Bdi Technologies - Scammers!

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Where: Alibaba(Trading Website) Listing

Who: Bdi Technologies

Payment: PayPal

How Much: $865.00 USD

What: PSPs

Scammers e-mail: john_damato@juno.com

Scammers Fake Name: John Mendesa

This sucks. Can't believe I actually got scammed. I'm usually pretty good with these things. They accepted PayPal! What the hell! DON'T LISTEN TO ANYONE THAT SAYS PAYPAL IS SAFE FOR PAYMENTS OUTSIDE OF EBAY

I filed a dispute with PayPal, and it was decided in my favor, but they said they couldn't get anything from the seller's account!

This was there response...

'We have completed our investigation of this case. We attempted to process a refund from the seller's account to your account. Unfortunately, the seller's account does not contain the funds necessary to cover this refund. We were able to recover $0.00 USD. We have taken action against the seller and are working to recover the remainder of your refund. We will contact you when we have more information. No further action is required of you at this time.'

This scammer will obviously never make a deposit in his FAKE account.

I thought PayPal would be able to withdraw the funds from the seller's bank account. That's not the case; the seller has to have money in his/her PayPal account to be able to receive anything.

Anyone can be scammed by PayPal, all they have to do is open an account, scam someone, get the funds transferred to their bank account, then close the account.

Has anyone been through this situation?

What should I do now?

Is there a website that handles cases like this that can get my money back?

I want to get his ip address...

jennifer77

awww man that sucks......isnt there a way for pay pal to find his bank account. I meanw hen i signed up for my pay pal i have to give bannk info.

There has to be a way for Pay Palt o find this out. Did you try calling pay pal instead of havinf emails sent back and forth.

thomasjm99

Make sure PayPal stays on the invesitigation, do not just let it slide. It may take some time to get your money back but they should be able to do so. Just keep complaining, call them every other day. Ask to speak with managers etc... Getting your money back 6 weeks from now is better than not at all...

mslilly

Wow, I didn't know this! New to me!!!!

Makes me only want to use my credit card!!!

Good luck!

dreamer148

wow thats horrible. I kept thinking PayPal was safe. Did you get the 'money back guarantee' thing on that transaction?

sc

there is no money back guarantees from paypal if the transaction is outside of ebay

-RB!

salehoo_group

Did you pay with funds from your Paypal account or from a credit card? If you used your credit card to fund the transaction contact your CC compnay immediately and complete a chargeback!

You have 60 days to do this usually from when the money was taken out.

Let us know.

mana2006

There is one method in the USA that can help. They do have a lot of internet complaints about fraud and scams and can rarely do anything. But for your own protection it is best to submit the info and file a claim. Its a goverment website that works with local law enforcement agencies and the FBI.

Link hidden: Login to view

mana2006

I sent the company a message and I will get a possible IP address for you if they respond to my email.

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We would like to inform that any transaction, regardless how they are made, that is online or in store, require that you provide your RBC Visa card number and your expiry date. They constitute an agreement between you and the merchant you are dealing with. As a result, should this transaction be fraudulent and you would have paid willingly for either, a good or a service, the amount spent would not be refunded. Therefore, we advise you to be very careful about making online transactions before making them. RBC Royal Bank Visa cannot be held accountable of the use you are doing of your RBC Visa.

So, I don't see how a chargeback would work

sc

I sent the company a message and I will get a possible IP address for you if they respond to my email.

Thanks, I appreciate your help

Yea, I've contacted Link hidden: Login to view before for a non-related issue regarding a site, and they never got back to me

It seems like the only way to have them investigate something, is if they get a bunch of complaints of a certain individual/site

mana2006

I sent an email and all they did was read it. There is a 40% chance that the user is in New York. I didn't get an IP or anything because they never sent me a message in return. Guess this person has made these types of transactions before and sorta knows what they are doing. Sorry I couldn't do more. I used readnotify.com for the tracking service.

erseerseinc

This happens all the time with paypal. Seller opens up an account, keeps it on the low for some time, then starts making huge transactions, doesn't withdraw funds right away because then paypal stops them, wait for a huge sum, does one large dump to his bank account and bails with the cash. People that's why I say....AMEX NEVER LEAVE HOME, OR YOUR COMPUTER WITHOUT IT!

sc

If I only knew about the real PayPal.

Salehoo shouldn't be advertising it as safe, which is clearly not the case.

sc

I sent an email and all they did was read it. There is a 40% chance that the user is in New York. I didn't get an IP or anything because they never sent me a message in return. Guess this person has made these types of transactions before and sorta knows what they are doing. Sorry I couldn't do more. I used readnotify.com for the tracking service.

How do you know that theres a 40% chance that this user is from NY? What else did the service say?

Thanks.

mana2006

He sent me another email and I got a 40% chance that he is in Cali. The guy is good. lol . Send me a pm and I will send the results via your personal email

abstrakt

I am having probs with paypal at the moment as well.

I had a guy buy from one of my auctions, he paid by paypal, I transferred once recieved to my bank account and then posted goods.

Couple of days later I get mail from paypal and ebay saying buyer had lodged complaint that account had been unorthorised use.

I sent paypal details and tracking number for goods, and waited. A week later I get letter that had been resolved but in the buyers favour. My paypal account is now a negative balance (lucky so far they not taken from my bank account) and I have no goods.

I have contested it and is still in process but it is definately not the secure, safe, methods of business that I assumed it to be.

mvm

Paypal stinks!!!

We stopped using paypal as an accepted payment type about 6 months ago, what a relief. We accept all major credit cards. No more fraud issues as of yet, cross fingers.

The fraudsters know all the loopholes of PayPal, and exploit them to the fullest to take advantage of unsuspecting sellers.

We got burned by a PayPal scam. I do not want to go into details, Im afraid I will give wannabe scammers some good ideas!

I vote for a boycott of PayPal.

Good Day.

Tiffany

mvm

before for a non-related issue regarding a site, and they never got back to me
It seems like the only way to have them investigate something, is if they get a bunch of complaints of a certain individual/site

I agree with the above.

I too filed a complaint with ic3.gov and never heard back. I filed with every fraud fighter agency possible. It is worth the time, because if a pattern is detected, they will act on it.

Thanks

Tiffany

xjock

your first mistake was 'AliBaba.'

Im sorry why would you trust an open registar of people claiming they can offer you wholesale when your registered here???

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