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BEWARE OF FRAUD with this member

FRAUD ALERT!
I recently sold a Mytek Liberty DAC to this user.

Buyer: locmao003
503-583-1266
[email protected]

In the Audiogon Selling portal they listed their shipping address as a US Oregon address.
I shipped the item to this address. 
Paypal payment made to my account.
USPS Insured shipment, with delivery confirmation.
Delivery confirmed on June 11, 2021 by USPS.
I got an email, from a DIFFERENT email address stating they received the item.

Next, I got a dispute from Paypal saying the buyer never received the item.
The buyer listed their address as VIETNAM! Not Oregon.
I NEVER sell or ship overseas and would not have accepted this purchase if that was disclosed.
Paypal has approved the claim, and took my $500 payment back. I am left without the original DAC or payment.

BEWARE of this Buyer!
128x128thegm
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nonoise
10,547 posts
 
He's still listed as residing in Beaverton, Ore. on A'gon. 
Maybe notifying PayPal of that would be a start. 

PayPal has been changing their policy a lot recently as evidenced by the emails I've been getting from them. Maybe this scammer took advantage of those recent changes.

All the best,
Nonoise
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earlflynn
461 posts
 
So sorry to hear of your issue.
Thanks for the heads up.
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thegm OP
23 posts
 
Yeah the whole thing is a frustrating. The person on Audiogon who made the purchase is the one I shipped this too.
Nowhere in any part of the transaction was Vietnam mentioned.
Like I said, I wouldn't have even accepted the sale if it was.
I shipped it to Oregon, and yes I have a signed delivery confirmation from USPS for the package.
I tried to go through USPS for a fraud claim, but unfortunately they just did what I paid them for. Deliver to the Oregon address, which was listed on Audiogon by the 'buyer'.
I'm not easily scammed. I've been a Cybersecurity engineer for a large corporation for 25 years. I am chagrined.

ebm
9,311 posts
 
Buy or sell NOTHING to Viet Nam.You did not know it was Viet Nam home of THE BIG SCAM!!
dill
2,424 posts
 
Is the Oregon address a real site or is it a freight forwarding place?
Have you been in contact with the person that signed for it?
Where is the DAC now? I wonder if the scam is just for the money and it doesn't matter what the item is DAC, car part, watch or whatever, just taking advantage of PayPal and USPS mode of operation and how they deal with buyers & sellers.
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