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[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] bandit2xx:
I bought my kaiser using paypal! I didn't knew how to use use it and took time (verification stuff, etc... few days to activate properly), but in the end it paid out! Avoid direct transfer and stuff and most important is to check the seller feedback(if it has not... than not worth the risk specially if it's a great deal!)!

For those scam my wishes that it gets solved IF the guy has good sense and stuff... Otherwise just contact without hesitation the local authorities, and since he's personal data (try to google the scammer email) is available and he's been reported widely, will be a matter of time till he gets busted.

:D - About the idea of banning sales in this site i agree... ebay is better!

Last thoughts:What's HIS IDEA ANYWAY! Well i thought i was the "bandit"...

(Thanks to God never needed to steal, neither i sale stuff or scam people! Bandit is just game name...)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] P1Tater:
http://www.thescambaiter.com/

Nice site:D
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] dantegl36:
Get him put away!

I think it's time the FBI was contacted in all of this(way beyond time). This guy will do time for this and i'm excitedly awaiting to hear that he was put away. I would personally take a trip to where he is put away at and visit him just so I can point my finger at him and laugh and then press my sweet hammies against the glass separating him and leave satisfied knowing that the gas I paid for to do so was well spent. Get this a$$ put away!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Razuddin:
Really sorry to hear this mate. Sadly people like this do exist in this world.

One thing I will say is from searching on google it seems that quite a few pages come up from the 'jakeypoo' username. Dont know if someone wants to have a dig through and see if they can find any other forums he may be a memeber of and see if he has scammed other. If there are enough people complaining then surely the authorities must take action. Also try searching google with his email addresses.

I really hope it works out for all the guys affected.

Raz
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] canadiancow:
I'd like to step in and say that I was also scammed (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=393906).

I was sent a lint roller (one of those rollers with sticky tape that you roll over clothes).

I sent him $350 USD through PayPal.

I filed a report with the Ottawa Police Service (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada). They took a copy of all documentation I had, as well as the lint roller. They asked if I had handled it, and aside from giving it to the officer, I hadn't. Let's hope they can dust some prints.

However, she did say it would take weeks to months.

I'm going to try to escalate it to a federal level within Canada, as I imagine a request from the Mounties to the FBI would have a little more weight than from a couple guys on a forum.

One thing I noticed, however, is that the name on my packing slip was Michael Jones, in Houston, Texas. No one in Ohio. I've got more information (full address, FedEx account number, etc.) if anyone wants it, but PM me for that.

As for PayPal, they said there is nothing they can do since it wasn't on eBay and an item was sent (they see something was delivered because they have the tracking number). They say they sent him an email and froze his account, but in the end told me to go to the local authorities.

Anyway, if anyone's been informing the other victims of new leads, please add me to the list.

If you need help with anything, then send me a PM. I'll try to stay active here for the next couple weeks.

I think it's a good thing he sent me a useless piece of crap instead of a different cell phone; made it a lot easier to convince the police that fraud had taken place.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] :
Dip**** I said he met the "Scammer" on this website.

I saw the initial post Cuboosh made on how he was selling a TILT. I PM'd him and he sent me a Ebay link I never bought it because I got my charging port on my Kaiser working.

What are the odds that the Scammed person visits this site and coincidentally finds other people who have been scammed as well. You've been served!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] NFRCER:
Ok guys I understand this is a very difficult time, but lets keep this thread clean so that it does not have to be closed. We need this thread to be active as posible but not arguing. Lets try to keep our integrity please.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] nphil:
A lint roller? Are you serious? That was like a slap in the face, not only did you get scammer, you got a lint roller to add insult to the injury!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] cushcalc:
New light

Sorry - more info has come to light since I read - I

did

read the existing threads before I posted, and at the time I did not see evidence of a clear connection between jakeypoo and cuboosh. You point out that "two people received nokia cellphones" - I did read that, but those were from jakeypoo and not cuboosh. Now, (2008-05-28-6:42 GMT), the mounting evidence is that these identities both belong to one scamming person.

I am really sorry for the folks that have been scammed, and disgusted by the perpetrator. I sure hope he is brought to justice.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Vinnie1:
Sorry to hear about you getting done as well.

I bought from the same thread and the details on the parcel were the same as yours, although the prick cant even spell Michael (michale!!)

I have not heard anything from Paypal, and now I expect I am going to hear the same news as you. So what if it wasn't bought through ebay! They advertise as 'safe secure online trading', dont mention it applies only to ebay!

Another member has PM'd me and he is expecting a package tomorrow. Wonder what suprise he will recieve?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] redbandana:
This thread is getting bad. This cuboosh guy sat here and helped out the community, making him appear as a good person. Yet he did it for only one reason. So sad. It is awful that you received a lint roller. I hope this guy gets thrown into one of the great lakes, caught up in fish nets, chopped up and used for bait.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Vinnie1:
Paypal

Paypal have closed the case, and deferred it (whatever that means?).

