Just had my Rolex scammed from me

[GLADIATOR]

Originally Posted by locutus49

some con men are very good at what they do and scam ordinary people every day. I am sorry for op.

+1

[philwong]

I always deal in a bank branch, money deposit at the counter with the watch, no argument or suspicious needed.

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[Daryl]

sorry to hear

[brandrea]

Sorry to hear OP.

I've done a cash deal once, and have to say it made me nervous carrying the amount.

I sincerely believe folks like this get their karma in due time.

[MikeyTX]

Originally Posted by dysondiver

confused ,,, did you say you counted the money ,,,,,

with luck it will be on cctv some where , either the pub , or the car park , or even some shop overlooking the car park.
hope you get a good result.

Yes he did ! Don't know how and not notice the roll of tissue paper. Something here is not right !

[MikeyTX]

Originally Posted by Rickyi

I don't ever post threads but I want everyone to know. Advertised my Datejust2 yesterday on gumtree, got a phone call and texts from a man with broken English saying he was from Azerbaijan, wanting to come over to purchase it, we arranged to meet in my local pub I had my brother and brother in law with me. There were two of them, later realised a third person was milling around. We agree a price and I counted the money, I put it in my pocket and the strange thing thinking now is one of them left leaving the first person asking us to walk him to the pub exit, he then blew a kiss and ran. When I went back inside to get my wife, who turned up with my daughter and friends for our usual Friday night pint, to count the money, she realised that the bundle of supposedly fifty pound notes had just one on the outside, within the roll was paper. I'm not covered and this retails now at £6,750, please don't do the same thing. Police taken for fingerprints but no hope of recovering now. Also tried to go on Rolex site to let them know and it doesn't exist.

Highlighted the op's statement about counting the money

[tonylam]

Pikers?

[hsfrank]

Originally Posted by John Condom

Lots of nasty and unnecessary comments towards the OP who I imagine is feeling bad enough already. Some members should be ashamed of themselves.

A lot of posters with hind sight. To the OP, I can sympathize with you. Same type of thing happened to me years ago in VN with a money changer.

[HeartRolex]

Originally Posted by dysondiver

confused ,,, did you say you counted the money ,,,,,

with luck it will be on cctv some where , either the pub , or the car park , or even some shop overlooking the car park.
hope you get a good result.

All of the above! So sorry this happened but I'm also confused about the money being counted.

[locutus49]

A lot of posters do not realize that con men do this for a living and are very skilled, much like magicians, at deceiving the eye for a split second. And much of the populace is susceptible to being conned by these professional con men.

OP has my sympathy. It is easy to think you would never be conned until it actually happens to you.

Originally Posted by hsfrank

A lot of posters with hind sight. To the OP, I can sympathize with you. Same type of thing happened to me years ago in VN with a money changer.

[southtexas]

Originally Posted by locutus49

A lot of posters do not realize that con men do this for a living and are very skilled, much like magicians, at deceiving the eye for a split second. And much of the populace is susceptible to being conned by these professional con men.



OP has my sympathy. It is easy to think you would never be conned until it actually happens to you.

That's what I was thinking. If David Blayne can make a frog appear in your mouth, someone can certainly make you think you're holding a roll of currency when it's actually just paper.


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[Eva123]

Very strange history:

1) From your posts I understand that you counted money, your brother in law checked that money are real, you put them into pocket.

2) How is kissing related in this story? I would never ever would allow another man to kiss me.

3) This story seems strange as it seems that you are telling only part of story.

Also, buying Rolex in a pub seems for me very strange. I would understand if you set up meeting Rolex store (to check authenticity of watch), bank or some other well lit and reputable places :)

[mrricks]

It's known in the trade as the "Gypsy switch ".

[TonyD]

Time to post a new ad with a different watch (something not real) and have a friend meet the guy.

Not sure how to handle the rest without the police. A confrontation would probably not go well. Who knows these days. I wonder if the police would help at all with a sting operation? It seems like it would be easy to do.

[usrudiver932]

I was going to use the word Gypsy but know that I do not wish to offend but there are people that can con or sell snow to an Eskimo or cheat you out of your cloths and you don't know it. I'm a retired police diver and some of these stories do not surprise me. Con artists have gotten more sophistated.

[marselluswallace]

Pound note deals for high value items in pubs involving people unknown always have a high risk-as you have found out to your cost unfortunately.

A bit late now but always safer to meet in a branch of your bank,conclude the deal there and pay the notes into your account before the buyer walks off with the watch.

[RRGHOST1]

Azerbaijan and Pub ! Now would you ?

[HeartRolex]

Originally Posted by offrdmania

Sounds like a pick pocket switch to me

Ditto, they might have picked up ideas from film, or never watched a film and just plain crooked. May locust wipe out their crops, literally and/or figuratively!