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karmaflux
Feb 26, 2004

by Lowtax

quote:

Lytinwheedle came out of the closet to say:
I was answering the question of the poster above me. R>C>P.

Didn't look that way to me.

Hint: establish your flow! :eng101:

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MyNameIsJeff
Dec 5, 2003

P-P-P-Powerbook.com!
Hey guys. No, this thread is far from over!

It looks like I'm seling something else! (Other seller transactions from escrow site)
Transaction details

These are the details for transaction with ID 1399872290
Item name: Amanda Real Doll

Terms Details
Seller username mynameisjeffharris
Buyer username Euro
Shipping with FedEx
Who pays fee Buyer
Who pays shipping Buyer
Inspection period 8
Item price 3500 USD
Quantity 1
Escrow fee 0 from 42 USD
Shipping cost 143
Total cost to Seller 0
Total cost to Buyer 3685


Description
slightly used


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I encourage you all add many many things like this to my account on his escrow site!!! Add things, and I will tell him I am going to use his preferred escrow service for my other auctions!


I wasn't able to email him yesterday, so no new update from him. However, I will compose my email message as I type this reply. I will send it when i get home.



Hello sir!
Please let me thank you again for being so patient with me! It is too bad we are settling outside of ebay, because I was going to leave you "EXCELENT EBAYER!!!!!11 A++++++++== WOULD SELL TO ANYTIME" I guess it is ok though becaue I would have to give them an extra $300 when the auction was over.

I logged onto your preferred escrow site and saw our transaction. I did not see any place to accept it though! Did I just not see it? Sorry I am new at this. Where do I go to say OK?

Where on the site does it say where to ship it to! I am very eager to get this thing shipped so I can hurry up and start the process to get my money! Once I ok our transaction does it tell me where to ship the laptop? I am very positive you will be satisfied with the laptop.

One other thing, You seemed to confident about this escrow service, that I think I am going to use it myself for my other transactions. Is that ok? I will be buying and selling other laptops and would like the security. I will be buying many things and will need a escrow service with a strong digital defense to send my money to so I don't get ripped off.

Thanks again!
Jeff




I think the next email I will let him know about someone else who has offered more for the laptop. I think I will tell him that the other person wants to settle outside of ebay, with a personal escrow service too! Perhaps I can get him to call the other guy a scammer!

I should have his reply tomorrow morning.

Pipski
Apr 18, 2004

quote:

MyNameIsJeff came out of the closet to say:

Now please enter https://www.set-ltd.net

What the gently caress are the pictures on that site supposed to be about? `Building!' `Grinning Eyeless Yuppie!' `Chin Stroker!'

EDIT: btw, this might have to proceed at speed - that escrow site appears on the huge list on this site (not quoted for reason of length) of suspect sites under investigation and liable to be closed: http://www.carbuyingtips.com/fraud.htm

Pipski fucked around with this message at 18:34 on Apr 26, 2004

ChlamydiaJones
Sep 27, 2002

My Estonian riding instructor told me; "Mine munni ahvi türa imeja", and I live by that every day!
Ramrod XTreme
You will be happy to know that you are also selling a 2002 Boss Hoss motorcycle;

Terms Details
Seller username MyNameIsJeffHarris
Buyer username looking for a buyer
Shipping with Airborne
Who pays fee Buyer
Who pays shipping Buyer
Inspection period 20
Item price 33000 USD
Quantity 1
Escrow fee 0 from 396 USD
Shipping cost 485
Total cost to Seller 0
Total cost to Buyer 33881

Description
2002 Boss Hoss motorcycle. 602ci Cadillac engine(1997), NO2, Turbo. 588HP/NOS 812HP. All gear included. 3 speed transmission with reverse. Clear title.



Mayor Wilkins
Nov 18, 2002

by Lowtax

quote:

MyNameIsJeff came out of the closet to say:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I encourage you all add many many things like this to my account on his escrow site!!! Add things, and I will tell him I am going to use his preferred escrow service for my other auctions!

As per your request, I have done this. I eagerly await my shipment.

Edit - huh, it reset some of my prices and deleted some others. What the gently caress. I guess I can't use commas. Either that, or I can't have seventeen thousand kidneys. :confused:

Edit 2 - re-entered, since this amazing site doesn't let you delete transactions. This site also seems to randomly hate certain numbers, and I want to know where the gently caress it got these numbers in the millions. What the gently caress am I paying six hundred million for? Goddamned kidneys!

