I was referred to a company named "Kauyps" (they have a website of the same name-along with at least 16 other aliases)
from a friend, or so I thought. Apparently, this company has a way to
hijack someones email account and send a fake message from them. So,
since I thought this friend had bought a computer from them, that they
were a safe company.
So, I contacted them, the website looked
legitimate, the people I instant messaged were very helpful, etc.. The
company seemed to be genuine and they said they could do dropshipments,
so I would not have to keep an inventory myself. It seemed a perfect
way to supplement my ebay income. So I listed 3 items on ebay. Well,
this started a frenzy on ebay and people were begging me to list more
items, so within 2 weeks, I had sold Mac Computers, iPhones &
Canon Camera to 14 different customers.
The company had me wire money into
their
bank account from mine for every order.
At
first they supplied shipment tracking numbers, so I still had no reason
to suspect anything was wrong. Then they told me that 7 of the boxes
were held at customs and I needed to pay a 40% tariff to get them
released, so stupid me, paid it!
This is when the lies started
from them. They said that three of my payments did not get to their
bank account. I supplied proof from my bank and still they said their
bank had not cleared the funds. They wouldn't give me the tracking
numbers for the boxes that were supposedly already sent out. They
stopped responding to my emails. I used their
Instant Message system to trick them into talking to me but all I got were lies and more lies.
Because of all of this, I am being thrown off ebay and
PayPal, I owe 14 people A LOT of money and I have NO money to give them. I am in
BIG trouble now!
I
am starting with you because I don't know where to turn for help! Is
there anything that can be done to get this money back or at least part
of it? Can anything be done to this company? What about the website
getting shutdown?
Any
help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. If you know any
other avenues I can try as well. I want to make sure that these people
can not do this to anyone else!!
