There were two separate occassions when i was conned into purchasing the apple iphone, both people placed ads on Market Place in Facebook. The first incident involved Mr. Mark David of Musa Bau Ltd. Take into consideration that they also wanted me to conduct business with them.
Mr. David placed an ad selling the iphone for US$250 originally. But when i contacted him via e-mail, he said the iphone cost US$300 and US$50 additional for shipping totalling US$350. He indicated that he would also send 4 other iphones for me to sell for him. So i sent the money to the name that was given to me via Western Union. This transaction took place in December.
He indicated to me that i would receive the phones in 2-3 days via Fedex. So after the first day, he told me that the items were held by customs and that i needed to pay an extra US$450 (US$90 per iphone) to release it. But i told him i did not have that kind of money. So he eventually agreed to help me and pay US$150, so i sent an additional US$300. He then tells me that he never received the payment of the US$300 (i have the receipt to prove it was sent). I even went back to Western Union to verify if the payment was made and they told me it was made and collected as well.
So i realised that i wasn't going to get the phones so i requested that they send back my money. They said they (they being Mr. David and his boss) couldn't do that. i realised then that was being scammed.
The second incident involving Mr. Scott Cambell at Telecommunications Consultancy Services in January was selling the iphone for US$280 which included shipping. i told him that i was interested and i sent the money to him to the name given after indicating that his company was a registered legitimate company.
He also wanted to conduct business with me so he promised to send an extra iphone for me to sell for him. I agreed. I was even give a tracking number to track the items on-line. But when looking at the information on the shipping company, i realised that they sent 10 units and not 2 as originally discussed.
So i questioned him about it and he told me that it was an error made by the person sent to package the stuff to the shipping company. But he indicated that i will still get the items and to sell the remainder of phones for him, which i agreed on. The next day Mr. Cambell tells me that his CEO will have to hold shipment which was already intransit if i did not pay for half of the phones sent which was US$980 in addition to my US$280. I said no way because i definitely did not have that money.
But i promised them that if the items were to be sent that i would be certain to sell the phones for them i send the money to the respective receiver. They said they could not do that because of their policy. So i then realised that again i would be losing my money. i even tried speaking to the CEO and he told me i will have to make the payment or i wouldn't get anything. I told him that i wasn't going to be paying for something that was their fault in the first place.
I have been feverishly trying to get back my money since then and i just gave up because it was to no avail. I pray that something can be done for me to get some sort of justice. Because this was all the money i had and i trusted them to do right by me as i would have them. But again i was scammed. I have the relevant receipts from the payments made via Western Union, I would like to file a lawsuit against these people if possible. Thank you for your time.
Kevin
Port Of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago
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