Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Scammer list

Comments

  • #2
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    Wow, that's a comprehensive list. But still, there will be loads more. This will hopefully help with newbies and regulars to spot scammers in their online personas anyway.

    Thread stickied now, so please everyone, post your details of scammers here.


  • #3
    Black_Knight
    Moderators Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭Black_Knight


    Easyway_trade@yahoo.com

    Just banned of adverts.ie

    Same scam as ebuylist@gmail.com (buy 2 ipads, get 1 free)


  • #4
    Black_Knight
    Moderators Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭Black_Knight


    Possibly hightonumpc1@sina.com or their skype account hightonumpc. Google doesnt get many hits as to them being a scam, but AFAIK they are a chinese crowd... id certainly not buy off em.

    Tried to sell iPhone 3gs and iPads on adverts for 200 and 300 respectively.

    Edit:

    supaprice@hotmail.com too. Ipads, iPhones and a HP touchsmart


  • #5
    Spocker
    Moderators Posts: 6,900 ✭✭✭Spocker


    nickolas_matias@hotmail.com

    IPhones/IPad scammer


  • #6
    Spocker
    Moderators Posts: 6,900 ✭✭✭Spocker


    richarhil@gmail.com

    IPad scammer


  • Advertisement
  • #7
    amiable
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,206 ✭✭✭✭amiable


    are these all people scamming on here????
    hope thats not a stupid question


  • #8
    Black_Knight
    Moderators Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭Black_Knight


    amiable wrote: »
    are these all people scamming on here????
    hope thats not a stupid question
    No no, most of those I found on a different site (It was pretty up-to-date). It inspired me to create this one.


  • #9
    amiable
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,206 ✭✭✭✭amiable


    Black_Knight wrote: »
    No no, most of those I found on a different site (It was pretty up-to-date). It inspired me to create this one.

    Excellent.... Good work my friend
    Its definitely a start


  • #10
    Black_Knight
    Moderators Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭Black_Knight


    cell.phoneltd@hotmail.com - Mobert Lucio

    Same as the guys above, iphone 3Gs's.


  • #11
    Spocker
    Moderators Posts: 6,900 ✭✭✭Spocker


    advert_product@hotmail.com

    iPhone scammer


  • Advertisement
  • #12
    Block G Raptor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 374 ✭✭Block G Raptor


    Free Puppy Scam on Gumtree.ie

    talkscot2@hotmail.com
    alonzosamtata@yahoo.com


  • #13
    mins1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭mins1


    first email: here he was using my old friends email, not sure how he was able to get that

    ************First email:
    Scammer:

    I'm writing this with tears in my eyes, I came down here to United Kingdom for a short vacation unfortunately i was mugged at the park of the hotel where i stayed,all cash,credit card and cell phone were stolen off me but luckily for me i still have my passports with me.


    I've been to the embassy and the Police here but they're not helping issues at all and my return flight leaves in few hours from now but am having problems settling the hotel bills and the hotel manager won't let me leave until i settle the bills.


    I'm freaked out at the moment


    Be a Realist , Remain a Dreamer........
    *********************

    Scammers Second email

    OMG!!!Glad you replied back, This is a terrible experience, I need your help, I have nothing left on me right now and I am lucky to have my life and passports with me it would have been worst if they had made away with me passports.Well all I need now is just $750 you can have it wired to my name via Western Union i'll have to show my passport as ID to pick it up here and i promise to pay you back as soon as I get back home. Here's my info below:


    NAME :Moizuddin Ahmed
    STATE : Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 1QQ
    COUNTRY : United Kingdom


    As soon as it has been done, kindly get back to me with the confirmation number, I promise to refund the money back including the TRANSFER CHARGES. Let me know if you are heading to the WU outlet now????

    Be a Realist , Remain a Dreamer........
    ******************
    Scammers third email (I asked him his contact details, by the number provided I was able to find its a scam not my friend from this site)

    Here is the hotel manger number +447024045913

    Be a Realist , Remain a Dreamer........

