I was scammed involving T mobile and an individual, what can I do?
October 11th, 2009 Posted by: admin
I decided that I wanted the new Sidekick 2008. So I went onto craigslist and there was an individual selling 1 an some other tmobile phones for $175, which was great because the phone retails at 300. So I emailed her and we began talking. She says that she works for T mobile and uses her “bonus checks” to sell Tmobile pones. So what happened was I gave her only my cell number and the name on the account. She goes in and adds a credit of 460.32 (something like this) That was suppose to cover the phone, the shipping, and my upcoming bill. So I ordered the phone through T mobile.. I called customer care and did this. Later that day once I got my confirmation number and felt comfortable doing this.. I went to western union and wired her 250.00. She makes a profit because her bonus gift check that was loaded onto my account can only be used for t mobile products and services she says. So basically I get the check for my new phone and she gets the cash.. works for both of us.. I save money and she makes money. Sounded good to me. 2 days later, my phone comes in. I thought everything worked as planned. And then today I get a text message from t mobile saying to pay my bill. And I was like ***? So i called t mobile and the customer rep. says that I owe my 413 for my bill and a phone and I said “There was a credit added of 460.” And she says.. yes I see that, but it says the check bounced. I was in shock. I just hung up and didn’t know what to say. So I called back and talked to a different guy and told him the entire story and he submitted a report to their fraud department.
I know that the credit was added because I seen it on my online account before I wired the money and when I ordered the phone.. the customer service rep. said it did show up. I would think this person really does for t mobile because she had acsess to my account.. I only gave her my name and number.
I know that the credit was added because I seen it on my online account before I wired the money and when I ordered the phone.. the customer service rep. said it did show up. I would think this person really does for t mobile because she had acsess to my account.. I only gave her my name and number.
So I now owe T mobile 413 dollars that I don;t have and lost 250.
What can I do if anything. The only info I have on this person is there first and last name.. their city and state and their email and aim. I also have the western union receipt. Some one help please.
By: d.rock18
Tags: Bonus Checks, Craigslist, Pones
October 13th, 2009 at 21:52
Sue them in small claims court.
October 16th, 2009 at 17:31
Dont pay nothing til u get everythin straighten out i had tmodile and the sidekick to they always trying to scam some1 worst phone company never again
October 18th, 2009 at 12:54
What you need to do is keep the receipt and contact the craiglist company to grab info on this person. Perhaps he/she used a false name or even false city etc to cover his/her tracks so that may be hard.
Believe it or not, sometimes TMobile customers don’t have to offer social security number, they just give the phone # and name and speak to a representative. I would talk to Tmobile and find out how that happened.
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