eBay Scam Warning - Phony Cashiers Check

nencoin · May 13, 2004 2:49AM

Attention all sellers: be sure to add Apostleoflight to your blocked bidders list! He is sending out phony cashiers checks. eBay was contacted last week about this guy by another seller, and contacted today by us. Sadly, his account remains active. I guess once the third NPB has been filed, they'll finally remove him.

chris

dorkkarl · May 13, 2004 2:57AM

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K6AZ · May 13, 2004 3:01AM

I guess $8000 in reported bogus cashier's checks, plus who knows how much in other checks that have not been reported, is not enough "evidence" for eBay to boot this criminal. Look at what else he has "bought". Wonder how many of these sellers got cheated.

Bidder History

Coconut · May 13, 2004 3:02AM

Thanks for the info......

poorguy · May 13, 2004 3:09AM

Ooooooh, damn. That guys must have bought $90,000.00 worth of stuff.

I hope they catch him.

JadeRareCoin · May 13, 2004 3:10AM

Let's find out where he lives.

morganbarber · May 13, 2004 3:25AM

Allright, we know that the guy is a scumbag, but is this coin real??? fishy???

nencoin · May 13, 2004 3:32AM

Yes, it's real. What about the coin is fishy?

K6AZ · May 13, 2004 3:35AM

Nothing fishy about it, read the description. It is in a NCS holder, which means it is certified as genuine.

ohbaby · May 13, 2004 3:36AM

You can never tell. This guy has bought and paid for high end items like electronic and an Apple computer. He even bought a coin and paid Heritage. Member since 8/03. Was he setting up all these others?

morganbarber · May 13, 2004 3:37AM

I'll be the first to admit that I know nothing about gold. The coin simply strikes my eye as questionable. I guess that's why I would never buy raw gold.

K6AZ · May 13, 2004 3:39AM

Again, this coin is not raw, it is certified by NCS.

JadeRareCoin · May 13, 2004 3:42AM

Looks like a decent coin to me, despite the damage. Probably the only one on the market right now.

Numismanic · May 13, 2004 3:44AM

NCS is owned by NGC. I believe they have the ability to authenticate between a genuine coin and a fake.

Don

MacCrimmon · May 13, 2004 4:06AM

Chris, to heck with eBay! I hope you've turned this over to the US Postal Inspectors.

Mail Fraud

cosmicdebris · May 13, 2004 4:32AM

Thanks for the heads up Chris

Russ · May 13, 2004 11:08AM

Bump for some important info.

Russ, NCNE

relayer · May 13, 2004 11:33AM

As soon as you file your NPB form to get your fees back, then eBay will NARU him.

eBay doesn't care if other people lose money, but once they start to lose money they kick into action.

loanshark · May 13, 2004 12:10PM

All the ones I send are good. I think it is funny because as an officer of the Bank I have to sign some of them. Nobody I have bought from has either caught it or even noticed it.

Loan Shark

wildjag · May 13, 2004 12:11PM

Thanks for the warning about this seller.

nederveit · May 13, 2004 12:58PM

Yes, thanks. Just tried to block this bidder, but got an error:

Your blocked bidder list has successfully been updated with new information you submitted. The following user(s) were not valid and therefore not added to your list.

Apostleoflight : Invalid User Id

Maybe they are history now?

ss350camaro · May 13, 2004 1:12PM

<< <i>Apostleoflight : Invalid User Id >>

Change it to this: apostleoflight

and try again

(no capital letters)

nederveit · May 13, 2004 1:31PM

Thanks a lot Doug, didn't realize it was case sensitive (and was copying the name from the earlier string).

Also, love your camaro. Would someday love to have an old goat or camaro. For now, must suffer with the new technology (Audi S4, twin turbos, etc.)!

TayTay · May 14, 2004 1:21AM

ttt...since I had not seen it, and user is still not naru'ed

nencoin · May 14, 2004 3:31AM

This is frustrating...only one other seller besides us gave this guy a negative feedback. So not only will this guy remain on eBay for awhile longer (I have to wait 10 days after filing NPB alert in order for it to be 'finalized'), he'll remain with only two negatives because no one else wants to post negatives on the guy. I have been in contact with the other seller who left a negative, and apparently he has received threatening emails from the perpetrator. Come on, eBay....wake up...do something!

chris

flaminio · May 14, 2004 3:33AM

Nonetheless, thanks so much for the head's up, Chris. I blocked him, and I presume every other eBayer reading this thread has done so as well.

coinchallenged · May 14, 2004 3:38AM

Ebay search isn't case sensitive. Musta just copied and pasted a wrongly spelled name.

poptopsRus · May 14, 2004 3:46AM

Added to the list thanx

pontiacinf · May 14, 2004 3:46AM

I tryed to block him from bidding, it says he isnt a valid user???

pontiacinf · May 14, 2004 3:47AM

oops, ididnt read all way down, hes blocked now.

