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Was I scammed? Iphone Iclone?

I think the bottom line is that you've been had. You need to becareful and know what your buying. Since you didnt do your homework it was easier for you to be taken advantage of. I would say shame on both of you... more so on the seller because he was deceptive. You may just have to eat a $275 HIphone.

Its a good thing your talking to him maybe you can "scare" him into refunding the money. You will need his name, address, or listed phone#. Some type of actual info that could be used with law enforcement. Keep in mind the police will not do much since you were not robbed...just tricked. It's a civil matter for the courts but again you need some info. on this person to make a claim.
 
Your best recourse is to take the seller to small claims court. Maybe you can be on Judge Judy!
 
slimg35 said:
I am talking to the guy via email, he is saying that because i got to check it out first, that its my fault for not researching it. I do understand I should have educated myself about the iphone first, but its still not right for him to sell this as an iphone when it in fact NOT an iphone... i dont know what else to say to convince him... maybe i can find some examples of people getting in trouble for this to show him
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Tell him that he was advertising an iPhone, but not selling an iPhone, so he has been committing fraud. Which is a criminal offense. Which will get him to court, and then get him a criminal record. He is a fraudster; he knows what he is doing, he knows that he is defrauding you, so there is nothing you can do to convince him other than going after him with a very large bat. The bat that you should use is obviously the police, not any old baseball bat that you have lying around at hour home.
 
slimg35 said:
Yes I have to admit I was definately not thinking in this situation, I think I was just excited to finally get an Iphone.

This happened on craigslist.org

http://orlando.craigslist.org/ele/1089050380.html


Should I try and contact like local sheriff department? Or would there be an "internet scam" department?
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Could always report it to the "jesus h christ i'm gullible" department.
You are exactly the type of person they prey on.
 
cellocello said:
What happened to the pics?
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The phone was so crappy it didn't have a soul, so it didn't show up in photographs.

I heard it was made out of legos.

Let's IPRelay this dude until he changes his phone number while sending him extreme masses of text messages in hopes he does not have the unlimited plan (assuming he has a legit iPhone).
 
I can see this happening on ebay where do you don't get to see the phone first, but based on your posting I am assuming that you got in touch with the guy on craigslist, met him, looked over the phone and gave him the money?

If so, you would have had to never seen a iPhone before to not notice some of the key differences that you brought up. (usb port, removable batteries). I think the guy was very wrong in advertising this as an iPhone as that is a trademarked name, but the reasonable man stance is going to hold true even in small claims court.

Would a reasonable man buy an expensive phone, have the opportunity to look at it and try it out and still not realize what he is buying until afterwards. Probably going to be tough selling a judge on that.

He could get in some hot water for calling it an iPhone in the ad, but will probably just say that he meant that it was like an iPhone and gave the purchaser ample opportunity to inspect the device prior to purchase.

I sell phones on craigslist from time to time (when I am upgrading) and pretty much force whoever is buying it to try it out, look carefully, etc....just for people like you (no offense). I have had more than one just walk up try to take the box, hand me the money and take off.....won't let them do it without inspecting the unit and making sure they are happy. One person terminated the sale because he responded to my ad to buy a blackberry pearl and thought he was getting a curve. His question was, "Isn't the pearl the wide one?"

Sorry man, just a life lesson on doing homework before buying a phone.
 
tony2979 said:
I can see this happening on ebay where do you don't get to see the phone first, but based on your posting I am assuming that you got in touch with the guy on craigslist, met him, looked over the phone and gave him the money?

If so, you would have had to never seen a iPhone before to not notice some of the key differences that you brought up. (usb port, removable batteries). I think the guy was very wrong in advertising this as an iPhone as that is a trademarked name, but the reasonable man stance is going to hold true even in small claims court.

Would a reasonable man buy an expensive phone, have the opportunity to look at it and try it out and still not realize what he is buying until afterwards. Probably going to be tough selling a judge on that.

