Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:12:34 -0500
Reply-To: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: EBay (NVC)
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Thanks Dave. I agree whole heartedly. It's hard not to feel like I am
holding the smoking gun that could nail someone but again I understand the
limitations of things too. In the long run I will have to quote my
girlfriend Patty "Cheaters get Cheated" - whoever this person is the'll get
theirs eventually.
On 11/28/06, David Bohannan <fjazzbass@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You did what you could do...
>
> And actually it was the best thing we possibly could do...you told
> someone...our community, tell everyone you know...
>
> These folks will continue to dupe folks that are ignorant, so education is
> a big thing...
>
> Thanks for taking the time to fill us all in...you did your part...
>
> Dave
>
> On 11/28/06, Jeff Lincoln < magikvw@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I called the credit union who supposedly issued the cashier's check and
> > they
> > confirmed what I already knew - the check is bogus. So I asked if they
> > wanted a copy or any information. Surprisingly they didn't. They said
> > they
> > have people working on this stuff already and didn't seem to be very
> > interested.
> >
> > So then called the Detroit FBI office ans spoke to a very nice agent. He
> > gave me information about reporting it to www.ic3.gov - which is an
> > organization that works with the FBI and other law enforcement to catch
> > Internet crime. He said that his office gets thousands of reports a
> > month
> > and since I wasn't actually out anything he doubted they could do much.
> > Most
> > of their time is spent on cases where someone has lost money. I guess
> > that
> > makes sense - not very satisfying though especially since I have this
> > bogus
> > check in my possession.
> >
> > So I filed the report online with IC3. I don't expect much to come from
> > it
> > and they state flat out that they will not follow up with progress on
> > the
> > case. They basically refer the stuff out to the proper agencies.
> >
> > So there we have it. The possibility to nail this person is there but
> > anyone
> > who can do anything about it is either over worked already or doesn't
> > really
> > care.
> >
> > I hope something is done before this person scams someone who doesn't
> > catch
> > on. Oh well we will see I guess.
> >
> > --
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jeff
> > 90' Carat (It's Blue, It's Beautiful, It needs a lot of work)
> > 86' (Soon to be donating organs to the 90')
> > 85' GL (sidelined but to be resurrected in the near future)
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Dave - KC9FYM
> http://fjazzbass.blogspot.com
>
--
Thanks,
Jeff
90' Carat (It's Blue, It's Beautiful, It needs a lot of work)
86' (Soon to be donating organs to the 90')
85' GL (sidelined but to be resurrected in the near future)
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