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Hello I'm New here! Joined: 22 May 2014 Posts: 2

Hi all! First time here but I have had a scammer on the hook for the last two days, It started in the usual way, I got an email to my gmail account offering me a FREE PS3 with all the accessories the box an 10 games! (although only 6 games were in the pictures..)

This guy tells me he is in the next town to me, about a 15minute drive away, excellent! I can pick up the new console and be playing Uncharted before breakfast! but alas, he couldn't give me his address because the day before he had actually moved to Liverpool (about 300 miles away) but would be more than happy to ship the console to me via courier if i sent him the £35 fee for same day delivery, sounds reasonable so i "agree"

He then asked me for the following details (verbatim)

Full names
Address
postal code
Cell number (noone in the UK calls it a Cell)
Fax number
nearest airport

Before i gave him anymore information I asked him to give me the name of the courier he wishes to use so that I can contact them myself and arrange payment, the next email he sent was a picture of his "family" I responded that it ws a very nice picture but did not answer my query RE who us the courier?

He then sent a futher email telling me he was going to be using Global Shippex (I work in a distribution warehouse and have never heard of them) So i looked them up (www.globalshippex.com) a hastily put together website with no address (just a contact form) and a mobile phone number.. they also "specialise" in shipping animals, not games consoles.

At this point I dug further and Googled the email address, it pointed me to a couple of YouTube comments where it said things like "CHEAP MEDICAL MARIJUANA CHEAPS MEDS ACT NOW EMAIL [email protected]" (the email address i had been recieving this mail from.

I also found another website offering to sell African Grey parrots at rock bottom prices due to excess stock! and once again, the same gmail address was listed.

At this point it was obvious Global Shippex was the front for his fake parrot business, and he was branching out into invisible games consoles.

So undeterred I contacted him again and asked how I should pay, he replied quickly telling me to go to my latest Newsagent and purchase a UKASH card for the sum of £35 and send him the voucher number with my above details.

So I did.. kind of.. I used a made up UKASH number and shameless used the name Mr Eric Shun after seeing it on one of the "best of" posts here, but i then listed my home address and telephone number as that of the Serious Fraud Office in London.

He has apparently not caught on and as we speak he is happily on his way to "register the console with my details with the shipping company"

I am currently waiting for his response Very Happy

Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 10:24 am

Welecom to Eater El_Contador.

I hope you are baiting safely with an email address not linked to your real life details - if not, the best thing to do would be to drop this scammer and set up an anonymous bating account.

We also do not involve ITPs in our baits and that includes the police.

The domain globalshippex.com is definitely fake and will be reported to its hosts.

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 22 May 2014 Posts: 2

Thanks B8er Smile

Nope, no real life details used only throwaway addresses, sadly this one seems to have gone cold on me since my first post, no response in the last few days, but i daresay it won't be long before a new one pops up so i can start all over again Smile

Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 5:26 pm

Hi El_contador,

What B8er said. Other than that, a nice start. Welcome to Eater. Once you get set up with a gmail of your choice, pick out something from Surplus Letters and maybe apply for a mentor. The stickies have great info about inventive ways to waste a lad's time and drive them nuts.

Since you picked up on your own that this was a fake shipping site (nice catch!) you may want to check out that part of the forum and read the stickies. The site killers are a friendly bunch and that might be something you may be interested in learning.

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 05 Jun 2014 Posts: 1

Hi All,

I'm very new to this but I'd love to stop some of these scammers!

I recently saw an ad on freecycle for a plasma TV and surround sound, seemed legit Very Happy

so I replied asking if the guy still had it,
surprise surprise, yes he did but he'd just moved to Liverpool, and would happily let me collect, I advised that my "sister" lives in Bootle (thanks google maps) and could collect on my behalf, I was then told that he would not let me collect because he had waited in all day before and no one had shown up...
but he would courier the stuff to me for GBP 40.00?
in further emails it dropped to 35.

a few emails later and he tells me to get a Ukash voucher and log on to the wonderful globalshippex site to track my delivery strangely there was a phone number on the site which was exactly the same mobile number he gave me to call him direct... I googled the number and his email address which both led to another site for intelligent parrots!

