Western Union Scam

Hello i am writing you today to express my problem.Here it is.I have participate in a auction in ebay for a autograph of Freddy Mercury.The auction ended i won the item for 500$.The person who started the auction(lets say mr.X) contacted with me and told me that i can pay him trough western union and he will sent autograph.How stupid of mine not to see that this was a SCAM.I sent the money to a girl(before that he gave bank accounts and other he wanted tough bank also but i though by western union i would be more secure) and this was also strage his names were male and i sent the money to a female.He told me that he had the autograph sent but in never arrived for 3 weeks.What should i do if i contact Western Union would they give me information abou the female which took the money?Would i even return my money?Should i call the phone he gave me ?HELP PLEASE!!!!

Why would you pay for an eBay item outside of the eBay payment system? Unfortunately if you sent the money through Western Union, your money is gone and there is no recourse. You can file a report with your country's cyber crime organization, in Europe that would be https://www.europol.europa.eu/ec3old

Please post some of the emails between you and them, with your personal information removed. The emails asking you to send money through Western Union will be helpful in helping to warn others.

He suggested and told he had problems with his paypal.If the info is real would they find the female that actually took the money from western union and how long would take ?

Would the message be enough for interpol to find them a sue them and would they even do something for 500$ because it sounds funny for interpol do lock somebody for 500$ i mean they not like 50 000 $ but they a lot for me!

Filing a report isn't going to get you your money back, but filing a report is important.

In the future, never pay for an eBay item through any other means other than what is within eBay policies. There are numerous warnings all over eBay telling you not to pay any other way. Unfortunately, there's nothing more you can do about your $500 at this point. I'm sorry you lost your money.

But would the police be able to sue and toss the scammer in jail?

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Realistically, the police aren't going to do anything. The woman may not even exist. Many scammers will have ways of picking up money with out ID and even if she does exist, she is most likely an innocent scam victim herself, who thinks she has a job collecting money for her employer (or is doing it for an Internet friend).

Reporting the crime will enable the authorities to get an idea of how big the problem is - if no one reports the crimes then as far as the authorities are concerned, the problem doesn't exist.

And if the woman exist will they be able to find her and which police will do that because to my knowledge there are jurisdiction problems.I think he is from Romania and i am from Baltimore.

Report it to your local law enforcement and IC3 https://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

So i wont get my money and the police wont do anything in order to catch him? Just Great!

And if the women exist will they be able to find her?

The woman does not exist and you will probably not get your money back . Can you post a link to this ebay auction item so we can look at it . Also any email addresses . This wont get your money back, but it may warn other potential victims of this scam .

Also post the phone number he gave you so we can examine that .

I will do that and if shte does exist will they find her?

methopo, your question has been answered and advice given, I'm not sure what else you want us to tell you.

Can you post some of the emails between you and the scammer with your personal information removed? This will help other victims that may be searching and could prevent more victims.