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

Alway have it connected to a cc aswel,

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