Notices |
Hello!
Either you have not registered on this site yet, or you are registered but have not logged in. In either case, you will not be able to use the full functionality of this site until you have registered, and then logged in after your registration has been approved.
Registration is FREE, so please register so you can participate instead of remaining a lurker....
Please note that the information requested during registration will be used to determine your legitimacy as a participant of this site. As such, any information you provide that is determined to be false, inaccurate, misleading, or highly suspicious will result in your registration being rejected. This is designed to try to discourage as much as possible those spammers and scammers that tend to plague sites of this nature, to the detriment of all the legitimate members trying to enjoy the features this site provides for them.
Of particular importance is the REQUIREMENT that you provide your REAL full name upon registering. Sorry, but this is not like other sites where anonymity is more the rule.
Also your TRUE location is important. If the location you enter in your profile field does not match the location of your registration IP address, then your registration will be rejected. As such, I strongly urge registrants to avoid using a VPN service to register, as they are often used by spammers and scammers, and as such will be blocked when discovered when auditing new registrations.
Sorry about all these hoops to jump through, but I am quite serious about blocking spammers and scammers at the gate on this site and am doing the very best that I can to that effect. Trust me, I would rather be doing more interesting things with my time, and wouldn't be making this effort if I didn't think it was worthwhile.
|
Board of Inquiry® This forum is provided exclusively for the discussion of specific persons or businesses in the herp industry. |
06-08-2017, 05:06 PM
|
#1
|
|
Richard Pacheco, Edith Marie? Scammers?
This man sent a money order for 2550.00 for a 90 shipped leopard gecko.shipped by Edith marie... Seems like a scam. Anyone else have info on him? Phone number is 7084928946 any info is appreciated. I understand how these scams work.
|
|
|
06-08-2017, 05:15 PM
|
#2
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by ElevatedExotics
This man sent a money order for 2550.00 for a 90 shipped leopard gecko.shipped by Edith marie... Seems like a scam. Anyone else have info on him? Phone number is 7084928946 any info is appreciated. I understand how these scams work.
|
Over the last few months there has been a few other similar scams with various aliases, emails addresses and phone numbers so far I have
Joffred23 Email romnniazs@gmail.com Ruben Jake / James Kennedy Phone# 650-410-3537 – 708-467-9137
Chris Wilmer
Scrapemetal - Fred Wilson / Johnson Joseph / John Jones – repozinlasterp@gmail.com – 727-308-1398 – 708-467-9137
Wilson4 – Wilson John– Fredwilson762@gmail.com barristerfredwilson@gmail.com
Crespo Joe – toolzosuccesful@gmail.com
Clara Wilson - claraw905@gmail.com
225-380-3623
319-820-1030
They all send MO for an amount way over the listed price (well their "assitant" does that ) then want the difference back via Walmart MO, obviously a scam
|
|
|
06-08-2017, 05:38 PM
|
#3
|
|
What Deborah said. Beware. Post any and all information you have to help others. Every alias and means of contact shared means another that may fail to work for them in the future if people do a search. I realize you already put the name(s) and number here. Any email addresses and so on are good additions as well. Thanks in advance.
|
|
|
07-16-2017, 09:11 PM
|
#4
|
|
Did the money order end up going through? I got a text from the same number, guy going as John Bishop. Wondering if it was legit or not. Said he is sending a Money order and accidentally sent too much.
|
|
|
07-16-2017, 09:56 PM
|
#5
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gregw28
Did the money order end up going through? I got a text from the same number, guy going as John Bishop. Wondering if it was legit or not. Said he is sending a Money order and accidentally sent too much.
|
Those strangely persistent slivers of hopefulness and curiosity form the lifeblood of these scammers.
Reaching the point where an address is given out or a fake money order is received means one's armor and defensive processes need to be reevaluated.
|
|
|
07-17-2017, 07:48 AM
|
#6
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gregw28
Did the money order end up going through? I got a text from the same number, guy going as John Bishop. Wondering if it was legit or not. Said he is sending a Money order and accidentally sent too much.
|
Oh C,mon now really?
Holy moly this is one of the OLDEST cons on the block, it has been doing the craiglist rounds for absolutely years!
Please people do not get suckered into anything remotely like this ever.
Pure scam end of story.
|
|
|
07-17-2017, 10:49 AM
|
#7
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by nickolasanastasiou
Reaching the point where an address is given out or a fake money order is received means one's armor and defensive processes need to be reevaluated.
|
Not necessarily, some of us play along and get the scammer to send the fake MO just to waste their time and some money for postage.
Play your cards right and you can get them to do it more than once.
Now, if you try to deposit the MO in your bank account then yes you need to have your head examined.
Also if you don't want to use your address just send it to your local cop shop or FBI field office instead.
|
|
|
07-17-2017, 12:09 PM
|
#8
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by bcr229
Not necessarily, some of us play along and get the scammer to send the fake MO just to waste their time and some money for postage.
Play your cards right and you can get them to do it more than once.
Now, if you try to deposit the MO in your bank account then yes you need to have your head examined.
Also if you don't want to use your address just send it to your local cop shop or FBI field office instead.
|
While I can see the merit of "playing with them" I do not feel it is a good ploy as it encourages them to remain at it, yes eventually they realise they were "played" by you but while still out there "playing", there WILL be somebody who does fall for it and get scammed and then it is not a game any more.....
I suggest just totally ignoring them, not even deigning to reply is best method, and adding them to the ever growing list here on the BOI.
|
|
|
07-17-2017, 12:12 PM
|
#9
|
|
just my humble opinion of course and everybody is free to handle them as they see fit obviously.
|
|
|
07-17-2017, 02:16 PM
|
#10
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by bcr229
Not necessarily, some of us play along and get the scammer to send the fake MO just to waste their time and some money for postage.
Play your cards right and you can get them to do it more than once.
Now, if you try to deposit the MO in your bank account then yes you need to have your head examined.
Also if you don't want to use your address just send it to your local cop shop or FBI field office instead.
|
I agree with your exception, Melinda. I was typing about the hopeful and curious contingent to which such bait is aimed.
|
|
|
Join
now to reply to this thread or open new ones
for your questions & comments! FaunaClassifieds.com
is the largest online community about Reptile
& Amphibians, Snakes, Lizards and number one
classifieds service with thousands of ads to look
for. Registration is open to everyone and FREE.
Click Here to Register!
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 07:32 AM.
|
|