Scammer

[Johnny Drama 5,000+ posts]

Umm...

Real UPS tracking number.

Comcast email meaning its not a free email and comcast with have all the info on this person including address, phone numbers, bank info...

Seems like you may have just fucked over a legit buyer...

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

I have my van listed on Craigslist and I keep getting scammers requesting my address to purchase it with a money order and send them the rest of the money. I gave several of them a fake name and the address to the Louisville FBI. Now they are calling me a scammer LOL!! I cut and pasted my response to their email below. This shit is funny.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif


"No I thought the FBI would be knocking on your door by now since that is where you sent the fake money order to SCAMMER!!!!

--- On Thu, 4/24/08, fbutera2@comcast.net wrote:

From: fbutera2@comcast.net

Subject: WHAT GOING ON

To:

Date: Thursday, April 24, 2008, 10:31 PM

what are you doing with my money are you scamming me, trying to take advantage

on me because i trusted you..."

The email that I sent her:

"Joe Lewis

Romano Mazzoli Federal Building, Room 500

600 Martin Luther King Jr. Place

Louisville, Ky 40202-2231

(502) 583-3941

Fax: (502) 569-3869

fbutera1@comcast.net wrote:

--

Hello Seller,

Is this item still available for sale and in good condition? I will like to make an immediate purchase of the item if still available and will be making the payment by a Certified check, I am comfortable with the asking price for the item and will make the payment as soon as possible.

If you are willing to sell this item for me understand this condition, you should get back to me with your full name and address and also your phone# so i can have the payment mailed to you. A pick up of the item will be schedule as soon as the payment process for item has been completed.

I await your response asap.

Name:

Address:

City:

state:

Zipcode:

phone#

I await your reply.

Frank Butera."

who i is "her", and there are some emails missing. post all intereaction with this person. I think you may be mixing a few of them up. frank butera is not a female name....

Umm...
Real UPS tracking number.

Comcast email meaning its not a free email and comcast with have all the info on this person including address, phone numbers, bank info...

Seems like you may have just fucked over a legit buyer...

it does seem like he jumped the gun, but he is leaving out a lot of details.

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

The UPS may very well be legit, but the check on its way is more than likely not.

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

The UPS may very well be legit, but the check on its way is more than likely not.

true, ill wait for more details.

 

[Basic1906 10+ year member]

Yes, this is different from what I was talking about in my last post - most definitely BS. It does seem interesting that there is an actual UPS tracking record for this.
Meh, I guess I will never be able to think like a scammer...

They send you an actual money order. You cash it and subtract what you are selling your item for then send the left over money. A month or so later you have a negative balance in your bank account.

 

[Basic1906 10+ year member]

I guess you all are the reason scammers exist. Why would someone send you more money than you are asking then ask you to send the left over money back? Google you will see that this happens all the time. I'll post the rest of the emails after I get back from lunch.

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

Umm...
Real UPS tracking number.

Comcast email meaning its not a free email and comcast with have all the info on this person including address, phone numbers, bank info...

Seems like you may have just fucked over a legit buyer...

Spoofing email addresses aren't terribly hard and more common practice. Or a scammer can use torjans(which idiots across the world allow in through bad habits) and use someone elses machine to initiate this crap.
I just wouldn't have responded to it. Cash in hand in person or nothing.

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

They send you an actual money order. You cash it and subtract what you are selling your item for then send the left over money. A month or so later you have a negative balance in your bank account.

I didnt see him say that in either of his emails though. you mentioned it of other ones, but its not in the emails you posted. The only thing that would seem odd to me is the way he typed, and that he said a pickup will be scheduled...

guess you'll see later i dont know, try to get a phone number from him.

edit: also, cash in hand, like Iamdeman said.

 

[Basic1906 10+ year member]

Here's another one:

"Dear Joe

I really appreciated your patience in this transaction, The payment has

finally been mailed out today and will deliver to your address tomorrow via UPS

couriers with the tracking#J174 978 467 7 Track at http://WWW.UPS.COM but it will start

to track by 8pm your time today (Monday), As soon as you receive the payment

I want you to go right away to your bank immediately ,Under normal circumstances

your bank should give you cash in exchange for the payment the same day you take

it to bank once you get to the banking hall but in some cases they might want to

deposit the payment for 24hrs for the funds to post into your account which can

be withdraw the next day so if the teller request for a deposit then you can

proceed and if he/she doesn't request for a deposit then cash will be good to

send out same day after you must have deducted your total payment. deduct $100

also for your troubles and gas. the payment is in the amount of $2,900 So after

you must have deducted your payment you w

ill do me a favour to wire out the rest fund to my wife so we can proceed on how to pick

up the item.

