Craigslist, Ebay and other online buying/selling scams.
by QFC Sun May 19, 2013 1:27 pm
I'm now OS (using a heavy laptop where I'd intended using the iPad 4 that never arrived from Archie Electronics. Before leaving Oz I contacted my bank (ME) and they were very helpful, but not a lot they can do save put in a recall request to NAB. I also contacted NAB and they took my email address down and said they already knew about Archie and his fraudsters. I also let the official scam government website know the details and did as they suggested and copied all emails and went to my local police station - they showed about as much interest as if I was reporting a missing cat - some rave about the cyber fraud squad taking ages to get warrants to search for the said fraudster's account - they said they needed to know where the money went and I showed them the BSB and a/c number ... pretty damned obvious! But they then said they need to know WHO the money went to - well, isn't that what investigators do??? So the local cop shop is a waste of time (as I guessed it would be before going there); why they didn't take the details and hand it over to the cyber fraud squad is beyond me. Or why I can't contact them directly is also a mystery.
As for the NAB and the account - I thought it was federal law that anyone wishing to open a bank account had to show a number of forms of ID?? NAB should know exactly who is using their banking system. I can live with the fact that we have been done by Archie Electronics, but it really peeves me that this could well be part of a much bigger scamming op and if the authorities and the bank showed a little more interest they could actually set them up and nab (excuse the pun 8) ) them. I agree with Terrance that this really begins to undermine the integrity of the whole system.
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