 Scammers Wading Thru Our Classifieds, Don't get swindled! |
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  Fri 10 Dec 2004, 18:08
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Moderator In Chief (MIC)
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A few members have given us proofs that some scammers are trying to swindle people here. They usually contact sellers of items to propose them some serious material under false identities/nationalities. The mechanism is this one: Mr Scam contacts you, want's to buy your stuff. He has some complicate story upon some money a guy must pay him for some time etc. The third guy will pay for your material and you should send the difference to the buyer. I'm talking about a $700 transaction transforming into a $4000 one! No need to tell in the end, you are short of $3300… A news will be on MM very shortly, I have banned already a few avatars of these guys, if you fell something is fishy with a buyer/seller, be very cautious. Don't accept Western Union for exemple. A short list of do/don't will be available too. In need ask me for counsel here.  These guys don't belong to our musical world 
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_Houston Texas, USA._
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Tue 14 Jun 2005, 18:49
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 Hey guys, My name is Frank and I work in the Finance Dept at a Used Car Dealer in Houston Texas, USA: I responded the the exact same message, but the the second one got a little too supecious. LOL This e-mail came from: jrk_autos@keromail.com. from a Mr. Jill Rook. I checked the web site the e-mail is based on and it's a Hello Kitty e-mail, and I ask my self, what kind of grown man would conduct business from Hello Kitty E-mail? I went to Google.com and typed the phone number he/she is listing and this web page came up, with all this helpful information. Thanks for everything guys. Hello Frank, Thanks for the mail back and for your understanding. I appreciate it all from you and need you to know that i am much okay with all you have said concenring the car and also would like you to know that business is based on trust as i can not view or inspect the car before purchase because i am currently in u.k so therefore would be sending my shipper to come for the pick-up of the car at yoiur location as soon as payment has been made out to you. I have a client in the state that is owing me the total sum of $8,000 and i have contacted him to make out the payment to you for the car and for the shipping fee and he has agreed to do so. So pls i would like you to provide me with your full name and address and also your phone number so i can forward it to my client to remitte the check to you on my behalf. I have seen the car and i like it and ready to make the purchase asap for my son Junior as his b-day is coming up in 2 weeks time. As soon as the check gets to you, i need you to get it cashed at the cashing center or your bank and have them deduct the charges for cashing it for you and deduct the cost for your car which is $4350 and do me a favour by sending the rest of the balance $3,650 to my shipping company via westernunion money tarsnefr so they can come for the pick-up of the car as soon as possible. If this is okay by you, i need you to provide me with your details as requested so payment can be made out to you asap. Waiting for your mail back and pls keep other buyers away from the car. My greetings to your lovely family. Mr Jill Rook. +447040116548
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 lepetitmartien Scammers Wading Thru Our Classifieds Fri 10 Dec 2004, 18:08 michaeljt I just posted this for people to see as an example... Fri 31 Dec 2004, 20:51 lepetitmartien I came back of holidays 3 days ago, and right on t... Sun 9 Jan 2005, 16:23 beyaRecords I think the lesson here is there's no such thi... Mon 10 Jan 2005, 10:50 lepetitmartien Just banned one more…
- No Western Union!
- N... Mon 10 Jan 2005, 18:05 The Guitar God QUOTE (lepetitmartien @ Jan 10 2005, 17:05)Ju... Mon 10 Jan 2005, 20:48 lepetitmartien I copy below an exemple on the last try of one of ... Sat 15 Jan 2005, 18:19 saskia And another attempt. This emailer who claims to be... Wed 26 Jan 2005, 01:53 Fields Doesn't everyone wait until the cash is in you... Wed 26 Jan 2005, 08:48 lepetitmartien Note that I'm receiving signals from members a... Thu 3 Feb 2005, 16:21 beyaRecords My experience on ebay is not good either. I purcha... Thu 3 Feb 2005, 16:30 The Guitar God you should always check things like that first Thu 3 Feb 2005, 18:04 lepetitmartien On the actual description of the frauds:
FBI frau... Mon 7 Feb 2005, 02:08 lepetitmartien The morons are still around, just nuked one
Do... Sat 12 Feb 2005, 04:35 lepetitmartien Spam thru the forums by an ivory Coast scammer (us... Mon 14 Feb 2005, 14:46 lepetitmartien Note that I'm still killing on sight scammers ... Tue 15 Mar 2005, 02:43 lepetitmartien A little update, I regularly ban the offenders (we... Wed 20 Apr 2005, 04:08 lepetitmartien As I'm still on the prowl to ban our &#@... Thu 5 May 2005, 19:27 zenartist I just signed up our above scammer for free gay em... Thu 5 May 2005, 21:11 The Guitar God Homophobe Fri 6 May 2005, 16:08 johnnyboy I just got some scam email, english version of the... Thu 29 Dec 2005, 01:06  traderdude Here is copy of one i have been getting the most f... Mon 24 Jul 2006, 09:14 traderdude [font=Arial Black][size=4]
Hi just found your sit... Sun 23 Jul 2006, 07:48 lepetitmartien Well, I searched, if this guy is around, it's ... Sun 23 Jul 2006, 08:06 traderdude QUOTE (lepetitmartien @ Sun 23 Jul 2006, 02... Mon 24 Jul 2006, 08:55 traderdude More from same fake buyers read on .................. Mon 24 Jul 2006, 11:22 Eliezer I too have met up with these same scammers on a di... Sat 21 Oct 2006, 01:10 brybon QUOTE (Eliezer @ Fri 20 Oct 2006, 18:10) ... Sat 17 Feb 2007, 17:22 lepetitmartien Did my search. They don't seem to be registere... Sat 21 Oct 2006, 17:45 lepetitmartien I found this site about fraud, in English, note th... Mon 6 Nov 2006, 05:02 lepetitmartien Thanks for the hints Sat 17 Feb 2007, 17:29 lepetitmartien Note for everyone
we just banned a member using t... Fri 16 May 2008, 03:15 lepetitmartien I've just made a blog post (my first) to sum u... Fri 16 May 2008, 04:34 Mark Owen Hi,
This scammer's pretty careless so I don... Fri 16 May 2008, 08:20 lepetitmartien I've just banned other identities of him, no c... Fri 16 May 2008, 17:18 lepetitmartien He's banned under the logins:
silvrmbr
southe... Tue 20 May 2008, 03:44 lepetitmartien Just added new logins to the list above. We have a... Thu 22 May 2008, 17:36
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