I'm a careful guy, but I've found myself on the bad side of a "net transaction gone bad."
Found a nice Kimber on a website, made an offer, was accepted, got address, someone called my FFL to request information, the guy requested a USPS Money Order, said he was former military from Wright Patt, and all was going well.
3 Weeks passed, no gun. Did some checking, found the guy's Brother in law (that actually owns the house the check was shipped to), and called. He chuckled, said "Yeah, I know Rob Edwards" and said "He recently came into some money and was flashing it around. I can't get involved, but I'll give him your phone number and tell him to get his %^#@ straight. And he's never been in the military."
It's a Dayton address.
Anyone know my options to recover this? Dayton Police? It's mail fraud, so I've filed with the USPS, but that won't go anywhere...
Usually the gun crowd is pretty safe, and this one had all the indications of being on the level.
Ideas?
2sBlind...