Seller username: mynameisjeffharris
Buyer username: Mayor Wilkins
Shipping with Captain Eddie's cargo ship
Who pays fee: Buyer
Who pays shipping: Buyer
Inspection period: 7
Item price: 34500 USD
Quantity: 17250
Escrow fee: 0 from 7141500 USD
Shipping cost: 1200
Total cost to Seller: 0
Total cost to Buyer: 602267700

Description:

A lot of bear kidneys from various bears, including (but not limited to) polar, grizzly, brown, Yogi, black, panda, and Care.


Original shipping was "1200 and a case of Bud," but their system doesn't like letters in the shipping field, I guess. What the gently caress.

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dablakh0l
Sep 3, 2002
Wow, I'm buying Sauron's Ring!!!


Thanks
Bilbo Boggins



Buyer username Bilbo Boggins
Seller username MyNameIsJeffHarris
Shipping with Dragon Post
Who pays fee Split 50/50
Who pays shipping Split 50/50
Inspection period 30
Item price 25 GBP
Quantity 1
Escrow fee 0.15 from 0.3 GBP
Shipping cost 1
Total cost to Buyer 25.65
Total cost to Seller 0.65

Description
Sauron's Ring

Coffee not found, operator halted.

dablakh0l fucked around with this message at 19:27 on Apr 26, 2004

Sweater
Feb 19, 2003

by Ozma
I think this rates up there with TheHerpes" Adriana Sage thread. Nothing like a good read. :)


OMG SO AMAZING!!!!!!!11 A++++++++ WILL READ MORE!!!!!!!!1

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ArchDemon
Jan 2, 2004

People with emotional and trust issues
really piss me off.

First thing of course (stated many times) is to get the address or contact number. With that, the police is definately something to consider. Who is hosting his escrow site?

Updates plz.

Halvor
Aug 17, 2003
The black cards all look the same to me...

quote:

MyNameIsJeff came out of the closet to say:


One thing that sucks is, I don't get his replies 'till around 6am PST.

I'm kinda surprised nobody's caught this yet. I got to thinking about it, and 6am PST is 8am Central, which is about the time a professor would be rolling into his office to check his Yahoo email and see if that kid from Washington is falling for it or not.

edit: Yes, I have also considered that it also is 2pm GMT, or something. But, realistically, who checks his Yahoo mail at 2pm every day?

Halvor fucked around with this message at 20:16 on Apr 26, 2004

crotch_lobster
May 6, 2003

i taught the fruit how to eat itself
At first I thought the internet existed so that we could watch a monkey pee in his mouth.

And then I thought the internet existed so we could berate furries.

Now I know for a fact that the Internet exists for this thread.













And porn.

Anxiously awaiting an update.

Shii
Feb 18, 2004

by elpintogrande
I do hope Rush Limbaugh will enjoy this hot dog I'm selling him!

These are the details for transaction with ID 6929777523
Item name: World's Largest Hot Dog

Terms Details
Seller username mynameisjeffharris
Buyer username Rush Limbaugh
Shipping with Private aircraft carrier
Who pays fee Buyer
Who pays shipping Buyer
Inspection period 30
Item price 2500 USD
Quantity 1
Escrow fee 0 from 30 USD
Shipping cost 500
Total cost to Seller 0
Total cost to Buyer 3030


Description
In good condition; some scratches, but still edible. In original bun.

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lushka16
Apr 8, 2003

Doctor of Love
College Slice
^^^
I think these fakes are going to be the downfall of this thread.

Still funny, though

pooper scooper
Oct 23, 2003
Shovel. Rake. Bag.
Halvor.. you seem to have a pretty good point.

However, in Europe (at least in Germany) lunch breaks are between 12 and 2 in the afternoon.

I agree with the above poster. These fakes are funny.. but they might ruin the thread or even expose this too early as a plot to fight back teh scammer.

MyNameIsJeff
Dec 5, 2003

P-P-P-Powerbook.com!

quote:

pooper scooper came out of the closet to say:
Halvor.. you seem to have a pretty good point.

However, in Europe (at least in Germany) lunch breaks are between 12 and 2 in the afternoon.

I agree with the above poster. These fakes are funny.. but they might ruin the thread or even expose this too early as a plot to fight back the scammer.

They're right. Lets Back off on the items for sale for now.

Unboxing Day
Nov 4, 2003

I'm on the edge of my seat. This thread can only end well...

