PSA I was scammed

Matt5266

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As the title states I had been saving up for a Garmin chronograph. Today one was posted by a lil rokslider with several posts so I thought I was safe. The username wabowman posted one for $400. Good deal but not stupid cheap that it raised red flags. I sent payment through paypal f&f as I normally do and never had a problem.

It was when other roksliders started messaging me that he was still trying to sell it to them because I had backed out for various reasons. They stated they wanted to buy it and was curious why I passed. I advised them all I had paid the $400 and that i was likey scammed and cautioned them to not proceed.

I dug through the members previous posts and found a phone number for him. I called and he had no idea what I was talking about so he had been hacked. I want to make it clear that I am not blaming the member, I do suspect his account has been compromised. Anyway unfortunately I paid f&f and lost $400..... guess I'll start saving again. Just wanted to let others know. Be careful out there and be cautious. I dont consider myself stupid and he got me. Can happen to anyone.
 

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How did you make contact with whoever you sent payment to?
 
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Matt5266

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Directly through the member DMs wabowman. There was not any fishyness asking me to speak through different platforms or anything.
 

dtrkyman

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No idea about a Chrono but PayPal won’t cover firearms or parts from what I’ve heard.


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Run a claim through pay pal. It will be denied, at the same time submit a claim through CC company. If that is how you paid. It will take sometime and a few forms but the money will be credited back.
 
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Matt5266

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Run a claim through pay pal. It will be denied, at the same time submit a claim through CC company. If that is how you paid. It will take sometime and a few forms but the money will be credited back.
PayPal told me nothing they could do since I paid friends and family. My paypal is set up to come from my bank account. I havnt been able to make it in yet to talk to them. But from what I gather I'm screwed.
 
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Side note, shootout to fngTony and the other moderators on here. I appreciate them looking out and doing their best to prevent this crap.
 

199p

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Man that sucks

Alway have it connected to a cc aswel,

I have nothing connected to a bank account all dd etc to creditcard
 

Ohiohuntr

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Question. For the non tech savy retards.

How can ones account be hacked so easily here?
I’m in the same boat with tech but I think they just hack the rokslide account and use their own PayPal
 

bnsafe

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ok, Im stupid, dont even have a paypal account. but seems everyone is asking for paypal ff now so what do yall use instead to protect yourselves
 

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PayPal told me nothing they could do since I paid friends and family. My paypal is set up to come from my bank account. I havnt been able to make it in yet to talk to them. But from what I gather I'm screwed.
Talk to your bank asap, I got scammed for $300 on another forum and a day later was able to reverse payment through my bank.
 

Weldor

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They won't, and they can cancel your account. I only use paypal on ebay. Way to many scammers. I read on here all the time under firearms FS and want to use paypal for payment no way. If something goes amiss your A__out.IMHO
 

CorbLand

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ok, Im stupid, dont even have a paypal account. but seems everyone is asking for paypal ff now so what do yall use instead to protect yourselves
There really isnt a good payment service out there. Paypal GS is about the best you can do but it does have its limitations.
 
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