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shredgnar
Joined: 21 Jan 2009
Location: Guro, Seoul
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| damn dude that sucks. wiring money for these online purchases is never a good idea in my opinion. |
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wraith1983
Joined: 07 Jul 2009
Location: Seoul, S.Korea
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| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 11:16 pm Post subject: Purchase of the netbook... |
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| CRAP!!! I too wired money and was suppose to meet the guy today. Spent 3 hours waiting and no show. THIS LOOKS LIKE A SCAMMER!!! |
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zappadelta
Joined: 31 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 1:09 am Post subject: |
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| He asked me to wire him the money this morning. Didn't do it though, told him I wanted to see it first. Good luck guys |
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wraith1983
Joined: 07 Jul 2009
Location: Seoul, S.Korea
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 1:29 am Post subject: Smart move zappadelta... |
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| You should hold onto any emails that he sent...I might contact you for some help in this. I will probably go to the police on monday... |
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tatertot
Joined: 21 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 1:49 am Post subject: Re: Smart move zappadelta... |
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| wraith1983 wrote: |
| You should hold onto any emails that he sent...I might contact you for some help in this. I will probably go to the police on monday... |
Well, I just got back from our "meeting" and the guy didn't show up, as I expected. I will consider that a 425,000 won lesson in common sense. It's an expensive lesson, but it could have been worse (trying to cheer myself up).
I don't think we're going to get our money and I don't think we'll get any satisfaction, but I support going to the police. Here is the bank information for the account I sent the money to:
Bank: Korea Exchange Bank
Account number: 620-190983-429
Account name: 고학연
Is that the same account you sent the money to? I never thought I would fall for a simple scam like this, but I did. It sucks... |
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cazador83
Joined: 28 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 2:16 am Post subject: |
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i was gonna buy the netbook from him as well and this is what he emailed me today:
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I've already set a time to meet with the guy, but if you transfer the money immediately, it's all yours. I'm all for who pays first, and there isn't a 100% chance he'll show up. As with 90% of the people in my experience.
my number is 010-5813-1122, you can call me with any questions.
My bank info is
KEB (Korean Exchange Bank)
620-190983-429
고학연
Let me know when it's done, I can check immediately and ship it out within minutes. If I ship it out today before tonight, it'll get to you Monday at the latest.
Call me if you need, I won't be able to check e-mails at the moment, going out to ship the xbox 360!
I'll be back soon, just in case you had urgent questions. |
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tatertot
Joined: 21 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 2:34 am Post subject: |
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| cazador83 wrote: |
i was gonna buy the netbook from him as well and this is what he emailed me today:
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I've already set a time to meet with the guy, but if you transfer the money immediately, it's all yours. I'm all for who pays first, and there isn't a 100% chance he'll show up. As with 90% of the people in my experience.
my number is 010-5813-1122, you can call me with any questions.
My bank info is
KEB (Korean Exchange Bank)
620-190983-429
고학연
Let me know when it's done, I can check immediately and ship it out within minutes. If I ship it out today before tonight, it'll get to you Monday at the latest.
Call me if you need, I won't be able to check e-mails at the moment, going out to ship the xbox 360!
I'll be back soon, just in case you had urgent questions. |
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I'm glad he sent you that. I wired him the money yesterday at around 2:00 PM and he acknowledged that he received it. Did you ever try calling the number he gave you? I (and my stupidity grows) didn't even get a phone number from him  |
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zappadelta
Joined: 31 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 4:02 am Post subject: Re: Smart move zappadelta... |
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| tatertot wrote: |
| wraith1983 wrote: |
| You should hold onto any emails that he sent...I might contact you for some help in this. I will probably go to the police on monday... |
Well, I just got back from our "meeting" and the guy didn't show up, as I expected. I will consider that a 425,000 won lesson in common sense. It's an expensive lesson, but it could have been worse (trying to cheer myself up).
I don't think we're going to get our money and I don't think we'll get any satisfaction, but I support going to the police. Here is the bank information for the account I sent the money to:
Bank: Korea Exchange Bank
Account number: 620-190983-429
Account name: 고학연
Is that the same account you sent the money to? I never thought I would fall for a simple scam like this, but I did. It sucks... |
That's the same account number he gave me. Good luck! |
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wraith1983
Joined: 07 Jul 2009
Location: Seoul, S.Korea
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 4:14 am Post subject: OK, jerks who scam get published |
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Name Given: Don Chamberlin (wow fake!)
Email Address: [email protected]
Bank Account: KEB (Korea Exchange Bank)
620-190983-429
고학연
Phone #: 010-5813-1122
Sounds like he/she got away with over 800,000 won at this point and I agree that there is probably nothing that can be done about this, but I will be at the very least reporting this to the authorities.
Does anyone know if there is any form of "cyber crimes" division here in Korea? |
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Niku
Joined: 15 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 4:41 am Post subject: |
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damn  i got hit too, I wired him 250,000 this morning. Feel like such an idiot but it's definitely a life lesson learned. I thought I'd take a chance on this even though I had a dodgy feeling about it. Never ignore your gut I suppose it could have been worse but that is definitely an expensive lesson and it sounds like this guy is getting away with over a million. I sincerely hope he doesn't get away with it, everybody that opens an account requires their ID to be taken but since it's a Korean name it's possibly a stolen account? Anyways. PM me your email address and I can forward you whatever information I have and I'd be very curious to know the end result of your police complaint. It's definitely ruined my day and I'm sorry to hear other people were taken advantage of as well. |
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wraith1983
Joined: 07 Jul 2009
Location: Seoul, S.Korea
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 3:05 pm Post subject: Probably nothing can be done, but I am going to try... |
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Check out the following craigslist add:
http://seoul.craigslist.co.kr/for/1720009608.html
I did it this way because I don't feel totally comfortable sending out my information over the internet and I haven't reached the 25 post limit... |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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| wow, I have several PMs from KHG. I just realized. Is he the scammer? |
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tatertot
Joined: 21 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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| cubanlord wrote: |
| wow, I have several PMs from KHG. I just realized. Is he the scammer? |
Yeah, he is. Was he trying to buy from you or sell something to you? |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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| wow, I have several PMs from KHG. I just realized. Is he the scammer? |
Yeah, he is. Was he trying to buy from you or sell something to you? |
neither. He was yelling at me, actually. About some dude that was supposed to buy something from him that didn't. |
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wraith1983
Joined: 07 Jul 2009
Location: Seoul, S.Korea
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| Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 2:36 am Post subject: |
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| cubanlord wrote: |
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| wow, I have several PMs from KHG. I just realized. Is he the scammer? |
Yeah, he is. Was he trying to buy from you or sell something to you? |
neither. He was yelling at me, actually. About some dude that was supposed to buy something from him that didn't. |
What in the world?!?!?!
Tell the guy I would be "happy" to talk to him...
I do agree with the guy on khg's other "for sale" thread...although, I thought I was smarter then this... 
Live, Learn and Let everyone know! |
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