never scam family.
I thought OK this guy has a ghetto shop and isn't as successful as he says he is, but he has a dealer license and can save me a few grand on a car. I guess I should have verified that he actually had a license.
As far as the fraud thing goes I can't say a whole lot about that yet.