I apologize if it's the wrong section for this question but I thought the people with some experience of these matters would be gathered here. Never had anything to do with any criminal reports or the like in my life.
I bought an item off another site, the seller was paid the amount agreed on through MobilePay so I have his number, his name and his address as a receipt was shown (which matched the name in MobilePay).
The seller promised to "message me when the package is ready to go".
Tonight at 2am I got a message stating that "I'm so sorry, my car got broken into when I went to the store before taking the package to the post office and it got stolen off the passenger seat".
Then a lot of blahblah "I'll try to get it back, I tried to get surveillance tapes, the police didn't seem to care, I'll return your money if I can't find the package".
Just began to sound more and more like somebody who spent my money on drugs and decided to make up a story while still high.
I asked for a refund immediately, but no that wasn't possible, he spent some money on bills and shopping so he doesn't have any.
Said I'll give him 4 days to get the money together borrowing from friends and family if needed and then I want them returned but no, not possible. He'll "pay me back once he gets paid on the 25th".
I already didn't trust his ridiculous story but at this point I also realized he had never asked for my address so the entire thing about him taking the package to the post office is utter bullshit.
What would you do? Just take it to the police? Wait for a miracle to happen in 3 weeks and the money getting returned?
What are my chances to get my money back going through the police with all this info on the seller? name, address, phone number and conversation logs.
Assuming he never intends to return the money, is he just trying to delay and buy time with his 25.1 deadline? What for?
Thanks for any answers, sorry if my post is out of order for this particular space but I had nowhere better to ask.
P.S. You can just answer in Finnish.