newguy
06-08-2006, 10:16 AM
Reading through a few of the posts here, I am hoping someone can offer me some advice/info.
I was recently ripped off through a scam. I definitely acted foolishly, and quickly, but the long and short of it is that somebody I 'met' in a forum similar to this one had contacted me via email in response to tickets to an event I was looking for. Needless to say, he has my ***** and I have no tickets.
The only accurate info. I have is a yahoo email address (fake name phone # etc.) I have traced the email with WhoIs and IPNetInfo....but it sounds like this would only give me the address to the ISP, not the actual person (came up registered to a small university). Is this correct?
Ultimately, I am screwed and nobody can help because I have no info on this person. Is there a way I can get this person's true info?....name, address, phone, etc. I live across the country from this person, so I am not going to do anything drastic....really would just like to be able to contact them, get my $$ back, or give the info to someone who can help.
I know there are a lot of threads about things like this, but can anyone help? Or are there any other things I can do that might be able to help?
Sorry for the long post, and thank you in advance.
I was recently ripped off through a scam. I definitely acted foolishly, and quickly, but the long and short of it is that somebody I 'met' in a forum similar to this one had contacted me via email in response to tickets to an event I was looking for. Needless to say, he has my ***** and I have no tickets.
The only accurate info. I have is a yahoo email address (fake name phone # etc.) I have traced the email with WhoIs and IPNetInfo....but it sounds like this would only give me the address to the ISP, not the actual person (came up registered to a small university). Is this correct?
Ultimately, I am screwed and nobody can help because I have no info on this person. Is there a way I can get this person's true info?....name, address, phone, etc. I live across the country from this person, so I am not going to do anything drastic....really would just like to be able to contact them, get my $$ back, or give the info to someone who can help.
I know there are a lot of threads about things like this, but can anyone help? Or are there any other things I can do that might be able to help?
Sorry for the long post, and thank you in advance.