The scammer has re-listed the bike, I know of several people now that have paid deposits for this so called bike only for him to give out fake addresses.
How are the cops not able to track down the scammer? Cyber security and company hacks are okay to solve, but tracking down a scammer on FB is too hard!
If the Cops wont do anything then at least make life difficult for him... make the Admins of any FB group aaware he is a scammer and advise FB. They can and do track people via IP address even if they try to use another log-in. Same goes for forums and Gumtree... eventually someone will figure out who he is and that will make it easier. Also make sure your Bank follows up and refunds your money... other than that the only other option is a the Elmer Fud program... "twy to shoot the wabbit with a wifle" (only kidding but sometimes you feel like it would help)
Too much effort for the coppers I reckon, the unfortunate part of it is that in addition to the detailed info held by the Telcos, as Andy has noted all of the IP address date is known by fakebook [the amount of data they capture is quite frightening] but fakebook are doing SFA about any of this. It's a known issue yet all I have seen to date out of fakebook is trite and meaningless press releases and some of the scams perpetrated have been absolutely huge.
is this it? says no hold without deposit or payment Check out this 1999 Kawasaki ZXR 250 / ZX-2R Check out this 1999 Kawasaki ZXR 250 / ZX-2R. https://www.bikesales.com.au/bikes/details/1999-kawasaki-zxr-250-zx-2r/SSE-AD-14816962
Awfully presumptuous to think that the Boys in Blue are really interested in catching him... Maybe send it in to ACA with the title that he has scammed a lot of people and the Police dont seem interested in finding him... all they can do is what the Cops seemingly do at the moment and not bother.
That's actually a damn fine idea, would take someone who's actually been scammed on fakebook - ACA make calls to the Police and fakebook and you watch **** happen, real quick
As long as its not me, if my wife found out I would cop **** for the next 20 years. I knpw the names and phone numbers of some of the others that were scammed I'll see if they're interested.
I got scammed on a 1970's Honda Z50 a year or 2 back. I put $500 in his bank account to hold the bike and got excuses for a few months. Anyway... i reported it to the police fraud department with the bank account details that i deposited into. Turns out this guy was doing heaps of deposit scams, someone did $7,000 deposit on a $80,000 caravan.... Anyway.... they caught up with him... it went to court... i provided details of my encounter including the 30 or more text messages in which i tryed to tee up picking up the bike or him bringing it down. A few weeks ago he was sentenced to 2 years in jail. He pleaded guilty.. min 9 months. and it is possible i may get my money back. So it is reassuring that some of these POS scammers get done eventually.
