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Anthrax powder perhaps? Who knows. Only future will tell. But people who has been cheated here already know his/her address, no? I doubt it would be too hard to find him/her if needed.

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Oh yeah, there's a lot of us from Vienna,Austria.

Her boyfriend wouldn't happen to be Lex Luthor, perhaps?

'Cause only then would this make any kind of sense.

I'm sitting back and reading everyone's comments and I am amazed at the 2 extremes that this group is taking. How can anyone say that someone is lying unless they know for sure with their own eyes that it is true.

It appears that the people who say that "Catwoman is lying", enjoy sitting in their computer chairs and comment about other people's whys and wherefores for there own special reasons (unbeknownst to others),
and there are others who say "give her the benefit of the doubt",
and they are the good hearted people who make this world (and Head-Fi) a better place.

Only one person knows the truth in this situation (Catwoman), and even the people who have been personally affected by this are taking a "wait and see" approach.

Some people just like to slow down on the other side of the highway to fully view the accident, which is the cause of a lot of traffic, and other people say in their heads, "I hope everyone is OK" and I won't slow down to look because I don't want to cause more traffic!

It's so much easier to be nice than confrontive, and this is a forum about audio and not sex, lies and videotape.

As a moderator, I have had to pursue people who have scammed others, and sometimes it is a mistake and sometimes it's not. But who am I to say "it's not" until it is proven that it's not.

Let's go back to talking about audio, and if it turns out that this was a scam, then the posts and stickies that we the moderators have formed about "making sure that someone has good positive feedback" before making a transaction with them, should have been taken under advisement more seriously.

We don't want to become another E-Bay, do we? [/end of rant]

Peace out.

So to be suspicious of Catwoman's story equates with not being a good-hearted person? Absolutely wrong. I hope for the sake of the other Head-Fiers involved she's telling the truth, but the proof will be in the pudding. If her story sounds fishy to me, this doesn't make me a bad person.

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No, of course not. Everyone has some suspicions. But to vocalize it in the thread, without knowing all of the facts, can be construed as the act of a pessimistic person IMHO.

There are some members here that troll the site looking for negative threads to pounce on and that is the action of not being a good-hearted person (not saying that anyone here is doing that now, but it is common). My main comment was that people here are in two completely opposite camps. Nothing I said should be taken personally. Just an observation.
The train wreck theory.

Dont trust "her".

"She" is the same person as echnaton from this forum. I know it because I dealt with him some month ago and I sent an amp to the same adress. I also got that guy on phone, so I can confirm that "it" is a he!

I sold a porta corda to him. In the end I got my money, but it took several weeks to get it. He contacted me and asked me if I could sent him the amp so that he could test it, if he would not like it he would sent it back, otherwise he would pay the agreed price. I insisted that he has to pay a part of the amount as an insurance, which he did.
I sent him the amp and he confirmed the receipt. One week later he phoned me and told me that the amp is not what he thought it would be and that he expected that there was a power supply included in the package. He would only keep it for a lowered price. I was silly enough to agree, but at that point I just wanted to finish that damn transaction.

Below there is my mail contact with him. Im sorry, its in german and parts of he context are missing cause we had a couple of phone calls in between.
Especially his last mail is extremely funny...

18.07.2006 19:56 Tamer Abdelshafi wrote:

Hi Chris,

wie besprochen,schicke ich dir meine adresse;

Tamer

ABDELSHAFI

Kölblgasse 4/17
1030 Wien
Österreich

machs gut,

Tamer


> Datum: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 20:24:00 +0200
> Von: Christian <.@gmx.net>
> An: Tamer Abdelshafi <tamer.a@gmx.at>
> Betreff: Re: Porta Corda
>
> Hallo Tamer,
> anbei meine Kontodaten.
>
> IBAN: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> BIC: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Du überweist mir 40€ vorab, ich sende Dir den Porta Corda. Bei
> gefallendie restlichen 35€.
> Ansonsten Rücksendung des Verstärkers und Überweisung von
> 35€meinerseits (Kaution abzüglich Versandkosten).
>
> Auf ein gutes Gelingen,
>
> Chris


Christian wrote:

> Hallo Tamer,
> was macht der Verstärker, gefällt er Dir?
>
> Gruß
>
> Christian

Datum: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 15:52:05 +0200
> Von: Christian <@gmx.net>
> An: Tamer Abdelshafi <tamer.a@gmx.at>
> Betreff: [Fwd: Re: Porta Corda]
>
> Hallo Tamer,
> gehe ich recht in der Annahme das der ausstehende Betrag innerhalb
> derkommenden Tage meinem Konto gutgeschrieben wird?
>
> Gruß
>
> Christian


