Originally Posted by MCFan

I'm sure that's not the first time things like this happen so maybe you guys can tell me how should I proceed. So:

- following my thread about a marketing guy needed i got contacted by several people
- one of them is an old member of this forum and e showed extensive knowledge on the subject
- he made me an interesting offer, i checked his name and company and found nothing wrong so, based on the invoice he sent me, I paid him some money (half of the first month fee for development and marketing)
- after two weeks it seems he is not going to execute the services or to return the money (he didn't event sent me the detailed plan to agree on)

How should I proceed in order to get my money back? Besides writing his name public and preventing others from being scammed also, is there any legal action I might take? It looks like fraud to me...