Flashedphones.net Ripped Off? Internet

I sent a newly purchased Samsung Galaxay siii to Flashedphones.net to be flased to Verizon service. I did manage to get through on their telephone line and spoke to "Tom". He assured me that if I just sent the phone to him per the instructions sent to me in an e-mail that they would flash the phone an dhave it back to me, ready to go with my number ported and all of my contacts already transferred to this phone. I sent the phone via Priority Mail on Nov. 8.

On the web site it states, two days to receive the phone, two days to program the phone and two days to return the phone. As of today, November 27, I do not have the phone and the Priority Mail notification of Nov. 20 says that the shipper (Flashedphones.net) has logged the package for shipment, but the postal service has not actually received the package.

I have sent four 3-mails, none have been responded to and I tried their ICQ contact (advertised to be monitored 24/7) but it appears that it is not even up and running and they did not respond to my request to add me to their contact list.

Seeing the other reports on this web site it appears that I am a victim of some kind of scam. I just hope I at least get my $500 phone sent back to me, flashed or not!! Do not use this service.