Fraud Alert

I hope that no one else has an experience like mine. Here's a quick summary:
I posted on the buy/sell page, WTB CAT 22 Bottom Rollers, and gave my name and phone number. A few days later I got a call from a man who identified himself as Alan L. Kahn. He said that he was contacted by an ACMOC member and friend who lives in California telling him about my post. He said he lives in New Mexico, but was in Nevada (I traced his cell phone to Fallon, NV) for a closing on his deceased father's house. He said that his father was a CAT guy and happened to have twelve CAT 22 bottom rollers that had been rebuilt, including new shafts, with collars. He said he had to clear out all the CAT stuff, and that time was critical because of the house closing. He also said that there was a club member in Washington State who also wanted some of the rollers. He called me back after he checked on shipping costs, and we agreed on a price for the rollers. Because he was not at his home the only way to get the money to him was via Western Union. He said he would get the rollers to UPS and call me back with the tracking number. I got several other calls from him with progress toward shipping the rollers, the last one saying that he was taking the rollers to a friend in Sacramento, CA for shipping. Then the calls stopped and there was no answer when I tried to call him, many times. The last time I called I got a recording that the phone number was no longer active.

If any club member has any information that would help me track down this guy I would appreciate your help. Ray

Sorry to hear - did you send money via Western Union - any recourse threw them? Bob

Bob, yes, I sent money via Western Union. No recourse that I can determine. I am guessing that the individual uses Western Union for his fraud schemes because these is no recourse. I also believe that he was probably using a false or stolen drivers license. I did a search on the name he gave me and did not find such an individual in either NV or NM. Ray

I use PayPal

Thanks for the warning! Personally, I got into almost a similar situation. I left my number and then in a couple of days I received a call. It didn't recognize it as suspicious because his number started with +1 as usual. But on this site https://areaphonecodes.com/dominican-republic/, I found out he was from the Dominican Republic (I checked a mobile number format).

^%@*$&^$#@&$^% Lowlife that do nothing but prey on honest trusting people. Can't even answer the phone these days without it being someone hawking something or telling me I won the lottery if I only give them my bank account number.

The cheat in this case must have misspelled his name as it should be Con not Kahn. :rant:

Hope you can get your money back and hope they catch the guy.