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I was almost scammed recently by a person that seemed to be interested in a sublet apartment that I had placed online. I want everyone to be fully equipped to respond to this type of behavior. We need to act fast because given the dynamics of the web, time is everything.
Here is a link to the government website which deals with these matters very seriously. Take action and report these matters immediately. People's lives are ruined because of these conartists.
http://www.cybercrime.gov/
Please feel free to share stories/experiences and let's make this thread readily available to everyone in the NamePros community. It is extremely important to each of us personally and professionally. Maybe we can have a link on the home page so that it is READILY available and accessible. We as a community can post all of the incidences of fraud we have encountered so that we can be protected in the future.
I will post the emails after I meet with authorities tomorrow. I have had enough of this fraud!
Manmeet Soin aka punjabi007
Here is a link to the government website which deals with these matters very seriously. Take action and report these matters immediately. People's lives are ruined because of these conartists.
http://www.cybercrime.gov/
Please feel free to share stories/experiences and let's make this thread readily available to everyone in the NamePros community. It is extremely important to each of us personally and professionally. Maybe we can have a link on the home page so that it is READILY available and accessible. We as a community can post all of the incidences of fraud we have encountered so that we can be protected in the future.
I will post the emails after I meet with authorities tomorrow. I have had enough of this fraud!
Manmeet Soin aka punjabi007
- since thats what the thread author wants the focus to be, I'll mention it here again). I'm sure a lot of people on this forum hire programmers/designers on the net. I've used elance, scriptlance and others. Scriptlance seems to be a popular one. I worked with someone on there who goes by the user name 'upstateupgrades' or 'upstatedesign' - His real name is Gene Fields. I purchased a script from him for $75. Before payment he responded promptly to all questions. After payment I didn't hear from him or get the script for 2 days. He finally responded saying it should've been sent automatically but he's attached it to that email. I downloaded the zip, tried to install it and it wouldn't even install. Then no responses to my emails for another 3 days. I had to get going on the site so I went ahead and purchased another script from someone else (paid that person even more for it) thinking since I'm not using this guy's script I would get my money back. Wrong. When 3 days later I asked for refund, he finally responded saying he was ready to help me. I told him I had already purchased a similar script elsewhere since I had no idea when he would (if ever) get around to responding to my emails. He then refused to give my money and disappeared. Paypal wouldn't help me after a couple of phone calls so I gave up on it. In the scheme of things $75 is not a whole lot of money but ANY amount of money you lose is still a loss. Beware of this user.
