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BEWARE OF FRAUD with this member

FRAUD ALERT!
I recently sold a Mytek Liberty DAC to this user.

Buyer: locmao003
503-583-1266
locmao003@gmail.com

In the Audiogon Selling portal they listed their shipping address as a US Oregon address.
I shipped the item to this address. 
Paypal payment made to my account.
USPS Insured shipment, with delivery confirmation.
Delivery confirmed on June 11, 2021 by USPS.
I got an email, from a DIFFERENT email address stating they received the item.

Next, I got a dispute from Paypal saying the buyer never received the item.
The buyer listed their address as VIETNAM! Not Oregon.
I NEVER sell or ship overseas and would not have accepted this purchase if that was disclosed.
Paypal has approved the claim, and took my $500 payment back. I am left without the original DAC or payment.

BEWARE of this Buyer!
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thegm OP
23 posts
 
Yes, unfortunately the original payment info on Paypal was changed. Not sure how/when. But you are correct, that was the 'trick'. Since the Paypal shipping address was changed from Oregon to Vietnam...and I missed that. Paypal will not protect me, the Seller.
They did tell me they have seen this scam before...but they still took my money back.
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thegm OP
23 posts
 
Yeah the whole thing is a frustrating. The person on Audiogon who made the purchase is the one I shipped this too.
Nowhere in any part of the transaction was Vietnam mentioned.
Like I said, I wouldn't have even accepted the sale if it was.
I shipped it to Oregon, and yes I have a signed delivery confirmation from USPS for the package.
I tried to go through USPS for a fraud claim, but unfortunately they just did what I paid them for. Deliver to the Oregon address, which was listed on Audiogon by the 'buyer'.
I'm not easily scammed. I've been a Cybersecurity engineer for a large corporation for 25 years. I am chagrined.

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thegm OP
23 posts
 
Thanks for all the input and support. I will take this as another ‘learning experience’ in a long life of them. I appreciate the Audiogon community a lot. I perhaps trusted a bit too much in the ‘kindness of strangers’ but I still feel like this is a great community of shared interest. 
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