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Fraud alert Fair warning to Audiogoners.

I recently came across a scam on Ebay. Persons of Arabic descent using Anglo or Jewish surnames are fraudulently auctioning cameras, and now seem to have found their way to audio sites. I noticed a suspicious ad here not long ago, but it has disappeared. There was no email address for it. The seller was in Spain, which is where one of my suspect's is located. Now I noticed similar ads popping up on other audio sites. I found two ads today on another audio site. The ads all have the following properties:

The items advertised are very desirable

The items are priced below market value

The feedback, if any, is recent and contrived

The payment method always assures no recourse for the buyer (Postal Money Order, Western Union)

Spain and New York City area seemed to be where these scams are coming from. Once I discovered the people in New York, the ads started to come from Spain.

The ads are very well done and includes pictures

Many of the ads have cryptic messages built into them

Yes, I am in law enforcement, but the jusidiction here is with the FBI and possibly the Postal Inspectors, depending on how payment is made. They are aware of it. If you see any of these ads, please let me know where the ads are listed. I'm keeping a file of other possible ads with the case I turned over to the FBI. If you are a victim of this, please let me know.
glreno
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jewel_hasan
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I'm not web saavy enough to find the real names behind these "handles" Glreno lists in one of the posts(mickeykaiser, davidknight, johnbrighton, afrank, dave2k, robertshef, johnbroughton, angelo_calic, andrewsmith, stophatin11@aol.com). But these certainly don't sound very arabic to me, if at all. I should know, check my last name. However, in light of Glreno's law enforcement background he is probably privy to info most of us here aren't. Given that, how does it matter what ethnic group these criminals belong to. It's not like we're meeting these people in person where ethnicity might serve a purpose in identifying etc.

Gboren - well put.
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turnaround
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I think Glreno was just trying to point out that the folks in these scams were disguising themselves as anglo-americans as part of their crime.

Possibly to gain confidence in buyers that they were buying from a good ol' boy.
kt_88
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Well now that some of us have taken offense to some of Glreno's alleged " ethnic remarks. " Suppose we get back to the point. Someone is trying to rip us off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And Glreno was attempting to advise us. Frankly I don't give a rip if the guy ( who is trying to rips us off ) is purple and is from mars! I'm just glad that someone tipped me off. What was that someone once said? " To err is human, to forgive divine "

Sometimes the American public is way to sensitive. I heard the other day that someone is try to force school children to say " Good person's day " Instead of " Valentine's day " Sheeeesh! What's the world coming too????

Suppose we get back to audio equipment now?
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