Scammed by vodkarocket (Boris Berzin)

[Elshan]

Hi guys,

Just to warn you guys I was scammed by an individual named Boris Berzin from San Francisco going by the username vodkarocket on TZ. He's also on a few car forums like L4P.

I paid for a JLC posted on TZ a couple months back and have been receiving excuses about him being unable to send a refund. He has claimed to send a wire for the refund a couple of times and all of which have not reached me. Apparently another individual has been scammed as well for an AP.

I have a picture of his ID and address though, would anyone know what avenues I could seek to retrieve my money?

[SethBocaRatonPawn]

What is TZ?

[angd5791]

Timezone.com

[zeuloa]

You could start by contacting the police in SF.

I believe I read somewhere the FBI has a division that handles Internet fraud I this kind, and there is an online avenue to report it.

Good luck an please follow through in stopping this guy!

[iLLGT2]

WOWWW.. I know him from L4P and the car forums, always thought he was an upstanding guy... crazy

What a POS

[springer]

In the day, they were called "confidence men" for a reason. They get your confidence then your money!

I'm sorry to see this happen to you and hopefully the police in San Francisco or the FBI can assist you.

[Goiguidoc]

Good luck!

[Rsvrider]

But wait! There's more:
http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/off...dkarocket.html

Seems like at the end he came thru, keep on him. Hope this gets resolved.

[BOA]

Actually, that thread doesn't finish with him coming through. Maybe he did. Maybe he didn't. It was closed before a happy ending. But either way, if you look under his avatar, he's "Banned," which begs the question, why?

[Kevin B]

Actually it looks like he did finally get his money back

[BOA]

You are correct. I was apparently reading only the posts by vodkarocket and just scanned the last few without picking up on that fact. Sorry about that. I still wonder why he got banned though. In these kinds of cases where sellers say they always come through in the end but always make it some kind of adventure, it still ends up being good advice to either avoid them or be prepared for all kinds of potential problems.

[Rsvrider]

Originally Posted by BOA

You are correct. I was apparently reading only the posts by vodkarocket and just scanned the last few without picking up on that fact. Sorry about that. I still wonder why he got banned though. In these kinds of cases where sellers say they always come through in the end but always make it some kind of adventure, it still ends up being good advice to either avoid them or be prepared for all kinds of potential problems.

I agree with you 100%, even if he "finally" did the right thing, who wants to suffer from a long and sketchy transaction?!?

Don't engage on a sale/purchase knowing you can't go thru it, and if for some reason an emergency comes up, communicate!!! Most everyone these days own an smartphone, there is no excuse.
I really hope the OP gets his $ or watch. Why a nightmare!

[Elshan]

Its been about 4 months since I sent payment and i've been getting sporadic promises about when my money will arrive but it never does.

Have reported on IC3 (FBI internet crime division) but I'm not too sure how much good that would do.

I have his ID from another buyer that has been verified to be authentic though. Any idea what i could do with this information?

[Kevin B]

I agree with you 100%, even if he "finally" did the right thing, who wants to suffer from a long and sketchy transaction?!?:ban him:

Can't ban him here unless he's a member. Didn't this happen on TZ . MaybeI'm missing something.

[iLLGT2]

Update??