Cozzi Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Recently I have become the 'victim' of internet/ebay fraud. I found a set of seats suitable for the Zed, spoke to the seller who seemed very genuine, provided proof of his address based on his name twice, spoke on the phone, gave me lots of details. I foolishly paid for the item outside of ebay for speed and because he asked me too, and after buying car parts for the last 5-6 years online with no trouble ever, I was obviously too trustworthy. There are many trustworthy people out there, and a select few ****ing up the system. I paid £350 for the seats (could have been worse) to then find out he regularly sells cars and parts, which he doesn't own, and then drops off the face of the earth. I have found posts generally dotted about the internet after doing some digging, and him openly admitting on facebook about owing people £1000's for FAKE parts and cars. I should have done the digging before buying the item. His name is John Varney, Lives in Ladywell, Livingstone, Scotland. I have bank account details, age, contact number, email etc etc I have spoken with the police, trading standards, and action fraud who have all taken details but Im a bit unhappy with the lack of response/effort. This happened on Saturday and I haven't heard anything back as of yet. Now without saying the obvious and driving up there to give him a piece of my mind, which trust me at the moment would provide the most satisfaction, does anyone have any advise to help this situation? Glad I got it all off my chest.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewan27 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 He had a bad experience at Kwik Fit if that makes you feel any better - http://goo.gl/zH1eXL Send a few "Z Heavies" up to see him? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliveBoy Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Ring your bank and ask them to recall the transaction? Say you sent it to the wrong account by accident. I think they can do this as my employer paid me to an old bank account which is still open but I have no access to, they were able to recall it and pay me to the correct account. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewan27 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 I think the facebook page boasting about owing people money is a fake one - https://www.facebook.com/john.varney.395 This might be his real one (same guy in the photo) - https://www.facebook.com/john.varney.94651 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cozzi Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 The problem is they would have to call him and say is it ok if we take it back out, I explored that option, but still worth a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cozzi Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 I think the facebook page boasting about owing people money is a fake one - https://www.facebook...john.varney.395 This might be his real one (same guy in the photo) - https://www.facebook...hn.varney.94651 Looks like u got it! Ill send him a message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hensh65 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 I stay 20 mins from Livingston, it is a bit of a Sh*thole tbh. What a scumbag 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cozzi Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 Or this one.. https://www.facebook.com/john.varney.01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewan27 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Or this one.. https://www.facebook.../john.varney.01 Yes, he's friends with the other one. He drives a Type-R SW53 FXR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cozzi Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 Yes, he said he knew a fair bit about Type Rs etc. thats gotta be him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewan27 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 (edited) Here's his twitter - https://twitter.com/weevarney and Netlog, whatever that is - http://en.netlog.com/2o_john_v_o6 Edited September 3, 2013 by Ewan27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cozzi Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 He had a bad experience at Kwik Fit if that makes you feel any better - http://goo.gl/zH1eXL Send a few "Z Heavies" up to see him? That does a little actually haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblock Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 You said you paid outside of eBay but how did you pay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cozzi Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 Bank transfer, new learning thats the worst way as you have no protection what so ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblock Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 I thought you have some protection with that. Maybe not then. Some people need beaten up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cozzi Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 I thought you have some protection with that. Maybe not then. Some people need beaten up. Non, I spoke to my bank and they said 'as good as giving him cash'...... but he must know this if he does it on a regular basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cozzi Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 If anyone in the area fancies leaving a little note on his windscreen it would be much appreciated... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblock Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Bloody banks. Not like they don't charge us enough. Tbh I don't know what else you can do. I had the same experience on a guy from here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliveBoy Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 (edited) If anyone in the area fancies leaving a little note on his windscreen it would be much appreciated... lol Tied to a brick yeah? Edited September 3, 2013 by Dedman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Wheres Neil! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilp Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 I'm here! My apprentice has 42 mutual friends with him but my apprentice has a billion people on Facebook he doesn't know. He works in a shop in Bathgate but was previously in the army. Ddcboyle is I'm the forces and worked from livingston so he may know him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewayz350z Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 I bought a a genuine bodykit for my escort cossie years ago off ebay, same kinda thing and clearly the guy thought hes in Portsmouth im in Liverpool so haha...Wrong.... me and a few of the cage warrior lads turned up at his front door at 6am. He was like " Help police" and his parents invited me in I explained the problem and his dad drove to the cash point and got me my cash...Simple answer is if hes on facebook someone will have his address so go get ya money back 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewan27 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Send Ddcboyle a PM with a link to his facebook and see if he can find out any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollowPoint Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Sadly these days unless he was speeding at the time he committed the fraud and it can be proven, the police wont do @*!#. Have had to report about 8 crimes in ten years, including theft, vandalism, assault and a death threat, not one went further than a statement. During this time I was done for speeding by an unmarked vehicle at 1kmph over the limit + threshold and for not wearing my seatbelt, when I was wearing my seatbelt lol. Both in NZ. sent from my Samsung Galaxy SIII using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cozzi Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 Thanks for all the input so far! I have sent Ddcboyle a quick PM too. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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