i m getting scammed! wat can i do to scam them back??

Question

i am selling my buick and some guy e mails me saying he likes it. after three days of talking with this jerk, he says he will send someone to pick up my car with a check of 16,000 when i was only asking for 10,000. he says the other 6000 will need to be wired back to him to provide shipment of the vehicle and to take care of all other expenses. .....so heres how it goes...i cash the check. get my money....i wire his 6,000 and in two weeks or so the check bounces and i m screwed with 16000 dollars. while that creep made away with 6000. how can i get this *** back!?!?! where can i report him. how can i get him to call me. all he does is email me.

C mon buds....of course i didnt do it. i wanna know how to get this ***. possibly black mail him..i always win!!!

Answer 1

I wish you luck. Here is a very good article that you should read.

http://www.scamsafe.com/scamsafe/2004/06/reporting_check.html

and here is one place you can report it.

http://www.ic3.gov/

Also, I would report the car stolen (if they also got that). Best of luck.

Answer 2

There is absolutely no legitimate reason why someone would send you more money then the transaction calls for, this is a scam plain and simple, I just heard if someone my cousin knows who had the same thing happen to her and her bank won't reimburse her for the loss. Always have your bank check any documents you receive to check authenticity, and never ship an item until all financial questions are answered first. These scams seem to be getting more and more common and the only way to fight it is to be aware that they're there. I just got my debit card cloned and my bank account emptied so now I'm extremely sensitive about things. If you just cut up the check nothing else will happen, the money they make is from the money you send them, if you don't send them anything then nothing happens, if you have any more contact with them tell them to send you a certified or bank check ( in the correct amount ), and make sure it clears before you do any further business.

Answer 3

If it sounds too good to be true, it is. Your $10G is in Nigeria. You will never get it back.

Did you already do this?

Well that is good. The best thing you can do, since you did not already send the money is tie this guy up as long as possible. Get as much info on him as possible and pass it along to authorities (FBI better than local but I doubt any of them will do much). See if you can get the local guy caught and at least that will be a help. They cannot do this without americans stupid enough to fall for this trap.

Answer 4

My mother has something similar happen.
They tried to do this over the phone with her business using a credit card.
Luckily she called Visa and they said the name and numbers did not match up. Otherwise she might be out thousands also.
If you have homeowners insurance, sometimes you can claim under these circumstances.
These criminals are coming up with new fraud techniques that it's even hard for the pros to keep up with it all.
Report to any and all law enforcement agencies including federal. If you can in this case.
Sorry about your situation and I wish you the best of luck.
As for all these wise azzes that think it can't happen to you and are slamming this guy, you deserve your turn. And it will happen to you eventually.

Answer 5

Are you stupid or insane?

And getting scammed or got scammed?

If you haven't given him the car and title yet-Just Say No! and walk away.

If you have gotten scammed, you can't get it back. And commiting a crime because he did is ridiculous.

Call the police and file a report. And learn from the experience.

You really are a dumb@ss.

Answer 6

Contact him like the check hasn't bounced and try to sell him another car. This time, follow the person who takes the car.

Answer 7

Check the headers on the email. Most likely he's emailing from somewhere in western Africa. But you probably know that already because you've sent your money there.
There's not much you can do about it. I'd go to the police even knowing that they're not going to do much. It's a jurisdiction nightmare.

Answer 8

Inform the police. if they want to play as well, when he sends someone with the check they can grab him. Otherwise, nothing can be done as no crime has been committed UNTIL you cash the check and it bounces.

Answer 9

if he is over seas there's not much you can do except take some virus from you virus vault i am sure you have some quartined and email him back when he opens it to read bam his comp is now sick you can go to some sights that will let you email virus to people but you better have a good fire wall before going there.zone alarm will tell you his email ip and phone but he may have hacked int this computer so its not always right.

Answer 10

You are out of luck. You should have cashed the check first and waited for it to clear before sending any money back to him.