Here is the creeps response, which is unbelievable!! At least he's still active!

Somehow I dont think I would pay £190 for a candle!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] KaiserVideoDriver:
They tend to have this kind of trait, first time around they still have a bit of conscience left they sent stuff of much less value pretending to have made a mistake but still refunded some or all the money, then they think that nobody's holding them accountable and losing some more conscience they think they can get away with "if you're upset i have all the rights to not cooperate and i now have earned your money", then a couple more days go by nothing happened to them and with almost no decency left they'll send worthless item as long as there's a proof of shipment, the final stage is when they stop thinking that proof of shipment is not really required and why bother walking down the block to the post office to send anything at all while they can just enjoy their "revenue" from the comfort of their homes with no consequences. very very pitty lowlife not realizing something not so fun is coming their ways, sooner or later.

I encourage everybody who has been a victim to gather as much information as possible about the scammer (through his paypal account or i don't know if he was sloppy enough to put his information as the sender of the package), take legal action, law enforcement does take this type of case seriously.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Mattcity:
Vinne1

How did you fund the paypal purchase? Only i had a similar experiance on the web when i bought a TV from a website that turned out to be bogus.

I paid Paypal but used my credit card to fund it. Anything over £50-100 (depending on your card) is usually covered by them for fraud.

I took this up with my CC company and got my moneyback from paypal, had to close my paypal account but at least got my moneyback. Its called initiating a chargeback.

be worth investigating if you can

sorry for all of you guys

Matt
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] KaiserVideoDriver:
personally the paraphrase to the seller's response would've been "yeah i sent the right item this time, just because the first few people complained about [insert worthless junk here] i sent them for a price of brand new smartphone now the other victims complain as well... why is it hard to shut them up so i can continue with this scam ?!"
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Vinnie1:
Hiya matt,

I bought it using a debit card so am not covered.

Will get in touch with Met Police later.

He should be easy enough to catch, hopefully the IP logs will track him down to his home and work. Also, the original posts (un-edited) should also be available.

Can anyone who has been scammed PM me.

Will probably need the following:

Date deal was done

Item Description

Where was it advertised (link if poss)

Cost

Fedex Number

How was it paid for

What turned up

Paypal email address or bank acc number that cuboosh/jakeypoop used in the transaction

Outcome - pending or resolved

And anything else that may be relevant.

Mods, hope this OK?

Cheers
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] livefastdiefun87:
Right guys. We need to keep this clear now. As much fun as it is we dont need any childish name calling of cuboosh/jakeypoo, no personal details published and no slagging matches between members.

At the end of the day this guy is scamming people left right and centre and people have contacted the relevant authorities.

Anyone who has dealt with this guy needs to be pointed towards this thread both members and non XDA members, so cuboosh can be stopped.

Lets stop all the personal attacks etc. and get this guy stopped.

XDA CRIME FIGHTERS AWAY!!!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] AllTheWay:
Good advice. Thanks for the heads up :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] NotATreoFan:
Do you have a debit card with Visa or Mastercard on it? Is so, at least in the US, they have the same fraud protection as a regular credit card. I was able to dispute/chargeback a $20 debit against my Bank of America Visa debit card without issue. Hopefully the UK has similar protection laws.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] xxx_mosh:
what a **** :mad:
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] DaveShaw:
Whilst I normally stay out of **** like this and remain unbiased I'd like to add this from Dr Puttingham's Profile:

http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=253811

Ta

Dave
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] hellomoto_25:
A little update.

First, I had purchased (or attempted to at least) a Tilt from jakeypoo on HoFo last week. He was supposed to mail it out on Thursday via Fedex Express. Didn't do that and sent it on Friday via Fedex Express Saver with a delivery date of the 29th. I contacted him and after some back and forth, I got a refund from him. Yeah, I was surprised as well.

All this happened right at the beginning of this whole mess. When neo001 received his crappy nokia in the mail instead of the tilt he purchased from jakeypoo.

Now, I checked my PayPal account, just for kicks and giggles and saw that jakeypoo/cuboosh has changed his info. The name that had appeared in his account has changed to something else and his email as well.

If anybody wants this new info, as I'm sure it will help any investigation, PM me.

I'd like to see this guy go down for this. I'm sure the few people on this forum and on HoFo are not the only ones to get scammed by this dirt bag.

Hopefully he won't get a "get out of jail free" card like most do with my agency.

