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08-13-2006, 07:58 PM
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#61
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1985 17 ft Burro
Posts: 135
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Great detective work Tracy!
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08-14-2006, 09:32 AM
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#62
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Senior Member
Trailer: Former Burro owner and fan!
Posts: 9,015
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Albany, Or., which is where the trailer on ebay is located, and Salem, Or. are in the same area.
Craigslist probably doesn't have an Albany faction. It isn't a thriving metropolis.
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08-14-2006, 11:42 AM
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#63
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Member
Trailer: No Trailer Yet
Posts: 81
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Great detective work Tracy!
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Thanks. The easiest way to put them out of business is to dialog with them (documentation) and get their IP address from the headers of email. Even if the guy used a proxy to hide his location he can be found. I figure this guy has scammed so many people with his fake squaretrade site, that it's worth a little effort to tail him and report him.
This guy wanted my name/address bad! lol wonder what he would have done with that?
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08-14-2006, 11:48 AM
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#64
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Member
Trailer: 1996 16 ft Scamp
Posts: 35
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Don't know this for sure, but when my Surfside was on Portland OR Craigslist in early June, there's a fellow in Albany that was selling various "eggs" both on Craigslist and on ebay simultaneously--I called them. Didn't know too much about the trailers they had listed -- didn't say on ebay that they were listed locally for sale. Someone on this forum actually went to see one of them, a Perris Pacer, reputed to be...
I think they "buy and sell" without much interest in them -- just the $$$
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08-14-2006, 11:55 AM
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#65
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Member
Trailer: No Trailer Yet
Posts: 81
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Just got an email from homestead.com and they have shut down his squaretrade-case.com site. The other day it would bounce you to the main page of ebay to access his auctions. I tried the site just now and I get:
<div align="center">
[b]Sorry, the site you requested has been disabled
</div>
Email response to my complaint:
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Hello,
As a passive conduit, Homestead cannot monitor user websites, but we
respond to breaches of our user agreement when we learn of such behavior.
Thank you for bringing this situation to our attention. As a passive
conduit, Homestead cannot monitor user websites, but we respond to
breaches of our user agreement when we learn of such behavior.
[b]Therefore, prior to your complaint, we were unaware that this site was
on our server. Given that the user appears to be breaching our Member
Agreement, we have closed the user's account and removed the offensive
site.
Thank you again.
Regards,
Homestead Abuse Team
Homestead Technologies
[Case #3837387]
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It pays to be pro-active and shut them down. Websites don't have the staff to monitor all the sites on their servers.
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08-14-2006, 08:12 PM
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#66
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Member
Trailer: No Trailer Yet
Posts: 81
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Just got an email from Earthlink and they shut down his mysweetmonkey account I'll have to watch to see if he pops up under another name.
Quote:
Hello,
Thanks for the report.
The customer/account that was responsible for sending you this spam has
been identified and the account was cancelled.
Also, did the same for the jukebox06 account too.
Please let us know if you have any more problems.
Regards
EarthLink, Inc.
Network Abuse Engineer
abuse@abuse.earthlink.net
http://www.earthlink.net/about/policies
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>Here is a thread discussing his activities on ebay using AOL,
>Earthlink, SquareTrade-Case.com, on Ebay. One of the posters had the
>actual camper for sale elsewhere on the internet, that mysweetmonkey
>used to put a fake ad on ebay using squaretrade.
>http://www.fiberglassrv.com/board/in...howtopic=20945
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08-15-2006, 06:45 AM
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#67
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Junior Member
Trailer: Scamp 16 ft
Posts: 10
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... they shut down his mysweetmonkey account
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Tracy,
You are an inspiration to all of us.
Don't ignore them ... Report them!
Thanks,
Dianne
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08-15-2006, 09:14 AM
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#68
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Member
Trailer: 1991 17 ft Burro
Posts: 31
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Tracy,
You are an inspiration to all of us.
Don't ignore them ... Report them!
Thanks,
Dianne
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Hooray! I had a feeling someone would have the IT knowlege to "shut 'em down". Good Work!
David G.
