Scammer: Nathaniel Valencia

[Treakle23]

Do not purchase any product from Nathaniel Valencia. He claimed he had postcards from his father’s estate and has yet to ship items. I found out later he took images off of Worthpoint. Worthpoint doesn’t typically show-up in on-line searches unless you go to the Worthpoint site. If any one sends you images of items, please check Worthpoint to make sure they weren’t taken from there. I don’t even know if Nathaniel Valencia is the seller’s real name. His story checked out because I found an obituary matching his father’s. Beware.

[Treakle23]

The seller also took images from Collector’s Universe Forum photos.

[MikeGarcia]

Originally Posted by Treakle23

Do not purchase any product from Nathaniel Valencia. He claimed he had postcards from his father’s estate and has yet to ship items. I found out later he took images off of Worthpoint. Worthpoint doesn’t typically show-up in on-line searches unless you go to the Worthpoint site. If any one sends you images of items, please check Worthpoint to make sure they weren’t taken from there. I don’t even know if Nathaniel Valencia is the seller’s real name. His story checked out because I found an obituary matching his father’s. Beware.

How long have you been waiting and what is the response when you "ask seller a question" or "contact seller" ?......newbie seller ?...


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[Treakle23]

Originally Posted by MikeGarcia

How long have you been waiting and what is the response when you "ask seller a question" or "contact seller" ?......newbie seller ?...


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The seller initially said he was waiting to mail them. Then, he said he would send more images of items he wanted to sell. Then he stopped answering. I’ve been waiting two weeks for him to ship and over a week for a tracking number. No response in over a week.

[buymycards]

So, was this an eBay transaction? Craigslist? Facebook? How did you pay - PayPal?, Credit card?

[Treakle23]

I paid via PayPal “Friends and Family” as I have done repeatedly over the years without an issue (through email and texting). I guess I was lucky in the past, but not now. I’ve always had sellers be upfront and honest. This was a first. I will have to be extremely careful from now on. I’ve collected since 1981. Never happened before.

[Throttlesteer]

Outside of this board, I pay the extra 3%. Too many scammers these days.

[chalupacollects]

Originally Posted by Treakle23

I paid via PayPal “Friends and Family” as I have done repeatedly over the years without an issue (through email and texting). I guess I was lucky in the past, but not now. I’ve always had sellers be upfront and honest. This was a first. I will have to be extremely careful from now on. I’ve collected since 1981. Never happened before.

Try charging it back through your bank as fraud...