It was the month of December I was offered Online bank transfer by John_lee (aka Exchangemen etc etc He's Russian) (now banned). He offered to transfer the money to my bank first and after receiving money in my bank account I felt satisfied being ignorant of the fact that such transactions can be charged back by contacting the bank. I sent him e-gold and Moneybookers in exchange. I got a call from the bank that the sender has raised a dispute against that transaction . After that he was generous enough to return me $50 MB and 60$ via xoom and kept delaying until finally he disappeared from MSN few days back. He's here in DP with a new ID and already has 4 iTraders (I don't want to disclose because I can't provide adequate proof but I'm damn sure its him). His MSN is so be careful dealing with him
I use an offshore bank when making large bank transfers over 500 dollars. They dont allow chargebacks once the funds are there lol they stay there.
I live in florida. My offshore bank is in The Bahamas. Search google for offshore banks in the caribbean. their is alot of them. find one that is suitable they usually require a small deposit under a grand. with a pic of your passport. They will send you back a debit visa card and a checkbook and your wire info. bam ! offshore banking...
If anyone wants an offshore company set up, I can help with that as I work for a company that forms them. I'm sure I can sort a discount as well if anyone is interested.
I heard about this guy, he scammed my friend for $500, nothing compared to your loss but still a loss. Only thing was it was "john lee" who sent him moneybookers for e-gold, weird I guess.
Sad to hear that one.. You've been fooled by him.. guys out there be careful in dealing with people..
This is why I very rarely deal with anyone on the internet. Most things I buy on the internet would be through a company or I meet the seller face to face and pay cash. I haven't gotten screwed yet.
before sending the money why you did not take his legal documents. like passport copy, phone verification etc
It's $900, I'm sure the majority of us here can't afford to just loose that kind of money then feel better by giving the guy a -itrader...
If you can't afford to lose it, you probably shouldn't be putting trust in people over the internet. I've sent out like $10 on things, and if I lost it, no big deal. But moving around nearly a grand is stupid. I wouldn't be moving around anything until I had $900 CASH in my hands. So if they wired it to your bankaccount, you don't trade until it's out of your account.
Why don't you try sending one of the Mods about the alleged duplicate account, I am sure they have their own ways and tools to check out.
U r not alone,John lee scammed few more DP member and like u they also got a call from their respective banks. Actually it is not John Lee who opened a dispute,it is real owner of a account who opened a dispute.John Lee sent u funds from hacked accounts(I got this info from other user who was also scammed by John lee).
Negative iTrader is pointless. They can create new account and there are people here that have negative iTrader but still someone trade with them.