As you will see from previous posting I was conned by Mr Neale, I regret to advise that anyone who thinks the police or Action Fraud will help are sadly wrong. My solicitor advises that the best step to take is to keep writing to Barclays Bank giving details of the false accounts, with copies to the Financial Onbudsman as all the transactions are undertaken by this one bank. Without a bank or Ebay (who dont want to know) this could never happen. Also as said by others if you could also write or contact Watchdog they might, if enough of us report it, take an interested. This man has got to be stopped as to my knowledge this scam has been operating since 2008 and perhaps before. Sincere sorry to all the other victims we know how you feel.
Hi All,
Latest one from John Neale, I replied to an item on ebay as it looked good value and left my email address for some photos to be sent, the item was removed the next day and I receved an email asking if I was still interested in the bike, I said I was and receved the following response:
photos:
http://s1079.photobucket.com/albums/w51 ... Condition/
Due to my location and since view is not an option I have requested personal support and I was approved to use Buyer Protection Program. Here is how the process works:
- you give me your full name and shipping address
- I start the transaction with the eBay,
- they send further payment instructions,
- you have to pay for the item to eBay to secure the funds,
- they confirm me that they received the funds,
- I deliver the bike,
- you receive the bike,
- they send me the money.
Everything is covered by eBay. I will get paid only after you confirm that you received the bike in good order.
Let me know if this is acceptable. Thank you
John
This loooked suspect from the start and contacted ebay direct to find out if it was a scam, they couldnt confirm either way but said that they do not offer the payment service for motor vehicles. Fortunately I had the inclination to search his email address and found this site. So thank you for your postings which saved me from parting with £3000