Bad trader Elivictus

Alright..

So, yesterday I reached out to Erik's place of employment and spoke with this boss in detail about why I was calling. He was kind enough to assure me that he'd get the message and my number to Erik.

Well, Erik called me this morning and we had a solid 20 min conversation together. Erik did state that Elivictus IS his account here on BA, however, that he hadn't been on it in months, had no idea who I was and no idea about a possible trade. I went about confirming several bits of information I had on him as well as the the address I sent the box to; and that is where things started to apparently piece together for him.

He stated that the address in question is his ex-girlfriend's whom he hasn't had contact with in almost a year. Apparently he has a do-not-contact order out on her as she had been harassing for some time. As best as he can surmise, she logged into his account, set up the trade, and then signed for them using his name upon delivery to the address.

He was empathetic and embarrassed and provided me with her name but said that he wouldn't be able to contact her on my behalf due to the restrictions of the county order; and also because he doesn't have her number anymore...he stated that he's had to have his number changed several times due to her harassment; which does corroborate with the numbers he provided to previous traders that are no longer active. I pretty much left the conversation recommending that he change passwords to any other social media sites he was active on while with her and to let me know if he comes across any more info on his ex.

Don't really know where to go from here, but (true or not) I think that I've reached a possible conclusion to all of this. Am still out of my beers but, I've put far more time into this than the beers are worth to me. Am glad that at least this avenue for trading is sealed up a bit for his account, but I think that the door may be closing/closed on this issue.

 

I wasn't buying it at first, but he was pretty forthcoming and some of the details that he offered lined up pretty well with information I'd either been offered or dug up myself. He was pretty embarrassed by all of it and apologetic and certainly listened to everything I had to offer on the matter. Am relatively new to this kind of an issue, but I'm more inclined to leave this as the most likely scenario for what went down and just accept that I'm out the two beers, but at least a little wiser.

Glad that it seems whoever decided to use his account has a referenceable IP so that any future attempts to possibly open an account can hopefully be stymied.

 

Believe me, even during and after the call I had to accept the very likely possibility that I was being fed a ton of B.S. However, I have to also accept the possibility that he was being honest, as insane as it all sounded.

If his story is true, I'm definitely inclined to agree that he should take accountability for his lack of foresight to change his account info and made this right. Had it been me in this situation, I'd definitely be sending a care package out, pronto! However, I wasn't going to twist his arm and preach stentorian from the mound as to what he should do; that should be implicit. Also, I'm long past getting back from this trade what I've put into it, were it even made whole.

If he wasn't being honest, then I've reached out to the FB trading groups I'm a member of and made sure that the names tied to this address are blacklisted or in the process of being so. It also seems BA is hip to the situation here and is taking the necessary actions. In that regard, I'm happy that his name and info are into the public consciousness and will now make it that much more difficult for him to do this again. Furthermore, he is also now shockingly aware that he can't hide...that he can be very easily gotten hold of and people made entirely aware of his actions.

With that, I'm already starting to check out of this one and, as @MNBeerGeek stated, "let this one die". I've accepted that my beers are gone and are going to be enjoyed by someone that karma will likely crap all over at some inopportune time! And I'm strangely zen with it. What goes around...

@donspublic still....that's a pretty clever approach good sir!

 

Also,

Everyone's opinions, support, assistance and suggestions have been hugely appreciated! You guys are awesome and it's been immensely reassuring to know that there are some really solid folks in this community...far more than enough to offset the douche-baggery of the select few here.

 

Amazingly generous of you! Will shoot you a message asap as I'd be happy to also reciprocate. Again, love how this community comes together in these situations.

 

Certainly agree with this on multiple points and have "let this one die" as stated in my above post. Sometimes you just have to accept that you've done what you can and chalk it up as a valuable lesson.