Yes I lodged a Police report also, but doubt it'll help, but maybe it will help awareness of what as appears to be a common scam. I've been 24 years with Trademe, and agree we should put our heads together if it comes to a small claims case. I'm in Auckland BTW.
That's not good news. I think being the weekend isn't going help either. Despite making the payment on Wednesday afternoon, and being exposed as a scam on Friday morning and contacting ASB and Wise, then, I think nothing happens over the weekend, giving more time to the scammer to clear funds from their account. I'd be interested in talking to you further if I don't get anywhere with this.
I've been scammed in the same way this week. I "bought" a Benq W5700 projector from a Trademe member of 15 yrs 100% positive standing, but only 7x trades with feedback. That was on Wednesday, and I contacted them on the email address that a hacker had installed after hacking their account. They responded, and I paid same day, to a "04" account, which I now know to probably be a Wise account. Suspicious that they didn't respond to questions I asked after paying, I did my research today, and on contacting Trademe, they very soon emailed me back to state that this was a scammer at work. They ...