Voted 5.

sigs off crew

MyNameIsJeff
Dec 5, 2003

P-P-P-Powerbook.com!
Get a load of this! I reported this guy's email and fake site to ebay- Told him everyting we discovered! Fake everything! And I get this!

Hello,

Thank you for writing to eBay's Customer Support with your concerns. My name is John and I appreciate the chance to answer your question. I'm happy to assist you further.

An Escrow service allows the buyer to send their money to the Escrow Company, and the Seller then ships the item to the Buyer. Once the Buyer approves the item the Escrow service then pays the Seller. eBay recommends escrow for transactions over $500.00.

The Escrow service affiliated with eBay is called Escrow.com. eBay encourages members to take advantage of the assurance that escrow services can provide. For more information on escrow, please see the following eBay page:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/escrow.html

I wish you the best with your future transactions.

Regards,

John W. S.
eBay Customer Support



WELL THANK YOU JOHN! MY CUP RUNETH OVER!
Hmm. . . someone is reporting an obvious scam and fake escrow site. Obviously he has no idea what escrow is. BETTER SCHOOL HIM!

Stefan Prodan
Jan 7, 2002

I deeply respect you as a human being... Some day I'm gonna make you *Mrs* Buck Turgidson!


Grimey Drawer

quote:

MyNameIsJeff came out of the closet to say:
Get a load of this! I reported this guy's email and fake site to ebay- Told him everyting we discovered! Fake everything! And I get this!

Support Letter


WELL THANK YOU JOHN! MY CUP RUNETH OVER!

Haha, oh man, it's a shame he took the time to personally type all that letter out to you, without it even applying to you!

Kid Antrim
Sep 11, 2001

Regulators... Mount up!

quote:

Stefan Prodan came out of the closet to say:


Haha, oh man, it's a shame he took the time to personally type all that letter out to you, without it even applying to you!

It's a canned reply. Copy, paste, send. I did email support for a company for a year. Copy and Paste was my friend, I didn't give a poo poo if it helped them or not for the most part. :lol: :(

"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

MyNameIsJeff
Dec 5, 2003

P-P-P-Powerbook.com!
I replied to that ebay email

Hi John,

Not to be rude, but I know quite well what escrow is. I also happen to know that this is an obvious scam attempt. Had you actually read the form I filled out on your site, and not replied with the canned response: Escrow 101, you would notice that I did not ask what escrow was. I was reporting someone wants to settle the sale outside of ebay, through an escrow site he referred me to. A site that claims to be a VeriSign secure site, but then you click the logo, he is hosting the VeriSign page -the page that should take you to the verisign site. This is a text book rip off.
This can't be your answer to everyone who reports these types of things can it? I really think you should take some action against this person.

Jeff

Acrolos
Mar 29, 2004

quote:

Rukes came out of the closet to say:
I remember when I sold my Powerbook last year, I got 3 different offers to fake escrow sites...and I sadly didn't think of any good replies :(

Same here. Numerous people tried to do the exact same thing to me.

I also got a response from someone who offered me 200 bucks for a g4 powerbook.

frozenphil
Mar 13, 2003

YOU CANNOT MAKE A MISTAKE SO BIG THAT 80 GRIT CAN'T FIX IT!
:smug:

quote:

Kid Antrim came out of the closet to say:


It's a canned reply. Copy, paste, send. I did email support for a company for a year. Copy and Paste was my friend, I didn't give a poo poo if it helped them or not for the most part. :lol: :(
Oh sarcasm tags, why hast thou forsaken us so?

karmaflux
Feb 26, 2004

by Lowtax

quote:

Kid Antrim came out of the closet to say:
It's a canned reply.

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Marius
Aug 13, 2003

Daydreamin'
I would stop or remove any fake auctions on the escrow site until we get the last reply from the guy with at least a shipping address. Also once he gets that why not create our own accounts on the site? Does it take a CC or something? What will they think when 400 people sign up on the site to escrow their real dolls and stored bodily fluids?




Edit: Forgot, I had a question from earlier on. Someone mentioned something like lsass in reference to goons loving with scammers. I didnt see anything in dictionary, can anyone explain or point me to a thread? Thanks

Marius fucked around with this message at 22:11 on Apr 26, 2004

MyNameIsJeff
Dec 5, 2003

P-P-P-Powerbook.com!
I went onto the site again, to view my transactions.
One transaction: 4189708512 Tyldak23 51 inch flatscreen tv Waiting for seller
At the bottom, I have the bottons to accept or reject the transaction.
The other 2: One for the amanda real doll, and one for the laptop the he created - I do not have the buttons.

