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Beware,, con on the loose.....

jeeeensy

jeeeensy

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Heads up!!!

There is a Polish con artist on the loose and the con goes like this..

you bid on an auction,
you come second and do not win the item..( yeah we've all been there )
Next you get a e-mail saying the high bidder has cancelled so you can have the item at your bid price ( all appears Ok as the mail is from the seller )
you pay as you would,,
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the seller then or should i say the bogus seller has opened an account with an identical name as the original seller all bar one letter or a comma so that you assume it is from the seller in the auction you were so wrapped up in
and give it no second thought,, so you pay...... and then the ........cant post these words here,,,,,,,,, closes his bogus accunt!!!! and ta-ta along with your cash !!


just beware if you do not win and you are propositioned as the second in line,,

or please contact me for more info as it may be the same cu..... ass....wan,,,,,, ah,, person!

yours trruly a really pissed of JEEEENSY!!!

p.s if i ever find you,, you twat,, your mine!!! :tinysmile_cry_t:
 
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Sorry to hear that you have had some bother, is this Ebay, Specialist Auction, E-gun?
 
Hi.... no not ebay or egun, but will be addressing this with their admin very soon.
will keep you all posted,

Best regards nick







BMG50 said:
Sorry to hear that you have had some bother, is this Ebay, Specialist Auction, E-gun?
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Hi...

These are the Bank details for the con artist,, apparantly been around a while,, google the iban number to see.

Swiss bank,, you would think they would freeze the account ,, if they had complaints about the account holder.

Account holder : Marc Epaillard
Bank Name : ING BANK
IBAN : PL25105015201000009047130043
BIC (swift) : INGBPLPW


If by cash :
Monsieur Marc Epaillard
Owocowa 7 A
62-100 Wagrowiec
Pologne

Regards Nick,, and still pissed off :tinysmile_angry2_t:
 
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AndyD said:
Hope you didn't lose too much my salami bbqing friend!
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Hi Andy,,, 450 quid down..enough to cry about,,,,,, will be making enquiries with my Polish and Russian contacts later today to see if there is any info out there..

cheers Nick
 
There's a well known Polish fraudster who rips people off with German WW2 awards/daggers/helmets etc.
Wonder if he's branched out into other items?

Seem to recall he sometimes used different names,Pawel Nowack, I think he's called.
 
Hi... i remember him, lots of flack on the forums, on phone to bank now to see whet can be done,,,

regards nick,,
 
Quite a bit of dosh to lose. You at least have his address, so you could post him a dog turd if push comes to shove, or push comes to shove through the letter box depending on the size of the dog turd. Maybe there should be a warning list of rip off merchants, so we collectors can be aware off, under a listed category on the forum. I think the US military forum has this, plus posts of suspended con-artists.
 
Yeah man,sorry to hear that Jeeensy.. I got sharked off a member in here and ive yet to settle the score...long memory has old waffy.

I hope you do get results from your contacts,keep us in the loop.

waffy
 
jeeeensy said:
Hi...

These are the Bank details for the con artist,, apparantly been around a while,, google the iban number to see.

Swiss bank,, you would think they would freeze the account ,, if they had complaints about the account holder.

Account holder : Marc Epaillard
Bank Name : ING BANK
IBAN : PL25105015201000009047130043
BIC (swift) : INGBPLPW


If by cash :
Monsieur Marc Epaillard
Owocowa 7 A
62-100 Wagrowiec
Pologne

Regards Nick,, and still pissed off :tinysmile_angry2_t:
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Sorry to hear you've had this problem. Your county's police HQ may have somebody based there who's sole job is fraud investigation. They would be a good starting point for getting this `entrepreneur' arrested, hopefully able to advise you how to make a formal complaint to the authorities in whichever country/ies that person is living or dealing. Presumably the EU's Europol would have jurisdiction in Poland, now that is part of the EU. However not sure whether Europol would have an interest in a scammer, maybe depends on how busy a boy he has been. He must have pissed off a lot of other people over the last few years. His name sounds French and I guess if I were doing that kind of thing I might use an alias or three. There is always some greedy b*****d who wants something for nothing. Good luck in getting it sorted.
 
Sorry to here you got conned Jeensy.
I think a few of us now have been ripped off some way or other.
I think passing on info/details is a good thing to do. It may not get you your money or item back but at least warning others is appreciatted.
Remember guys what goes around comes around.
It may not be as soon as we`d like but it will happen. I just hope I`m around to do it or see it or hear about it!!
 
Seems that the "Polish" scammers are now out doing the old Nigerian ones - here's the famous "Powel Nowak" one that been targeted towards the Japanese Sword Collectors for quite a long time now - around 10 years!

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"Hi !

I have two japanese swords (katana and tanto) with the blade from XVIII and XIX century and I would like to sell them for the reasonable price (600US$). If you think you could have an interest, let me know.

Regards.
Powel Nowak"

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He is a very well organised syndicate, not just one guy, and many have tried to catch him. They can send you very good fake photos, drivers licence, id book and anything else, but nothing works to nail him. I think they have serious police connections too, as even some Polish contacts have not managed to nail him.

Cheers
Drew


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