Hi All,
Thanks to Ozbargain community as I read it somewhere on the site what happened to me and it saved me today.
I had a iPhone XS 64GB for sale and person came to pick it up today after agreeing on price over the phone. After checking the details, he said let me transfer funds to you via Netbank. I agreed and gave him my details but he said his account is business account so it may take 24hrs to clear. I said not a problem as soon s as I can see the funds in my account, you can take the phone.
He was in a rush as he kept saying he needs to catch a flight in the afternoon and he pretended his wife is calling him and phone was a surprise gift for his wife. I didn't see the funds in my account and refused to hand-over the phone. He kept insisting that I have transferred the funds and I am getting late. I told him, I will call Netbank to verify the transaction and if they confirm, I can give him the phone. I contacted Netbank support and they said they can't see anything in the account. He said let me talk to them. I put the phone on speaker, he gave his account details and after that took it off speaker as they needed to confirm his identity. I am not sure what happened after that. He was on phone for 5mins but suddenly said phone got disconnected. I told him I can't give him the phone until funds are shown in my account and started calling Commbank again.
At this stage, he said I have given you the money and it is transferred to your account, what more do you want. After that, he said I am in a rush my wife is calling me and I need to be at the airport. I will go home do the packing and will come and pickup the phone on the way to airport. I said that's fine as long as funds have been transferred to my account.
Later on CBA confirmed, no funds have been transferred to my account. If it is CBA to CBA transferred, it should still show in my account straight away and will be put on hold for 24hrs. I contacted him advising the same and he said he will contact me back but nothing Yet.
Should I report this to police, He as given me a copy of his passport which doesn't show the address as an ID and also screenshot of Netbank transfer which was not a transfer receipt but a scheduled payment receipt. I realize it later, I should have checked it more carefully.
Any suggestions on next step. Just let it go or report it to Police.
Wouldn't hurt to report if to the police in case he comes back or starts getting belligerent. Up to you.
Chances are if he is just a scammer he will just move on to the next easy mark.