Is that a problem with his coding?

fredwardo
Jul 27, 2003

Is it maybe possible to find out his real IP by including an image in an email to him then finding out what IPs have accessed it. That way you could trace it and find out where they may be.
I knocked up a little php script where if you to go to http://www.vdhri.net/images/mrgreen.gif it attempts to log your IP in this text file: http://www.vdhri.net/images/ips.txt.
I tested including it in an email to myself and that got my ip (with the www.eml.cc/... referer) when i viewed it on webmail.
Another way that comes to mind would be to look at server logs.
Don't know if it would be any use, and i might've hosed up while making it, but i was bored and it's an idea i guess.

Muti
Oct 20, 2003

'Dese man tits are after you
Okay detectives!#!! First off, it is not the professor.. you can fill in any name and register a loving domain. I'm sure someone who went through the effort of creating a fake escrow site and stealing eBay accounts is not going to register with their real name. Stop patting yourselves on the backs for thinking you've "CAUGHT THIS GUY!!". Way to go, you can lookup WHOIS and use google at the same time.

Anyway, I really doubt you will catch this person. They most likely have a drop point, or will have you ship to a P.O. box. They are also probably doing most of this from an internet cafe or just using a proxy server so you aren't going to "trace the IP". I'm not sure if you've reported the account to ebay or just the escrow site, but report the account to ebay so it can be closed and report the website to the ISP of whomever is hosting it (http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/whois.ch?ip=66.218.79.157), which appears to be Yahoo web hosting.

MyNameIsJeff
Dec 5, 2003

P-P-P-Powerbook.com!
Wow I didn't even have to wait 'till 6 am for his reply this time!

From: Gianluca [mailto:scont06@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 2:21 PM
To: MyNameIsJeff
Subject: Re: Ready to ship laptop

OK I talk with escrow services and now is ok he have a litle problem with website.The money is sent express to escrow.
Please email me when you will receive the confirmation.



It seems his money is on the way! I registered on the site with one of my hotmail accounts, so I can't check for the "confirmation" email until I get home from work in about 2 hours.

Superhaus
Jun 9, 2003

I'm probably wasting time right now.

quote:

MyNameIsJeff came out of the closet to say:
I replied to that ebay email

Hi John,

R>C>P

Jeff

That would have been easier.

karmaflux
Feb 26, 2004

by Lowtax

quote:

Muti came out of the closet to say:
blah blah blah im smart blah blah

Hey, we've already established that he's a bad scammer. Even if he's using an internet cafe, we can still locate the IP, and if it's in Belgium, it's probably not our Indianan professor.

But guess what? We don't give a poo poo, and all we're interested in is ruining this guy's day. So gently caress off and let us have our fun.

Dork.

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kiimo
Jul 24, 2003

I hope this ends as well as it has been going. I hate to say it, as there is rarely an appropriate time for it these days, but I would love to see this end in a goatse atttack of some shape or form.

