Think youve been scammed? REPORT THIS! - Saxperience

Simo^p · 30th December 2009, 12:19

All,

Unfortunately the number of cases of scam reports is increasing (again). Whilst we have simple guidelines in place to stop you from being scammed, unfortunately this often does not seem to help!?

I've setup a new sub-forum to try to collate information about suspected scammers, to make it easier to investigate. Please do NOT take the law into your own hands. Let the police deal with this! I've moved a few scammer related threads into this new forum. If you are aware of other threads that contain useful information, that may help in an investigation, please ask a moderator to move this thread into the new forum too!

>>> Suspected Scammer Info Forum <<<

If you feel you have been scammed, you SHOULD report this to the police. As I have said a number of times, unfortunately I am not able to provide you with any direct information about a Saxperience member (email address, postal address, etc, etc) due to the data protection act. However, I am more than happy to provide ANY information to the police to help stop this awful situation.

I have provided information to the police on 'suspected scammers' a number of times, but I think atlast, we are getting somewhere.

If you genuinely feel you have been scammed, please report this to your local police station, but make reference to the information below, so that the cases can be linked together (should they be linked).

Together, lets stop the scammers!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Derbyshire Police

There are a number of car forum users who have been offered car parts for sale, and asked to pay funds into a Halifax bank account. These users have not received the goods they have paid for, and have had no further contact from the seller.

If you have been victim to this, please report this to your local police station and provide them with a statement, and include as much detail as possible:-

- the bank accounts details money was sent to,
- name/address of the person selling the item,
- mobile phone numbers involved,
- receipts for money paid into the Halifax
- anything else relating to the fraud

Some users have sent money through Paypal and have received a refund. These people STILL need to report the incident to the police as this was an attempt to obtain money for car parts.

When reporting to your local station, please get them to forward the statement/details to PC 3484 DRAYCOTT, Ripley, Derbyshire Police

There are a large number of victims, and the more that report it the better the case will be.

-Alex- · 30th December 2009, 15:38

This is brilliant news and information Simo!

vtrsarah · 1st January 2010, 20:06

Great too see somthing being done about these scammers

Fulch · 28th May 2010, 01:55

Great news Simo.

Just a quick question.

The details of the PC Officer in the quote, you actually wanting us to report to him every time? or our local station?

Paul^p · 28th May 2010, 02:07

Big bump lolz

Simo^p · 28th May 2010, 11:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fulch

Great news Simo.

Just a quick question.

The details of the PC Officer in the quote, you actually wanting us to report to him every time? or our local station?

Hi,

You need to report your own details to your LOCAL station. It may be useful to add the case details above into your statement so that the details can be linked together.

The officer who has shared details above is only investigating cases occurring in his local region.