HELP! My STOLEN Omega is being sold on this Forum!

[Time2watch1973]

Hi,

I need your help!

My watch was stolen. You can read the story here. Happened this week!

https://forums.watchuseek.com/f2/i-j...d-5050209.html

It is now being sold on YOUR forum! Here:

https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=702435

Compare the serial number in the post to my post on IG several weeks ago here:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B1fExA4HAHK/

Same watch!

HELP!!!

I contact admin, but have yet to hear back... has not been long, but as you can imagine, I am freaking out here!

What can I do?

[Time2watch1973]

Thank you for any help you can provide and I am terribly sorry for the mess I made on the general forum.

[Time2watch1973]

Anyone can email me:

time2watch@gmail.com

[ZOOK]

Go to the sale post and click on the triangle with exclamation point to the left of the post.

Type a message that a MOD will see and react to.

[Time2watch1973]

Originally Posted by ZOOK

Go to the sale post and click on the triangle with exclamation point to the left of the post.

Type a message that a MOD will see and react to.

OK, will do that right away!

[bp1000]

Why didn't you organise pick up and loop the police in?

Bait.

[WatchLurv]

Looks like Magnus is roaming on this forum. I'll be damned. Read through and he's been getting away with all these watch scams.

[Time2watch1973]

Originally Posted by bp1000

Why didn't you organise pick up and loop the police in?

Bait.

I have been trying to get the RCMP and Iceland Police involved for 2 days now - just getting the runaround from both!

[bonatto]

The nerve

[GarbanzoNegro]

Originally Posted by bp1000

Why didn't you organise pick up and loop the police in?

Bait.

OP is in Canada and the other guy, apparently, in Iceland.

[m j b]

Sorry to hear that the OP was scammed out of a nice watch.

But I didn't see the serial number anywhere on the for sale post.

[bp1000]

wow sorry didn't realise it ended up in Iceland

good luck!

[Noonan]

Originally Posted by m j b

Sorry to hear that the OP was scammed out of a nice watch.

But I didn't see the serial number anywhere on the for sale post.

It's visible in the image showing the back with the clasp open.

[WatchLurv]

I just read...
Guy has stolen $1000 for a Tudor 58 deal. Stolen 3 watches for a trade. Now this guy.

And he uses the same delivery address, so it's for sure a real one and he's the guy who receives the packages.

I see that the seller hnottur on here basically became a pledged member for the sole purpose of selling this watch.

Hope the admins get to this ASAP and stop him dead in his track, hand over IP information to @OP, so further investigation and evidence can be collected.

Magnus obviously thinks that you can scam cross-border and there will be no consequences to his actions. May he rot dead in a jailcell.

[ZOOK]

There is a crowd on the for sale ad along with a MOD. I hope you get this resolved.

[Speed]

Strange story...

Not sure everything is adding up here...but hope all works out.

[m j b]

Originally Posted by Noonan

It's visible in the image showing the back with the clasp open.

Ah, so it is, sharp eyes there @Noonan!

The seller has been banned, kudos to the quick-acting mods.

I just bought a new watch from a reputable seller in Switzerland, and used my credit card (and paid the additional fees) just as additional protection.

It's a dangerous world out there, and unfortunately, a lot of bad people.

[WatchLurv]

Originally Posted by Speed

Strange story...

Not sure everything is adding up here...but hope all works out.

It's adding up.

He's using different aliases: Magnus Sigurdsson, Markus Sigurdsson...

Just go through the threads on WUS for 10 minutes and you can find he's also scammed a guy on the Omegaforum. This guy is bad news.

[BisonHead]

Sorry to hear this OP. Hope you get some closure on it from the Icelandic authorities.

Seems to be scamming people on a number of fronts.

I have emailed the managing agent of the apartments of the address he is using, to let them know there place is being used by a scammer on a number of occasions.

[hongkongrr]

there should be a special place in hell for these people.... messes up our community and the integrity of this hobby

[Fat_ninja]

Man. Crazy

[mgsooner]

True scumbag. Needs to go down.

