I also noticed that they purchased something very expensive (wasn't sure what it was) and left a positive feedback for it. They actually mentioned that it was a virtu in their communication to me (that's what prompted me to look) but I am not sure how you found out that it was a virtu. How did you??
Both my husband and I were a little dumbfounded by this, it doesn't fit into the picture of someone who is a regular scammer. The only thing we could come up with to explain it to ourselves is that perhaps this person was duped themselves at some stage - purchased a TAG somewhere and received a fake and they are now trying to get rid of it in this horrendous way.
The bottom line is, this is all hypothesising that does not really help me. He IS scamming me right now, regardless of his/her past history. I know this due to one simple fact - I sent a red leather phone (packed it myself in the box) and he sent me a photo of a fake croc back phone which he claims he received instead of my phone.
He is refusing to follow simple due process (advised by authorities) which is take the phone and box to Canadian Post office to investigate the possibility (a very slim, almost non-existent possibility) that the phone was switched. I didn't come up with that suggestion - I was given this specific instruction by an Australia Post representative to whom I relayed the whole story in all detail. He turned that suggestion against me claiming that I was trying to committ insurance fraud.
He is also refusing to provide an IMEI number from the phone he claims he received which would give me/police/authorities to investigate who this fake phone is registered to. He claims that I didn't provide a battery/charger (a lie) but IMEI can be just looked up from under the battery. He is not providing any more additional photos of the fake phone, only the back.
He is not cooperating in any way, only demanding that I refund him/her and keeps repeating that he wants to send me the fake croc phone back. Which is, of course, unacceptable.
