Ok... so, 43 days ago I overnighted a guy in CA (who i found on craigslist) a $1250 cashier's check for a canon 20d camera and a canon 24-70mm L lens... I had talked to him on the phone and he made it all sound totally legit. I honestly still think it was. Basically, a long story short, I have been calling and emailing him ever since and besides a couple little emails and one time of answering a call after he cashed my check -- he has been stringing me along. So in response to someones advice, I wrote him a registered letter restricted to his name only... I got the message and signature saying he recieved the letter 1.5 weeks ago, and according to what I saw-- someone else signed for it, even after I paid the post office to restrict it to his signature only. This was confirmed when the guy emailed me on the deadline I gave him last Tuesday saying he would "send me my money back once he got home, as he hadn't read the letter yet"...
2007-01-23 11:54:33 · 7 answers · asked by kaylapbaum 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Bad news, I do not think you are going to get your money back.
Contact the authorities in CA and file a complaint providing all of the information you have. You should at least have the satisfaction of him getting arrested. The authorities may also make a deal where they will not arrest him if he provides your money back.
Good luck
2007-01-23 12:02:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
What a BUMMER.
Contact Craigslist, this guy might be selling this camera over and over to people just like you..
Contact your local Police Department and file fraud charges against him. keep all records involved in this case.
The guy is a crook and must be stopped.
Write another letter, this time have it delivered to him by a Process Server, it may cost you $15.00 or $20.00 but it will be worth it. The Process Server will not hand it to anyone but him.
Make sure the letter contains the fact that you have contacted the Police and plan on filing charges against him if your money is not returned in full, then give him a set date, no more than 7 days from the date he receives the letter. Let him know you have contacted Craigslist and ask them to investigate him for fraud.
Do not stop until your money has been returned to you. Tell him you are no longer interested in the so-called camera.
I hope like hell you get this guy, and put a stop to all his criminal BS.
Good Luck
2007-01-23 12:21:07 · answer #2 · answered by Aunt Henny Penny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to be nice, call and give him 24 hours, and make him e-mail you an image of the money he's sending back to you. Let him know that, since you're in a different state, he has committed a federal crime with furtherance by evading you.
Don't tell him that you're calling the police the next day, he'll just run.
He's had long enough to think about it, and you have proof of payment. (2 weeks is about all I would have waited, but then I'm a bastard.)
2007-01-23 12:04:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I seen something like this on TV
Same situation, right down to craigslists.
In short, the guy had to take him to small claims.
hope u get that sucka <3
2007-01-23 12:03:00 · answer #4 · answered by X-tina 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First,go to the police,tell them everything.They may get the guy, and give you your mony back.I hope you the best,and next time, becareful,you never know how's out there.
2007-01-23 12:03:20 · answer #5 · answered by eco_prs_13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-24 14:35:55 · answer #6 · answered by Nick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try to contact the police where he lives.
They may do something since it is a felony.
2007-01-23 12:01:19 · answer #7 · answered by Luchador 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