ARRESTED- 2 iPhone X Sold, Fake Westpac Bank Receipt, No Payment Received, Reported to Police and What's Next?

Lccvonlineoz on 10/01/2018 - 23:48
Last edited 20/01/2018 - 21:57 by 1 other user

5pm 18/01/2018. My boy has been arrested and I am now with POLICE. I will upload what I have done to see him again very soon, all about HUNTING and FISHING

Taking Money back is not guaranteed as per officer however i am relieved.

An iPhone X Award - Please contact me.

This is a fraud which just happened to me. It has already happened and I will make it very short compared to 3 pages in my Police Report.

Please comment if you have a solution for me.

It was a very last day of 2017, I had two brand new iPhone X for sale on Facebook. A guy approached me via facebook messenger not too long after, I ended up with a deal of $3370 for 2 phones and he will see me a day after.

He has rescheduled a couple of times and told me to meet him after lunch time. He asked me to give him my bank details and will make a transfer. A bank receipt (screen capture) has been sent to my mobile number and it looks genuine with correct.

I met him at a bank where I was doing banking, I took him to my car and gave him 2 phones. He kept telling me it would take 24 hours to receive the payment as my account was a new account.

Westpac confirmed that payment didn't go through. Payment is never received and there was another guy picking up his number and told me he has gone back to India. Facebook account has been closed.

What I have:

  • Real Name : Mod: Removed Personal Information

  • Location: Parramatta, NSW.

  • Profile pictures and a couple of his friends, family members.
  • The mobile number was used to contact me.
  • A confirmation the mobile number owner is Mod: Removed Personal Information, telstra Network.
  • Text messages.

  • Fake banking receipt probably showing his account number where he transferred from.
    Mod: Removed Personal Information

  • I think that bank and a real estate agent where I parked my car and gave 2 phones to him have footage.

  • Reported to police.

If anyone can help to recover loss, I would appreciate and give away one of those phones.
Thank you

UPDATE 20/01: If anyone was victim, please contact me to grab Police contact to sort things out.

UPDATE 13/01: A member PM asking to help me with his own website.
UPDATE: I have been given a couple of valuable messages.
UPDATE: I was told, Police has looked into the person with a name Mod: Removed Personal Information

This post has turned into a witch hunt. Fine to discuss but leave personal information out of it. Please leave the police to investigate.

Financial

Comments

    • [Deactivated] on 14/01/2018 - 00:50
      +1

      What's the scam?

  • [Deactivated] on 13/01/2018 - 23:52

    Mods when will you shut down this ridiculous thread?

  • [Deactivated] on 13/01/2018 - 23:53
    +1

    Same comments over and over and over…..

    • qtntom on 14/01/2018 - 21:27
      +1

      Why are u here?

  • Icecold5000 on 14/01/2018 - 00:44

    Sounds like a scam by the OP because they don't want to block the IMEI numbers.

    • [Deactivated] on 14/01/2018 - 13:12

      Exactly. Apple can block the IMEI once you show them the transaction through messages etc, the fake deposit slip, then it cannot be actvated anywhere in the world (apart from maybe russia or china who are wizards at hacking everything and can probably make the phone work again)

      So why not repot it to Apple? SCAM.

      • stickyfingers on 19/03/2018 - 03:19

        Apple can’t and won’t. Even with a receipt and police report.

  • [Deactivated] on 14/01/2018 - 04:17
    -7

    This post gave me cancer. I feel for OP, but wtf were you thinking? Seriously? Wtf were you thinking?

  • Amaurys on 14/01/2018 - 10:41
    +1

    You should definitely pursue it.

    I'm sorry but what you did was just plain stupidity and you deserve it. No offence.

  • noise36 on 14/01/2018 - 10:44
    +6

    What you actually got was a bargain.

    Education is expensive, you only paid a few grand to learn something that others sometimes have to pay a lot more to learn.

