From: Lee Houde (houdel@carrinter.net)
Date: Sat Jun 10 2006 - 06:37:22 PDT
Interesting - I did several reverse phone number lookups on various
telephone search websites - all came up no number found; if this is a
real phone number, it is unlisted. Very unlikely that a copy shop would
have an unlisted number. Chop shop maybe, copy shop unlikely, unless
they only deal with a very select and limited clientle!
Sarge wrote:
>>List,
>>Mandatory MV content: this e-mail is about a scam directly targeted at MV
>>owners.
>>Anyhoo,
>>here is the continuing saga of the MAN truck scam on E-Bay.
>>After a LOT of research, I have a couple of leads on the scammer.
>>His real name is, of course, not Matthew Barry. It is most likely Dimitru
>>Bogdan, or at least, that's the ID that he carries.
>>He is a Romanian immigrant living in Chicago.
>>He did not attend high school in the US.
>>He will ship the truck to my home address:
>>John Fickdich
>>1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
>>Washington D.C. 20500
>>The $5,000 will cover the cost of the truck and also the shipping and
>>insurance.
>>He hangs out in a copy shop in a large mall in Chicago on the 'Magnificent
>>Mile'. 800 N Michigan Ave.
>>He picks up the faxed receipt of the moneygram in the copy shop, goes to
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>the
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>>nearest moneygram office and cashes it.
>>On a tangent, another list member has been in contact with him.
>>He (fake Matthew Barry) told the other list member that he was on vacation
>>in Greece with his family and he even supplied a contact telephone number
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>in
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>>Greece.
>>I called the number in Greece and spoke to Matthew. For someone with a
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>name
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>>of Matthew Barry, he sure sounded Greek to me.
>>Well, Matthew told me to send the $5,000 to a bank in Florida. He will
>>e-mail me with the details.
>>Okay Matthew, please hurry, I want that truck!
>>So, List, that's as far as I got.
>>Now I need your help.
>>There are 27 Bogdan's listed in the white pages for Chicago, none of them
>>are called Dimitru.
>>The FAX number 1-877-471-1355 is his pick up point.
>>Anybody on the list know how to get the name and address of that copy shop
>>where the FAX machine is located?
>>Anybody know how to locate Dimitru Bogdan living in Chicago?
>>As always, any and all help is appreciated,
>>-Sarge
>>
>>P.S. To all of you who doubt that this story is true, do us all a favor
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>and
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>>don't e-mail me or the list with your doubts.
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