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Complaint Review: Sam Walcott - London Nationwide

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  • Reported By: eddiver — Fairfield Connecticut United States of America
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  • Sam Walcott Nationwide United States of America

Sam Walcott Bishop Scott, Jessica Shears Expressed interest in buying an item I advertised on Craigs List. London Nationwide

*Consumer Comment: Why they are common.

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Sam Winscott contacted me via email with interest in a automotive distributor that I listed on Craigs list. Offered more then the listed price if I would unlist the item right away. I responded that I would to make the sale.
Sam emailed me two days later saying that the check had been mailed, but an error had been made in the amount of the check. Requested that I could send him the overage by Western Union after I cashed it. I received the bank check drawn on a credit union in Dallas TX in a few days. The check was written for three times the amount of the asking price.
At this time I knew that this was a scam. I reported it to my local police Department. They assigned a case number but expressed no other interest. I phoned the credit union that the check was drawn on. they asked if it was a "bank check' and if so was phony. They expressed no interest in follow up. My local bank did send a copy of the check to their fraud department just to do it.
I also filed a report to iC 3 which is a federal cybor crime agency.
I have a lot of free time, so I had fun playing Sam for four weeks. He emailed, phoned, and text me many times looking for his money. Over 50  pieces of correspondence. I had a good time giving him creative excuses. In the end I sent the two case numbers as Western Union transfer numbers. He called within an hour, and when I told him what the numbers were he hung up rather fast. Didn't even say good by.It would seem if crimes like this are prosecuted they would not be as common. No one cares about the little person. If I had cashed the check, I would have been arrested.

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#1 Consumer Comment

Why they are common.

AUTHOR: Flynrider - (USA)

POSTED: Thursday, February 09, 2012

It would seem if crimes like this are prosecuted they would not be as common.   "

The reason that they are so common is that the perpetrator is outside the country.   Since they get your money by having it transferred through an untraceable means (like W.U.) you would not know where in the world to start looking.    Even if you knew where they were, then you'd have to figure out who they were, which is practically impossible without some international cooperation.

In short, the scammers know how to use international red tape to their advantage.  They know that low level scams like will not justify an expensive international manhunt.  

By the way, the following is where the scam is obvious :

" Offered more then the listed price if I would unlist the item right away. "

Only scammers offer to pay more than you're asking.

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