PCBUM · May 14, 2004 3:49AM

Thanks for info.....

Russ · May 14, 2004 4:17AM

<< <i>Musta just copied and pasted a wrongly spelled name. >>

Not so, same thing happened when I first tried to block him; came back invalid ID. Changed all to lower case and it worked.

Russ, NCNE

coinchallenged · May 14, 2004 5:12AM

Must be in the blocked bidder section you can't use lower case. I can search for him all day long using upper and lower case and he comes up fine. No biggie.

nencoin · May 15, 2004 6:09AM

This situation just gets sillier. We left the crook a negative feedback, and so he replies in kind with one. We obviously don't deserve one for him sending us a fake check, so I emailed eBay a second time about what happened and asked to have the negative he left us removed from our rating. eBay acutally did it...but they also removed the feedback we left for the other guy, AND they removed all the negative feedbacks the other sellers left him, too. That means the guy is STILL on eBay, and has a 100% positive rating! ARGH!

chris

Russ · May 15, 2004 6:14AM

<< <i>AND they removed all the negative feedbacks the other sellers left him, too. That means the guy is STILL on eBay, and has a 100% positive rating! ARGH! >>

Unfrigginbelievable! I think any court would deem eBay liable after that type of deliberate and negligent action.

Russ, NCNE

K6AZ · May 15, 2004 6:14AM

Absolutely incredible. Ebay won't remove feedback that is left to destroy a seller, but they will remove honest feedback left on a criminal who is defrauding sellers of thousands of dollars in merchandise.

pontiacinf · May 15, 2004 7:32AM

had to be a highjacked account for ebay to totally erase the negs and allow him to continue on...

Cherwood · May 16, 2004 12:46AM

I read in the paper this morning about an Ebay scammer using phony cashier's checks totalling a little over 8,000.00 and I went and looked up this thread, cause I was curious if it was the same people. If you look at Apostleoflight's feedback now, the negative feedback about the phony cashier's checks has been removed. Anyone know what the deal is?

Rampage · May 16, 2004 1:02AM

I think someone nailed it in an earlier reply. I think this is a hijacked user name. If you look at this person's feedback, you will notice that it has been since October since any bids were placed by this person. Now, all of a sudden, bids are being placed like crazy on high priced items. I think it is a hijacked account.

ss350camaro · May 20, 2004 9:04AM

ttt

Russ · May 20, 2004 9:10AM

Now his negs have been put back.

Russ, NCNE

Tonelover · May 20, 2004 9:18AM

Ouch, "Anitacoin" found out the hard way to the tune of $12,999 and "ramram" got it for $9,900. There are more negs to follow I'm sure. I appreciate the warning, blocked him as soon as I saw the thread.

K6AZ · May 20, 2004 9:19AM

Russ, those are new negs. The two that were removed are still removed. So he has burned four sellers with bogus checks.

eagle7 · May 20, 2004 9:25AM

It is a highjacked account. And the reason it has not been closed ought to be obvious. This person is going to go to jail. Big time. And to do this they will take their time and get all the goods on him. Even if it means that some people will get bogus checks for a few more auctions. Block this bidder and let this be. Stay out of it. The Feds are on this guy and they want him in person. They will get him.

fishcooker · May 21, 2004 9:59AM

Sorry to say, but Feds don't get involved below $100k. Locals maybe at $50k.

GoYankees · May 21, 2004 10:23AM

Try ZoneAlarm free download...

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It has a feature that protects your eBay password/indentity from being hijacked.

charley · May 21, 2004 12:33PM

Title 18 offense. FBI territory. Amount doesn't matter. Federal complaint before a magistrate/local FBI office. SAIC at locale of complaint would definitely be very interested. BTW, Frank Abignale still active in assisting FBI. His original offense? $60.00. Myth that it has to be $100,000.00. This figure actually started as a seperation of responsibility dispute between Treasury agents and Postal inspectors. FBI was never part of this.

Conder101 · May 21, 2004 11:41PM

What surprises me is that he hasn't picked up more negs yet. Only two in the past 5 days.

eBay Scam Warning - Phony Cashiers Check

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