Pen Parts Scam

[speerbob]

Hi, I'm a pretty savvy buyer and have never got scammed in 12 years buying and selling many 1,000 of pens online but had a close one recently. Thought I'd tell the story in case anyone else is contacted by the guy. I guy in Peru named Omar contacted me about a bunch of parts he had for sale. He saw my ad on FPN. A lot of good NOS 45 steel nibs and various NOS and used parts. It was not big money, only $280.00 but was a good deal for some stuff I could use. He sent good photos and gave what I Googled as good contact info. He had a good Paypal account and an FPN account. He would send EMS so it is traceable. He communicated well. Seemed like a minor risk and it wasn't much so I sent him the money via Paypal. The next day he sent me the EMS tracking number and asked if I could send $19.00 for the actual shipping cost which I did. I waited 4 days and check the tracking number and it didn't work on either the US or Peru post office site. I waited 4 more days and tried again. Since it didn't work I send him 4 notes over the next week asking the status and never heard from him. So after a bit over 2 weeks I put in a dispute with Paypal and when he didn't answer after 10 days it was made a claim. About 2 weeks later Paypal recovered the money and refunded it to my account. They are very good about that usually. So I had no loss at all. Just a heads up in case he contacts anyone else. cheers, BOB

[OldGriz]

Have you let the mods here on FPN know in a private message with his logon name so they can do something about it

[lovemy51]

thx, Bob! +1 on what oldgriz suggested.

[FarmBoy]

Hi, I'm a pretty savvy buyer and have never got scammed in 12 years buying and selling many 1,000 of pens online but had a close one recently. Thought I'd tell the story in case anyone else is contacted by the guy. I guy in Peru named Omar contacted me about a bunch of parts he had for sale. He saw my ad on FPN. A lot of good NOS 45 steel nibs and various NOS and used parts. It was not big money, only $280.00 but was a good deal for some stuff I could use. He sent good photos and gave what I Googled as good contact info. He had a good Paypal account and an FPN account. He would send EMS so it is traceable. He communicated well. Seemed like a minor risk and it wasn't much so I sent him the money via Paypal. The next day he sent me the EMS tracking number and asked if I could send $19.00 for the actual shipping cost which I did. I waited 4 days and check the tracking number and it didn't work on either the US or Peru post office site. I waited 4 more days and tried again. Since it didn't work I send him 4 notes over the next week asking the status and never heard from him. So after a bit over 2 weeks I put in a dispute with Paypal and when he didn't answer after 10 days it was made a claim. About 2 weeks later Paypal recovered the money and refunded it to my account. They are very good about that usually. So I had no loss at all. Just a heads up in case he contacts anyone else. cheers, BOB

Same guy got me a few years ago. He actually delivered a group of parts purchased through ebay and then contacted me about a second group of parts. Good pictures, accurate descriptions, etc. I paid, then got a request for the shipping costs. He stalled me off for a long time then stopped responding to email. This was back when PayPal didn't offer much in protection so I was out a few hundred.

 

If he is here on FPN he should certainly be banned.

 

Todd

[Pen Nut]

Name & shame him Bob.

[speerbob]

Hi, It was 6 weeks ago before I went on vacation and I cannot find his FPN info now. But if a guy names Omas from Peru contacts you. keep this post in mind. Cheers, BOB