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THANK YOU– you saved me $600. I saw your blog and avoided someone named Rodney Chandler who was listed on Craigslist under Blujade725@gmail.com. He said he had world series tickets and I got an email “confirmation” from safe.purchase@representative.com. I googled the site and found your information indicating it was a scam. Well, the scammers wasted my time–but at least you warned me in time.

Beware Blake Maxwell / collectorman@live.com.au / Mob: 04225 03790

Contacts under the name Blake Maxwell

Account details: 084-862 1714 0763 0
Phone number: 04225 03790
Email: collectorman@live.com.au

National Australia Bank Limited
Branch Name Palm Beach
Street Address 1146 Gold Coast Highway
Suburb Palm Beach QLD 4221

You saved me from a scam as well!
Trying to buy NFL tickets on craigslist and received an email from purchase.safe@representative.com, but originally from diana11light@gmail.com telling me to send money through western union to someone named:

Name: Tim Sawa
Address: 809 Romford Road
City: London
Zip Code : E12 6EA
Country: United Kingdom

It sounded fishy so I googled it and your blog came up.
Thank you.

I HATE SCAMMERS!!! Thank you, Thank you for posting this and saving me $500!!

I recieved the same exact e-mail requesting payment through Western Union for 4 tickets. The craigslist post was by Howard Bates. However, the person in London supposedly doing the “transaction” through ebay and Western Union had listed the following contact info:
Name: Jordan Ells
Address: 28 Lewisham Rd.
City: London
Zip Code: SE13 7PA
Country: United Kingdom

I was shopping for Patriots tickets on craigslist and contacted a seller who ended up being a total scam just like the others all of you have posted about! This clown says he’s in London and wants me to send funds via and ebay “agent” who uses Western Union. It smelled fishy immediately and your posts confirmed it. I told the guy to send me an invoice for the tickets via paypal and never heard a peep from him again (shocking huh).

Thanks for the info I was shopping for Bears tickets on Craigslist and ran into the same thing. She asked for my full name, address, and ebay Id. I hope giving her this stuff will not hurt anything because I already did. and she sent me the ebay purchase confirmation. I haven’t sent any money and don’t intend to but just a little worried that I screwed up in giving her my address!

So I was talking to this guy from Georgia he was selling a 2007 honda crv for 2900 bucks great deal right. He told me through e-mail that he was being deployed back to afghanistan and needed to get rid of the vehicle asap. Seemed too good to be true well normally they are. I was getting everything lined up to send an agent money in London by the name of sara henry. which i thought was weird i had talked to the ebay team through emails asking why i had to send the money out of the country, i figured i would research a bit more and this when i found everyone’s blog on this same subject. People are low and karma’s a bitch. Anyway i did not send the money i went with my gut instinct and like i said if somethings to good to be true it normally is. A. Brown out!!!!!!

I wanted to let you all be aware of another scammer on Craigslist. I was trying to buy 4 NHL All Star game tickets. “She” goes by the name of Erica Miller- Erica11Miller@gmail.com. This is our EXACT email conversation:

ME- “Are the tickets $600 total or per ticket? If they’re 4 for $600, we can give you cash- today!
Let me know, Liz ”

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/tix/2169703127.html

On Jan 20, 2011 11:59 AM, “Erica Miller” wrote:
“Hello,

My Name is Erica Miller and i am located in Richmond, VA.
I am selling all 4 tickets for $600.If you are interested in buying these tickets i will do this deal only trough eBay.In order to start the transaction i will need your full name, address and your eBay id.They will send you an invoice how to purchase the tickets from me.(You will be sending the money to an eBay agent.After the payment is sent i will send the tickets to you.eBay will release the funds to me ONLY AFTER you will send them the confirmation that you received the tickets and they are real.
I will ship them via UPS overnight.I will pay shipping.
I will wait your reply.
Thank You !”

ME- “Do you have a copy of the tickets you can email me?”

From: “Erica Miller”
Date: Jan 20, 2011 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: (4) NHL All Star Game Tickets 1/30/11 (Raleigh) – $600 (Section 208)

To: “Liz *****”

“Here is the proof that i have the tickets in hand.

In order to start the transaction i need your full name , address and your eBay id

Thanks”

She included pictures, they look very familiar to pictures already on Craigslist.

Please be careful everyone!

Hello all,

I am a television news reporter in New York City who is doing a story on these craigslist/ebay ticket scams. I would like to interview one or a few of you for the story. This is a great way to get the word out about this money-losing fraud to a huge audience.

My email is chris.glorioso@nbcuni.com

I look forward to hear from you!!

Just questioning if eBay permits you to sell sports tickets online? Do you know if you will discover any restrictions based on what country you are in?

