Cex scammer

hornetstinger said:
But if you've got your money (I presume actually have a product you bought with the card) then paying him is you scamming him?

Doesn't matter if he's illegally scamming others, doesn't give you excuse to be criminal
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I haven't got anything. I cancelled the order and have asked cex to return the amount to the original voucher which he provided me.
 
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The time to check for 'is this a scam?' was BEFORE you used the voucher, not after you used it and then decided to not pay him :cry:

Thread needs link to these reddit posts so we can see if they're actually legit concerns or just a bunch of overly emotional manchildren winding themselves up about nothing :p
 
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My head hurts

So you used the voucher...but you don't have a item, or items of full value of the voucher. So how have you used it, what do you have of the value of the voucher?
You haven't paid him


So how have you been scammed?
 
ProStreet said:
I can only imagine hes been stealing people's vouchers...
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*Random person opens front door to shotgun wielding scammer..

"Argh! Please...don't hurt me!"

"Sex. Now!"

"Please god no, not in front of my family."

"No not sex. CEX. Cee. Eeee. Ex. Give me your vouchers nooooww!"
 
hornetstinger said:
My head hurts

So you used the voucher...but you don't have a item, or items of full value of the voucher. So how have you used it, what do you have of the value of the voucher?
You haven't paid him


So how have you been scammed?
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Ok probably didnt explain it well.

Person contacted me on a well known forum. He said he would send the voucher first. I tested it and ordered something. He sent me his email address to pay by ppg. His email address was a bit fishy so I googled his name based on his PayPal account. His name appeared on a reddit post with tens of messages about him scamming people. People saying he sent fraudulent vouchers etc. I didnt pay him as I thought my order would just get cancelled. He then said I scammed him, hes now deactivated on that forum by a moderator. I contacted cex to cancel the order and return the value to the original voucher. What else could I have done...
 
ProStreet said:
Ok probably didnt explain it well.

Person contacted me on a well known forum. He said he would send the voucher first. I tested it and ordered something. He sent me his email address to pay by ppg. His email address was a bit fishy so I googled his name based on his PayPal account. His name appeared on a reddit post with tens of messages about him scamming people. People saying he sent fraudulent vouchers etc. I didnt pay him as I thought my order would just get cancelled. He then said I scammed him, hes now deactivated on that forum by a moderator. I contacted cex to cancel the order and return the value to the original voucher. What else could I have done...
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Links to Reddit?

For our own education, it would be good to know the exact 'angle' he'd use, you say he sent fraudulent vouchers to others, how did this manifest? I mean if your CEX order was going through with that voucher and CEX think it's legit, what happens afterwards to then make it fraudulent?

:)
 
Vonhelmet said:
Why on earth would you use the voucher before you’d even paid him?

I don’t understand this.
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Because you can't check whether its actually valid otherwise? Not a mistake I'm going to make again. Its on CEX to resolve this now.

I've sent them this


I need to report an issue regarding an order placed using a voucher code I received.



A person contacted me via a well-known forum (xxx) offering a CeX voucher for lower than face value. He sent the voucher code first, which I tested and successfully used to place an order. Afterwards, he asked me to pay him via PayPal Friends & Family. When I checked his email and name, I discovered multiple reports online alleging that he has been scamming people by sending fraudulent vouchers.



Based on this, I did not proceed with payment, as I believed the order would likely be cancelled once the voucher was identified as fraudulent. The individual has since been banned by the forum moderators.

I immediately contacted you to request that the order be cancelled and that the voucher value be returned to its original source, so there is no loss to CeX.

Could you please confirm that:

The order is cancelled, and
The voucher credit is restored to the rightful account, ie not sent to me.
I want to ensure that I have acted responsibly and that no fraudulent activity is associated with my account.
 
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Sounds like a minefield. If you’re not prepared to take the risk on it being a real voucher, I don’t think you should be buying vouchers in this way. Seems like for the savings involved it’s not worth it.
 
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Vonhelmet said:
Sounds like a minefield. If you’re not prepared to take the risk on it being a real voucher, I don’t think you should be buying vouchers in this way. Seems like for the savings involved it’s not worth it.
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It could be a real voucher but he could be stealing vouchers off people then selling them. Then the person buying it is using a fraudulent voucher and cex comes after them.

My thoughts on it were
- why would I pay a person who is scamming people?
- I contact cex to cancel the order and return the value to the original voucher so I dont benefit in any way and cex can look into this.

I will be very hesistant in buying vouchers off anyone anymore.
 
This is one of those awful things that indeed, I was yesterday days old when I found out one was meant to call the store Cex as in 'Sex' rather than Cex as in 'Kex' in order to embarrass one's kids.
'You want to visit the Sex store...' etc etc
My bad, so many many wasted opportunities. Sorry dads of the UK.
 
Destination said:
This is one of those awful things that indeed, I was yesterday days old when I found out one was meant to call the store Cex as in 'Sex' rather than Cex as in 'Kex' in order to embarrass one's kids.
'You want to visit the Sex store...' etc etc
My bad, so many many wasted opportunities. Sorry dads of the UK.
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or "take the kids to the cex shop" :cry:
 
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