yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] denco7:
We all know why he refunded your money. You have intimated in the past that you are a federal agent. FBI ? Border Patrol ? ICE ? He is exceedingly stupid but not that stupid.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] logitechbb:
well thats positive he funded your money but you still got the package? wow lol. not to pry but isnt it like against the law to threaten your law enforcement? like couldnt he use that against you if this went to a legal count matter? not trying to step on any toes or anything but im just curious on that.. if that got the refund maybe everyone who indeed got scammed should threaten they are law enforcement or have family in fbi..etc etc.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] hellomoto_25:
I never threatened.

I simply told him that he was unwise to scam myself and neo001.

I did get my money back though.

There are many agents out there:

Real Estate

Customer Service

Chemical

Nerve

Federal

I, personally, wouldn't mess with the last three.

;-)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] hellomoto_25:
Also, the lint rollers he/she sent out are from Target. ;-)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] _Alex_:
I believe you're going about it all wrong. Each one of you need to contact the authorities first and then they will contact the administrator(s) of XDA-Devs, HoFo, eBay and/or Craigslist for any evidence that can be produced.

The forum that P1Tater offered earlier about how to trick scammers might be a good place to start looking for the proper authorities to contact. I'm not sure if or how the FBI will get involved, but it doesn't hurt to talk to them too.

This is strictly my opinion and not the opinions of XDA-Developers or the other moderators.

Hope this helps!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] greenbrd:
It would make sense for the cheated buyers to coordinate their efforts in order to make sure the authorities know that each person's complaint isn't an isolated incident. If six different FBI agents get six different complaints from six different people, the likelihood of them all comparing notes and understanding the full scope of the issue is small.

But if you make efforts to all talk to the same agent and make sure you have each other's contact info, the chances for a speedy resolution are better.

Quite frankly, the scammer and his woman stupidly left so many clues behind about who they are and where they live, I'll be surprised if they're not picked up within a week or two.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] hellomoto_25:
Very true.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] canadiancow:
Funny.

My FedEx slip had a handwritten sender's address in Houston, but the tracking information said the package was picked up in Boardman, Ohio.

You can write anything on a piece of paper. You can't change FedEx's tracking system. You sure your package originated in Texas?

Anyway, the report I filed with Ottawa Police Services has case number 08-143949, if anyone wants to provide that to their law enforcement agency, in the hopes that some files can be shared.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] NotATreoFan:
Can you post the video?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] canadiancow:
I just talked to FedEx, and the account number that was used to ship the package to me is owned by Brightpoint, Inc., a cell phone company. They're my next call.

Here's my tracking number link: http://www.fedex.com/Tracking?tracknumbers=864339447916

FedEx should have a record of where the package was picked up, although getting that out of them might be a bit of a hassle.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] hellomoto_25:
I've never posted video, but I'll try.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ach2:
All very true. And another thing that the FBI are very good at is collecting, recording and cross-referencing information. If 100 people over the course of 10 years complain to the FBI about being scammed then eventually one small complaint will tie them all together into a big extortion racket (or whatever).

Also, if too many people complain about small scale scams from the same source then the FBI/KGB/Gestapo or whoever will probably investigate just to stop the complaints taking up so much of their time.

Anyone in the US who has been scammed - make that complaint because it will eventually be investigated. Then the scumbag will be looking for that candle he sold to plug his ever growing arsehole in jail.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] kyphur:
First, XDA-Devs is not involved in this. The site neither endorsed the seller or encouraged the actions.

Second, due to the physical location of the servers housing XDA-Devs any information from the site is governed by Dutch Law. The Site admin is aware of the situation and has safeguarded any relevant data but CAN NOT hand it over without a court order. This would include any information the Mods collect after the fact.

Third, we are allowing this discussion to continue here as a curtisty to our members even though there may be some questionable posts (i.e. public posting personal identification & etc) but for legal reasons will no get involved.

Finally, the user in question has been banned here after their attempts to clear-out evidence of their wrong doing (guess they forgot about periodic back-ups) but that is th emost action we can take without a court order.

On a personal note I was a victim of a Canadian user who had hyper-threaded P4 CPUS at 1/2 price about 4 years ago. He took over 60 people for almost $300 a pop. We found each other and as luck would have it we were all tech savvy so his personal info was quickly discovered. The Canadial PhoneScam department of RCMP was notified. Paypal was flooded with complaints. I think the most effective method that got our cash back was that we made is home & cell phones useless by flooding them with calls 24/7 and eventually we got his parents phone number and did the same to them. The pressue finally got to the family and they ponied-up the money to Paypal for our refunds! All of this happened outside of Paypal or any other website, we were in direct e-mail contact with each other and got thinks rolling quickly.

