One Sarah Patel advertised a 2005 Lexus RX 330 white SUVon the web site of cheap used cars for sale. She said that the car belonged to her son who died in Iraq in 2010. She stated in her email to me that the look of the car constantly reminded her of her late son, hence, she was disposing the car. As a result of my sympathy with her, I decided to go ahead with the transaction without thinking about any possibility of fraudulent act. I was instructed by the eBay agent in the name of Brian Scott to send the money by Western Union to the following address:
Brian Scott
Via Giovanni Lulli (Personal Info Removed)
The eBay agents email address is [email protected]. Sarah Patel's email address is sara. [email protected].
As soon as the money was sent to this agent, they stopped communicating with me regarding the car. Several emails were sent to them by me, but there was no response. I started suspecting at this point that this could be a scam. My friend sent an email to inquire about the same car the next day, and the same woman - Sarah Patel responded to him with the same tone that she used in the first email she sent to me.
I will be glad if I can be guided as to what next to do in order to recover this money and expose this scam artists wherever in this world they are residing or hiding.
Thank you.
Samuel A. Pius
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