    ****************************

    Thanks Boards.ie


  • #14
    cronin100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭cronin100


    nearly got caught by edmcwade7@yahoo.com for a mini cooper s on gumtree with an irish reg that checks out on cartell. he was going to ship me the car from portugal where he purports to live. wanted payment through ebay but i forwarded them on the genuine looking invoice and they say its not from them.
    if it looks too good to be true ...etc


  • #15
    badger86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭badger86


    Was browsing the following website www.cheap-abercrombie.com but not sure if it is genuine. What do you guys think??


  • #16
    cronin100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭cronin100


    hi Badger
    having come close to being scammed so many times i now will only buy from unknown third parties through ebay and paypal and only if they have a track record. however even on ebay there are so many people selling fake brands and although you can get a refund through paypal you lose the postage costs each way. be careful out there::


  • #17
    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    cronin100 wrote: »
    hi Badger
    having come close to being scammed so many times i now will only buy from unknown third parties through ebay and paypal and only if they have a track record. however even on ebay there are so many people selling fake brands and although you can get a refund through paypal you lose the postage costs each way. be careful out there::
    That is incorrect.

    If you purchase an item that it counterfeit and verified as such, you will not lose out on postage either way (if disputed through paypal anyway)


  • #18
    gubby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,010 ✭✭✭gubby


    This look too good to be true??? am I correct?


    http://www.buylowauctions.com/index.php?/p/1.html


  • #19
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    Another bidding fee scheme, i.e. a scam. You buy the bids, which means you pay not to win. The vast majority of users will lose the auction, yet still pay for the privilege. Stay away from this, and all those like it.


  • #20
    ikke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭ikke


    Today, I received the following (familiar-looking to readers of this thread) message, apparently from the GMAIL ID of a business acquaintance (not a close friend):

    I'm writing this with tears in my eyes, I came down here to United
    Kingdom for a short vacation unfortunately i was mugged at the park
    of the hotel where i stayed,all cash,credit card and cell phone were
    stolen off me but luckily for me i still have my passport with me.
    I've been to the embassy and the Police here but they're not helping
    issues at all and my return flight leaves in few hours from now but am
    having problems settling the hotel bills and the hotel manager won't
    let me leave until i settle the bills.I'm freaked out at the moment.

    When I replied to the E-mail, asking for the telephone-number of the hotel-manager, I got a response, citing the SAME telephone-number as was cited in a spoof of an eBay/PayPal message.
    Onibato Adekunle
    9,Omoniyi Street
    Surulere
    Lagos
    Nigeria
    23401
    Thanks again for using PayPal for your online auction!
    If you have any questions about your transaction,
    please call us at +447024045913
    The rest of the reply told me to send $2,250, via Western Union, to solve their financial problems. Yeah, right. Money sent via W.U. is _NOT_ traceable, at the best of times, and probably _VERY_ not traceable in NIGERIA.

    It's curious that the thief did not take the passport; is it just a coincidence that Western Union will require the passport to be presented as identification, when retrieving the money-transfer?

    I may send $2.25, and then claim that I got confused with the notation-conventions for currency in my country (thousand-dollars, comma, dollars, decimal, cents) versus the conventions for some European countries (dollars, comma, cents).

    Oh, I might also claim that I had an automobile accent while leaving my driveway, and was unable to drive to the Western Union office at the time (11 minutes ago) that I said that I would be at the W.U. office. Oops!

    I'll have to think of other excuses, while I contact the "real" owner of the GMAIL ID.


  • #21
    Black_Knight
    Moderators Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭Black_Knight


    Add to the list:

    gwenisadolphin@yahoo.com

    Spammed the crap out of adverts.

    FU DOLPHIN!!


  • Advertisement
  • #22
    ikke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭ikke


    ikke wrote: »
    I'll have to think of other excuses, while I contact the "real" owner of the GMAIL ID.

    Well, I tried another E-mail to the compromised GMAIL ID, but the ID has been deleted -- either the "real" owner closed the account, or GMAIL killed the account.

    The scammer has not tried contacting me, via a different E-mail ID.


  • #23
    Spudzzmurphy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 355 ✭✭Spudzzmurphy


    Have tries to contact this seller several time about my order "Perfume as a birthday present" as you guessed no reply. I also believe that a lot of people on this forum have had the same experiences.

    http://www.bodyhaven.ie/index.php


  • #24
    fifth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,135 ✭✭✭fifth


    Spudzzmurphy wrote: »
    Have tries to contact this seller several time about my order "Perfume as a birthday present" as you guessed no reply. I also believe that a lot of people on this forum have had the same experiences.

    http://www.bodyhaven.ie/index.php

    Have ordered from bodyhaven in the past, twice, successfully. I will add that the second time I ordered it took around a month at least for my order to arrive.

