Well, I am too gullible, got scammed

stackables · 2012-08-16T21:59:05.000Z

Well, I thought on found a good deal on the 10179 set from craigslist. The person was selling the set for $800. Thought this was a reasonable price. Not really a crazy price. Still a real good deal though. Anyway, the catch was the person could only accept money pak order. You buy the card, put money on it and upload it to a debit card. Of course I thought this was sketchy. So I asked her why she doesn't have paypal. Her response was her late husband screwed up their paypal account and couldn't get a new one. I told her I still do not feel safe and she said that she would give me her debit card number to show that she wouldn't rip me off. I basically talked her down to $500 for the set and she gave me her debit card number. I paid her and couple days later she gave me a tracking number that isn't working. I get the error "Delivery status information is not available for your item via this web site. A return receipt after mailing may be available through your local Post Office". Anyway, it has been a week and a half and still nothing. Doing some detective work, I sent her an email from another one of my email accounts asking her if the set was still available. Her response was "I do have another set available". Who has 2 of these sets? I called her phone number she gave me and that gives me a message that the owner doesn't have her voice mail setup yet. Her phone number and area code she gave me coincide with Oil City, PA. Basically where she said she lived. So brickpicker community, what should my next step be? Do I go ahead and call the Oil City police department. I still have her number (course it doesn't work right now) and her debit card. Any help would be appreciated. Oh, here is the link to the add: http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/tag/3133123515.html