Unfortunately, I used my real email address, not thinking it through but gave him no further details,

what should I do next, can anything be done to stop this guy?

here is a part transcript...

_____________________________________________________________

micheal Grawkins

Today at 12:30 PM

To ******

Hello
i have called the delivery company to inquire how you shall pay ,
this is how you will make the payments,you will go to any local
store,fueling station or news paper
vendor around your area and get a ukash voucher for £35,send the
voucher to their email below with your full names and delivery
address,they will verify the voucher number and mail you for
conformation,if every thing is okay,then they will send you tracking
details and time of delivering of your parcel

the delivery company is responsible for home to home delivery of pets
and parcels within states,

their website is ....www.globalshippex.com

You can also call me for more details through 07031937558.

All I will need from you is your full
delivery address as listed below:

Your full Names:.......................?
Address:..............................?
City:...............................?
Postal Code:........................?
State/Province:.....................?
Country:........................?
Mobile Number:.....................?

Waiting to read from you soon,
Micheal.

On 6/5/14, ************** wrote:
>
> Hi Michael
>
> Did you receive my last email, I didn't get a reply, as I mentioned, I could
> arrange to get the TV picked up from wherever you like, rather than pay a
> courier, if you are willing to drop the TV off at my sisters, I will arrange
> for her to refund your petrol and pay for your time.
>
>
> regards
>
>****
>
>
> On 3 Jun 2014, at 17:38, ************** wrote:
>
> Hi
> This seems a bit strange that you won't let me have your address, but anyway
> if the courier is only 15 minutes Away from your house and you are both in
> Liverpool could my sister meet you there and take it from you? or arrange an
> alternative meeting place, she doesn't work so could meet you at any time, I
> phoned her earlier and she said she would be able to collect, she has a
> large estate car.
>
> Thanks
>
> ****
>
>
>
> On 3 Jun 2014, at 11:28, micheal Grawkins <xxxxxxx> wrote:Edited to remove personal information-Capone
>
> hello
> i will not give my address to you because i did that the last time
> and the person did not show up as i had to stay home the whole day
> without going to work. So if you are interested then i will only have
> it been deliver to you and you take care of the cost as i suggest this
> will safe us time.
>
>
> i will rather take it over to the courier for registration, it's just
> 15min drive from where i live and when i am there i will ask them on
> how you will make the payment to them directly and update you. You
> just need to stay close to your mail
>
> So all i need right now is the following details from you.
>
> your names...........
> house address.........
> street and apartment number..........
> state and city..........................
> postal code...............................
> cell phone number and fax..................
> nearest airport to your residence.............
>
> If you are local that is in Wolverhampton or Dudley then no need to
> bother because
> I checked on the cost of delivery to your home address locally and the
> delivery charges are not so expensive.the delivery charges are in two
> parts you can either go for a standard delivery for 40GBP or express
> delivery for 45GBP,depending on which of them you will wish to take. i
> tried to find out the difference between the charges,but they said
> with the standard delivery it will take one days before delivery but
> with the express it will take just max 6hours before delivery. if you
> can afford it then you get back to me with details of delivery address
> and full names,i will take it over to the delivery agency for
> registration
>
> thanks
>
>
>
>

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 18 Jul 2014 Posts: 1

Hi all......................same story saw an ad for plasma tv for free yesterday and then so on and so forth same emails and i fell for it that is on 17/07/2014. By the time the bells ranged it was too late. well posted a link on freecycle google page of this forum's thread. also emailed usedsandwell.com about this scammer, through which he made me a victim.

Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:08 am

Hi Marvi, Welcome to the forum. I am sorry you fell for this scam, these thieves thrive on social media sites. One thing you can do is go over to our sister site ScamWarners and post your scammer's details-this will help victims using search engines to check out the information.

The Gremlin wrote:

Quote:

I'm very new to this but I'd love to stop some of these scammers!

That's what we are all about-but your scammer has your personal information Please drop contact with him. If you open up a shiny new gmail account with none of your real life details, there are a lot of options down in Surplus. Read the Stickies, maybe sign up for a mentor but please bait safe while you're having fun.