I think there is enough info on this dirt bag to do some damage. He was dumb enough to be sloppy and left a pretty decent trail to follow. Lucky for us.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] PsyberEMT:
While I've been lucky enough to avoid this particular guy, about a year ago I was taken for 3 phones on HoFo. After a little internet leg work, I found a bunch of different people on different forums who had been scammed by different names, but all had either shipping address ( to send whatever they were selling / trading) within a 1sq mile radius, or similar / same names. After a few calls to the scammers local police dept, he went to jail, and they sorted through all of the electronics he still had (and they read every applicable thread) and the police dept UPS'd everything they could find back to its rightful owner, the rest had to play out in civil court. Tried the FBI route, and unless its a substantial amount of money, they aren't of much help. Do your best to find at least an address near the jackass and call his local PD and ask for CID (criminal investigation division) and talk to a detective...I highly doubt they've never heard of him. Just my 2c :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ChumleyEX:
OMG Mike Jones sent you a lent roller from Houston? Here is his phone number.

281-330-8004

Mike Jooooones
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] 40th Floor:
Nothin' to see here, move along

And where else but a back alley to get a Tilt for $300? Anyway, I see this sort of stuff every single day, sometimes every hour. Seeing these past victims (well, "Psst! Wanna buy a Rolex" doesn't exactly ring victim all that loud) come out only now makes you wonder how many get scammed and just suck it up. Believe me, look around you (here). Either you, the one to your left or right, is scamming right now about how to steal something. Don't think this place is some nice, hippie commune, because it's not, not unless you think of it as maybe the Spawn ranch, say, late 60s.

The FBI won't bother if it's less than $5000. You'll have to track the scum down on his home turf. What you do then, well, that's your business, but do tell.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ChumleyEX:
Ok first, I need you to imagine me saying this in a def persons voice, and then imagine that I'm doing sign language..

NotATreoFan has already told a story to discredit your silly post. As he mentions, he only paid $250 dollars for his phone. And I quote

(you should imagine this in a regular voice)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] NotATreoFan:
I love this picture; it just says it all. A $5000 minimum is ridiculous! Over 90% of scams that are pulled off each year in the US are for less than that and the FBI gets involved whenever they are asked to. They may give you an agent who's only goal is to work around the clock until your money is returned, but they will see the case through to resolution.

Plus, in this case, a US citizen has ripped off people from other countries. As soon as you cross the US borders, the FBI is the only US law enforcement agency with jurisdiction.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] 40th Floor:
Yeah, I saw the post. I didn't believe it. Welcome to the internet. Now, imagine this: An FBI agent (not the mail boy) is assigned the task of tracking down some woman who works at some company because some other person said that woman took him for, cough, as you say, $250. Riiiiight. Must be pretty slow for those FBI guys these days. Like I said, the internet is full of thieves, and even more full of (simple) liars. And just as many who fall for both.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] whk:
We are trying to keep this thread from deteriorating so that it can stay open to inform others about this disreputable person. Let's not get into name calling that will not be productive or conducive to the goal?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ChumleyEX:
The FBI dont' work these cases because they are super awesome #1 cases. They do it because someone broke the LAW, and do you think NotATreoFan just told them, " oh hey she stole my money, go get her" no he provided proof and they decided whether or not she could be found guilty. See the federal agents have to be able to prove to a grand jury that someone is breaking the law. If they can't do that then someone goes free and money is wasted. They wouldn't have done anything if there wasn't proof.

Also I would say, NotATreoFan is a local here and you are on your 27th post. I trust him way more then I trust you.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] F2504x4:
Just piece of advice when buying on forums.....first off quote the original ad/post , that way you have copy of it incase the seller tries to edit it, next go to their profile and do the same, copy their info and save it on your computer.

Next get a phone number and contact them in person, well worth the price of the call if you are buying something over a hundred bucks.

If you are meeting the person in "person", take a picture of their car and of them if possible in case the item you are buying is stolen.

Also check and make sure the serial number or IMe number has not been scaped.

Sorry to hear about good members getting ripped off.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] 40th Floor:
Uh-huh. What name calling is that. The FBI will not bother with a $300 loss, let alone a $250 one. Making up stories in an effort, I presume, to scare the guy (into doing what?) would work IF the story were plausible. It's not. Like I said, the internet is full of thieves and (simple) liars, and just as many (well, a whole lot more) who fall for both/each. The internet is not Blair, Nebraska; it's the Bronx, at 3 AM, with every other street light broken. Welcome to the Internet!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Vinnie1:
FBI

I have spoken to the Houston FBI, and they want me to send the details.

They are interested in the case and I am about to foward all the details.

The Houston FBI seem appropriate as that is where the Fedex shipment took place (Houston, Texas).

Please PM for the email address if you have been a victim. When sending an email ensure that you include a phone number as they will not reply by email.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] P1Tater:
I suggest you post about things you know for facts. Unfortunately for you that severely limits the amount of your postings:D
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] 40th Floor:
http://www.ic3.gov/

https://complaint.ic3.gov/

Notice the box for "dollar amount of your loss"?