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08-15-2006, 12:41 PM
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#69
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Member
Trailer: No Trailer Yet
Posts: 81
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Hooray! I had a feeling someone would have the IT knowlege to "shut 'em down". Good Work!
David G.
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thx guys. Internet fraud is no joke and the only way to stop it is to get involved. It took very little effort to get this guy. Let me know if you find others that have stolen your ads. That just crosses the line! lol if it were me I would be ripped
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08-15-2006, 01:55 PM
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#70
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Senior Member
Trailer: Scamp
Posts: 7,056
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tracy,
Looks like there's still a scam going on. Look Here
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08-15-2006, 02:21 PM
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#71
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1968 Venture (Molded Fiberglass 19 ft Class A Motorhome) and 82 TranStar B+
Posts: 164
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Since when did 16' Casitas have ROOF Air ? I thought it was bogus, just for that reason.
Whoops, it was a Scamp, sorry.
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08-15-2006, 02:33 PM
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#72
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Senior Member
Trailer: Scamp
Posts: 7,056
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Since when did 16' Casitas have ROOF Air ? I thought it was bogus, just for that reason.
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That add is taken from a real add. The trailer shown is a Scamp, not a Casita. All sizes of Scamp can be ordered with roof air.
The real give away is that the "seller" doesn't want any contact except through his/her email. That email address is no longer valid. I wonder how long it'll take our scammer to figure that out.
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08-15-2006, 03:19 PM
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Member
Trailer: Boler 13 ft
Posts: 37
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That add is taken from a real add. The trailer shown is a Scamp, not a Casita. All sizes of Scamp can be ordered with roof air.
The real give away is that the "seller" doesn't want any contact except through his/her email. That email address is no longer valid. I wonder how long it'll take our scammer to figure that out.
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Have you noticed he now is keeping the bidders ID hidden so we cant alert the bidder hes a fraud?
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08-15-2006, 04:38 PM
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#74
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Senior Member
Trailer: Scamp
Posts: 7,056
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Have you noticed he now is keeping the bidders ID hidden so we cant alert the bidder hes a fraud?
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Yup. I also tried to send an email to him hoping to have a little baiting fun. But alas his email no longer works.
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08-15-2006, 05:46 PM
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#75
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Member
Trailer: No Trailer Yet
Posts: 81
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Yup. I also tried to send an email to him hoping to have a little baiting fun. But alas his email no longer works.
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Darn I missed the ebay auction. It's been pulled. Was it the same mysweetmonkey guy? He's going to be peeved when he finds out he can no longer access his email
Wonder how many deals in the works were left in his inbox?
I also contacted abuse@zappmobile.ro in Romania (his 84.247.60.117 IP). It's a prepaid romanian cell phone service.
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08-15-2006, 05:58 PM
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#76
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Senior Member
Trailer: Scamp
Posts: 7,056
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Yes it was the mysweetmonkey guy.
I wonder if he even knows his email account has been canceled. OH! wouldn't it be great to have his cell phone service cut off. Good for you.
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08-15-2006, 06:00 PM
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#77
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Senior Member
Trailer: Scamp
Posts: 7,056
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Just for grins I tried pinging his cell phone, no response.
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08-15-2006, 09:07 PM
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#78
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Senior Member
Trailer: Boler Honey
Posts: 130
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Just for grins I tried pinging his cell phone, no response.
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Is that sorta like "egging" this "rotten egg" seller?..
Thanks, Tracy and Byron for your efforts.
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08-15-2006, 09:46 PM
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#79
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Senior Member
Trailer: Scamp
Posts: 7,056
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Is that sorta like "egging" this "rotten egg" seller?..
Thanks, Tracy and Byron for your efforts.
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Yup. If want to have some interesting reading google on "419".
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08-16-2006, 04:25 AM
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#80
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Member
Trailer: Boler 13 ft
Posts: 37
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Yup. If want to have some interesting reading google on "419".
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Wow Byron some go to great lengths to rid the world of scammers. I never knew there were so many out there baiting and trapping them.
I now need to figure out how to determine someone's IP address from their emails.
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