Icelandic Scammer Update - Stefan Birgir Stefansson and Magnus Sigurdsson

Well played! Congratulations and I hope he gets punished.

ha ha. the guy still has the gall to hit a punshot - dildo. did he really write that on the box?

all's well, ends well. congrats. did he ask for deletion of this thread? ha ha. no no.

Im going to be honest, I think the PMs should pin this thread. Excellent example of fraud, and a successful response to fraud. Very happy to see such a positive result!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hold up, so what’s the plan now?

Hypothetically, let’s assume rohu was the only one scammed. Doesn’t Magnus/Stefan still deserve a consequence from the law? The fact that the watch was returned combined with the other emails is evidence that this wasn’t a simple mix up, but that there was intention to defraud. Shouldn’t that come with punishment, despite restitution?

Sure - but I’m not a prosecutor in Iceland. The legal side of things will play out the way it’s going to play out. If I were him I would not be sleeping easy knowing that he is the current suspect to a criminal investigation for an offense he is clearly guilty of. Even as arrogant has he likely had gotten pulling off some heists, he likely isn’t stupid enough to commit another scam while under scrutiny...

Ultimately, I’m pleased with the outcome. As an non-interested party (who was super interested), I’m glad the scammer returned the watch and I’m content with this lovely post being the first thing that pops up when you enter his name on google. I think it would highly appropriate for him to give an apology and return the other pieces and money he has stolen, but that may never happen.

I have spent some time thinking about this scam over the past few days and the other scams he orchestrated. Quite frankly, for all the effort he put in, he didn’t get away with much (no offense rohu I think you have a fine watch). The scams were quite small, a $1k here and there as compared to people who mug a guy wearing a Rolex or the Peruvian who almost got away with $4,500 of mine after sending an empty envelope.

This does not absolve him by any means, but quite frankly I feel a bit sorry for him. Not sorry in the sense he didn’t deserve this thread and backlash, or doesn’t deserve getting arrested and spending some time with the thugs in the jailhouseI, but I feel a bit sorry for him that somewhere in his collecting he felt the need to rob others for his collection.

I peg him as a young guy without much money who is really into watches. Sheesh the guy was on here for months bantering about crap just like everyone else. He has done that with multiple accounts on multiple forums for years. Somewhere along the line he saw other members as means to an end to grow his collection.

Bear in mind that OP isn't the only victim of this scammer.
In addition, he harmed serious and honest collectors who live in Iceland - I, for sure, would be really hesitant dealing with someone from Iceland because of this story...

On a side note:
I've follwed this thread over the last couple of days and I'm really glad things turned out well for you, OP! Congrats and well played!! 👍

Bravo!

And you didn't even need to get Liam Neeson involved!

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Bravo! Excellent outcome for you @guaranteed.rohu maybe you should think about changing your profile guaranteedcomeuppance?

Very nice to hear of some good news for once!
I hope everyone else who has suffered at this aholes hands are reimbursed!

Very pleased for you. Nice work.

Fantastic news that you got your watch back. Now what other threads can I read? 😀

A triumph of good over evil. Well done, all the hard work paid off.

Nice to see you've still got a sense of humour over the whole saga.

Great perseverance and so glad you managed to get your watch back.

I'm really glad this had a happy ending for you. All the time and effort you (and the ones who helped you) spent in this payed off. The others who got scammed might feel some satisfaction, as well. If their watches can be returned, that would be amazing, but that's for the future. For now though, I think this is an absolute win.

Side note: You really got me with that DW picture haha. I actually shouted "Noooo! 🤬".

Yeah, I'm sore about it too...

Congratulations! And that picture is great, it really is a beautiful watch.