Did this FBI agent (front desk?) ask you already for the amount? BTW, this is not an FBI website, but what the FBI uses for these things (as a reporting mechanism only).
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ChumleyEX:
The internet has theives and everything, and normally they hide in the shadows, but I guess it's a good thing that the idiots wave their hands out in the open.

Good luck Vinnie and I'm glad you called the FBI and that they are interested in this. After all, regardless of the amount of money, this is the LAW we are talking about. They can't over look things like that.

I don't see anything that says, sorry if it's less then 5000 we won't help. However I did see a couple of things that looked like they will listen to what happened. Above, they don't care if you didn't even lose money, you can still file a claim, they seem to care about things that were sent via mail.

Again Vinnie, good job on protecting what is yours. Go get'em.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] 40th Floor:
You must be new here. I see them here ALL the time. You're not from Blair, Nebraska, are you?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] xxx_mosh:
yeah man i saw that thread of him selling a tilt and i was thinking about getting one from my mom from this guy thank god we got her a blackberry cus if this guy would of riped me off i would probly f his **** up :mad:
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] JimmyMcGee:
Hi cuboosh how are you? Doing fine I suppose with all that money you have. :rolleyes:
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Vinnie1:
That is the details on the Fedex Docket!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ChumleyEX:
LOL omg I'm psychic..

MIKE JOOOOOOOONES

I wonder if that is Identity fraud too. That used to be his real number.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] logitechbb:
been following this for awhile and when i first seen the mention of mike jones i thought you can not be serious 2813308004? instantly the song popped into my head. sorry to the guys who got ripped off damn scum. as the other guy said about mail fraud, yea i always use usps when buying from ebay even if i have to pay a little extra i always mail the seller in advance because fedex/ups are private compaines so it does not count for the federal mail fraud, something happen to me like this before when dealing with a transaction about a year ago. i contacted local offices and so on but when it came down to it they couldnt get it to be a federal matter because the person used ups not usps, they advised me i may beable to go a civil route but even then its going to be rough..i had everything on him.. location of his residence (or what i thought was his residence)..i even had mails from the seller laughing at me because said i had received a package of printer paper rather then a laptop.. i do wish you guys the best of luck!

my advice.. always always always request usps for mailing service even if its extra $$ because in the long run its worth it.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ChumleyEX:
Did they ship your item over state lines? For some reason I think that might make a difference.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] logitechbb:
yep. it was when i lived in quebec and the sender was from new mexico.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] logitechbb:
and my item was for $1700+shipping. so it ended up costing near 1750..needless to say the wife was not a happy camper when she found out i had lost near 1750 to someone :(
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Rayan:
My thoughts exactly!!!! LOL

BUSTED! :D
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] NFRCER:
<|Sarcasm On|> LOL:D, Translation from previoust posts: '' I just took about 1500 dollars (or more), Its not like they gonna listen to ya, I would need to scam some others members so I can reach the 5000 USD requirement'' " So without further ado, let's play (Who wants to be a millionare): Who wants to buy a Tilt?

---Apparently so the FBI pays attention to damages of 5000 dollars and up--- <|sarcasm Off|>

:cool:
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] :
Ok some of you guys are saying FBI won't look at a case if it isn't over 5000. Naturally if you add up the money sent to Cuboosh from all the people that got scammed you have alot of money.

Dude who got scammed for $1750 plus $350 for the people who got scammed for tilts it adds up. Everyone who got scammed should email let's say a MODERATOR with full details.

THE MODERATOR should organize all the details including pictures and make it into one whole document to say. Moderator can send back the whole spreadsheet to each person with each person names highlighted to empasize his/her loss. That way when you send the report to lets say FBI and/or LAW ENFORMENT they'll see the amount you lost because your name would be highlighted as well as other people. It would be wise to add a contact number to the spreadsheet in case they may need other details.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] NFRCER:
I think the dude that got the 1700 scammed was an example of what he did when it happened, but not scammed by cuboosh. (lucky):D
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] logitechbb:
correct i havent heard of cuboosh until now
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] hellomoto_25:
UPDATE

Well, just got a Fedex delivery. Even though I got a refund from jakeypoo, and he said he had the shipment stopped and returned to him. AND when I asked him, after my refund was issued, what was in the package........a crappy Nokia......a lint roller......a crappy candle......he said it was indeed a Tilt.

The package just arrived to my door step and I took a video of me opening it......and not surprising in the least......I got.......A LINT ROLLER!

For whatever reason I was able to convince jakeypoo to refund my money.....to which I am still confused.

A pricey lint roller for some. :-(

Oh, and it looks like a woman's handwriting on the airbill.