Help, advice on scammer, need advice please internet fraud?
so I traded this guy 600c and like 12.0 of rares on habbo for 2 runescape accounts, used a middle man, went good, there were no recovs or pins on either account. next day the passes are changed somehow, I figure he scammed me and I talk to him but he says he didnt do it which I know it had to be him and hes not cracking and keeps saying he didnt do it. so I just got scammed out of 600c and 12.0 which is like 30 dollars. I read that habbo arrested two finnish kids for scamming furni, I figure the same principle can be applied to this situation; you buy coins ONLY with $$$ and thereforth if you get it scammed it is theft like the 2 finnish kids did. I also have the guys phone number, he hasnt removed me from msn either. What are my options? Should I and how would I take legal action or something involving police, would it be worth it? I don’t think anything would happen he would just recieve a warning from the police or something if that and he would get scared and give it up. From the looks of his typing he seems scared already, he keeps stalling and saying "no I didn’t" and ill give you another account, but i cant get to a computer till wednesday or some BS. I just want to know how I should handle this situation. To me this is very important, I worked hard to get those coins, even if there worth 30 dollars you still would have to pay like 150 to get them from habbo.
PS: He lives in canada, (his phone no and his sms pin he gave me to use on the acc are from canada.) I think.
please no flaming or stupid answers :S
Edd, it may be virtual, but you pay with real money, Search in google: "habbo steal virtual furniture" an article about two teenagers who scammed peoples furniture got ARRESTED for THEFT, because fact is that you have to get the coins with real money instead of earning them so there just as much a real currency as any other currency, however if I gave him runescape gold that you "earn" it would probably not work since theres no money involved, but since I PAID for the coins from HABBO it is theft.
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You need to try and work it with the guy you traded with. Hopefully you can. As far as calling the police, what part of this is a police matter. He didn’t steal $30 from you. He took something that you say is worth 30, but it’s not even a real item it’s game stuff. You can call the police, but they will not even let you finish telling them your story before they get you off the phone. Don’t believe me, call them. I know they don’t have much crime in Canada, but I’m sure they have better things to do that go after the Pretend money, that is used in online games.
lol, thats why you dont buy accts. they can reset the recovery and you are screwed. You cant call the police, because the accts are property of Jagex and cannot be bought and sold. You are SOL.