Is it worth it? (go after credit card fraud people)

[Gman]

Move on with your life. Let the CC company deal with it. They're the ones with the loss.

[KestrelBike]

One of my favorite characters in the movie Dogma was Loki, who in the movie used to be the Angel of Death. There was this one scene where he basically wastes an entire office full of executives because of all the shady, evil things they do in their lives.

I wish there was a Loki that just went around slaying thieves with extreme prejudice.

[Mick-Boy]

A couple of years ago I paid a guy for an Aimpoint T1. He never sent the sight. Because I was overseas when we did the deal I missed PPs window to file a claim.

I had his name, address and email traffic from the seller admitting that he'd been paid but had never sent the item. I went through the same channels. Called the PD local to him and was told to talk to my local PD. Talked to CSPD and was told to file a report through a .gov fraud website. Filed the report. Never heard back.

In the end it would have been more worthwhile (or at least satisfying) for me to fly out and take $500 out of his hide Jay and Silent Bob style.

[Jer]

I was an eBay power seller before there was even such a title. In the late 90's I was involved in a fraudulent check scam by some douche in Texas who was buying HIGH ticket item off of eBay w/COD being the method of shipping and then he was paying with checks he printed on his printer. Not even an attempt to make them decent either mind you. UPS says their drive isn't a teller and can't tell. Man, you should have seen this thing. lol Any 4th grader could know it wasn't legit. It took about 2 weeks for them to process your check and get it mailed back to you so that guy managed to rack up nearly six figures worth of items shipped to a house he was seemingly squatting in. I went through a LOT of the same BS you mention about being sent back and forth because local law agencies don't know how to handle it. The bottom line is you need to get the feds involved since it's across state lines. In my case I was out like $600 and I still just chalked it up to education fees and never took COD again. Since your credit card company reimbursed you I say let it go. You're really out nothing but time at this point, have nothing to gain other than more lost time and in the end what will it net you? Nothing but someone doing soft time with you on their mind and will likely get released early due to overcrowding. Who knows, maybe they want to plan a trip to Colorado? You'd have to deal with the FBI and all sorts of fun adult things like that. My advice is just to leave it man. Go on with life and thank god you're not out anything.

[Ridge]

I once got a call from my credit card about a second card that I had supposedly opened. I said that wasn't me, and asked where they were shipped. It was to an address about 2 blocks away from my place. I thought about going over there and having words, but instead just scoped it out.

[Great-Kazoo]

I was an eBay power seller before there was even such a title. In the late 90's I was involved in a fraudulent check scam by some douche in Texas who was buying HIGH ticket item off of eBay w/COD being the method of shipping and then he was paying with checks he printed on his printer. Not even an attempt to make them decent either mind you. UPS says their drive isn't a teller and can't tell. Man, you should have seen this thing. lol Any 4th grader could know it wasn't legit. It took about 2 weeks for them to process your check and get it mailed back to you so that guy managed to rack up nearly six figures worth of items shipped to a house he was seemingly squatting in. I went through a LOT of the same BS you mention about being sent back and forth because local law agencies don't know how to handle it. The bottom line is you need to get the feds involved since it's across state lines. In my case I was out like $600 and I still just chalked it up to education fees and never took COD again. Since your credit card company reimbursed you I say let it go. You're really out nothing but time at this point, have nothing to gain other than more lost time and in the end what will it net you? Nothing but someone doing soft time with you on their mind and will likely get released early due to overcrowding. Who knows, maybe they want to plan a trip to Colorado? You'd have to deal with the FBI and all sorts of fun adult things like that. My advice is just to leave it man. Go on with life and thank god you're not out anything.

When you deal with the feds, unless the Attorney general or Assistant AG wants to pursue it GFL.

[Jer]

When you deal with the feds, unless the Attorney general or Assistant AG wants to pursue it GFL.

Exactly.

[james_bond_007]

Tis likely it is not even the people at that address but someone nearby. Pick a house you know everyone is gone all day and snag the box before they get home.

You know too much...
...seems like you may have "done this before"?

(I hope you know I'm just kidding ...)

[james_bond_007]

Sniper7:

I'll bet your feelings are the similar to those FFLs that have to tell the buyer "I'm sorry I can't sell you a firearm. Didn't you know you were a previously convicted felon? "
And then also have no one interested in pursuing criminal charges against the "buyer"...

[Irving]

Sniper. If this happens and you get a Colorado address. Let us know at that time.