I am doing a favor for a member as of right now and have come across some important information...

If you know that the buyer or seller has commited a crime you may report it world wide and locally to their city by reporting it at the following sites. These volenteers and organazations will process it and hopefully get either your equipment back and/or your money back.

International Web Police

F.B.I.

Fraud organazation

United States Postal Service if dealt through them

Also be sure to contact the police department in the offendants hometown with specifics and proof like emails, receipts and pm copies. You could also contact the State Attorney General.

Good Luck.

Say you have sent "Fat Billy" 200.00$ for a Spyder Compact. You had both agreed to this transaction and "Fat Billy" tells you he will have the gun sent as soon as he gets the payment. You send the payment and wait a few weeks and nothing. So you send him a email and get no response. Call him on a phone # he gave you and no one picks up. WELL WHAT DO YOU DO!?

Take these steps in the given order.

1. Keep trying to establish some sort of contact. Chances are you may get through to him, things happen.

2. Email or Call him and tell him he needs to get in touch within a certain time frame. ex. 1 week.

3. If that person does not respond within that time frame, let him know that you believe he is ignoring you.

4. If there is still no contact and you have tried desperatly to contact that person say for a month or more, they may be commiting MAIL FRAUD, which is a felony it is not something that should be taken lightly it is a real crime with a consequence.

5. Yes there is hope for those of you that have been cheated. Here is a link if you have given it your all and have been a victim of mail fraud.

https://www.usps.com/postalinspector...dComplaint.htm

Any emails that you have from the person will be needed to justify your action. As will any other evidence.

Also your local police should be notified about your situation and a police report should be made. Obtain a copy of it for your records.

Selling something that is misleading also falls under Mail Fraud. This can include, Say "Skinny Billy" Posts a thread for a Mint condition 2k2 c&c Angel. You pay for it and it comes and you find out he used it to help him slide into bunkers and its flat out crap. This is also mail fraud and the same step should be used IF you cannot get your money back or whatever you traded.

DO NOT fill out a mail fraud complaint becuase you have waited a week with no response. This is a LAST RESORT and not to be taken lightly.