SCAM Warning: ANDY HERMANN, JOSEPH MARIA

Ray Minich · Post by **Ray Minich** » 11 Aug 2004 11:50 am

As a variation of the check fraud scheme, and why I put my business mail into the drop in the Post Office building....

Last year in the Myrtle Beach SC newpaper they were explaining how certain people would steal personal checks from the outbound mail in people's mailboxes. The mailboxes with the nice little red flags that let the mailman know to stop and pick up the contents were a dead giveaway to these guys. They'd steal the mail then, using a valid checking account number from the checks found in the stolen mail, go to the local bank branch, through the drive-thru, ask for a deposit slip on the account, and then deposit a check for say $500 with $250 going back to them.

Not cool at all......

Don Walters · Post by **Don Walters** » 3 Sep 2004 8:34 am

Hey, Bobby D. I love your interests!

Steel guitars, online security and hunting down slimeball game

right on!!

Todd Clinesmith · Post by **Todd Clinesmith** » 4 Sep 2004 6:32 pm

ADD A LEWIS ALBERTO TO THE LIST. SAYS HE WANTS TO BUY A RESONATOR GUITAR FROM ME . THEN TELLS ME THE SAME STORY OF A FREIND OF HIS WHO OWES HIM MONEY , SO IF I TAKE HIS CHECK FOR $5800 AND SEND HIM THE BALANCE, HE WOULD BUY THE GUITAR....YEAH RIGHT.
THANKS FOR THE POST
TODD

Denny Turner · Post by **Denny Turner** » 5 Sep 2004 3:23 am

Don't forget to add Halliburton to the top of the criminal scams list.

Aloha,
DT~

Mark van Allen · Post by **Mark van Allen** » 5 Sep 2004 6:17 am

go, Denny...

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 5 Sep 2004 3:47 pm

Yup, anyone from Nigeria buying an electric anything sounds fishy to me. You see, over 80% of the country doesn't even have electricity, and less than 1% of the population has a telephone!

"Hey Motubewah, plug my push pull into that goat over there, and let's see how it sounds!" (LOL!)

[This message was edited by Donny Hinson on 05 September 2004 at 04:48 PM.]

Frank McBride · Post by **Frank McBride** » 5 Sep 2004 4:59 pm

I received a scam on my BMI today, The EMAIL ADRESS is--- Lockwhite_1@uymail.com, The name given was MERCY.

Tom Olson · Post by **Tom Olson** » 5 Sep 2004 10:15 pm

What ever happened to the "Solution" that somebody was supposedly working up on this subject of scammers trolling the forum?[This message was edited by Tom Olson on 05 September 2004 at 11:26 PM.]

Terry Sneed · Post by **Terry Sneed** » 6 Sep 2004 7:05 am

you can probly add this guy to the list also.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>I'm writting in respond to your bunch of steel guitar stings ,and i'm pleased to inform you about my interest in purchasing it.Telling for the picture,i must say it that it's okey for my liking,so i'll like to know it present condition and the age of it,also with the last prices?.

Hoping to hear from you soon.
Regards
Kelvin....
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Post by **b0b** » 6 Sep 2004 12:02 pm

What ever happened to the "Solution" that somebody was supposedly working up on this subject of scammers trolling the forum?

It will go on the new server that I'm configuring in my "spare time".

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Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 6 Sep 2004 1:07 pm

my wife just got an email from (supposatly) UK Lottery telling her email address was attached to a wining ticket and she won 120K.They will even put the real link to the original UK lottery web site and everything matches but a date of drowing.This is one of the finest scams I`ve seen.Watch for this one.We are replying to the email and as soon as we get answer it will be reported to authoroties (on the Ebay site is few links where you can turn those scambags in to FBI and other services).

Db

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Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 6 Sep 2004 2:16 pm

The U.S. government usually can't do anything with a foreigner who practices his internet crimes from outside the U.S. or it's territories. That's why they just keep coming. I received the "lottery" thing in the email myself about 3 times in the last month. I trashed it on the basis of the subject line alone.

Lotteries, the legitimate ones anyway, generate their prize money from those who "participate", that is, buy a ticket. Needless to say, if you don't buy tickets to foreign lotteries, there's absolutely no chance of your winning one.

These email scams prey upon the innocent. Fortunately, you have to be both innocent and stupid to fall for most all of 'em. Just remember that old saying..."If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is".

