As the title states. a member here purchased an item, has tried communicating with the seller-to no avail. Seller has marked the item as "sold". Seller won't return messages or ship out the purchased item.
How do you report a "possible scam"?
Started by solargoldta78, 12/12/2023 08:34PM
Posted 12/12/2023 08:34PM
| Edited 12/13/2023 03:50AM
Opening Post
Posted 12/20/2023 01:04AM
#1
I just got scammed by Laura Peterson. I paid her for a C-14 and now she is gone, account deleted. I've never had this happen in all the years on Astromart. I'm out quite a bit of money unless the CC company will cover it.
Jim Duke
Jim Duke
Posted 12/22/2023 02:45AM
#4
SCAM ALERT. Looked like a legit AD with selling history. The person name used was ANGELOS KECHAGIAS email [email protected]
The AD was for ZWO AM5 Harmonic Equatorial Mount. I paid the amount listed. They communicated for a day until I paid the shipping.
The account and AD is now deleted from ASTROMART. Xmas gift for my son, what a shame. It looks like they knew I could file a claim on the amount of the purchase but the shipping was asked paid "friends. So at best they got the shipping cost. However I wasted two days on this mess. I wish Astromart would verify email addresses before giving out accounts. There should be away to alert on emails that post selling history months before the actually account creation. Someone obviously just created the account over the last few days but was able to copy selling history to make it look legit. Astromart needs too do a better job on allowing these types of hack on their batabase.
The AD was for ZWO AM5 Harmonic Equatorial Mount. I paid the amount listed. They communicated for a day until I paid the shipping.
The account and AD is now deleted from ASTROMART. Xmas gift for my son, what a shame. It looks like they knew I could file a claim on the amount of the purchase but the shipping was asked paid "friends. So at best they got the shipping cost. However I wasted two days on this mess. I wish Astromart would verify email addresses before giving out accounts. There should be away to alert on emails that post selling history months before the actually account creation. Someone obviously just created the account over the last few days but was able to copy selling history to make it look legit. Astromart needs too do a better job on allowing these types of hack on their batabase.
Posted 12/22/2023 01:37PM
#5
Did you pay with a bank card through PayPal? I was able to retrieve my payment even with Friends and Family using a Visa Debit card. Contact PayPal and let them know through chat who frauded you, and then report it to your bank if you used it. Hope this helps!
Posted 12/23/2023 03:51AM
#6
Hi JimOriginally Posted by jim dukeI just got scammed by Laura Peterson. I paid her for a C-14 and now she is gone, account deleted. I've never had this happen in all the years on Astromart. I'm out quite a bit of money unless the CC company will cover it.
Jim Duke
I just recently bought the Questar 7 she was selling I'm out $3000 I reported it to Astromart they banned and deleted her account. Todd above gave me a heads up about your advice here and I just reported this scam to my bank as I too paid paypal F&F through my credit card. First time I've been scammed on Astromart too. Thanks for the advice.
Cheers
Barry
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