Now I'm not telling you what to do but I think direct (and private contact) to organize your Law Enforcement (and other) efforts will work better than posting in a public forum with threats and "What I'd like to do"...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] canadiancow:
I agree with your legal points, but as for discussing with other victims, a forum is probably one of the best places, because it allows open discussion. Granted, xda may not be the best place for it, but an open forum has many advantages.

Another option is for someone in the USA to make contact with the guy's local PD or the FBI, and provide all the victim's contact information. That way they have all the notes in one spot for each case of fraud, rather than having different PD's across the state/country/continent each working the same case.

And I'm sorry to hear about your issues with the Canadian. We're not all bad :(
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] fade2black:
Add me to the list of people scammed by this douchebag. Already filed my claim with PayPal and since I am only about 45-60 minutes from Boardman, Ohio, I really want to find this idiot and pay them a visit. I will be contacting the Boardman PD though. Now to read teh rest of this thread....

Oh, I got a $1 candle in my box. Just like a lot of others, the package said it was coming from TX and was in female handwriting. It really came from Boardman, outside of Youngstown, Ohio. I did get this phone number although I haven't tried calling it yet.

(330)-423-4930
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] fade2black:
double post
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] canadiancow:
The number is from www.grandcentral.com. If you go to the police, tell them the Ottawa Police Service in Canada has case number 08-143949, so they can try to collaborate.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] fade2black:
should I be contacting my PD or the PD where the package came from, or both?

The 330 area code is in the general area of boardman, oh.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] canadiancow:
If you can get to Boardman easily, they'd have a better chance of going after him. I went to my local PD (at PayPal's request).

I'm not really sure who you "should" go to, but doing it in Boardman sounds like the best idea.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] fade2black:
I will contact both just because I can. I'll get everyone involved. :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] GSLEON3:
A point of contention. Public forums are just that, public. While it is great for general discussions & shedding light on issues, It also give the perpetrator a means of monitoring your actions & time to prepare a defense and/or retaliate.

Being from Small Town Arizona, my idea of a perfect solution would involve hot tar & feathers, followed by a nice Sycamore tree & a rope.

BTW, All Canadians from Canadia are evil, evil people. You all cursed the world with Celine Dion.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] repsolblade:
Hi guys, I have been following this thread and the one's on Hofo since this started coming to light and I would like to add my pennies worth if it's ok.

Firstly, With regard to the legal stand here, ALL of you who have been scammed by this person MUST (in my experience with any police or legal institution) keep at them to pursue all avenues of prosecution, don't let it go, phone them everyday, ask how their investigation is progressing, because even if they are not treating it as serious as they should, they will do something about it, even if it's to get you all off their backs!

Secondly, as it has already been stated here! The scammer is VERY VERY likely to be reading these posts and there is nothing much anyone can do about that, however, also by watching silently, you can rest assured knowing that keeping these threads alive and well, that He knows you will not give up on having him arrested! He may also change or add a new eBay account as easy as changing a shirt...IP Blocking is also easy enough to do to!

But, Most criminals willl return to scene of crime! It's like a voyer thing!

Thirdly, eBay has buyer/seller guides for every type of product/service that are listed, would it not be a good idea for someone to perhaps highlight the situation that is currently ongoing so that people may at least have a little more knowledge, a lot of you seem to have good knowledge relating to your individual State/Country, regarding powers of police/paypal, even eBay themselves!

Finally, as obvious as this is, and as sorry I am for all of you who have been duped or scammed, wether that be by this particular individual or not. There are unscrupulous people out there, and they have No morals, nor do they care WHO they prey on.

Take Care
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] hellomoto_25:
Video of unboxing

Here it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FunNJ2vo4PA

Obviously the info on the airbill in not correct. The hand writing did shed some light that there might be a female involved.

I will provide any info as needed. I'm not contacting local or federal law enforcement as I didn't actually get scammed, but I'd be happy to participated in any way I can. I kept all our correspondence and the package.

Oh, and I kept the lint roller. Might even use it. ;-)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] logitechbb:
oh wow im speechless.. hey its a good thing you got your money back.. safeway sells those for 79cents most of the time! seriously though, it is priceless..
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] hellomoto_25:
I think I'll frame it.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] NotATreoFan:
Nice video. Great evidence. I ripped it from YouTube just incase he could somehow get it removed from there.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] F2504x4:
Good advice!!!

On another note, anyone remember a kid called Charlie Wenzle and what happened to him?

Great story of a thief and the power of the internet

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=399203
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] denco7:
Brightpoint is a company out of Indy that manages supply chain and distribution of wireless products. They also warehouse. Obviously he either works for them or works in a store whose supply chain is managed by them.

