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[Sparky88]

I just got a message from another member that paid for the same light I did after I had paid for it on Friday and neither one of us has heard from this guy since. I'm assuming it's a scam.

Post up anything you hear from him.

Allways paypal bro

 

[nickkohrn]

I’m sorry to see the issues that people are experiencing here. I’ll notify the #MODS.

 

[Crabs McJones]

@Og_Reef please respond asap!

 

[jessezm]

He scammed me and another member on his sale thread in the drygoods section this weekend as well. Judging by his history of posts, this guy seems to have been playing a long game? I don't have any other explanation.

Just posted in the feedback section

 

[jgarcia08]

He contacted me to trade an xr30 for coral. I txt back and never got back to me, seem a little sketch. (216) 317-8227 this is the phone number I had from this person. He did respond with some pictures of the coral but we never came up with an agreement just be careful.

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

He's been sketchy to me too, been asking me for a list of my high end zoas and all about selling frags at swaps along with my build, He keeps telling me he's gonna buy a frag pack and wants Gmks from me and I've told him over and over they re not ready yet then he replies gonna buy my pack when I sell coral. Complete sketch

 

[jessezm]

Thanks for posting the number. I just called. The guy who picked up the phone said he hadn't logged on for 2 months and that he let some friend use his account to sell stuff since he was banned from R2R. He said the guy scammed people locally too. He sent me a screenshot of this guy:

When did that text exchange take place?

 

[jessezm]

However, if that text exchange just happened, then he's lying to me too. but now we have a phone number, and an email, and a city (Cleveland).

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

Pretty stupid of a friend to let someone banned use their account to scam

 

[jessezm]

I'll say. If that's even true... He said he felt sorry for the guy and thought he had turned over a new leaf. LOL. I'm in a text exchange with him now and he said he can't log on cause the guy changed his login info. But again, if that text exchange happened this weekend it would indicate the guy I'm talking to is the one doing the scamming, not his "friend" still waiting to hear back on that.

 

[Reef Castle]

The associated Venmo account he was requesting the fund to be sent to

 

[jessezm]

yeah that's the one :-/

 

[Houstoner]

I'll say. If that's even true... He said he felt sorry for the guy and thought he had turned over a new leaf. LOL. I'm in a text exchange with him now and he said he can't log on cause the guy changed his login info. But again, if that text exchange happened this weekend it would indicate the guy I'm talking to is the one doing the scamming, not his "friend" still waiting to hear back on that.

Oh let me guess, "his friend" has been scamming people and the original member doesn't want his friend to get in trouble with the law because he is such a devoted friend. So he will rectify everyone's problems they have had so far... please I have seen so many scam posts like this
Eat crap OP, you try to take advantage of people who just want to enjoy this amazing hobby!

 

[jessezm]

Yeah that's the story

 

[bhinkle50]

I used Venmo and paid the extra fee for their purchase protection (I think this is new). Just filed a claim with them so hopefully they can recover from his account. I'll keep everyone updated and will try and loop others into the process as I can.

Also, the guy did give me his last 4 digits of the phone number associated to the venmo account in order to do a verified transaction and it matches the last 4 posted here. Thats his number IMO.

 

[jessezm]

He just blocked me in the middle of our text exchange. Definitely the scammer. So I have his phone number. is that enough to file a police report? If anyone has experience with this please feel free to contact me and let me know how too proceed... Cheers, and stay safe!

 

[Reef Castle]

Purchased coral from him over the weekend, was told that he would ship out today, I messaged him asking for tracking and everything, still haven’t heard from him....Mod can you do anything about this?

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

#MODS
@revhtree

looks like we got a professional scammer here

 

[jessezm]

I've been in touch with the mods and they are tracking it. I'm afraid it's going to be difficult to find any recourse with Venmo but we can try. That sucked. :-(

 

[jessezm]

Well, update on the venmo route, and it also sucks:
Hello Jesse,

Thanks for reaching out! My name is Lola — I'm an account specialist here at Venmo and your case has been escalated to me. It appears that the person you were transacting with did not fulfill their end of the transaction.

At this point, Venmo does not allow peer to peer merchant related transactions and we do not offer any buyer or seller protections in these types of cases. These violations of our User Agreement are very high risk and can result in problems for our users.

Since the funds are no longer in our system, we, unfortunately, have no way to reimburse you for the payment you made. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you.

If you believe you were a victim of a scam, I recommend reaching out to your local police department and filing a report. Once you have an officer in charge of your case, they can reach out to us via email at [email protected], and we will be happy to comply with them.

Please remember that Venmo is a simple way for friends and people who trust each other to send money, and it is not designed for uses beyond this purpose. When transacting with people whom you don't know or trust there is always the potential for problems to arise.

Any questions or concerns please contact us at your leisure.

Best,
Lola R.
Account Specialist|
Venmo