If the PayPal account was funded by a credit card, PayPal can hardly do a thing
against approved chargebacks by credit card companies. That's one thing they
have little to no control over.
Kudos to the OP for starting this. Stay alert, everyone.
Well actually this is not a bad idea. See, countries with weak laws work BOTH ways. Seek out a less than reputable Private Investigator in the country. Ask him to take some pictures of the person. The after you get the pics say you will pay a few hundred extra bucks for a picture of his teeth. Nothing else, just his teeth on a white sheet.
I'm not a big fan of gratuitous violence ... but in this case ... considering the real misery that this sort of theft causes both to the direct victims, and all the GREAT TRADERS in Romania and Russia and many other of the presumed "risky business" locations - a few of whom I've enjoyed really good luck doing profitable, honorable deals with in the last few months.
One thing to also be aware of - it's just as easy for a scammer to be sitting in a boiler room in Brooklyn and throwing out red herrings to distant locations to discourage pursuit. Plenty of creeps trying to rip people off right here in the good old U. S. of A. too. Though this guy seems pretty clearly to be a confirmed idiot of the Romanian persuasion this time ....
I think our man in Romania "Investigator Alex" is on the case now anyway ... Didn't know he was a wrestler (just knew he was about 2 meters tall, and approximately as wide!) ... that certainly adds a new dimension for Marian to contemplate as he reviews his dental insurance policy.
It's not easy to find whether it is a real buyer or scammer. Once things like these happen, then you realize your on the wrong end.
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Marian just emailed me from a Kev email, and told me that he read the thread, he has no time now to stay on the internet but he promises to get back here in the next days.
I hope he will do the right thing, I just replied to his email, and I really hope the boy comes to his mind.
Sincerely, I am (ok, was) a wrestler etc, but I would love this to end without involving third parties. I hope he will do the right thing.
And I hope those "next days" will be very soon, and won't be used just to get some extra time. Everybody please search for your domains on google etc, so that they are not sold again. I will give him 2 days myself. It is very enough time to contemplate, and get a connection
Please Note He Pushed The Domains To Me---im Me If You Lost Them To Him
I TALKED TO HIM ON IM FOR 30 MINS---HE AGREED TO HAND OVER 14 DOMAINS--HE WAS COOL AND DID IT--I HOPE THIS GUY STOPS THIS
Wow, that's amazing that you recovered the domain names Wibro.. Props and rep added
I am a PayPal user and this thread is really scaring me.. ha. I've had over 100 successful domain transactions, w/o any scams. Thank God.
I am starting to integrate paypal onto my site so that people can just buy names from my site but now after reading this I'm no so sure if I should proceed. PayPal is extremly popular and so many people allready use it that it is very convinient to use. But the lack of chargeback protection does have me a little worried.
I think that PayPal and GoDaddy should work together to protect sellers from having this happen. If a chargeback happens via PayPal, GoDaddy should ensure the return of the domain name if the seller files a complaint.
btw: I see at the bottom that kevnospam is reading this thread right now. Shouldn't that IP be banned or something?
Thank you. That is an awesome job. I am still trying to contact someone there locally to talk to him. I am assuming this is how things are handled there and who am I to pass judgement?
I've been following this thread and i can say im just really impressed with the helpfulness and assistance the NamePro members offer to their fellow domainer. I just think this is what a community is all about. I am glad to be a NP member.
Hats off to everyone who has contributed to this happy ending.
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