AOL Screen Name "aakkimallin"

Hello all,
Just wanted to let you know I was almost stupid enough to fall for a scam. This guy, aakkimallin, instant messaged me a day or two after I posted in DesiK's vpi black pastel ball python for sale and pretended to be Ed and Des Kane. He talked to me saying he was going to leave for the army so he had to cut down on what he had with snakes and tried to sell me a snake he actually did'nt have. He tried getting me to do a payment plan and send him $100 up front and he'll ship the snake out then I pay the remaining $150 or $175 by the first Saturday after i get the snake. This all happened yesterday so I told him I would get back to him last night or by today If i was to scrounge up any money. He kept instant messaging me every 3 hours or so within the day and it seemed a little pushy. He kept telling me to do a Western Union money transfer and he would send the snake out. Well it finally dawned on me I should at least look up his AOL screen name on google to see if there's any feedback on him or any other info. I found a few pages of poker forums that said the user of that screen name is a scammer and used a few other aliases as well. Deczero05 and djroac01 are two other known aliases he uses. He likes to scam people out of an even $100 it looks like. Here's one of the links I got when googling his aol screen name, aakkimallin... http://www.maketransfer.com/forums/r...1-scammer.html But yeah once I caught on to this scam, I pm'ed DesiK to talk about the deal and he told me that he doesn't even have AOL Instant Messenger. I don't have the whole convo saved. This is all i have left of it since I sent it to DesiK to show him what I was talking about:

aakkimallin (3:27:50 PM): Hi. Are you there?
TippmannTurner (3:28:05 PM): sup
aakkimallin (3:28:09 PM): I am messaging you in responce to a fauna thread you replyed to stating you were interested
aakkimallin (3:28:15 PM): in my VPI Black pastel

Just wanted to give you guys a heads up that you should talk through pm's and not just instant messanger before doing a deal. And save all your convos with deals as well via instant messanger for documentation just in case you do get scammed. I wish I got his contact info before I confronted him, but my friend actually know's the guy from another forum so I might be able to get more info on him. Has anyone else had this guy contact them? Let me know. Thanks.

Ah im sorry. I'm new to this site. My name is Ralph Turner. I see I can't edit my thread, so I'll just post that here. Thanks guys.

His real name is Dan Costello, he is a 18 year old punk from PA. There are many threads about him here.

Thanks for the additional ammo....he is digging himself deep

BTW, of his many fauna names, he's using Yewaredrawlin now

DasHakenkreuzzz: Hey man, i heard you have some snakes.
aakkimallin: sorry, I dont sell anything.
DasHakenkreuzzz: no? my friend said u had some good ones..
DasHakenkreuzzz: hmm differnt person?
aakkimallin: I had some previosuly
aakkimallin: but I sold all of my snakes
aakkimallin: that were for sale, and kept the holdbacks
DasHakenkreuzzz: when are you gona have any more?
aakkimallin: Hmm
aakkimallin: you a racist?
DasHakenkreuzzz: lol why do you say that?
aakkimallin: because you are on white pride world wide websites
aakkimallin: 2 years ago trying to buy a 1938 silver cut coin pendant
DasHakenkreuzzz: lma how do you know that?
aakkimallin: I got my resources
DasHakenkreuzzz: weird
DasHakenkreuzzz: but yeah i huess you might say that
DasHakenkreuzzz: lol
aakkimallin: lol
DasHakenkreuzzz: not rly racist just like aware of things...
aakkimallin: you arent racist against black snakes are you?
DasHakenkreuzzz: nah man
aakkimallin: oh cool
DasHakenkreuzzz: snakes are all cool
aakkimallin: only naggers
DasHakenkreuzzz: yaya
DasHakenkreuzzz: lol
aakkimallin: haha
aakkimallin: taking all teh foodstamps
aakkimallin: ****in up the economy
DasHakenkreuzzz: pretty much
aakkimallin: selling bad weed
DasHakenkreuzzz: are u on stormfront er somthing?
aakkimallin: yes
DasHakenkreuzzz: whats ur username?
aakkimallin: I actually am
aakkimallin: merk0331
DasHakenkreuzzz: oh haha
aakkimallin: small world brother
DasHakenkreuzzz: yeah u make rly cool pendents n stuff
aakkimallin: thanks
aakkimallin: what snakes were you mostly interested in
aakkimallin: I might have some connections around but me as of now have none
DasHakenkreuzzz: well any ball python rly
aakkimallin is away at 3:18:22 PM.
aakkimallin returned at 3:18:23 PM.
aakkimallin: you can goto a local pet store
aakkimallin: if your not looking for anything special
aakkimallin: like if you just want a ball python
DasHakenkreuzzz: well i need a breeding pair
aakkimallin: not no specific blood lines / traits
aakkimallin: what price range you looking for
DasHakenkreuzzz: i dont rly have a price range
DasHakenkreuzzz: hey dude
DasHakenkreuzzz: quick question
DasHakenkreuzzz: my friend
DasHakenkreuzzz: idk why but he's saying your a scammer..
aakkimallin: who is saying that?
DasHakenkreuzzz: idk wtf or why that is
DasHakenkreuzzz: tippmantuner
DasHakenkreuzzz: he imed you..
aakkimallin: because some ******s
aakkimallin: are using my name as a background
aakkimallin: to recieve money
aakkimallin: trying to bring me down, thats why im not even worried about it
aakkimallin: I sell mostly at reptile shows face to face with people
DasHakenkreuzzz: Did u ever even talk to him?
aakkimallin: tippman
aakkimallin: yeah
DasHakenkreuzzz: yeah
aakkimallin: was actualy going to help him out
aakkimallin: then he blocked me
DasHakenkreuzzz: Well dude he's ****ing pist at me for trying to tell him to chill
DasHakenkreuzzz: lol
DasHakenkreuzzz: You like poker?
DasHakenkreuzzz: dude.. idk why ur not talking but my friend sent me a link on google to a buncha site saying ur sn n a buncha other ones are scaming ppl...
DasHakenkreuzzz: So dude idk but im trying to be a good person here
DasHakenkreuzzz: n if ur scamming ppl on stormfront or somthing
DasHakenkreuzzz: then i'm gona have to tell the website
DasHakenkreuzzz: unless you can just tell me whats up
DasHakenkreuzzz: im sure you understand if its not a big deal
DasHakenkreuzzz: if some weird thing happend..
DasHakenkreuzzz: ...
aakkimallin: hu rah white powa
DasHakenkreuzzz: ?
aakkimallin signed off at 3:33:33 PM.

My friend isn't really a nazi or whatever they call themselves on that white supremacist site, he just trolls it and such. The guy said he's Merk0331 which is a member from Arkansas, at least it says that on his profile. He could be lying though. I really don't know. So this guy knew he was getting caught in an act and yelled his little white supremacy chant and then blocked him. I hope this guy doesn't scam any others, especially from this site.

He knew he was being caught in the act and said he now had no snakes for sale...gah this guy pisses me off.

-Ralph Turner

Your friend "just trolls" a racist site? How cute!

He's 15, I wouldn't know. If he can help me find out who this guy is, I really don't care what his beliefs are.

Originally Posted by Ralphieeeee

He's 15, I wouldn't know. If he can help me find out who this guy is, I really don't care what his beliefs are.

I posted who he is...lol....read up a bit

Alright thanks. Gonna do that now.