ZetsurinPower
Dec 14, 2003

I looooove leftovers!
~~~~~LQQK~~~~ EXCELLENT THREAD, WILL SUBSCRIBE!!!!!11!1 THX!!!

TheClaw posted:

I would so use this for parties if it ran on linux. I even have a touchscreen doing nothing right now that would be awesome for it.

Any chance of a port? :v:

scheissmacht
Oct 23, 2000

quote:

cunnelatio came out of the closet to say:


What if they receive the item but claim they didn't :confused:
Well, if you ship something worth a couple thousand dollars without requiring a signature for delivery then you deserve to get ripped off.

MyNameIsJeff
Dec 5, 2003

P-P-P-Powerbook.com!
Well here is my email from the Secure and digitally defended escrow site:

From : Set-Ltd Customer Service <billing@set-ltd.net>
Sent : Monday, April 26, 2004 10:34 PM
To : chemically_balanced@hotmail.com
Subject : Payment received for transaction #6813088950

| | | Inbox
Dear customer,

Your partner "scont06" has completed the payment for transaction ID 6813088950

Item name: PowerBook G4
Item price:2100.00 USD
Shipping cost: 180.00 USD
Quantity: 1
Inspection period: 1 day
Escrow fee: 25.20 USD
Total cost to buyer:2305.20 USD


Your action is required now. The next step of the transaction is to ship the merchandise to the buyer. Please send the shipping details to your partner "scont06".

As soon as your partner receives the merchandise and the inspection
period ends we will contact you to complete payment.

Billing Support Team

https://www.set-ltd.net


Ok. The more this progresses, the more I realize how lovely he is at this. At 2 pm PST he said, "The money is sent express to escrow." then I have this a few hours later? Maybe by express sent he mean he opened a new internet explorer window and browsed to yahoo.

But wait! What is also sitting in my inbox?

-----Original Message-----
From: Gianluca [mailto:scont06@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 3:44 PM
To: MyNameIsJeff
Subject: I'm waiting the track#

Hello
I receive the confirmation from escrow services about the money is received.Please send it as we agreed: fedex ups or dhl tnt express and please put a small value on the package so I will pay less taxes .Here the duty taxes are 27,5% from the total amount wrote on the package so please do your best and send it as a family gift and with a low value.
This is my address:
GIANLUCA SESSAREGO
9B VARLEY PARADE
COLINDALE,LONDON,UK
zip code:NW9 6RR

Please email me when you will send the package and give me the tracking number.
Regards


Oh my! What do we have here! I think I actually want to send him a box full of stuff. A jar of pee. Perhaps just some high quality photos of some of the fine images of the pain series or the pic of the girl making GBS threads in that guys mouth. (If you have that let me know k thx) If you can think of anything better let me know.

I can't think of anyways to draw this out further. So I'm going to wait for a while. See if I can think up anything. Post crafty ideas -email ideas and/or things to end this well. I will report back with what I come up with.

emil_muzz
Apr 14, 2002
Start off by loving with him. Go pick up a FedEx form with a pre-printed tracking number on it and give him that number. It's valid, but it'll just say there is no package in the system. Wait a while for him to bitch about the number not being in their system, then make up some story about the package being sent back to you. This buys you time to fill jars with urine and occult voodoo objects to send to him. Or paint an etch-a-sketch silver and put an apple sticker on it.

EDIT: Give him both a FedEx number and a DHL number. "I sent it both ways in case one way doesn't work".

EDIT2: I'm not clever enough tonight to come up with a way to do this but we need to wheedle this fucker's phone number out of him.

emil_muzz fucked around with this message at 03:48 on Apr 27, 2004

blairerickson
May 18, 2002

by Eris Is Goddess

quote:

GIANLUCA SESSAREGO
9B VARLEY PARADE
COLINDALE,LONDON,UK
zip code:NW9 6RR
Interesting, okay... now what.

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Dr. VonHugenstein
Feb 16, 2004
They Call Him Monsterrod
This guy apparently gets around. Googling that address gets at least two pseudonyms using that location to perpetuate fraud:

http://www.auctionblacklist.com/view_fraud.php?case_id=86

http://www.auctionblacklist.com/view_fraud.php?case_id=182


It also reveals a barber shop at that address--with a phone number:

Jean Climax
9b Varley Parade
London NW9 6RR
Tel: (020 8905 9244)

blairerickson
May 18, 2002

by Eris Is Goddess
That "9B Varley Parkade" address doesn't show up on MapQuest or Keyhole. Is it just a really tiny street location?

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Dr. VonHugenstein
Feb 16, 2004
They Call Him Monsterrod
If you just enter the zip, and then zoom all the way in, you can see it--it's a very short street.

lushka16
Apr 8, 2003

Doctor of Love
College Slice
Holy poo poo!! The next course of action is WICKED obvious, he even said it himself:

quote:

Here the duty taxes are 27,5% from the total amount wrote on the package

Put like $8000 on the package and make the fucker pay $2200 for it.

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Jubban
Apr 5, 2004
Once is never enough
[derail]

quote:

Edit: Forgot, I had a question from earlier on. Someone mentioned something like lsass in reference to goons loving with scammers. I didnt see anything in dictionary, can anyone explain or point me to a thread? Thanks

Alright, but I've forgotten some of the info. A goon posted some stuff for download, I believe it was in The Unnameable Forum (Horse Porn Junction). Peeps DLed it, and a script was run inside it that did something bad. I think it stole SA accounts, although I could be wrong on that. Anyway, some goons deconstructed the download, found out that it created a little file called lsass.bat (not to be confused with lsass.exe), and warned all goons to delete it before their computers would be compromised.

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