Account sold, money reversed. Need help

[odoacer]

Recently sold my 2nd account for $260. I gave the guy all the info and didn't get any of his, but I got the money. low and behold money was reversed guy signs off. Going to call blizzard tomorrow to hopefully get it back, wondering if anyone knows anyway to get the money back too.

[scootrsmb]

did you use paypal?
call blizzard and if you are original owner say you were hacked and provide them with allll of the info on the account.

[McCain08]

You can't get the money back because it is virtual goods. However, you can get your account back just call blizzard.

When trading you should collect information such as phone numbers, addresses, etc. for trading that way you dont get scammed by a 10 year old.

[odoacer]

from his email I believe to have found out who scammed me and he actually lives in my state!

Drew Edward Terpenning (22)
Fanwood, NJ
191 La Grande Ave
(908)490-0041

Is there anyway I can search google to link him to this scam, so I don't accuse the wrong person, like finding a wow account linked to his name or a forum account linked to his name.

[scootrsmb]

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

you can check his phone number with his address and get a name but dont think u can link it to his wow account name.

[odoacer]

Hmm, I've searched the email on myspace and it is him. just going to see if i can find any other way to contact him, might call him tomorrow.

[valon]

Why wait? Call him now or at like 3 in the morning. Just to piss him off for scamming you.

[El3m3nt]

Yeah, they wont reverse it if you say you sold it

[valon]

Originally Posted by El3m3nt

Yeah, they wont reverse it if you say you sold it

Dude! Theres this cool new thing I heard about called lying!

....wow.....

[odoacer]

When I call blizzard, what are they going to ask to see if I'm the OO? Name, SQ/A, and address?

[Cal]

Yep odo, most likely.

[Saint-Pasdoy]

If you are with verified you can do this

In general. PayPal's consumer protection programs, consisting of a Buyer Complaint Policy and a Seller Protection Policy as defined below, are designed to try to help buyers recover funds from sellers who do not ship the promised goods, and to reduce the risk of reversals for sellers who follow specified risk-reduction procedures. The Seller Protection Policy is also designed in part to reduce fraud by encouraging users of the PayPal service to become Verified, as described above. Verification, in conjunction with our other proprietary authentication methods, lowers our company's financial risk and allows us to provide the consumer protection policies listed below. Please note: PayPal's consumer protection programs only apply to tangible, physical goods which can be shipped, and excludes everything else, including but not limited to: intangibles, services, quasi-cash and all non-tangible, non-physical goods.

so this mean : call Paypal or send them an e-mail saying its virtual good ( world of warcraft account ). Tell you already send him info and u did it right after u got paid.

[Tseuqreve]

When selling a wow account do this simple thing.

Make sure prior to the sale they know they wont receive the email change or SQA untill the box gets to them.

Let them pay via paypal. Give them the username/pw. The next day ship them the wow box with the included info i stated above. Give paypal the tracking number.

Paypal will then side with you on the purchase and wont refund them their money.

[Guzey]

I'd call his house and threaten to "kill his dog, smack his wife" <--- the following order can changed

[Monani]

If i wasnt so damn cheap i would've made the call myself just for fun and tape it for you guys, is it any way i could call for free? I think you can do it on Skype, ill be sure you record my conversation with him.