All you need to do is to take cash to any Walmart store location tell them

you want to send money via Western Union Money Transfer , fill the information

below on the Western Union Money Transfer form and have the rest of the funds

sent as shown below and pay the Western Union Money Transfer charges for the

transaction from the amount. I will need the 8 Digit Reference Number known as

the wire confirmation number from you given to you by the Western Union Money

Transfer agent after completing the transaction, the exact amount sent and

sender's name if different from the name you gave me. As soon as you provide me

with this information we shall proceed with the pick up arrangement of the item

NOTE: FUNDS SHOULD BE SENT USING THE BELOW INFO ONLY

PRINT INFO FROM HERE ONLY

Name :Louise Butera

Address :6106 Carter Ave

Coraopolis PA 15108......I await your update..........

I await your update as soon as you receive the check"

 

[mrogowski 5,000+ posts]

They send you an actual money order. You cash it and subtract what you are selling your item for then send the left over money. A month or so later you have a negative balance in your bank account.

Yes, I fully understand this. However, it was a cheque being sent, and yes, it could be written for more than the selling price (= scam). There is also a record of it through UPS. As others have stated, there isn't enough info posted to convince one that it was indeed, a scam.

 

[mrogowski 5,000+ posts]

Here's another one:
"Dear Joe

I really appreciated your patience in this transaction, The payment has

finally been mailed out today and will deliver to your address tomorrow via UPS

couriers with the tracking#J174 978 467 7 Track at http://WWW.UPS.COM but it will start

to track by 8pm your time today (Monday), As soon as you receive the payment

I want you to go right away to your bank immediately ,Under normal circumstances

your bank should give you cash in exchange for the payment the same day you take

it to bank once you get to the banking hall but in some cases they might want to

deposit the payment for 24hrs for the funds to post into your account which can

be withdraw the next day so if the teller request for a deposit then you can

proceed and if he/she doesn't request for a deposit then cash will be good to

send out same day after you must have deducted your total payment. deduct $100

also for your troubles and gas. the payment is in the amount of $2,900 So after

you must have deducted your payment you w

ill do me a favour to wire out the rest fund to my wife so we can proceed on how to pick

up the item.

All you need to do is to take cash to any Walmart store location tell them

you want to send money via Western Union Money Transfer , fill the information

below on the Western Union Money Transfer form and have the rest of the funds

sent as shown below and pay the Western Union Money Transfer charges for the

transaction from the amount. I will need the 8 Digit Reference Number known as

the wire confirmation number from you given to you by the Western Union Money

Transfer agent after completing the transaction, the exact amount sent and

sender's name if different from the name you gave me. As soon as you provide me

with this information we shall proceed with the pick up arrangement of the item

NOTE: FUNDS SHOULD BE SENT USING THE BELOW INFO ONLY

PRINT INFO FROM HERE ONLY

Name :Louise Butera

Address :6106 Carter Ave

Coraopolis PA 15108......I await your update..........

I await your update as soon as you receive the check"

Ah, well, that pretty much speaks for itself. It really is unfortunate that people get sucked into these things...

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

Here's another one:
"Dear Joe

I really appreciated your patience in this transaction, The payment has

finally been mailed out today and will deliver to your address tomorrow via UPS

couriers with the tracking#J174 978 467 7 Track at http://WWW.UPS.COM but it will start

to track by 8pm your time today (Monday), As soon as you receive the payment

I want you to go right away to your bank immediately ,Under normal circumstances

your bank should give you cash in exchange for the payment the same day you take

it to bank once you get to the banking hall but in some cases they might want to

deposit the payment for 24hrs for the funds to post into your account which can

be withdraw the next day so if the teller request for a deposit then you can

proceed and if he/she doesn't request for a deposit then cash will be good to

send out same day after you must have deducted your total payment. deduct $100

also for your troubles and gas. the payment is in the amount of $2,900 So after

you must have deducted your payment you w

ill do me a favour to wire out the rest fund to my wife so we can proceed on how to pick

up the item.

All you need to do is to take cash to any Walmart store location tell them

you want to send money via Western Union Money Transfer , fill the information

below on the Western Union Money Transfer form and have the rest of the funds

sent as shown below and pay the Western Union Money Transfer charges for the

transaction from the amount. I will need the 8 Digit Reference Number known as

the wire confirmation number from you given to you by the Western Union Money

Transfer agent after completing the transaction, the exact amount sent and

sender's name if different from the name you gave me. As soon as you provide me

with this information we shall proceed with the pick up arrangement of the item

NOTE: FUNDS SHOULD BE SENT USING THE BELOW INFO ONLY

PRINT INFO FROM HERE ONLY

Name :Louise Butera

Address :6106 Carter Ave

Coraopolis PA 15108......I await your update..........

I await your update as soon as you receive the check"

you should have posted this email first, then it would have made more sense. yes it is a scammer.

 

[mrogowski 5,000+ posts]

With that out of the way, I find it humorous that this person actually emailed you back calling YOU the scammer //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[UberAudio 10+ year member]

Sending the cheque to a FBI office is going to do what now?

The FBI is hardly psychic.

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

Ricky is a scammer //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

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