I was scammed I’m so upset.

[ShannonSolomon]

I joined this Facebook group called silkies for rehoming. It has 2.5k members. Everyone talks about how they got their chicks or hens from a person named John mark. That he’s a verified breeder. So I messaged him paid 140 for four silkie chicks and 60 shipping.meant 140 total. He tells me today that the shipper will be emailing me. It did all seemed legit. I could see his info my info all seemed good. It said I need to reply to the email to make sure all info is correct. It was. I then get a email saying that I need to pay 300 for insurance. It went from calling it shipping to now calling it the agency. As the name of the shipping place is united agency something. I feel so upset I fell for this. Now I’m out 140 dollars and they have my address and phone number and I apple paid them. I messaged the admin and they are in on it also calling it the agency and it’s just insurance that will be refunded. How could I have fallen for this. There’s 2.5k in the group and everyone talks about him being a verified breeder. I do see now that almost all post get their comments turned off. Now I know why. I’m lucky I have six silkie babies as they are so beautiful but I wanted to add four more. Whatever now I know it wasn’t meant to be and I need to stick to the six I have. I just feel so upset I fell for a scam. I’m very hyper aware of scams and the language used by scammers but this was not that. Ugh! Sorry I needed to vent.

 

[nuthatched]

Can you do a charge back with your bank,

 

[ShannonSolomon]

Can you do a charge back with your bank,

I don’t know it’s Apple Pay I used. I have just been blocked by him and the admin which I assume is him too and been banned from the group. So now I can’t even report it.

 

[nuthatched]

I don’t know it’s Apple Pay I used. I have just been blocked by him and the admin which I assume is him too and been banned from the group. So now I can’t even report it.

Sounds like he has large scale con going in. Can you report the group itself to facebook? Apple pay should be connected to your bank in someway?

 

[ShannonSolomon]

Sounds like he has large scale con going in. Can you report the group itself to facebook? Apple pay should be connected to your bank in someway?

I tried but I have now been blocked by him the admin and the group. I can’t even report it now.

 

[StinkyAcres]

You used a debit or credit card through Apple Pay, right?

 

[nuthatched]

I tried but I have now been blocked by him the admin and the group. I can’t even report it now.

Contact Facebook directly, through all channels. Start investigating in what you can do to get your money back.

 

[StinkyAcres]

Something that is common with scammers from a foreign country is they use a first name as a last name. Doesn't always mean it's a scam, of course, but can be a clue. Sorry this happened.

 

[ShannonSolomon]

You used a debit or credit card through Apple Pay, right?

Yes I used my card from Apple Pay. It’s a retailer debit card hooked to my checking account.

 

[Sally PB]

Also contact anyone in your local TV news team who handles scams. Most TV stations have a "contact us" button on their websites. I don't know if that is anything they would cover, but it wouldn't hurt.