Anyway, after speaking to DA-T on MSN Messenger who’s name by the way is Kyle Stanzel about buying his turbo kit he agreed to sell me the kit for $2200. To make sure the turbo had no shaft play, we agreed that I would send him $400 up front, then he would ship me just the turbo so I can make sure it was in good shape and then I would send him the rest of the money and he would send the rest of the turbo.
So, on March 31st, 2006 at 4:00pm I ended up sending $400 dollars through Western Money Union to the Western Union located at 1558 Marivale in Ottowa. He said he would then ship me the turbo as soon as he got the money.
4 days later on April 4th, 2006 he e-mailed me saying his aunt died and he would then ship me the turbo after the funeral which was in a few days. I of course believed this and thought to myslef poor guy, I guess I’ll wait a bit then since his aunt passed away.
The next day, on April 5th he came online and told me he would be shipping the turbo tomorrow, that it was all polished up and boxed and ready to go. Today is May 25th and I have not recieved the turbo and I have not heard from Kyle since. I have tried sending him many email’s to wich he has not responded, nor has he been online on MSN Messenger.
So to all G2IC member, please be aware of member DA-T and if anyone has any advice on how I can get my $400 dollars back please let me know as it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
um, i see no surprise in this, no responses to his thread, his join date the same month he decided to sell stuff., etc. red flags.
you, my friend, got screwed.
did you save the IM conversations you had with him? did you get his phone number or address?
$400 is too much money to be so trusting with.
good luck.
Yes, I do have the MSN convo’s saved and I have his name and the city he lives in. No address tho. I have a number he called me from right before I sent the money but I called it back last week and asked for him and they said I have the wrong number so it could have been maybe a friend’s phone he called from :S
Can the police here in ontario do something about it if he lives in Ottowa???
Honestly…If ANYONE asks you to send them ANYTHING via Western Union the red flags should be going up automatically…Anytime anyone is scammed it’s always the same thing “I sent payment via Western Union”. Atleast with Paypal or MO’s there’s WAY WAY WAY less chance of scamming, and if they do, there’s usually always an easy papertrail…
Good Luck, You should be able to contact the local authorities with your proof, and they will do background on this guy, or either bring it to your authorities, and they will farm it out to the cooresponding people in OTTAWA.
Hopefully you kept the Western Union Slip?? (not sure how western union works) and you kept all the conversations and agreements so that should be binding, you might not get all your money back, but its worth a shot. There are also Ottawa board members on this site, that might be willing to help you out. Good luck!
Thanks for the feed back guys. I’ll deffinitly contact my local police tomorrow and see what they can do. I will also try to dig up the Western Union reciept. I do have all our convo’s saved on my PC tho.
No, it was not one of those but it was a 613 area code. Plus he never really gave me a number, it was just the number that came up on my caller ID when he called to make sure I sent the money. Why do you ask?
Those are the only Stanzel numbers listed in the Ottawa area. If still had the number saved on your call display, post it here, I might be able to track it down… I work for a cool telecommunication company that has access to lots of numbers…
HEY BRO THAT SUCks. i do know that if it happend in your own country for example in the U.S. YOU COULD TRY TO CONTACT CUSTOMS they will track this guy down belive me 've seen it happend but u may wanna contact your local police department and see what can be done.
good luck man
open a pay-pal account is the best way to go and never gve money upfront
never ever
Ya man, I learned the hard way buy I won’t make that mistake twice… I can’t find my Wester Union reciept tho so I don’t think there’s anything I can do. I also don’t think Western Union keeps records of transactions, hurmmm…?
i have never made a purchased with money gram or other.
i buy stuff of this site and i have not been in this situation but o well i guess we learn the hard way
Sorry for not following up to this thread. I contacted a friend at Telus Mobility to get me some more information on this number. They said it was a pay as you go cell and there isnt much they can do. Unless it was a matter of national security, then they can do a GPS plot to find the general area that this phone has been used.