Confucius says "The cautious seldom err"

Hi blackjackpg

I don't know what options are available to get the money back, the general feeling on these kinds of scams seems to be that once the money is gone there is nothing you can do. However I'm going to try asking some questions and see if I can get any answers.

Can you tell me what method you used to pay for the items ?

Thanks

Chris

Hi there

This is the first good news I've seen so far, so I'm very glad you were able to stop this before losing all the money.

Thanks for posting

Chris

Yes, there are many trustworthy sites.   But do research on them first.

For example, one site I purchase from myself is www.play-asia.com who I find excellent, both in terms of price and delivery.  Obviously they don't seem quite as cheap as the scam sites, but when you will actually receive the goods you order, I think that's a small price to pay :)

Hi there

The first step would be your local police, however given the scale and number of victims, it would be awesome if the Australian Federal Police got involved.  Check out http://www.ahtcc.gov.au/tech_crimes_types/fraud.htm for more information on this.

Cheers 

FFS......if only stupidity was painful.

Let's take a closer look at www.osdgm.com

A quick Google search on this website reveals some interesting posts.

This one here which (in Spanish) talks about a user being ripped off with a transaction involving a motorcycle.

And further discussion (still in Spanish) on it here

Then let's look at the date that www.osdgm.com was first registered.
http://whois.dnsstuff.com/tools/whois.ch?ip=osdgm.com
28th June 2007

Quick check on their website and it says....2000....huh...what ?

Let's try their listed phone number from the website then. Another quick Google search.

Nothing to worry about there, they only share this phone number with
www.fadretail.com
www.fairpdt.com
www.prevailshoes.com
www.wesob.com
www.voguedm.com
www.gleedw.com
www.dvivb.com

But then all those sites have different email address and Skype contacts, and Hotmail addresses too.

Let's also mention that the phone number listed in the Who Is results above is fake. not a typo. Fake.

tel: 86 010 12345678

In that Google search there was also a mention of the phone number here
http://www.fraudwatchers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=7630&page=6
But again, what would fraudwatchers.org know about fraud.

Well then what about the payment options

Western Union.
Money Gram.
Direct Bank Transfer.
So what if none of these payment methods give the buyer any fraud protection

So then let's go back to the what you've said.

One person received one item, so suddenly they are legitimate ? Bullshit.

We've never heard of eBay users gettings their accounts hacked either have we.

Of course too you can't forge eBay feedback, I mean, just because there is over 1200 websites, that doesn't mean this is organized and have many people involved.

And lastly, one guy gets his $500 laptop sent, so then friends and family place orders that will probably come to several thousand dollars.

Sure most people don't go to the lengths I have to check out a site, but it shows with a little investigation how much you can find out. If you are still convinced this site is legit then by all means, order up large.