He stole their Fed-ex account number ( off of one of their packing slips? ) and is using it for his scamming. I would call their legal dept. and get them involved. They are a global company with deep pockets. I am sure that they would be very interested in launching their own investigation to see who is using them to scam people in the US.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Neo001:
Whaasup boys and girls . . . I am Neo001 the one that started all of this movement (on HoFo first and then here thanks to my dear friend Rayan) I have no words that can describe what I am feeling right now , this POS deserves to get an umbrella up his butt and then open it inside , anywho . . . it is more than obvious that non of us are getting our money back !! and to me is even worse since I live in Tijuana Mexico , a favor to all of you , please oh please use my signature and warn everybody , post on youtube , post everywhere this POS has to get punished don't you think ?? thanks for all the support and for all of the advices that have been given to me via email or PM , from the bottom of my heart know that I truly and deeply appreciate it !!

jakeypoo you piece of $hit I hope your dingdong stops working , and believe me when I say this . . . what goes around . . . comes around , you coward piece of $hit !!

p.s. Paypal did nothing to help me , they didn't even heard my side of the story , this little POS got away with it !! paypal sucks big donkey balls !!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] NotATreoFan:
Also,

If you call FedEx and provide them with the tracking number from your package, they can tell you where the box was received for shipment. If he was dumb enough to ship it from a FedEx office, then they will have video surveillance. Or maybe he had a truck pick it up at his house...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Nghiem:
one more victim

I was screwed up, too. This is what I received today (see pix below.) I also video tape from the begin I opened the sealed package. Video clip now on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh7xu8AVo2c

The package I received was mailed via FedEx from Mic..... Jone.., Houston, TX 77001 and phone list is 281-330-xxxx.

@Flar: is there anyway that you can recover this a$$hole's thread, in case we (the victims) need more evidence? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=393906

@All the victims: Could you pls exchange the scam artist info via PM and act together?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] :
dude you should get that candle dusted for fingerprints
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] logitechbb:
not to rain on the parade but as a student in college studying CJ (criminal justice) its not all that easy to lift prints.. we do it as part of our course and 9/10 times we cant lift the print because of the smallest smudge, dust, moisture..etc has anyone tried to contact this cuboosh? via the phone number posted? ..im reading people have had sucessful transactions with him in the past month or so..and then he refunds one person and that person still gets the package.. it does not add up..has he been given the chance to speak his side without having people trip out on him? i will be honest it does not look good for him but ive read through everything and i cant see one time were he defended himself what so ever.. the refund baffles me about as much as him not defending himself does.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] hellomoto_25:
He's/She's not going to defend himself any more. Everybody is getting their packages delivered and finding out they got scammed. At first he/she was vocal, acting like he had done nothing wrong. He/she still wanted to sell to people, and was selling at a high rate.

He/she built up enough reputation through posts and successful sales and then started scamming. I'm sure they have multiple handles on many other forum sites. This is their business. If you can call it that.

Now that the gig is up, he/she moved on and continues to operate under a different name.

It does seem to me that they were sloppy enough to get caught. Somebody needs to step forward as the lead and start gathering/compiling info and take it in. Even if there are no refunds, it would be worth getting the person(s) hauled in for a good shake down.

They can be caught. They were very stupid to leave a trail. Lucky for us.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] DaveShaw:
Kyphur said in his post a few pages back that there are periodic backups (that the A-Hole forget about).

Ta

Dave
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Vinnie1:
It would make sense that whovever wrote the shipping label may have been a woman, as the berk spelt Michael like this > Michale (no offence to women btw).

How often does someone spell there own name wrong!!??
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] spartathisis:
Hi guys, following this from the UK and I must say you should be grateful that your local PD and FBI may show some interest. Here in the UK most online fraud is not dealt with by the authorties any more but is left to financial institutions to decide wether it goes to the police.

there are less than a handful of policemen dealing with genereal online fraud such as been done here, pop 60 million! Fraud against UK residents is going through the roof because of this, but still the politicans dont want to see the problem.

Looking at what has been posted here put a search in for Jacob Bradley (jakepoo) in google and some may find a similar individual, male 23 in small town in ohio, on myspace and listed phone showing. Is it him?

I hadnt realised how easy it was to scam people! If its cheaper theres a reason for that, broken, stolen you aint gonna get it. :(

I no longer buy anything a) outside the UK(I can go pay a visit), b)from anywhere but large well known retailers(some comeback), c) or use paypal.

Paypal are the biggest pile of Sh**e out there, I pray for the day google/M$ bring out a true rival.