    Am currently waiting a month + for my third order with them (why did I bother), sent two emails and received nothing back. Anyone else order recently?


  • #25
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    It would seem that Bodyhaven have gone out of business.
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=67877767&postcount=121

    If you paid with a credit card, charge back now. Anything else and your money is probably gone.


  • #26
    Spudzzmurphy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 355 ✭✭Spudzzmurphy


    jor el wrote: »
    It would seem that Bodyhaven have gone out of business.
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=67877767&postcount=121

    If you paid with a credit card, charge back now. Anything else and your money is probably gone.

    Looked for a credit card, charge back,but was told by a BOI rep I have to wait 29 days to allow for my purchase to arrive.Is this the norm :confused::confused:???


  • #27
    bmarley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 356 ✭✭bmarley


    My e-mail account, which I have had for a number of years seems to have disappeared. The day before it "disappeared" I received an email asking me to confirm that I still use the account and to give my password and d.o.b. It said that if I didnt send this information, my account would be closed down. I have opened up a new email account and have contacted admin at msm to report the problem, they said it would be looked into. That was a month ago and I havnt been able to contact them since - my e-mails keep getting returned my postmaster. How can I get my old e-mail account back?


  • #28
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    Spudzzmurphy wrote: »
    Looked for a credit card, charge back,but was told by a BOI rep I have to wait 29 days to allow for my purchase to arrive.Is this the norm :confused::confused:???

    Yes, there will always be a grace period before you can request a charge back, in order to allow for delays in shipping. Anyway, none of this really belongs on this thread. A business going bust doesn't make the scammers.
    bmarley wrote: »
    How can I get my old e-mail account back?

    Not appropriate to this thread of forum. Try Computers.


  • #29
    Spudzzmurphy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 355 ✭✭Spudzzmurphy


    jor el wrote: »
    Yes, there will always be a grace period before you can request a charge back, in order to allow for delays in shipping. Anyway, none of this really belongs on this thread. A business going bust doesn't make the scammers.



    Not appropriate to this thread of forum. Try Computers.
    The site is still in operation as of today 13/12/2010,so people should still be informed that there money will be taking via Credit card or some other means,and they will not receive any goods.or replys to there E Mails


  • #30
    thenightrider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭thenightrider


    Add this one to the list alicecage73@gmail.com and this vokal.alice98983676@globomail.com


  • Advertisement
  • #31
    Lawrence1895
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,627 ✭✭✭Lawrence1895


    Hi

    Please add these ones to the list:

    - simplerose4@yahoo.co.uk
    - p99toyz@gmail.com

    Same old story, you have an ad on Gumtree, somebody answers and is asking to send the stuff to Nigeria, all payments to be done via PayPal.
    Suddenly, some money is added to the original sum and you have to send it back via Western Union, otherwise you have the guys from Interpol and Metropolitan Police on your back.

    I rang PayPal, they told me, they don't have any members in Nigeria and asked me to be cautious with spoof mails, apparently coming from PayPal, for example:
    - shipment_infoverifier@accountant.com
    - service@Intl.paypal.co.uk

    Greetings
    Lars1916


  • #32
    gingernut79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 961 ✭✭✭gingernut79


    www.hollisteruk.net site looks the part but the stuff is not genuine


  • #33
    darsar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 736 ✭✭✭darsar


    Hi

    Has anybody heard of www.converseireland.ie scamming? Not to be mistaken with converse.ie.

    Ordered runners three weeks ago tomorrow. Emailed (only contact method available, no phone contact or address on site) them yesterday asking where the order was and they reply today, a Sunday, saying sorry they are out of stock, please pick another pair and let us know the order number.

    This email came from a gmail account. So unprofessionally written and it's stinks of a scam or a Chinese/Asian person selling fakes.

    I have asked for a refund and I am awaiting a return email now.


