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Scumbag Alert

If you police folks need a push into the Lexington / Fayette County Attorney's office then let me know. I get down there quite a bit and I will be there for cases for the next two days. I have some contacts in the County Attorney's office and also with a few of the Lexington police officers. Feel free to PM any pertinent info as you see fit.

Good work... :thumbs:
 
This is excellent stuff! This guy definitely needs to be shut down!

I got hold of my bank and they were able to freeze the transaction, never even made it to PP so it's turned out good, especially being able to bring this guy out once again.
 
punk_lawyer said:
If you police folks need a push into the Lexington / Fayette County Attorney's office then let me know. I get down there quite a bit and I will be there for cases for the next two days. I have some contacts in the County Attorney's office and also with a few of the Lexington police officers. Feel free to PM any pertinent info as you see fit.

Good work... :thumbs:
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Post number 57 will give you the info you need. Extradition IS going to be a factor I doubt they will drive all that way for a DUI warrant. I would just let one of them know what he's been doing around here, and see if they will pick him up on his warrants. I spoke with a GBI buddy of mine about it today at work, and if he's been selling fakes (of anything) it is fraud, and quite illegal. Especially because it was interstate, (sending stuff through the mail). If Greg gets no satisfaction from PP, then maybe another route can be taken. He also said that unless it's in the hundreds of thousands, no one will pursue it.

Just some food for thought...

tomthirtysix said:
Yeahthatsme said:
I can't help but wonder, if spivy paid with paypal did he take steps to get his money back? It would seem like a simple action, either through paypal or his bank or credit company.
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Good question
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I also spoke with my GBI buddy about this also, as he has dealt with them before. He said if at any moment it turns into a he said, she said... They throw it out, no questions asked. So the "they're fake... No they're not!" is probably not going to fair well with PP.
 
Kingantz said:
I talked to a supervisor at PP and they've put his account on hold for now. She said they actually have a dept that actually works with the FBI on these type cases and would physically walk over and hand the file to them now. I gave them all the information I have on the scumbag.
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In order for the FBI to get involved in a Paypal case, it would have to involve literally hundreds of victims. They simply don't have the resources for it. They are primarily working large white collar cases, child pornography and terrorism.
 
Well the worst part about attempting anything from PP would be their anti tobacco policies. If you tried to convince them of having fakes being sent to you, you might have a whole other fight on your hand with your account being under investigation. I bought something from a fellow BOTL not to long ago and his name had "cigar" in it and they froze my account and put me under investigation for breaking policies. I was able to sneak out of it though, but I would hate to see someone PP get closed because they tried to fight a scumbag. JMO

WKOTI
 
Q_The_Cop said:
He also said that unless it's in the hundreds of thousands, no one will pursue it.

Just some food for thought...
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EXACTLY. That why this whole thing is a dead end. Greg needs to do the right thing with his PooPal account, and that's about as far as this thing can go... Unless he contacts the other buyers and gets a dollar amount.
 
Q_The_Cop said:
I forwarded all the info I've obtained to the Detectives in Indiana, and also Fayette CO. SO (Lexington KY) The detectives will call me back once they decided if they would extradite or try at all to locate him over there. I'll keep you guys posted.

Keep your fingers crossed. :thumbs:
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Well done, sir.
 
wkoti said:
Well the worst part about attempting anything from PP would be their anti tobacco policies. If you tried to convince them of having fakes being sent to you, you might have a whole other fight on your hand with your account being under investigation. I bought something from a fellow BOTL not to long ago and his name had "cigar" in it and they froze my account and put me under investigation for breaking policies. I was able to sneak out of it though, but I would hate to see someone PP get closed because they tried to fight a scumbag. JMO

WKOTI
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How long ago was that? Since CI now uses PP...
 
Wurm said:
wkoti said:
Well the worst part about attempting anything from PP would be their anti tobacco policies. If you tried to convince them of having fakes being sent to you, you might have a whole other fight on your hand with your account being under investigation. I bought something from a fellow BOTL not to long ago and his name had "cigar" in it and they froze my account and put me under investigation for breaking policies. I was able to sneak out of it though, but I would hate to see someone PP get closed because they tried to fight a scumbag. JMO

WKOTI
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How long ago was that? Since CI now uses PP...
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About 2 months back I think, I could completely be wrong. But maybe it was just my luck ;)
 
souldog24ca said:
Q_The_Cop said:
He also said that unless it's in the hundreds of thousands, no one will pursue it.

Just some food for thought...
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EXACTLY. That why this whole thing is a dead end. Greg needs to do the right thing with his PooPal account, and that's about as far as this thing can go... Unless he contacts the other buyers and gets a dollar amount.
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I know it's a dead end as far as Greg's complaint goes. But if they do pick him upon his warrants that will get him off the internet for a while and stop swindling people out of their hard earned money. That's all I wanted to accomplish.
 
I'll be calling PP again this morning to make sure everything is still cool with my account since I froze the payment at my bank. Because I never paid for or received anything, I'm pretty sure there's not a whole lot I can do.
 
Wurm said:
wkoti said:
Well the worst part about attempting anything from PP would be their anti tobacco policies. If you tried to convince them of having fakes being sent to you, you might have a whole other fight on your hand with your account being under investigation. I bought something from a fellow BOTL not to long ago and his name had "cigar" in it and they froze my account and put me under investigation for breaking policies. I was able to sneak out of it though, but I would hate to see someone PP get closed because they tried to fight a scumbag. JMO

WKOTI
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How long ago was that? Since CI now uses PP...
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I wonder about that also. Why is it ok for CI to use PP for tobacco purchases and not the rest of us are not???
 
Well, good ol' pp put a negative balance in my account saying that I'm responsible for it if the guy doesn't pay back the funds. They're giving him 10 days.
 
Is it possible to just remove your bank account from paypal, possibly change the account number at your bank, and screw paypal? Assuming you don't want to keep the account, they're shitheads in that way.
 
Why rob a bank for a couple grand, when you can rob people on ebay for twenty grand (and get away with it)? It's very true. The resources are simply not available to keep up with all this stuff. It is our reality today. We all have to be careful, and those that aren't will eventually get burned. This guy is going to eventually get burned as well.

Thanks for sharing Greg, it's a good refresher for everyone.

You know, the Internet is a good representation of our society. There are a few very, very good resources; there some mediocre resources that are still useful, and then there is an overwhelming amount of completely useless and often harmful bullshit.
 
Kingantz said:
Well, good ol' pp put a negative balance in my account saying that I'm responsible for it if the guy doesn't pay back the funds. They're giving him 10 days.
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Thanks for keeping us updated on this Greg, I'm new to PP so I've got my eyes and ears widened on this one.

Do you mean you still have to pay PP for the whole transaction + fees to them even though you've received nothing yet?

I could rationalize the PP fees as their time and labor were still used during the fraud sale but not everything.

I hope karma gets him one day.
 
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