Sorry to here from you guys who have been scammed hope you get something back.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] :
The phone number he listed was Mike Jones contact number. Mike Jones is a talentless rapper who yells out his number because he wants to feel loved and wants people to call him.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] :
Besides how would he explain his case. " Oops my bad I thought I was shipping a used candle to this old lady who bought it". No explanation can amount to the humiliation he has caused. Some people may have worked their ass off to save for a Tilt. It's not fair not alot of people are fortunate to whip out the American Express. I was once in that situation, I know. Funny as it may seem for some of you guys I'm going to pray for you guys. Keep your heads up guys.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] fade2black:
The phone number I received from this turd via PM was an area code 330 number. I called it and it is an active number and the voicemail message says the guys name is Jake. I am going to contact the Boardman PD today and get them involved since the packages originated there. Has anyone already contacted them so I can reference a case #? Also, we should all check with Fedex and see if all of these packages were billed to the same account number.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] :
I'm going to post once again and say that I'm pissed off. It didn't happen to me but it ruins it for everyone. Plus I just got a root canal and my tooth is hurting like HELLL!!!!!! AHhhhH!!! Jakepoo I hope you go to hell and meet a gay diesel dude down there!!!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] fade2black:
One more thing, we should get a running list of how many people were scammed so we can get an approximate dollar figure. I'm sure this would help the police and FBI.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] :
^^^ Same thing I said. Cut from the same cloth.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Vinnie1:
My candle came from the same place Fedex Link

The account # used to send it was 216998707
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] KD8DNS:
EDIT* Didnt think, sorry all.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] fade2black:
I live in Ohio too. Not too far from Boardman, maybe 45 minutes to an hour.

gqstatus0685 - sorry, didn't see your post. :) Is anyone gathering all this info that you know of?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] fade2black:
Same account # on my package too. Fedex did tell me it was dropped off at Kinkos and there is only one in Boardman. 48 Boardman Poland Rd. 330-726-2020
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] logitechbb:
ouch..did you just post a fedex acct number publicly? you need to remove that post.. because that could bring heat on you by whomever holds that fedex account if they catch wind to that. those numbers usually don't show up in public and the person who owns that could experience alot of charges coming soon! i did some googling too and this came back.. Bradley J Jacob (330) 882-***-**** W Comet Rd, Clinton, OH 44216 is this him? if so thats a land line flood it to death!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] F2504x4:
If you guys really want to catch him , you need to read the link i posted about a guy named Charlie Wenzle, it a long read but they got results and this story hit just about every forum in the world.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Vinnie1:
Wow that was easy! Gonna call him now, thanks.

The name is the same as the one that was tied to cuboosh@gmail.com email account > Bradley Jacob.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] lokto7:
Every now and then when I pull my phone out of my pocket and this clock appears, which prevent me from unlocking the phone using fingerprint scanner... how to disable that clock? see attachment.
[Oppo Find X Questions & Answers] Pablo252525:
Hello everyone,

Im new to this forum. I have been searching all over internet and browsed this forum too but can not find one clear and simple answer/solution for changing Oppo Find X Chinese version to global ROM. Some say its easy to do and others say it can not be done!! I have also seen a video on Youtube a man doing this but not sure if its actually true or fake one!!

The Rom in my phone is PAFM_11_A.35 ColorOS V5.2.1 Kernel 4.9.65

So my question is: Has anyone a guide(link) how to do this or is it possible at all? I just want to get rid of this annoying Chinese apps and features pre-installed on my phone.

Thank you
[Oppo Find X Questions & Answers] acc0101:
Hi Newbie,

I am telling you, there's no way to do that.

OPPO is sucks.
[Oppo Find X Questions & Answers] Pablo252525:
Hi thanks for your answer, but would you explain yourself a bit more why its not possible or point me to some article that clearly says it can not be done.

Some people say they did it and it works but some say it can not be done. What does it depend on as im lost now.
[Oppo Find X Questions & Answers] enzo1988:
I also have a find x, I am waiting for my account to reach 60 days, then I will try to unlock the Bootlader with the deep test app, I already have the recovery twrp.img on my pc.I hope that with the custom recovery I will be able to install the firmware global
[Oppo Find X Questions & Answers] acc0101:
1. Google how to unlock yout find x bootloader

2. Your bootloader is unlocked ( normally will take you 1 month)

3. Install Twrp on your phone

4. Flash the Euro rom , and you will find out "error 7"

5. Sell your phone

---------- Post added at 01:51 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:48 AM ----------

3

No, you cant , oppo encoded all the rom.

You will receive a error 7 message via twrp, telling u the rom is locked
[Oppo Find X Questions & Answers] enzo1988:
so,should i sell my oppo again? no way to install the global firmware?
[Oppo Find X Questions & Answers] enzo1988:
the last chance is to try the Resurrection Remix ROM for Oppo FIND X,i have founded it on google