Attention Dealers. Probable Fraud Alert.
nencoin
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Over the last two weeks, we've received three suspicious web orders. All three provided a credit card which generated a No Match on the billing/shipping address. Attempts to contact via phone failed. (I won't provide the phone numbers publicly as they are legit numbers, but apparently belong to other people.) Emails to them were not returned (all three had Yahoo email addresses). The three orders are obviously connected, as you can see below.
April 3rd order:
Veronica Acuna
11242 Rockfield Drive
Aracadia, CA 91006
IP address 68.121.241.250
April 5th order:
Richard Guerra
7214 Berne
S. San Gabriel, CA 91770
IP address 68.121.241.250
April 15th order:
Tina Guerra
9852 La Docena Ln
Pico Rivera, CA 90660
IP address 68.121.246.91
This person or persons is moving around quite a bit. The same person likely placed each order, as the typing is the same. All lower case, phone numbers crammed together without dashes, abbreviations the same.
Attempts at credit card fraud are not unusual at all. What is unusual is what they ordered. One was a Type One O-Mint Gold Dollar for under $400, one was a VF Trade Dollar in an ANACS holder for under $200, and today's order was for a Morgan Dollar for under $200. Not the usual types of coins (cheap, and mostly non-gold) crooks tend to order with presumably stolen credit cards.
Please be sure to keep an eye out for orders from this area!
April 3rd order:
Veronica Acuna
11242 Rockfield Drive
Aracadia, CA 91006
IP address 68.121.241.250
April 5th order:
Richard Guerra
7214 Berne
S. San Gabriel, CA 91770
IP address 68.121.241.250
April 15th order:
Tina Guerra
9852 La Docena Ln
Pico Rivera, CA 90660
IP address 68.121.246.91
This person or persons is moving around quite a bit. The same person likely placed each order, as the typing is the same. All lower case, phone numbers crammed together without dashes, abbreviations the same.
Attempts at credit card fraud are not unusual at all. What is unusual is what they ordered. One was a Type One O-Mint Gold Dollar for under $400, one was a VF Trade Dollar in an ANACS holder for under $200, and today's order was for a Morgan Dollar for under $200. Not the usual types of coins (cheap, and mostly non-gold) crooks tend to order with presumably stolen credit cards.
Please be sure to keep an eye out for orders from this area!
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Tom Pilitowski
US Rare Coin Investments
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<< <i>April 15th order:
Tina Guerra
9852 La Docena Ln
Pico Rivera, CA 90660 >>
not a valid address.
county property records do not show a 9852, nor does the usps site recognize it.
<sigh>
- Ian
Owner/Founder GreatCollections
GreatCollections Coin Auctions - Certified Coin Auctions Every Week - Rare Coins & Coin Values
<< <i>Attempts at credit card fraud are not unusual at all.
... for under $400 >>
i think the CC warning/alert limit is $400, which is why the crook(s) stay below that amount.
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<< <i>Attempts at credit card fraud are not unusual at all.
... for under $400 >>
i think the CC warning/alert limit is $400, which is why the crook(s) stay below that amount. >>
Ugh!
Smart enough to beat the system but not smart enough to earn a living and do it right?
The name is LEE!