Servus Chris,

Ja, die EUR 20.- werden in den nächsten Tagen auf deinem Konto sein.Bitte vergiss nicht mir ein positives Feedback bei headfi zu geben...werde ich auch bei dir machen.

gruss,

Tamer

Datum: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:51:40 +0200
> Von: Christian <@gmx.net>
> An: Tamer Abdelshafi <tamer.a@gmx.at>
> Betreff: Re: [Fwd: Re: Porta Corda]
>
> Hallo Tamer,
>
> wäre schön wenn ich selbst entscheiden dürfte wie mein
> feedbackausfällt, Danke.
>
> Da ich meinen Teil des "Vertrages" bereits vor einigen Wochen mit Lieferung
> des Verstärkers erfüllt habe, hätte ein entsprechendes feedback zu
> meiner
> Person schon lange erfolgen können?
>
> Das Geld wurde heute übrigens gutgeschrieben.
>
> Gruß
>
> Christian


Hi Chris,

ich habe dir gerade ein positives Feedback gegeben...wenn du mir keins geben willst ist es auch O.K.

gruss

Tamer

Datum: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:54:34 +0200
> Von: Christian <@gmx.net>
> An: Tamer Abdelshafi <tamer.a@gmx.at>
> Betreff: Re: [Fwd: Re: Porta Corda]
>
> "The amp comes with the belt clip and the connector for an externalpower
> supply."
>
> So, und nun erzähl mir nochmal bitte wie Du da verstanden haben willstes
> wäre ein Netzteil dabei?
> Das Du nach eigener Aussage "keine Ahnung davon hast" kannst Du wohlkaum
> mir zu Last legen. Ich habe jedenfalls in keinster Weise versuchtes so
> darzustellen als wäre das besagte Netzteil enthalten.
> Eigentlich habe ich überhaupt keine Lust auf die ganzeAuseinandersetzung
> hier, aber wenn mir Vortäuschung falscher Tatsachenvorgeworfen wird lasse
> ich das nicht auf mir sitzen.
> Wie auch immer, ich sehe den Vorgang als abgehakt, wenn Du
> möchtestbekommst Du dein feedback.
> Das Internet ist übrigens ein tolles Medium und darüber
> hinauskostenfrei!
>
> Gruß
>
> Christian

Du bist ein ziemlich grosses Arschloch....und sei froh dass du nicht in Wien wohnst sonst hätte ich dir ein paar auf die Fresse geschlagen und dir gezeigt, was für eine Schwuchtel du bist.

Schönen Tag noch

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If this isn't resolved in the next few days, I would suggest everyone who's had fraudulent dealings with this person (if that proves to be the case) contact German authorities with any and all info they have. Name, address, phone, email, etc. Ebay and paypal (if involved) should be notified as well. The more complaints and info they receive, the more likely they will act. Perhaps the German members can forward complaints from non-Germans as well.

@chrisk

His correct name is Tamer ABDEL SHAFI.

Last known address and telephon number, use this service:
http://www.herold.at

Abdel Shafi Tamer,
Erzherzog-Karl-Str 39 Stg 2
1220 Wien
Telephon: 0699 / 11 98 63 30
Telephon: 0043 / 699 / 11 98 63 30


Maybe he lives with a person named Claudia Weidinger together in Kölblgasse 4/17, Wien. We don't know.

We don't know whether she or he has posted in this thread today!

What we know is, that the 'brother Grimm fellow' lies from the moment he/she/it opens the mouth. The police in Austria as in Germany is not interested in helping in such cases. After you report an offense to the police they send the document to the office of the district attorney. That's all. After that they have to answer a summons. And a few month later there will be a legal proceeding.


US victims can report an offense in english language here:
http://www.jusline.at/jus.sta.wi.html

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No, austrian authorities not the germans!

Use this address:
============================
http://www.jusline.at/jus.sta.wi.html

You can write in english language.

Feel free to PM me if you need any help.

This is a really unfortunate fiasco and I wish the best to everyone involved, but reading that this catwoman person allegedly tried to rip off an attorney was a LOL moment.

I really hope that those who are involved get their money/equipment back, because people like him really suck...!

i dont see the point fighting over a cat + woman

There should be a moderator/admin label under the handle of the person, "BANNED", so that others can beware, much like branded criminals of the past.

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hahaha agreed!!!