Not sure how to handle this....

[gvl_guy]

I want to thank one of the members here who is MUCH more tech savvy than me...IP addresses, VPNs, sites that search for spam emails, etc. looks like this was a total scam from.....wait for it.... Nigeria! (I guess those Nigerian princes who used to want to give out money to unsuspecting grannies have upped their game.)

As much as this is frustrating, it's only $100. It could have been worse. I just want to be sure the wonderful members of this group know what to look out for and hopefully the moderators will be able to deactivate the bogus and potentially hacked accounts.

Thanks again.

 

[ubertrout]

I sent someone who was at least purporting to be his son $50 in 2019 and nothing arrived. To be honest I wrote it off - given the story it sounded like he needed it more than I did. Disappointing to hear about this.

 

[steelydave]

I sent someone who was at least purporting to be his son $50 in 2019 and nothing arrived. To be honest I wrote it off - given the story it sounded like he needed it more than I did. Disappointing to hear about this.

Can you possibly look through your records and see if you can find any names/email addresses anything else and PM them to me? Just trying to see if any of this lines up with it being the same person or a hacked account. Thanks!

 

[ubertrout]

Can you possibly look through your records and see if you can find any names/email addresses anything else and PM them to me? Just trying to see if any of this lines up with it being the same person or a hacked account. Thanks!

After I paid $50 he relisted it here for $85 and I reminded him he'd already sold it to me: https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/threads/wuwh-5-1-disc-bl-ray-from-the-immersion-set.29039/

 

[4-earredwonder]

My business account was recently 'hacked' for $6K and when I went to the bank to report the fraud they said there was no recourse and that one of their other accounts had recently been hacked for $50K [with NO recourse] ...... calling me 'lucky.' "Lucky, Indeed!!!!!!!!!"

I had to get a new business checking account and all my credit cards had to be replaced. And indeed, billions of dollars a year are wrongfully bilked out of unsuspecting denizens and it's ONLY GETTING WORSE!

 

[ubertrout]

This one is honestly pretty minor. I eventually got the Atmos disc for $20 from Amazon. I would have liked the version with the quad mixes but they've long been easy to find.

 

[gvl_guy]

After I paid $50 he relisted it here for $85 and I reminded him he'd already sold it to me: https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/threads/wuwh-5-1-disc-bl-ray-from-the-immersion-set.29039/

Wow. If I had done my due diligence and saw this in our forum, I would have never agreed to a purchase and sent money. Some nasty name calling, apparently.