Beware - Scammer

kusalamati · 2014-11-16T18:20:21.000Z

My heart is with you and I can well empathise with your situation (I’ve been scammed before and it sucks).

At the same time, my heart is also warmed by the kindness of the elektronauts community, evident in the responses so far.

Wishing you well bro’

KM

Peza · 2014-11-16T23:20:32.000Z

Here are the photos that he posted up:

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Peza · 2014-11-16T23:22:25.000Z

I’m determined to track this person down and the help and advice that you guys have offered has been really encouraging… Can’t thank you lot enough honestly!

avantronica · 2014-11-16T23:57:49.000Z

If the receipt isn’t just printed then it looks like it was sent to someone in Australia. Hope the banks/police track him down, persevere with it

ZenPunkHippy · 2014-11-17T00:21:27.000Z

The receipt in the 2nd image is from Awave, a pro audio store based in Melbourne, Australia.

http://www.awave.com.au

They’ve been in the business of selling synths for years, and are an official Elektron distributor.

Peace,
Andy.

mezz303 · 2014-11-17T01:50:44.000Z

My guess is that Awave probably wouldnt have sold more than 10 Rytm’s
I would say the net is closing in.

Unless of course the pics were stolen in the first place.

EDIT-According to the receipt, It was sold by Awave to a guy in Victoria, Australia
Postcode 3163, maybe 3183.
I thought the pics might be stolen but like Baddcr I searched them and could only come up with the same ad from Audiofanzine,France and Elektronauts.
They don’t seem to appear anywhere else.

poonti · 2014-11-17T04:06:16.000Z

Peza, I really hope you get your money back and that this rat (of course, I apologize to the rat population of the world for this horrible slur) gets all that’s coming to him.

TrabanT · 2014-11-17T07:23:21.000Z

EDITED POST rob ert mcdo n ald 4 calgary road australia
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i am just using magnification on a windows pc

huuper · 2014-11-17T07:35:46.000Z

Never do business with someone who does not accept Paypal. Don’t send gift payments via Paypal either.

Another member on this forum asked me to send him a money transfer as well. What a joke.

rikrak · 2014-11-17T08:17:14.000Z

""TrabanT"":

robert mcdonald 4 calgary road australia
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All the photos show is that someone with that name had a RYTM.

He may have been the original owner of a RYTM that was bought by the scammer. Or, just as likely, the photo was just downloaded to be used by the scammer - with no connection to the Mr McDonald at all.

Posting the photos is useful because now they are linked to this thread and if they are used in a future scam attempt, a reverse google image search will ring alarm bells.

When asking for photos as proof during a transaction, ask for the seller to include a handwritten note in the shot - with the date or some other detail that you request.

Peza · 2014-11-17T11:46:35.000Z

Oh man!!! Amazing work again guys…thanks so much…I’ll pass all of this new info onto ‘Action Fraud’…my hands are tied right now as Im at work but will follow this up again later on…thanks so much!!

LyingDalai · 2014-11-17T12:34:20.000Z

I would say

R. McDo
4 Dalgetty Road
Beaumaris Vic 3193
Australia

LyingDalai · 2014-11-17T12:40:32.000Z

Same post in a french forum… I doubt the guy is really Australian

Peza · 2014-11-17T12:48:21.000Z

On that French forum…he’s selling other high value bits, 2 are stated as located in Germany, two Denmark…

I wonder if the moderators on that forum could find the ip address???

Still waiting to hear from Jon or any other moderators that could potentially find that for me.

LyingDalai · 2014-11-17T13:26:38.000Z

I’ll ask the French forum’s administrators…

Shoki · 2014-11-17T13:35:58.000Z

Peza, you should contact Audiofanzine from here:

http://fr.audiofanzine.com/contact/

Check the box at the bottom and submit your request. I had a problem with someone who sold me something i never received, and they did their best to help me.

It looks like he used an online translator to make his post on Audiofanzine, his french is very approximative. I will report him asap to avoid someone else being scammed.

EDIT: i reported him there:

http://fr.audiofanzine.com/fonctionnalites-audiofanzine/forums/t.259853,signaler-un-abus-sur-une-annonce,post.8119711.html

LyingDalai · 2014-11-17T13:45:28.000Z

I’ve already done that : contacted Audiofanzine about the guy, asking if they have infos, etc.
As a long time French user of AF, I expect to be answered

ZenPunkHippy · 2014-11-17T13:51:46.000Z

[quote=““Lying Dalai””]
Same post in a french forum… I doubt the guy is really Australian

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… so probably a good idea to remove the Australians name and address from the post on the previous page …
Also it’s extremely unlikely a scammer would include something identifying them directly as part of the scam!

mezz303 · 2014-11-17T14:00:38.000Z

I agree, now that Peza has the info there is no need to keep it up.
It’s quite possible this guy has nothing to do with it and we don’t want to get him labeled as a scammer.

Peza · 2014-11-17T16:09:24.000Z

I feel like progress is being made here…and its all down to you guys, honestly this is amazing, thank you!

I’m following up what I can now, back from work so of course, I will keep you all updated.

If anyone would like to contact me personally with any info, pm me and I will pass on my email address.

Baddcr, that very thought has crossed my mind a few times and I have been thinking about that alot, but I’m sensing too many other factors that point to fraud, although I am happy to keep an open mind.

Thanks so much everyone…would be amazing to prevent this from happening to anyone else on here…