l.vanheumen
Joined: 29 Jul 2008
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 Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:25 pm Post subject: The internet scammer |
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I don't this scammer lives in California. The trace goes back to a Google server and gmail.com is a google service.
This piece of low life ripped me of for $760 (deposit to a Melbourne branch of Members Equity Bank, BSB 944300, account 011886951). I won't say who's ID was used yet as I want to call that person first. He/she may not even be aware the account is used by a scammer. It's beyond me how they do this though.
I've reported to Gumtree with some questions but haven't received a reply from them yet. I'll be reporting to the police later today. I don't expect they'll be able to get me my hard earned cash back, but i hope it helps catching this piece of shit in the end. |
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byanka82
Joined: 29 Jul 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:32 pm Post subject: RE: Scam |
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I am so embarrassed!
I also just got scammed. ($330)
He went by the name of Peter Longland
I only realised I'd been scammed because my phone hadn't arrived, and so I googled the account number:
BSB: 944 300
Account Number: 011886951
He came up in several different scams under several different alias's.
I traced his IP address as suggested, and it also said he/she comes from Mountain View in California USA.
I transferred $330....I'm not usually this stupid or naive. (Honestly)
Now I have to go tell my husband that I lost $330.
He made it sound so genuine. Said He'd bought a Nokia N95 phone for his mum but she couldn't get the hang of it, so he was selling it.
Said he was from townsville, and that the item could be picked up or delivered.
That's what made me think it was genuine, because he was offering pick up. |
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byanka82
Joined: 29 Jul 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:38 pm Post subject: Re: To those ripped by 944-300 etc etc..... |
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| Yougotrorted wrote: |
Hi.....
What this girl has forgotten to mention is that she was inteding on buying a STOLEN hair straightener. Who the hell do you think you are trying to buy "stolen" goods and then complain that you got ripped? For all you know that hair straightener was stolen in a break and endter, and taken from a 12 year old who just got it for her birthday. Did you put that in your police report? that you where intending to recieve stolen goods? No? Why not? People that are greedy such as the ones that have been ripped trying to buy stolen good for just under retail to save a few bucks deserve being ripped, because it;s not like they are here to do legitimate business.
Which also brings me to my other point. These idiots that send money overseas, for ANY reason deserve to get ripped too. How stupid do you have to be to send thousands of dollars to AFRICA of all places and esspecially to somebody who cant even get the english language right! Come on people, your making us Australians the laughing stock of the world by falling for this stuff. Which brings me to ANOTHER point. These people that get ripped 10's of thousands of dollars by these Nigerian scams claiming that they need to use your bank account to hide their money etc should be charged by the police themselves! They are willingly and knowingly participating in money laundering/smuggling. When these people that get ripped from those scams think that the moneys coming, there running around in the real world big noting to every body that their involved in this big money laundering thing and their going to make millions, living the big life and bragging, but when the shit hits the fan, they cry victim! Give me a break! 90% of the people that get scammed deserve it! I must say though there are some victims out there that really should not have been scammed, like that sam sam up the top. It is terrible that those things happen..... but what can you do? I mean the website does warn everyone of the risks of sending money without seeing the item in person first. If everybody followed the gumtree rules to buying things, NOBODY would get scammed..... I mean NOONE....
Now, lets get into the nitty gritty CSI stuff that all of you people claim, then lets face facts:
1. IP tracking does work, and, does pin point the person who owns the internet account that has that ip address. The problem is if you register your internet connection in a false name, with a bogus credit card, then that idea is out the window. If you want to go even further where there really looking for you as they think your a major risk to society etc then they would work out what land line your connected to. Thats great too, but what if your on a wireless provider where its one or 2 towers to connect a whole city? No chance, so the internet tracking side of that is mute.
2. Banking. The most effective way to track a scammer is through the money. Opening a bank account is very hard to do in a false name, but it can still be done, and, still is being done. The police start to turn up at addresses that do not exist (as they are the ones registered to the accounts) and it gets thrown in the too hard basket.
Now this is taking into account that the police arent too busy stoping drug dealers from destroying kids lives, and bikies from standing over normal people, and drunken hobo's from bashing random people etc etc. They do not have the time to sit there and take an hour or more of thier time to listen to you cry victim and make a statement and all that crap. Then they have to send it off to another department, and the list goes on. What Im getting at is that 90% (or thereabouts) of you people that do goto the police and make a complaint are half guilty yourselves, and should really think about if you really are as much of a victim as you think you are. I mean, if your trying to buy stolen goods, or wash money for some prince in lagos or wherever, then when YOU get the raw end, YOU should really think about if you should have tried to participate in an illegal activity.
This is not a taunt or a "haha you've been got, you can't do anything about it" but more a reminder that you really should follow the rules that gumtree do put on EVERY add page, daying that you should NEVER send money to someone if you have not seen the item. If ONLY the people who bought off this site followed the rules, and the posters tried to set up the most elabotrate scams, NOBODY would get scammed........
maybe there should be a link to this post on every add, so that people will really see how they get scammed,and how easy it is to avoid....FOLLOW THE GUMTREE RULES. Then maybe you people will think twice when you see a phone or something for sale at a 3rd of the price.....
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Yes I care to comment!!!
How the frig can you accuse her of buying a stolen item?
How on earth did you reach that conclusion when she bought an item that didn't even exist?
You don't even make sense. |
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byanka82
Joined: 29 Jul 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 1:08 am Post subject: |
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I've called my bank, and tomorrow I'm calling the computer fraud squad (a branch within the police), I've put in a scam report with the ACCC and I may even call the 'Members equity bank' in Melbourne.
See how I go.
It cost me $50 (charged by my bank) to investigate the matter, and I'm not even guaranteed to get my $330 back. |
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