Fraud Alert: Audio Zoom Zoom, Netherlands

the very most-likely situation that there wasn't any transaction anywhere and poster just wanted to see members reaction to it, so i believe everything has cleared.

just wonder myself to find such low-security bank to 'play' with such hefty transactions from time to time myself, but dreams sometimes don't come true even if you try to ask imaginary dude up above.

Just to clarify, I did in fact lose the money, wired to a bank in Amsterdam. My sole purpose in posting was to warn fellow audiophiles about a fraud. Thanks to those who made a positive response, especially prpixel and deralte. As to those with negative comments, you are the very reason I generally do not participate in forums. Stay safe everyone.

musicm: Sorry about your lose.
It’s to bad that some of the posters, on here, place themselves above everyone else and can’t feel good unless they’re being snide and insulting. Little wonder that some, in our audiophile community, post here a few times and never come back. The members of our forum will always have different likes and opinions and that’s good, but I, for one, hold little regard for snide and arrogance.
Scammers have gotten very good at setting up and quickly closing out accounts using fraudulent identities. It’s rather easy to wire transfer money into or out of any account and near impossible to catch a crook once their account is closed - since the identity/identities on the account was fraudulent to begin with.
Back in the early 2,000s, a good many ebay buyers got scammed out of many thousands of dollars - caught up in phony motor cycle sales, atv sales, etc, etc - claiming to take only wire transfers. Thus began the big push to get transactions to go to PayPal and most likely the reason PayPal has always been more buyer, rather than seller, protective. Now, it seems there are some shady buyers out there, who use PayPal’s favor toward buyers to screw and scam legitimate sellers.
A good wake up call and remind for us to be very mindful of how and with whom we do business
Best of luck...Jim

dear Sir,

thank you for your your warning.

i was near to send money to them.

please find their bank account:

 

Titulaire du compte: Pavel Varchi Toma

Adresse: Meander 901, 6825MH, Arnhem, NL
Nom de la banque: ING BANK N.V.
Adresse de la banque: Willesplein 38, 6811KC, Arnhem, NL
IBAN: NL93INGB0665526113

SWIFT: INGBNL2A

 

he also told me that in french which is my language:

Bonjour M. Pictet,

En ce qui concerne ce gars qui pleure pour 15K $, ce n'est pas ma faute, je lui ai demandé d'envoyer les fonds sur mon compte bancaire, pas à mon adresse PayPal et il n'a pas écouté.A présent, ses fonds sont bloqués et nous attendons PayPal pour débloquer Les fonds pour nous pouvons résoudre le problème.

and that:

M. Pictet,

Oui c'est le cas, je lui ai dit qu'il ne m'appartient pas de lui rembourser ou de débloquer les fonds PayPal est le seul à pouvoir le faire. Je lui ai demandé d'enlever cette discussion parce qu'il me donne un mauvais feedback et devinez quoi, il ne peut pas le supprimer du forum Audiogon.

Nous avons ouvert une poursuite parce que cela nuit à notre image. Il doit répondre de cela parce que nous perdons des clients à cause de cette discussion sur le forum

Merci,

Varchi

Audio ZOOM ZOOM

you need to sue him and to warn other customers as much as you can.

thanks again and very sorry for you.

Bernard