That's what most honest people here would have done straight away if this happened to them! Sometimes taking no action and keeping silent is an answer. The same as a NO answer can be an answer.
You only have to put yourself in a position where your account has been hacked and ask yourself what would you do? I know what I'll be doing. I would be creating another account ASAP and going to a relevant sub-forum and write a big fat WARNING sign as the subject of the thread letting everyone know what has happened. Now there are only 2 possible scenarios here. Either goldenjosh has scammed people or something terrible had happened to him. But his gf/wife also uses the same account so if something has happened why hasn't she made contact? The fact of the matter is that this is a great forum for all of us. We don't pay any fees for listing items to sell, we don't pay any fees for selling any items and we can discuss PMs all day long for FREE. In saying that we need to use this as an example to learn from and not allow it to tarnish this community and always let the forum know when s**t like this happens. I don't know about the rest of you but we should have a section on the forum for these threads to be moved to by the admins as a warning to others, so the threads don't get buried with everything else. We can post any fraudulent activity that includes dealings on this forum or home robberies, F2F gone bad and the like. We can also have a 101 sticky on how to avoid getting scammed. I know that naming and shaming is something GP is against as it might manifest into lawsuits but we won't use names. It could be a section/subforum with these threads compiled in one. My 2 cents.
Agree, we should have a Sticky..... Any deals that turn sour. Fix it up or get the Sh!t from the rest of the community.
Excuse me ! Who are you to dictate what is written on this forum ? Who made you lead investigator in this matter ! Ebay has been mentioned often on this forum even by admin. Many of the members on the forum sell and buy on Ebay. We are all trying to help. If there is a scam or a hijacked account any one of us members that have had involvements with Goldenjosh88 can contact him via Ebay PM message. As he may not be able to contact the OP in question via the forum as his email address may be hacked also.
Were there previous issues with people using "shared" accounts? Maybe this is an enourmous warning sign?
I like to think my SS account requires just as much security as my bank account. It definitely carries enough risk of identity fraud to be considered just as important. So I personally would not be sharing my account with anyone, even my wife. Come to think of it. I would never even want my account standing behind me when I'm on SS. Because the would know exactly how much money i've spent on me stack :lol:
Last message i got from Goldenjosh88 is that his 'friend' the account i deposited the money will ship tomorrow. He has not made any form of contact after 19/01 Now here's a few things From memory order for 5 1oz gold coins was placed after christmas 29/12 sold gold 1oz coin a 2014 amercian eagle and 2014 Britannia. These are the same coins i ordered from him unless his got another set. 31/12 i requested bank details again because ive deleted all old messages and he messages back saying his going on a surprised holiday but will sell coins for same price. 01/12 - 15/01 He has also sold many other lunar S1 1oz gold coins i remember a Mouse, Horse and a dragon. Also a kook set from 1990 to 2006 or something towards the end of the year. So has anyone made a purchase any of these coins from him during that time and received them? 18/01 recontacted me in regards to sale and re nego price due to spot price jump since 29/12 19/01 a reply saying his friend will ship tomorrow. Now no tracking number was provided. the bank account that was given was a ANZ and different name to the the one he normally uses which is NAB thus supporting chip's claim of hijacking. has logged on 3 occasions since last contact. Now you can't tell me that you wasnt able to reply to any of my PM's. i even got his personal email and no reply from that. when he does log on his only on for a very short period of time ive also linked working for goldenjosh88 to GOBAL INTER GOLD which is based in the UK selling gold in EURO to Philippines. Looks dodgy as but it may not be any of concern what he does outside the forum.
Thanks to all members that have helped me it is very much appreciated i will return the favor somehow maybe some freebies if it goes well.
At a minimum this is a case of fraud. I think the law states that you can't sell goods that aren't in your possession. The question then remains is if it's a fraud with goldenjosh or goldenjosh and his mate. In either case the police needs to be told. Another area of concern is the fact that he can contact admin to tell them that his account has been hijacked but can't make contact with the buyer. I also don't like the idea of a 'surprise holiday' (overseas?) after 8 grand comes into his bank account. My take is that this is getting to a point where you need legal help.
I contacted Goldenjosh yesterday. Spoken to him, I said he is needed in the forum to sort out some matter urgently. He said his Lap Top got stolen, I told him to contact the administrator. He said he can't get into his user account. Told him to create another account to get in the forum. Call him again today , phone not been pickup. Now that made his story very suspicious. I am willing to help out in this investigation. All information will be confidential, will share any finding with the Admin... Chip
Not good buddy,I hope you get your money back. I'm with Chip on this one, go to the police he has had long enough to respond, but declines to do so. I'ts not as though it's a $40 or $50 deal, which would be bad enough it is a fairly substantial amount & something you can't just put down to experience. Good luck with it.
At this stage the following information is available: 1. His phone number 2. Two sets of Australian bank account details 3. I assume his address (given that members have posted him things?) Enough for a police report surely? We also know he is refusing to contact any members, refusing to contact admins to help with an apparent claim that his account was "hacked" and/or laptop stolen, and refusing (if his story is true) to create a new account to warn members of someone using his old ID. Would it be legal to send a debt collector to his house? We could all pitch in and send a guy like this: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUzlmWWdjEQ[/youtube]
