What to do in this case?
Hi, using a throwaway for this post. Recently stumbled upon this Instagram page selling used running watches which had quite a large following, joined their telegram channel and placed an order for one of the watches. After making payment (bank transfer to a Malaysian account using YouTrip), the seller proceeded to continue adding additional amounts that needed to be paid in “deposits” (in hindsight I should have just accepted my losses and stopped there). After much back and forth, and me asking to be refunded, the seller said if I did not pay the deposits my already paid amount and “deposits” would be forfeited, before thereafter blocking my account.
Already filed a police report, but what can be done now considering they’re in Malaysia (I’m in Singapore)? And since it was a bank transfer YouTrip chargeback isn’t a possibility either. What can I do/can be done about the situation now?