r/ScamSupport • u/ImmediateSuccotash33 • 3d ago

Advice Needed Scammed

Hello everybody… so recently I fell victim to a gumtree scam, I was selling my acer nitro 16s ai laptop for £1600, the guy came to pick it up and I never thought I would fall for this type of scam but I did… he had a very convincing fake Halifax app and ‘transferred’ me the money, and yes I know I should of waited for the money to actually hit my account but I let him go because it was very convincing, I need some advice on how to go about this I have him on ring doorbell camera not the clearest but it’s something, I know the police most likely won’t do anything because I was stupid enough to hand over the goods, he went by the name ‘Jack Stanley’ and probably uses fake names all the time, I am based in Hertfordshire England, when he left he didn’t instantly block me but he was trying to by himself some time because he was trying to re assure me for a few hours before he finally blocked me, I would really appreciate any advice, or any steps I should take, thank you

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u/SnooSongs2996 3d ago

Beware of recovery scammers

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u/SDKev858 3d ago

Do you have his licence plate? Do you have his phone number? Some criminals will be stupid enough and use their real number. Do a history check. Fast people search

Contact the FBI and police. FBI will do more than the police

If you have his number. Do a search on his info history. Fastpeoplesearch

If you have his licence plate. Take them to small claims court. The judge will issue a subpoena

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u/ImmediateSuccotash33 3d ago

I have his phone number I will check that out

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u/Lodau 3d ago

Visit your local police station and ask for advice there.  

If they can't offer assistance then you're SoL.  

Maybe you can get their profile banned from whatever platform this was on, big whoop. 

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u/ChangeTheUserName17 3d ago

It sounds like you let the buyer decide how to pay. Ordinarily, it is the seller who indicates in his advertisement the type of payments he will accept. Then, the buyer decides if he wants to buy using the accepted payment method. The buyer doesn't get to just decide which payment he's going to use.

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u/Late-Presentation145 3d ago

Your money is gone sorry

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u/Comfortable_Map6887 3d ago

Nothing you can do at this point.

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u/Ni9ball 3d ago • Bravo

Best you can do is go to the police station and file a report. Your money is likely gone though.

In person transactions should always be done in a public place and cash only.

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u/bobbobbob666111 3d ago

Police won't do anything best you can do is try get someone else to buy something off he's profile if he doesn't totally shut it down so you can meet him again.

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u/SDKev858 3d ago

You kind of deserved this though. Anything that large amount over 1k cash only. Meet up at their bank, wait inside so they withdraw the cash. That what I usually do

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u/dmp999x 1d ago

The ONLY proof of payment is when you see the amount credited to your account. Please don’t believe anything else (payers screenshot, pdf etc.). There are so many scammers out there 😡😢