  • #34
    girlafraid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23 ✭girlafraid


    Hi I just checked that site you seemed to be having trouble with www.converseireland.ie, and its gone. kaput.
    I hope you did not lose too much money :(


  • #35
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    There isn't, and doesn't appear to ever have been, a converseireland.ie website. There is however a converseireland.com, which is Chinese, and most likely at best is selling knock offs, or worst, it's a scam.

    Always do a WhoIs lookup on any website that you're unfamiliar with.

    converseireland.com looks like a knock-off site.


  • #36
    RachaelVO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,108 ✭✭✭RachaelVO


    Check out 419eater.com

    They are scam baiters and they record all that they do and how they waste these scammers time, well worth checking out too. Some of the storys look ridiculous, but the scammers are totally ruthless, so don't feel sorry for them at all. They would have no hesitation in taking every penny you have, and if you were in their neck of the woods they'd take your life too.

    Be aware of the content of an email, NEVER click links, and remember if it looks too good to be true, it IS!


  • Advertisement
  • #37
    RachaelVO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,108 ✭✭✭RachaelVO


    darsar wrote: »
    Hi

    Has anybody heard of www.converseireland.ie scamming? Not to be mistaken with converse.ie.

    Ordered runners three weeks ago tomorrow. Emailed (only contact method available, no phone contact or address on site) them yesterday asking where the order was and they reply today, a Sunday, saying sorry they are out of stock, please pick another pair and let us know the order number.

    This email came from a gmail account. So unprofessionally written and it's stinks of a scam or a Chinese/Asian person selling fakes.

    I have asked for a refund and I am awaiting a return email now.

    Hate to tell you but you've been scammed! I hope at the very least you didn't use a credit card to pay for them. At least with paypal even if you don't get your money back, they don't have your details... Even if you do get what you ordered, chances are they are gonna be knock offs!


  • #38
    darsar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 736 ✭✭✭darsar


    RachaelVO wrote: »
    Hate to tell you but you've been scammed! I hope at the very least you didn't use a credit card to pay for them. At least with paypal even if you don't get your money back, they don't have your details... Even if you do get what you ordered, chances are they are gonna be knock offs!

    So after hearing again from them in the 20th Dec to say that they would refund the next day and will appear on account within 6 days, nothing still. Rang MBNA and they said they will refund providing we send them all emails and replies which we have.

    Luckily, touch wood, nothing else has been purchased with card details.


  • #39
    RachaelVO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,108 ✭✭✭RachaelVO


    darsar wrote: »
    So after hearing again from them in the 20th Dec to say that they would refund the next day and will appear on account within 6 days, nothing still. Rang MBNA and they said they will refund providing we send them all emails and replies which we have.

    Luckily, touch wood, nothing else has been purchased with card details.

    At least MBNA know what they should be looking out for! That was a good move keeping all the correspondence. It's still sh1te though! When you order something you want it. Even if you get your money back it's just disappointing.

    You're lucky it worked out in the end, you read all sorts of stuff about these sites ripping people off left right and centre!


  • #40
    offalyman50
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭offalyman50


    Hi guys,

    Email used: eng.jdesmond01@gmail.com

    Got a reply to an ad I had on dodo.ie saying they were interested in item etc Then next email below;

    Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:57:09 +0000
    Subject: Re: Message from DODO.IE user
    From: eng.jdesmond01@gmail.com
    To:
    Thanks for the quick response i really do appreciate it, I am satisfy with the condition of the item.. Due to the nature of my work,phone calls making and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send you an email regarding it... I will be glad if you can email me the full condition of the item...So kindly comply with my Payment term which is paypal as well Don't worry about the pick up, my shipping agent will be coming to pick it up. I'll like you to send me the pick up address so that my shipping agent can figure it out and come for the pick up after payment has been made and other necessary things. I hope you wont mind to get an account with PayPal, Its reliable and easy to use PayPal,all you need to do is visit www.paypal.com and register with them. When you are done with the registration send me the email used for the registration with PayPal so i can pay in.
    Await your response..
    Thanks !!
    Jerry

    Turns out this is a major scam. Scammer does a charge back once he gets item and your left without item and cash!!
    Loads abt it if you google paypal chargeback scam!


