Meso 38 #1 March 17, 2011 The following scam has been reported: Quote On 16-Mar-2011 someone submitted their contact information in response to your ad in the Dropzone.com Classifieds. Please reply to this email to contact the person directly. Username => jenny213 Name => jennifer charles FromEmail => jennifercharles60@yahoo.com City => london Country => England Comments => Hello i just wanted to let you know am interested in your 149 Safire 2,that goes for $1400.i was actually browsing through your profile and saw it on there and decided to contact you to know if its still available and in good condition... Am from london, and i will love to know how much you are actually giving it out for. l will love to know whats your best offer for it and more details about it...... hope to hear from you jen Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RyanF 0 #2 March 22, 2011 I was just scammed by this person. Claimed they wanted to buy my Velocity 75. I got suspicious when I asked her dz and jump experience and she told me she had 200 jumps and jumps at Westminster in England, where no dz exists. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rgardnersk6 0 #3 March 26, 2011 Here's another attempt: Name => keiko Thomas FromEmail => keiko_ca@yahoo.com City => North Yorkshire Country => London England Comments => Hello Is your Infinity rig still available for sale? $1,800 is your best offer or Can you go down a lil bit? Hope its in good condition ? Let me know, for the payment to be issue and mail out to you by my Client in the states. Am new to purchasing things online, So bear with me. Send me some pictures of it. Keiko Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gimpboogie 0 #4 April 14, 2011 QuoteI was just scammed by this person. Claimed they wanted to buy my Velocity 75. I got suspicious when I asked her dz and jump experience and she told me she had 200 jumps and jumps at Westminster in England, where no dz exists. I was told by her the same things. She had 200 jumps, When I asked her, weight, height, where she jumped and why did she not fill in any information about herself (as she had logged on as mem ber the same day my gear went on sale) HER REPLY WAS: "Westminster am 5ft10 tall weigh 155lbs have about 200 jumps,sorry i didn't put all these on my profile cause i really dont know how to do it and am new on there." (on March 14th) I wondered why I 155 lb woman with 200 jumps wanted a 285 canopy (giving her a wing loading of .4-.5 or so?) Then o March 21st she said: "The funds has being sent and you should be receiving it any time soon,it was sent via regular mail. Jen" but by April 4th her story was "Hello sorry i haven't gotten back to you all these while with the payment i was out of town for a burial and just came back am still very much interested in the gear ,kindly let me know if its still available so i can process the funds and get it mailed out to you tomorrow. Jen" so the check sent out on March 21st suddenly wasnt sent due to a burial, but would be sent the next day. When I told her of these inconsistencies, and said I will be posting on here about this situation finally adding that if she really wanted the gear, she could send me a wire transfer of funds, within the next 12 hrs, (along with a scanned copy of her receipt for doing so) She was very apologetic with this response: "Am sorry if i have let you down in anyway but the funds will be delivered to you before the week runs out please bare with me and be patient. Thanks" Merely telling her that time for patience was over, time to pay up is NOW, or let the time expire and I will post the info here. Interesting how large a range of gear this woman is looking for. From a velocity 75 to a square 285 main! Her name jennifer Charles" She 1st registered and contacted me on MARCH 11TH 2011To become active member in the Bonus Days Club you must very narrowly escape eternal freefall ... one exciting time.)-Pat Works Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guasacaca 0 #5 April 19, 2011 Same person just sent me the same message from email address: hines.kenneth20@yahoo.com Clearly a scam, message posted below: Username => kenny112 URL => http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/classifieds/detail_page.cgi?ID=108812&d=1 Name => ken Hines FromEmail => hines.kenneth20@yahoo.com City => london Country => England Comments => Hello i just wanted to let you know am interested in your Talon-2 Raven 180 Reserve,that goes for $1500 .i was actually browsing through your profile and saw it on there and decided to contact you to know if its still available and in good condition... Am from london, and i will love to know how much you are actually giving it out for. l will love to know whats your best offer for it and more details about it...... hope to hear from you Ken Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