    Next time don't give a stranger a couple of iPhones without actually receiving payment…it's actually not that complicated when you think about it.

  • Timfoo on 14/01/2018 - 10:53

    I reckon the OP is a thief and he had them stolen off him lol #karma

  • Gershom on 14/01/2018 - 11:57

    When will people learn? Cash or bank cheque, anything else is a scan.

  • CarnivalMonkey on 14/01/2018 - 13:04
    +10

    I felt pretty dumb this morning for stepping the same piece of dog turd, twice.
    I read the OP and I feel a hell of a lot smarter, thank you

  • megadeth on 14/01/2018 - 17:05

    I'm sure the guy would have sold the phones in India to two more unsuspecting victims… Apple can eventually block the devices if you have the original Apple receipt and the IMEIs.

  • dissin on 14/01/2018 - 17:51

    Friend of a friend tried selling Iphone X on gumtree. Guy did a runner once he had it in hand. Tried to drive off while friend hanging onto car door/window!!!

    It was in Melb

    Allegedly of Indian appearance

    • follow on 15/01/2018 - 13:25
      +1

      Finish off the story!

      • dissin on 15/01/2018 - 13:58

        Nothing other than the person got away with 2 phones, and the victim was hurt from being dragged a short distance. Scraped knees hands

        Police report. Will have to check if any updates since

    • Curiouscat on 21/01/2018 - 09:41
      +1

      I bet if you were pass by Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi, Nepali, Indian guys at the same time along shopping isle you will say quite a few Indians here.

      They look alike but they are not, it's same as every white guy in India presumed is an American or English all the times.

      • whooah1979 on 21/01/2018 - 09:48

        Allegedly of Indian appearance

        the guy was wearing a dastaar?

  • Brgc on 14/01/2018 - 19:43

    This is happen very often through facebook markets and gumtree.
    Selling my iMac I received this messages and its not the first time:

    Hi my name is Sean I messaged you earlier on Gumtree , its playing up and no one is receiving my messages ? OK I'm very interested in your iMac for my daughters birthday tomorrow , I'm away with work at the moment in chinchilla laying the pipelines underground ,prob why no one was getting my messages , so I can't get near a bank but would you accept bank transfer mate ? I can screen shot the conformation receipt I get from my bank onto you, and get her mother to call u to arrange pick up , if you are happy with this send me your details and I'll transfer the money now to you . cheers . let me know as I am running out of time

    • methdd on 14/01/2018 - 23:44
      +1

      Allow it and then beat the f outta them when they come to pick it up

      • Brgc on 15/01/2018 - 09:35

        I thought to do it but, isn't the best idea bring this low life inside my place.

        • methdd on 15/01/2018 - 13:46
          +1

          Doenst have to be at your house. Meet at a local park.

        • Gaz1 on 15/01/2018 - 16:02
          +1

          Meet at your bank branch where you say you will check the transfer?

  • qtntom on 14/01/2018 - 21:36
    +1

    I did learn a lesson here thanks OP, will also check date of transaction next time.
    But I'd have raised a red flag when a guy like that offer to buy 2 iPhone for 3k+

  • nobarginsarehere on 15/01/2018 - 03:25
    +1

    ALWAYS wait until the money is in your account

    Even if the transfers and receipts were legit, they could call the bank and stop them before the money goes into your account

    • Mikinoz on 15/01/2018 - 13:27
      -1

      Actually no, always withdraw the money then provide the goods

      • nobarginsarehere on 15/01/2018 - 16:51

        What?

        • Mikinoz on 15/01/2018 - 17:00

          Simple remove the money from your account

        • Ahbal on 15/01/2018 - 19:58
          -1

          When you receive the money, withdraw it then exchange the goods. This ensures they cannot take it back.

        • dbui8743 on 16/01/2018 - 00:02
          +3

          @Ahbal: it is your bank account. Whether you withdraw or not will not make a difference. If by some power beyond, they can take that monry back from your bank acount, they can get it either way. Where the money is, is non issue.

