Beware: Chambers is a Scammer / Fraud

[TNChic]

I made a watch purchase from Chambers and wired the payment but the watch was never sent. I wired the money on Friday being told that it will overnight on Saturday but it was not sent. Then I was promised that it will ship on Saturday for Monday delivery but this was never done. Then was told it will ship out today (Monday) but then never got tracking info and never got a response and not have not been able to reach anyone email/text or phone at all.
I wanted to let everyone know to make sure no one else gets scammed.
Do not purchase from Chambers.
If anyone can help me with this, I would very much appreciate any advice.
I thought I can trust this site, but it was certainly very discouraging that there are people like this out there. Very sad...

[TNChic]

It seems that TRF banned this account from the forum. Thank you for the quick actions. It's good see that I did not want anyone else to get involved with this seller.
As of today, I never received the watch (as expected) and have not heard back at all. I have emailed, text, called to no avail. If anyone had a similar experience or heard about a similar situation, any advice would be appreciated. Just a terrible experience and an expensive lesson learned and feeling very depressed going into the holiday season...

[Rollied]

OP, so sorry to hear about your experience. I, too, had a very expensive learning lesson. To bring more awareness to the scamming issues, here are some steps one can take to minimize your risk:

- Buy the seller, ask for references from prior sales, check post history

- Once a deal is agreed upon, exchange personal info such as drivers license, linked in profiles, etc.

- I always demand a FaceTime/video chat session before sending funds

Hope these tips can help us all to stay safe this holiday season.


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[TNChic]

Hi Rollied,
Thank you for the helpful tips!
I will definitely keep this advice in mind.
What did you do after your bad experience?
Where you able to recover any of the funds?

[Rollied]

Originally Posted by TNChic

Hi Rollied,
Thank you for the helpful tips!
I will definitely keep this advice in mind.
What did you do after your bad experience?
Where you able to recover any of the funds?

Unfortunately it was a very expensive learning experience, I was not able to recover any funds as it was a wire transfer. I did what many here have suggested, report the event to the FBI’s branch of internet scams


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[TNChic]

Thank you for the note.
Much appreciate the advice.
This has unfortunately put a halt and a bad taste to my watch hobby.
I guess there are scammers everywhere so need to be careful.
It was a real disappointment as where I come from it is all about trust and respect so this type of thing rarely happens.
It is sad that you have to doubt people first before you can trust them...

[tike71]

What sort of due diligence was done prior to wiring the funds?

[Rebel]

Originally Posted by tike71

What sort of due diligence was done prior to wiring the funds?

This.

[kg19989]

Sorry to hear about your experience. I always come straight here to check and see if they have any references. Not only that, I look at the people who posted references for them and see how many posts they have to make sure they are legit. Hang out here long enough and you'll know who the good guys are. And most of them are. Good luck with your future watch endeavors.

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[TNChic]

Thank you for all the advice.
I know I need to be more careful next time but would be nice if there was a step that TRF can take that sellers here need to verify themselves.
That would make it a little more safe I guess.

[omar10213245]

Originally Posted by TNChic

Thank you for all the advice.
I know I need to be more careful next time but would be nice if there was a step that TRF can take that sellers here need to verify themselves.
That would make it a little more safe I guess.

would it be worthwhile for you to go to your local police? or maybe reach out to the local police of the crook? (assuming that the locality he claims to be from is correct, which may very well not be the case)

[TNChic]

Hello,
Thanks for the comments.
So far, I have reported this to my local police, and the state and local police that the wire instructions had and also the FBI. I have contacted my bank about a reverse wire as well. The local police are working on it, and they said that the scammer will be arrested once they fine all of the info and evidence. I hope this is the case so no one else falls victim to this scammer.