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Bad Guy Christopher Lewis on Kingsnake (SCAMER)

Not surprisingly, that address does come back to Christopher L Lewis (43).
Now, whether that person has any idea that all of this is taking place could be an entirely different story.
 
Chrisw said:
Yes I contacted him and went digging for more information from him. This is the address he gave me that he lived at. If the emails I received from him is needed I can provide them.

Christopher Lewis

418 Whitefriars Ln
Matthews, NC 28104
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I would like to take a moment to thank everyone for their input and advise on this. Ive been stressing ever since monday morning when he stopped responding to me. And its members like everyone here and forums like this that make these rare and very unpleasant situations easier to deal with. Im going to contact paypal again tommorrow as well as my bank and ive been in touch with internet fraud division of FBI and will continue with that to see if this guy can be prosecuted. the address given above may very well be the most helpful yet if it is legit or at least somewhat connected to him. And hopefully no one else has to deal with the headaches and aggrivations this guy has caused.

ill update on what happens and please pass along any more info on this guy if anyone comes upon any..

thanks again everyone
B
 
Brian ....

Didn't you say that Lewis wanted you to send your $1300 to another party he owed money to?
Would you mind posting that email just for information purposes, please? (would like to see the "owed" party's name)

And does anyone have a phone number for this guy?
 
Sorry for the lengthy post again but heres the chain of emails and responses from me dealing with this guy including where he asked me to send money to someone else. i didnt do that which worried me but was too late by then he already had my money...



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From: Christopher Lewis <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sun, April 4, 2010 1:56:33 PM
Subject: RE: Message about: 09 1.2 Bumblebee Trio

Alright, I can get them shipped out tomorrow then :)

Would you mind helping me out a bit, though? I need to send that money to someone else (reason I'm selling in the first place - got a few debts to be paid!) and I just realized how ridiculous fees will be sending that much money twice. Could I send you a refund and have you send it to him?


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Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 11:38:07 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Message about: 09 1.2 Bumblebee Trio
To: [email protected]


P'P sent... im free to accept delivery Tuesday if you can ship monday. heres my info

Brian Ditch
416 GRAND AVE
PERRYVILLE MO 63775
1.573.517.0424

thanks again
B




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From: Christopher Lewis <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sun, April 4, 2010 1:23:58 PM
Subject: RE: Message about: 09 1.2 Bumblebee Trio

Paypal is this email :) ([email protected])

I did not produce them myself; they hatched around June-July 09 (I don't have the exact hatch date) and are not from the same clutch.

Thanks!


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Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 11:18:38 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Message about: 09 1.2 Bumblebee Trio
To: [email protected]




thanks for fast response. sounds good ill take em.. paypal address u use? also did u produce these.. and when did they hatch and are they related.. thanks again. Brian..


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From: Christopher Lewis <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sun, April 4, 2010 12:56:59 PM
Subject: RE: Message about: 09 1.2 Bumblebee Trio

$1300 shipped for the trio.

Their weights are all in the 400-450g range.

Thanks!

> Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 12:45:43 -0500
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Message about: 09 1.2 Bumblebee Trio
> From: [email protected]
>
> *************
> NOTE: This message was sent to you via the Kingsnake.com Classifieds. If you feel this message is fraudulent or abusive please forward it to [email protected].
> NOTE: DO NOT flag this message as SPAM/JUNK as your ability to receive legitimate messages from Kingsnake.com Classifieds may be compromised
> *************
>
> Hello... what kinda price deal shipped do you have on the trio. and what weights are they.. thanks Brian.
>
> ----------------------------------------------
> Click on (or cut and paste into you browser's
> location window) the URL below to view the ad that
> this message is in response to.
>
> http://market.kingsnake.com/detail.php?de=764225&cat=32
>
 
Hmm he has 2 paypal accounts according to these 2 emails.


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From: Christopher Lewis <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Mon, April 5, 2010 4:40:04 PM
Subject: RE: Message about: 09 1.2 Bumblebee Trio

My paypal email is [B][email protected][/B] (Not this email - had a few people make that mistake, just want to be clear that its an AIM email!)

Thanks! I'll let you know as soon as payment is received.


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From: Christopher Lewis <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sun, April 4, 2010 1:23:58 PM
Subject: RE: Message about: 09 1.2 Bumblebee Trio

Paypal is this email ([email protected])

I did not produce them myself; they hatched around June-July 09 (I don't have the exact hatch date) and are not from the same clutch.

Thanks!


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wondering if maybe he stole the real christopher lewis's identity and the aim is the one he uses and the live one belongs to the real guy......
 
Thanks Brian

I thought maybe he might have told you exactly who or where he wanted your money to be sent - the name or PayPal addy of the guy he owed money to. Guess not.
 
no - the @live.com name is the one he used to register his account here.
 
KellyM84 said:
That sucks :(

But yes, as others have mentioned, paypal will take care of this and you will get your money back :)
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I have a pretty good feeling that KellyM84....is the same person as Chris Lewis...the MO's to both these scams...along with a few others I have been seeing recently...are pretty much the same...and it all just seems to be one big game to them

this person (or people) just seem to wanna see how many people they can scam...and how they can learn from their mistakes to make the next scam better

as Kelly mentioned...you'll get your money back, I'm starting to think it isn't about the money anymore...as with most of these recent scams the money is always sitting in the scammers account when the claims go through....and the scammer just moves on to the next "game"
 
Unfortunately, Rich, that's not true. Seems like this person (or these people) are quite a bit more savvy than the last jerk we had running scam account after scam account. This current run goes back to mckyle, and has evolved steadily, making it harder to nail them before they commit. Trust me, if it was simple as a registration IP check, most of these ads wouldn't even be seen by the membership.
 
Did you file here as well:
http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

Welcome to IC3



The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C),
and the Bureau of Justice Assistance
(BJA).



IC3's mission is to serve as a vehicle to receive, develop, and refer criminal complaints
regarding the rapidly expanding arena of cyber crime. The IC3 gives the victims
of cyber crime a convenient and easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts authorities
of suspected criminal or civil violations. For law enforcement and regulatory agencies
at the federal, state, local and international level, IC3 provides a central referral
mechanism for complaints involving Internet related crimes
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I also paid through paypal $455 for a male Bee Ball Phython on 4 April. He said he would ship on 5 April. All emails stopped and I never received the snake. Filled a complaint with Paypal. He should be banned.
 
ransome10 said:
I also paid through paypal $455 for a male Bee Ball Phython on 4 April. He said he would ship on 5 April. All emails stopped and I never received the snake. Filled a complaint with Paypal. He should be banned.
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really sorry to hear that im right there with you, i know he has had to of gotten more people, witch is a major bummer, i can't stand people like him
 
hopefully paypal will get the picture with all the disputes and get all of us our money back ASAP
 
i called them last night and they told me the founds in his account were froze but it would take 7 days from the date the payments were made to esculate it to a claim for a refund
 
chongorojo brian hettinger is a great guy to purchase from i got a spider possible het hypo and it arrived safe and healthy ...thanks alot brian for the good bussines and hope for future buys from you.

dwayne swinton
 
dswinton123 said:
chongorojo brian hettinger is a great guy to purchase from i got a spider possible het hypo and it arrived safe and healthy ...thanks alot brian for the good bussines and hope for future buys from you.

dwayne swinton
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Dwayne,

You need to start a proper good guy thread for your transaction with Brian, or add to an existing thread about him if there is one.
This thread is a Bad Guy thread about Christopher Lewis
 
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