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Originally Posted by 636
His FT86Club name is mushee137, I am posting this for a friend.
He had pretended to sell a turbo kit to another person, for the same amount she wanted to sell the wheels for.
The money that was sent to him for the "turbo kit", was sent to her, stating that his father was sending the money since he was in college. The money was received, and he picked up the wheels.
The next day, the person he initially "sold" a turbo kit to, contacted her asking her where the turbo kit was.
There's also a post on VWVortex about him scamming someone else out of $1700 for wheels he was "selling". ( http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...mmer-mushee137)
Also scammed Garrett Jarboe out of Rocket Bunny fenders, which he turned around and sold to someone else.
If anyone knows more information on this kid's whereabouts, please let me know. Otherwise, beware. |
So your friend did 0 due diligence and paid 0 attention to the many red flags that come up? I mean I feel sorry for you (or your hypothetical friend) but seriously how could you guys not see this coming.
That is literally of one the most classic scams, hey I'd like to buy this and just sold this other part so the person I sold the part to will send you the money and I'll get the part from you without giving you any info or any money other than the sum from that random stranger you have no idea whether or not I have completed the sale from (that other person may have also been an accomplice you know that right? I would file a police reports asap and provide the info of all involved parties, including the).
Anyways hope this gets resolved but hopefully you and your friend have learned that doing your homework and due diligence is critical when dealing with an new/untrusted seller or buyer for anything.