JAMES BANKS · Post by **JAMES BANKS** » 6 Sep 2004 5:06 pm

I think I have been contacted by a scam artist in reference to the Alvarez guitars and Crate amps I posted on the forum a couple of weeks ago. Here it is:

X-OB-Received: from unknown (205.158.62.86)
by wfilter.us4.outblaze.com; 4 Sep 2004 15:35:30 -0000
X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.41 (Entity 5.404)
From: "mr paul" <mrpaul009@fastermail.com>
To: james@jamcatsound.com
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 23:35:29 +0800
Subject: Guitars and amps
X-Originating-Ip: 192.116.153.191
X-Originating-Server: ws5-4.us4.outblaze.com
X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at lcii.net
X-pstn-levels: (S:99.90000/99.90000 R:95.9108 P:95.9108 M:99.9590 C:87.3120 )
X-pstn-settings: 5 (2.0000:2.0000) s gt3 gt2 gt1 r p m c
X-pstn-addresses: from <mrpaul009@fastermail.com> [158/5]

I'm writting in respond to your Guitars and amps ,and i'm pleased to inform you about my interest in purchasing it.Telling for the picture,i must say it that it's okey for my liking,so i'll like to know it present condition and the age of it,also with the last prices?.

Hoping to hear from you soon.
Regards
Duncan

I responded by telling him the price was listed on my web site and I asked if he would be buying all the offered items are if he was interested in specific items. No reply so far.

James

Bobby D. Hunter · Post by **Bobby D. Hunter** » 6 Sep 2004 6:36 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>X-Originating-Ip: 192.116.153.191
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According to my WhoIs lookup, I found the following info about the originating IP:
<BLOCKQUOTE>code:<HR><pre>
Country: ISRAEL (high)
inetnum: 192.116.153.0 - 192.116.157.255
netname: GILAT-SATCOM-BLOCK-47-48-49-50-51
descr: SKY2Net ltd
route: 192.116.128.0/18
descr: AT&T EMEA (Israel)
remarks: For routing issues, email noc@attglobal.net
remarks: For addressing issues, email euabsipa@emea.att.com
remarks: For abuse issues, email abuse@attglobal.net
remarks: For abuse issues related to Gilat, email gilat-abuse@attglobal.net
notify: gilat-abuse@attglobal.net
person: Amit Hoomash
address: Gilat Satcom
address: 1651 Old Meadow Rd.
address: Mclean,VA 22102 USA
phone: +972 3 9255000
fax-no: +972 3 9255005
e-mail: amith@gilat.net
nic-hdl: AH935-RIPE
mnt-by: AS3339-MNT
changed: hank@att.net.il 20020410
source: RIPE
</pre><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

gilat-abuse@attglobal.net is the place to send abuse reports for this IP address. I suggest you forward your email to the abuse desk, at AT&T-Global, in Israel, and let them know about the scammer who is using their broadband or dialup services.

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Steven Cearley · Post by **Steven Cearley** » 7 Sep 2004 4:42 am

Just received this one from james_nicolas001@asiamail.com who wants to buy my frypan. Says he will send a USA bank draft. Nobody seems to owe him any money.

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Steven Cearley · Post by **Steven Cearley** » 7 Sep 2004 10:41 am

Well it appears that I received another message from James. Here it is:
Dear Steve,
Thanks for the mail , the price is okay by my client and i am ready to purchase from you immediately, i will offer you $1,350 for Guitar, and i want you to delete the ad from the website, i have a reputable shipper that will take of shipping from your end i want to let you know i have an associate in the state that is oweing me a sum of $5,500 , i will instruct him to issue you a certified cachier's cheque on my behalf and as soon as cheque arrives, you hold out your amount, and send the difference to my shipper via WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER for the pick up in your place, i hope i can trust you for my balance and also you will be contacting my shipper with all neccesary information needed for pick up in your place i.e the actual weight and exact dimension of the Guitar.. if this terms are okay by you, do get back to me with the following details like this;
Home Address...
Full Name on cheque...
State...Zipcode. ..Country...
Telephone Number...
Mobilephone number...
Fax Number...
Do get back to me asap with this details for payment to be made out to you immediatelyWaiting to hear from you asap.
N:T I will offer you $50 for you to have the advert delete from web and considered it sold to me.
Cheers.

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Bobby D. Hunter · Post by **Bobby D. Hunter** » 8 Sep 2004 12:19 pm

Steven;
Please FORWARD that email to me.
Thanks
Wizardo

Jeff Hogsten · Post by **Jeff Hogsten** » 9 Sep 2004 7:21 am

I just received a email similar to the one Steve got only under a different name. I was born at night but not last night

Ray Minich · Post by **Ray Minich** » 9 Sep 2004 8:26 am

Don't forget to add Halliburton to the top of the criminal scams list

It's the guys at the top offices that are "alleged" to have done dirty deeds. Something to do with a mis-placed $180 Million and a Nigeriean gas liquifaction plant.

The HAL employees I know are all bustin' their butts for a wage like you and me. I have the highest respect for the red/orange jumpsuits pumping cement & frac'in wells. [This message was edited by Ray Minich on 09 September 2004 at 09:27 AM.]

Craig A Davidson · Post by **Craig A Davidson** » 10 Sep 2004 1:52 am

There is also a fellow by the name of Duncan scamming too. I got an e-mail from him just the one from Kelvin.

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