Stolen Tudor Pelagos

[RRKnight]

I'm sad to say I am now a victim of an organize crime that frauded me of my Tudor Pelagos. Sorry for the long write.

Some of you remembered that I posted a BNIB Tudor Pelagos for sale here on the classified section last month. I was one of the few who was able to get my hands on a Pelagos and I had to pay over MSRP to be put on the first one on the Rolex AD list.

https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=252044

I posted this same ad on Kijiji and then I got a call from some guy who lives in Ottawa. He claims he owns 2 Play it again sports stores. A location in Montreal and another one in Ottawa. He said he was looking hard for this watch and he was willing to pay me my asking price $5200.

He said he will go to BMO bank and get the teller to call me to verify my name for the certified chq.

15min later, I receive a call from a guy who said he is certifying the chq and wants to make sure everything is correct. The number he called me from was a 1800 number. I called the number back and it went to BMO call centers number. This was odd because certified chqs are done at the branch not at the call centers.

We agreed in a meeting place at my old condo where it has security cameras.
He drove 4 hours to meet me in person. The certified chq looks legit. It had the branch stamp and the embossing stamps. I used to be a teller before so I know how a certified chq looks like. So we made the exchange and next day I deposit the chq at my TD bank.

1 week later, I got a return chq and now I'm out $5200. I contacted my branch and they are now trying to retrieve the chq. I contacted the guy and his number is still valid. He said he will etransfer $1000 and give me the rest when he comes to Toronto again on Sat. The transfer was suppose to happen yesterday but of course nothing. I called him back last night and he said he will do it today. Still nothing. So I called him again, this time he said he will get someone from his store to come meet me tonight.

So at this point, he's just playing games. So I called every single Play it again Sports store in Ottawa and Montreal. No one heard of this guy. Eventually I got a store owner in Montreal who said I was the 3rd person who called about this guy. He said there were 2 others who received fraudulent certified chq from this same account. 1 of the people was a police office in Alberta who also lost a $6000 watch. I got the police officer's info but he will be back in the office tomorrow. Here's the good part, this store owner have the picture of the guy and the fraud chq that the police officer received.

I've already reported to my local police and all they said it is now under the fraud department and they will not investigate any further.

But the funny thing is that, the guy phone number is still valid. Why are they not helping me?

I feel I'm at a dead end and no one is helping me.

I did contacted rolex to report my watch is stolen. Please keep an eye on this serial number. It just might end up on here.

Watch: Tudor Pelagos
Model Number: 25500TN
Serial Number: J643350