  • #41
    Reamer Fanny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,828 ✭✭✭Reamer Fanny


    This seller conned me out of around €50 + P&P costs of returning their faulty item to the UK, I bought this item from eBay seller uk-choice http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270733337542&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

    Long story short, the PS3 Bluray Laser worked only for a couple of hours. I lodged a complaint with PayPal immediately to claim my money back and went through the whole process of returning the item, only for PayPal to find in favor of uk-choice after they claimed I did not return the faulty item, the following tracking information shows the item was delivered http://track.anpost.ie/track/track.asp?track=RL308485127IE&company=S&lettFrames=&qualifier=dsi&SenderNo=

    Seems to be a case of their word against mine, I now know full well that if a seller denies receiving the returned item even with proof of delivery PayPal will always find in favor of the seller, harsh lesson learned.

    PayPal's official statement on closing the case in favor of the seller:
    We have concluded our investigation into the following claim:


    Seller's Name: Mobispares
    Seller's Email: mobispares-no-reply@ukmobi.co.uk
    Seller's Transaction ID: 0SF88861XC229825V

    Transaction Date: Apr 11, 2011
    Transaction Amount: -45.61 GBP
    Your Transaction ID: 5CD14781T17009419
    Case Number: PP-001-282-298-912

    Buyer's Transaction ID: 5CD14781T17009419




    The tracking information you provided was invalid and we were unable to
    confirm delivery of the item associated with this claim. As a result, the
    case is now considered closed and we are unable to process a refund.

    We encourage you to work directly with the seller to find a resolution.

    Thank you for your cooperation.


    Sincerely,

    Protection Services Department
    My only recourse now is to leave negative feedback on uk-choice's profile, but a mere 80 character sentence isn't enough to express my anger in this situtation, I have emailed PayPal to appeal this decision in hope of recovering my money I will update this thread should they overturn this injustice. On another note the seller also goes by the name of Mobispares avoid like the plague!


  • Advertisement
  • #42
    keredern
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 656 ✭✭✭keredern


    Did you ever get sorted with Paypal Justryan?


  • #43
    Reamer Fanny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,828 ✭✭✭Reamer Fanny


    keredern wrote: »
    Did you ever get sorted with Paypal Justryan?

    Nope PayPal ruled in favor of this joker took it as a lesson learned and found a much better supplier on eBay, funnily enough the package arrived back at my door just recently so either Royal Mail screwed up somewhere or the seller refused to sign for the package.


  • #44
    freeze4real
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,540 ✭✭✭freeze4real


    The most popular adverts scammer.
    Evan dalton.

    his email is daltonedelight@yahoo.com

    he has scammed over 1500 euro from adverts users.

    just watch out for his bank code which starts from 097


  • #45
    Cork guitarist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 67 ✭✭Cork guitarist


    I had stuff for sale on Gumtree and got responses looking to buy "the item" and that's without even seeing it!
    If someone is looking for your details, beware, we all know that.
    Also, I would never have anything to do with Western Union.
    One person who replied to another ad wanted me to set up a Paypal account, so he could lodge money into it for me. Yeh, right.
    Now, the latest is "Two Tea Cup Yorkies" free to good home. Reply to the email address on the big ad and you will be asked for money to help with transport costs, as the puppies are with their owner in Africa and it's too hot for them and he has no money as he is doing charity work out there blah blah blah ...
    The bottom line is BEWARE, and don't give out details. If you want some fun, use a new email address, strike up a rapport, haggle over price, etc ... then send 100s of emails to their address. This can easily be done by copying their address a few times and pasting into the "to" the "cc" and the "bcc" You could also send a picture, that takes up space, and clogs their mailbox.


  • #46
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,089 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    I have had a couple of very convincing emails claiming to be from Amazon recently, but on close inspection (quite apart from the fact that they are looking for me to connect to a doubtful looking link) the spelling and grammar are just a bit dodgy. The latest one is from Amazon.com <Account-update@amazon.com> I have tried on both occasions to forward it (as requested by Amazon) to their 'stop spoofing' address but their system will not accept emails, even when all links etc have been removed. The first time it was claimed that the email had abusive content (the spoof email was very courteous, there was nothing remotely abusive) this time it is just not being delivered to the c&p email address they provide.

    So, there are convincing emails using amazon logos and real looking addresses, but Amazon.com are not interested in making their system work.


Advertisement