The sad story of how I was scamed :(

[trilobyte]

Hi, this is really sad, i'm a chilean guy who was looking desperatedly for tickets since i'm travelling to the US next week. . . yesterday I thought my search of weeks was over when I was replied from a guy who put the following Craiglist adivce:

*( Burning Man 2011 Tix - $350
Date: 2011-08-17, 8:16AM PDT
Reply to: personal info removed by moderator]
BURNING MAN TICKETS!!!!!!!!!!

Hey wife and i got our tickets early planned our BM trip, but were unable to make it to the playa this year. Were loikung for burners in need of LEGIT tickets. We've got all info to validate tickets. $350 each (Face Value) please only contact us if yout interested in purchasing tickets.

Namaste (

The guy did turn out to be a scamer and I fell on the trap. . . This is so frustrating, now there's nothing left for me than give up from attending to the Burning Man. I'm writing this so all of you can be bewared with this whole mess of buying second hand tickets.

The only info I have about this scamer is the following:

[personal info removed by moderator]

Hope you have better luck than I in your search


Please see this post on the subject of scams, contact Participant Services with questions about ticket validity or to provide information about a possible scam, and do not post anybody's personal details on ePlaya. Thanks

[Foco]

Ok, you have removed the info from the guy. . . is the forum's rules, I just hope that nobody gets scamed by the same guy, and never accept any transaction where the seller tells you to send him the money via Western Union