Been Frauded for tickets -- Western Union

[justnsane6]

What is the name of your state? California

PLEASE HELP!

I recently made a purchase from somebody, who sounded very legitimate, on craigslist. This person made a suggestion to use Western Union to send the payment, and to send the payment to a third party that I know before he/she were to send my item. The person said that they needed the sender's and receiver's name and city to confirm the transaction and they would proceed to send my item. After I were to receive the item, I just needed to call Western Union to change the receiver, which is only possible when I call Western Union and they call me back on the number that was listed when I made the transfer.

After a few hours, I checked the website and saw that the transfer had already been picked up. I called Western Union and the representative told me that the transfer had been picked up by the person I originally sent to. I know for a fact that the person I sent to did not pick up the transfer, especially since the city of pickup was quite far from where I live. How was this person able to pick up the money that required an ID of the person I sent to? Fake ID? Please help with any information, thanks in advance.

Loss: $600
Info frauder has: sender's name & city, receiver's name & city

 

[racer72]

You were scammed. Anyone selling anything legitimate does not require payment to be sent by Western Union. You just learned a valuable, abet expensive lesson.

 

[justnsane6]

Thanks for the reply. Can somebody tell me if theres anything I can do now? Should I go to my local authorities? File a report to the IFCC? Unfortunately, I have almost no information about this person, except for the fact that he picked up my transfer in Tustin, CA posing as the person that I sent the transfer to... how he was able to do that, I have no clue. I know this whole deal sounds shady from the get-go, but hindsight is 20/20, and like racer said, I guess its a lessoned learned if anything. Chalk it up to young stupidity and greed.