          Same as Paypal, even if you withdraw your money, they can still put your account in debit if there has been a charge-back.

  • Pootie Tang on 15/01/2018 - 09:35
    +1

    After reading these comments, I have graduated with honors from the moron school

  • DEvok on 15/01/2018 - 14:18
    +2

    What a bargain!

    • ccvonlineoz on 15/01/2018 - 14:46

      Read the first sentence.

  • lowndes8 on 15/01/2018 - 18:44
    +1

    Sorry but you never take a screen shot as payment as they can be made easy on MS Paint/Photoshop etc. Until the money is in an account you never hard over/send the goods.

  • SpotTheOzzie on 16/01/2018 - 04:04

    Hey Dude,

    Can you PM all the details you have. I'm keen to live stream meeting this dude pretending to buy the phone from him, grab the phones then call him out with all the evidence you have and give you back the phones.

    If you're not sure what I mean by live stream, this is us streaming the Ozbargain meet:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ywwgTtuvIA

    • ccvonlineoz on 18/01/2018 - 18:56

      Thanks. He is arrested now, i will update my post with more information.

      • arcticmonkey on 20/01/2018 - 19:48

        When?

        • ccvonlineoz on 20/01/2018 - 21:52

          I have updated, check it out.

        • arcticmonkey on 20/01/2018 - 22:41
          +1

          @ccvonlineoz:

          I can’t see any detailed info at all. Just something about an arrest with no detail.

          Why would you point people to something so basic and without a proper explanation?

  • d39833 on 17/01/2018 - 22:31

    I'm close to solving it. You might get your money soon.

    • ccvonlineoz on 17/01/2018 - 23:53
      +1

      Good to hear!!!

    • dust on 19/01/2018 - 09:13
      +3

      Wait, who are you? Police?

    • tajid on 21/01/2018 - 10:13

      Was scammed by a member here, bought gift cards, bank transfer then disappeared. Very close to get the real bank account name, any chance you can help?

      • d39833 on 23/01/2018 - 16:19

        pm me the details

  • fozzie on 18/01/2018 - 22:58

    He was arrested? Good to hear.

    • phocus on 19/01/2018 - 10:00
      +6

      This thread needs way more details about the arrest!

  • IMadeYouReadThis on 20/01/2018 - 20:22
    +5

    Can we get an update on this like a full story if how the arrest was done.

    • chumlee on 20/02/2018 - 17:20

      SWAT team was sent in along with ASIO and Feds

  • Surrealblank on 20/01/2018 - 22:28
    +2

    every single posts just raises more questions instead of any explanations

    • pyramid on 21/01/2018 - 20:24
      +1

      That started with thread itself. There is more than what op is telling us..

  • whooah1979 on 21/01/2018 - 09:58
    +2

    Taking Money back is not guaranteed

    what money? the iphones were never paid for.

    the best solution is that the lac can recover the items before it gets resold.

  • IMadeYouReadThis on 22/01/2018 - 07:56
    +4

    I am losing faith on OP's claim that the person has been arrested! Usually NSW police update social media with such arrest to gain community confidence, however I have not see such update from them.

    I wonder if phones were even fraudulently taken at first place?

    • eug on 22/01/2018 - 10:53
      +4

      I am losing faith on OP's claim that the person has been arrested!

      When I first read the update, I thought the OP got arrested (maybe he actually did call the bikies and it turned ugly ;) and his dad (or mom) edited the post with the update while at the police station, and he had to go hunting and fishing to see his son again.

  • follow on 20/02/2018 - 16:05

    When will you update?

    • nocure on 20/02/2018 - 17:05

      6-9 months ;)

      • follow on 20/02/2018 - 17:15
        +1

        Thief seduced op and is now preggers. Thief now has to pay alimony and child support for the next 18 years. Op won the war.

        • nocure on 20/02/2018 - 17:17

          Definitely worthy of a new forum post…

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