Posts Made By: mike tiller

First time in my 70 years I have been scammed.....and I should have listened to my little voices.  Made the mistake of trusting a classified ad post and submitted payment through Zelle for a non-existent ZWO ASI183 PRO.....This scammer was SO good at their craft.  Seller was very concerned that I received a shipping tracking # and assured me all of the accessories in the ZWO camera package came with the camera (even named them!).  I will pretend I sent my money to a charitable cause and that they needed the cash more than I did.

Gary,
Thank you so much for your reply and wise advice.  You are absolutely spot on with your guidance concerning identifying suspicious on-line transactions.  All of the red flags you mentioned were certainly present.  There were two additional red flags that should have sent me running:

1. When I initially joined Astromart and submitted my credit card information, my bank flagged the transaction warning me that the website was suspicious, and:

2. The Better Business Bureau rating for Astromart is an "F".

Again, I should have listened to my little voices.  I will be more cautious in the future.

Best regards,
Mike