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August 09, 2013, 09:36:44 PM |
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Few months ago I almost won an auction on Ebay for Avalon batch 3 preorder. Contacted the seller (graysellers601) to see if he had anymore, responded and notified me he did. Talked over phone/email, gave me passport, screenshot of Avalon order, had extensive knowledge of mining etc. (also had over 200+ 100% positive feedbacks on Ebay). After all this I found him to be legitimate and decided to go ahead with the purchase...
Offered me a 10% discount to go outside of Ebay (huge newb mistake) and went for it. "Purchased" the preorder for 10k. Paid him 5k with btc and 5k with dwolla (also huge mistake trusting and paying in full). Talked about bitcoin periodically in following weeks. Then when Batch 3 started to ship I contacted him, no reply... Contacted him every couple days, no reply... So on and so forth
He went completely dark, phone numbers he gave got disconnected, no replies whatsoever. Gave him an out to send 100 btc to a btc address by a certain date or I would contact authorities, no replies and no btc. Have since filed ic3 complaint with fbi, contacted ebay and dwolla. Nothing so far Cry
If anyone has any ideas on how to retrieve money or routes to take please speak up! If anyone was also scammed by him I would love to team up with you to track this scumbag down.
Cheers, Bobs
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August 10, 2013, 07:41:38 PM |
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I will be more than happy to provide all the info on this asshole and give a couple btc to anyone who can track him down and get my money back. Info is below.
Supposed name: Richard Gray Phone number one: 3134838460 Phone number two: 3108039597 Phone number three: 5198000298 Email: richardgrays601@hotmail Ebay username (think he deleted it): graysellers601 Ebay transaction id: 330917159650 Dwolla account he "accidentally" sent me (Name there is Brandon Ruddick and may be real guy): 812-627-3062 . Passport id: 201689170 Bitcoin address I sent 5k to: 1JY4MiZGsNC3AksaYvbsSDVN9YdDVCTwdE
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August 10, 2013, 07:44:27 PM |
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I will be more than happy to provide all the info on this asshole and give a couple btc to anyone who can track him down and get my money back. Info is below.
Supposed name: Richard Gray Phone number one: 3134838460 Phone number two: 3108039597 Phone number three: 5198000298 Email: richardgrays601@hotmail Ebay username (think he deleted it): graysellers601 Ebay transaction id: 330917159650 Dwolla account he "accidentally" sent me (Name there is Brandon Ruddick and may be real guy): 812-627-3062 . Passport id: 201689170 Bitcoin address I sent 5k to: 1JY4MiZGsNC3AksaYvbsSDVN9YdDVCTwdE
Sucks, I looked at that address and I guess your Bitcoin you sent him are on the move.
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August 10, 2013, 07:46:54 PM |
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File a police report. Someone owns that Dwolla account. Law enforcement is clearly interested in pursuing fraud involving virtual currency.
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August 10, 2013, 07:55:26 PM |
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Red flag: 4 different area code phone numbers...
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August 10, 2013, 07:58:06 PM |
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link to his forum account?
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August 10, 2013, 08:53:58 PM |
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Just for fun skyped the numbers and the first two were busy or disconnected, the third was to an "Auto Pro" who doesn't know a Brandon Ruddick, and the forth number didn't ring for me. It just said "calling", no ring, busy signal, or anything. Odd.
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August 10, 2013, 09:12:54 PM |
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Phone number one: 3134838460 DETROIT MI Phone number two: 3108039597 TORRANCE CA Phone number three: 5198000298 WINDSOR ON
These all seem to come up as recyclable VoIP numbers like Google Voice.
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August 11, 2013, 02:26:53 PM |
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I do have a passport picture from him, but is it a good idea for me to post it?
Thank you all for the help and support. All of this information helps greatly, I will be sure to use it appropriately. If I am able to collect my money from him, I will be sure to send you all some of it (especially you keltic).
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August 11, 2013, 02:35:45 PM |
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I do have a passport picture from him, but is it a good idea for me to post it?
Thank you all for the help and support. All of this information helps greatly, I will be sure to use it appropriately. If I am able to collect my money from him, I will be sure to send you all some of it (especially you keltic).
yea go ahead and post it
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August 11, 2013, 04:20:09 PM |
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thats a fake just looking at it the real usa passport has 3 stars on the left side of the picture
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August 11, 2013, 06:56:24 PM Last edit: August 12, 2013, 04:33:41 PM by bobbywvz |
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Filed a report for FBI and Local police department, hopefully they come through then ill come through for you all if they do. Please let me know if there are any other places/outlets I can use to report him.
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August 17, 2013, 12:44:39 AM |
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You paid the guy outside of eBay? For $10,000?
Are you Fucking mad bro??!!
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August 17, 2013, 12:54:30 AM |
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Passport picture and Ebay account could be stolen.
Sorry for your loss.
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brb keeping up with the Kardashians
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August 17, 2013, 07:23:32 PM |
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Dwolla can be reversed, just like PayPal.
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August 19, 2013, 04:02:23 AM |
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Dwolla can be reversed, just like PayPal.
I concur. You can get 5K back through Dwolla.
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