[jag32]

Banning this guy was a mistake and the admins just closed any hope of resolution or catching him for OP or supporting a police investigation. He said payment was by SWIFT/IBAN....That’s perfect, just PM him with an offer to buy it, get the SWIFT information, and THEN provide that to the police (and then ban). You will literally have his bank and the specific account and a report to the bank would freeze his account at a minimum. An IP address won’t do anything. There is so much fraud on TRF it’s eye watering and TRF management, IMO, needs to develop a better way to manage it besides just outright banning everyone who will just use a VPN and make a new account. Do we want to play whack a mole here or actually protect people on TRF? I’m sure a cadre of better volunteers would be happy to assist with such an effort and it would be neither resource nor time intensive.

[Chewbacca]

Scum.

[MoosicPa]

Originally Posted by jag32

Banning this guy was a mistake and the admins just closed any hope of resolution or catching him for OP or supporting a police investigation. He said payment was by SWIFT/IBAN....That’s perfect, just PM him with an offer to buy it, get the SWIFT information, and THEN provide that to the police (and then ban). You will literally have his bank and the specific account and a report to the bank would freeze his account at a minimum. An IP address won’t do anything. There is so much fraud on TRF it’s eye watering and TRF management, IMO, needs to develop a better way to manage it besides just outright banning everyone who will just use a VPN and make a new account. Do we want to play whack a mole here or actually protect people on TRF? I’m sure a cadre of better volunteers would be happy to assist with such an effort and it would be neither resource nor time intensive.

To sell on TRF you need to join and pay.... I'm sure the Administrators on here have his information.

[Welshwatchman]

Originally Posted by jag32

Banning this guy was a mistake and the admins just closed any hope of resolution or catching him for OP or supporting a police investigation. He said payment was by SWIFT/IBAN....That’s perfect, just PM him with an offer to buy it, get the SWIFT information, and THEN provide that to the police (and then ban). You will literally have his bank and the specific account and a report to the bank would freeze his account at a minimum. An IP address won’t do anything. There is so much fraud on TRF it’s eye watering and TRF management, IMO, needs to develop a better way to manage it besides just outright banning everyone who will just use a VPN and make a new account. Do we want to play whack a mole here or actually protect people on TRF? I’m sure a cadre of better volunteers would be happy to assist with such an effort and it would be neither resource nor time intensive.

Do you think there's the slightest chance that the scammer's ability to see your plot to catch him might be bolstered by the fact he can read this thread?

Policy is to ban outright and to forward all information (IPS and Paypal details) to the legitimate authorities.

It is not policy to run multiple stings here. At any time there may be additional purchasers in dialogue with a scammer. Keeping a member around for even a day may cause multiple further scam "sales" from completing.

There may be a time where it's just not worth offering the FSoT resource. Let everywhere else on the internet be the venue for the criminal mindset.

[Bizcut1]

Just terrible news. I've been scammed here as well. Caveat Emptor.

Ben

[oysterquartz17000]

Originally Posted by Bizcut1

Just terrible news. I've been scammed here as well. Caveat Emptor.

Ben

There seems to be a lot of scamming going on here.

[Tools]

Originally Posted by oysterquartz17000

There seems to be a lot of scamming going on here.

You must be sharper than me.

I would have sworn that we just kept anybody from being scammed here by the ad reported to us.

[Welshwatchman]

Originally Posted by oysterquartz17000

There seems to be a lot of scamming going on here.

It's a function of the unwarranted trustworthiness of a total stranger, by a member, just because he's (it's always a male, go figure) a "Rolex Forum Member".

The scams will go on as long as :

A. We allow the FS section to continue. If ended, they will happen elsewhere,
B. Members fail to take all reasonable measures of due diligence.

Predators will be where the potential victims are. Sending a non-reversible payment of $10k + to a total stranger is always potentially problematic.

Yet people do this and usually it's OK. I'd never do it, ever.