sorry to hear . not good to get scammed of any sort of money let alone that amount. good to put the word out. 

prob is there is always going to be scammers online and quite often they get shitloads of people before they are found out

 bloody hell trav . Not good mate !! Funny 

how if we stuff up bank jumps on us ! But 

something like that they brush it off .. 

bunch of wankers !!

 Think that one has been doing the rounds for a while.

 bank just said sorry mate civil matter nothing we can do and police said aw u need to report it online to cyber watch or some shit. anyway can only move forward

I understand that if you pay for anything via your credit card and you don't get that good or service... you will be able to prove to your bank that you didn't receive and so they will reimburse you.
If you pay with cash or electronic transfer - you miss out.

 i paid via bank transfer no credit card.

 expensive lesson but I second the credit card payment. That's at least one virtue of Aussie ones as the banks have this agreement to refund payment where goods not received. Took 6 months but got my credit back. Was buying something from US

All this online stuff my be good but, there is always a bunch of mongrel bastards out there who see it as just another way to con good people out of there hard earned cash.

I just keep hearing more and more about this sort of thing and I just get more and more convinced that a face to face deal with merchants is the only way to do business, which I guess is a bit unfair on the many honest people out there who do business online but how do you tell the good from the bad.

 Caveat emptor eh, but on global scale. 

 Where seller only has bank trf, western union that should be huge signals. Paypal not that good either but really more on buyer than seller's side

 I have found paypal very good , had at least 2 or 3 things go bad and not turn up , with sellers email or message service deleted etc , and have put my disputes in and had dough back each time.

 Nothings certain though, so sorry to hear you got pinged mate , Its a huge huge market knowadays with WA people getting scammed to the tune of around 9 million bucks last year , and thats just the reported , you could probally double or triple that , cause most just move on .

 Should be teaching school kids about scams from year 7 up i say.

Send me the add and I'll try and shut his bank accounts down, sorry that it may not help you but I might save others by shutting his/hers bank account down with proof, coming from the e-mails, have been succesful at it a few times. You can go to "419 Eater.com " and ask for help there as well

 Bsb 032-036

Account number 352151

Website is weberbarbeque.com.au the site is doing a 30 percent off sale at the moment

Held in NSW

Financial Institute Name : Westpac Banking Corporation . BSB Name : Newtown . BSB Number : 032-036. Address : 243-245 King Street, Newtown, NSW 2042

I would chase this down mate...that's a lot of dough... I would start with the bank itself...Saying you were scammed by the account holder.

I wish you luck.

Woj

 Said because i willingy transferred money to him there is nithing they can do

Best to correspond with the seller as much as possible about the purchase through email (get it in writing). NEVER do bank to bank transfer, go through Paypal (my preferred method) or other 3rd party payment options that usually side on the purchaser not the seller. If you have email correspondence  with the seller and that it is obvious he is using that bank account for fraudulent activities then you have a case worth looking into.

At this stage I have nothing to go on, website has been shut down