He could get in some hot water for calling it an iPhone in the ad, but will probably just say that he meant that it was like an iPhone and gave the purchaser ample opportunity to inspect the device prior to purchase.

I sell phones on craigslist from time to time (when I am upgrading) and pretty much force whoever is buying it to try it out, look carefully, etc....just for people like you (no offense). I have had more than one just walk up try to take the box, hand me the money and take off.....won't let them do it without inspecting the unit and making sure they are happy. One person terminated the sale because he responded to my ad to buy a blackberry pearl and thought he was getting a curve. His question was, "Isn't the pearl the wide one?"

Sorry man, just a life lesson on doing homework before buying a phone.
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He also claimed this phone to be an 8GB, which it is not, and 2g, which it is not.

But anyways I am contacting the authorities today to work it out. I also found his myspace and I found out the apartment complex he lives in. I think I have an adequate amount of information to find him.


As far as the pix I was trying to take some pix last night but they didn't come out to well, and then my Olympus Camera took a dive, its out of focus now, but Im still willing to post the pix, but I have to warn they aren't very good
 
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gnasher729 said:
Tell him that he was advertising an iPhone, but not selling an iPhone, so he has been committing fraud. Which is a criminal offense. Which will get him to court, and then get him a criminal record. He is a fraudster; he knows what he is doing, he knows that he is defrauding you, so there is nothing you can do to convince him other than going after him with a very large bat. The bat that you should use is obviously the police, not any old baseball bat that you have lying around at hour home.
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I could be wrong, but I'll bet the police don't care. Scams like this persist because people know the cops won't waste time arresting small fry. Which is probably as it should be -- I'd much prefer the police spend time investigating more serious crimes. Again, small claims court is the OP's best bet.
 
I love how people jump over this poor guy who got scammed, i think hes had it rough enough, contrary to popular belief NOT everyone knows exactly what an iphone looks like down to a T.. and i think its reasonable to get duped with those pictures..

I remember this guy I used to work with used to dupe people on ebay with the original Xbox and the Xbox 360.. he used to list ads titled NEW GENUINE MINT XBOX XBOX BOX L@@K and would start it at like $300.. then when they won he would just send the box.
 
I love the manual with the backwards logo that just says "Phone".

These knockoffs kill me.

Regardless of the fact that you looked at it but didn't know better, he advertised this as an Apple iPhone. it is not an Apple iPhone. I hope you get your money back.

Does the phone even work?
 
hahaha...wow that iPhone clone may be the most realistic looking one ive seen...if you aren't apple nerd, and didn't research the iPhone, I could see how you could be duped by that.
 
Actually most, if not all states have 3 day return law for face to face sales. The law is made in response to deceptive practices like the one you experience. Check the law in your state.

However, anyone who ever bought an apple product would know something is wrong, as the graphics, etc are just pc fugly.
 
Consultant said:
Actually most, if not all states have 3 day return law for face to face sales. The law is made in response to deceptive practices like the one you experience. Check the law in your state.

However, anyone who ever bought an apple product would know something is wrong, as the graphics, etc are just pc fugly.
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I live in Florida but I can't find anything about this? Might help if I can find some more information
 
Darth.Titan said:
I love the manual with the backwards logo that just says "Phone".

These knockoffs kill me.

Regardless of the fact that you looked at it but didn't know better, he advertised this as an Apple iPhone. it is not an Apple iPhone. I hope you get your money back.

Does the phone even work?
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It works, but there isnt much I can do with it. There is no memory card, and I cant find any information online about adding additional software
 
slimg35 said:
It works, but there isnt much I can do with it. There is no memory card, and I cant find any information online about adding additional software
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Don't bother. Keep trying to get your money back.

Just tell the guy "Look man. Whatever. Just give me my money back and find another sucker. I don't care what you do, but I don't want this, you fooled me, and legally I'm allowed to undo this transaction within this time frame. Let's get this over with and we can both just go on with our lives."
 
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