My parents have just referred to as me and asked if i could “get rid” of their two tickets to a concert as they wont be able to make it because of one more family event.

Apart from asking pals etc, i thought ebay would be an excellent place to market them.

But whats ebay’s policy on marketing tickets? Ive heard alot about it on the news but ive forgotten what happened.

and if it matters, the concert is within this coming month

Thanks in advance for your advice.

The name REBECA LISKA is a SCAM! I was almost taken by her and the ebay money handling scam when trying to order race tickets from Craigslist. Beware of e-mails from this lady. Her e-mail is rebeca11liska@gmail.com.

@Ben
Saw the same name (Rebeca Liska) when looking for basketball tickets. Got the reply looking for my name address and ebay id – sounded too fishy so I let it go – sounds like that was a good idea.

Rebeca Liska is a scam!! She tried to have me wire money to London via western union saying that it was an “eBay agent”. She contacted me through craigslist and then sent me a fake email supposedly coming from eBay. The website looks legitimate but don’t be fooled. Hopefully he/she won’t waste anyone else’s time.

@Elizabeth i just received this same email for a listing for 2 wwe VIP undertaker axxess tickets. The first sentence was different but word for word on the rest of the email. He said his name was Matthew Lewis in Minneapolis MN

I also got the same offer last week when i was trying to buy tickets to ULTRA Music fest in Miami. An ad on craigslist. The person that responded introduced himself as Brent Flanary, CA (brent12flanary@gmail.com). Also suggested to send money via Western Union (red flag) to

eBay’s verified payment agent address:nName: Jeff Dyson
Address: 162 Bexley Road
City: London
Zip Code : SE9 2PH
Country: United Kingdom

(in the UK – another red flag)

the email was composed as HTML file with both PayPal and Ebay logos in it. (triple red flag, it is either Paypal, or Ebay. Plus the seller stated he can’t accept paypal at the moment).

Be careful out there, if it looks fishy – it probably is.

Thanks all!
I just got this email back from him regarding coachella tickets:
Hello,

My Name is Brent Flanary and i am located in Crescent City, CA.
I am selling all 2 tickets for $600.If you are interested to buy these tickets i will do this deal only trough eBay.In order to start the transaction i will need your full name, address and your eBay id.They will send you an invoice how to purchase the tickets from me.(You will be sending the money to an eBay agent.After the payment is sent i will send the tickets to you.eBay will release the funds to me ONLY AFTER you will send them the confirmation that you received the tickets and they are real).

I will ship them via UPS overnight.I will pay shipping.

I will wait your reply.

Thank You !

……such shady people! THANKS AGAIN!

Sara I got the same exact email. Seemed wrong as soon as it said he had problems with paypal. Good luck finding tickets

I too got an email from Brent Flanary for Coachella tickets! SCAM. It’s too good to be true if he’s trying to sell them for less than face value right now. Plus, when did you ever need to give anyone your Ebay info to do a transaction on Ebay? NEVER..

Thanks guys for the info!

Got the same scam, different name: Kim Valenta – kimvalenta26@gmail.com

Hello,

I am selling 4 Chicago Bulls vs Miami Heat Tickets 5/18 Home game 2 (I just sold the 5/15 tickets) .The total price is $500 for all 4($125/each) in Section 111 row 14.
I have recently moved to London, United Kingdom with my job and I will miss the game.I will not split up the tickets.

I will send you hard copy tickets as well I will send you e-tickets by email.I will forward the tickets via e-mail within 8 hours of receiving payment. In case you are unfamiliar they work just like regular tickets, just print out the attachments on the e-mail and those are your tickets (the barcodes are scanned upon entry like any other ticket).
These are my personal tickets.If you are interested to buy these tickets I will do this deal only through eBay because they offer protection. In order to start the transaction I need your full name and address. They will send you an invoice how to purchase the tickets from me.
I usually use Paypal but, because in this moment I share the same paypal account with my husband and I have some problems with him right now.
You’ll receive your tickets in time for the game guaranteed

Thank you

Watch out for anything like: buyer_protection@representative.com

Smelled fishy from the start. Already contacted craigslist about this post. Thanks for having this blog!

SAME SCAM – Thanks so much for putting this on the internet to help us ALL!

different name: Melinda Gray – mlgray90@gmail.com, but same email see below

I am selling 4 Dallas Mavericks vs Miami Heat NBA Finals Game 3 + game 4 (Sun June 5 +Tue June 7) .The total price is $600 for all 4($150/each) or $1200 for all 8 in Section 117 row M.

I have recently moved to London, United Kingdom with my job and I will miss the game.I will not split up the tickets.

I can tell you that I am 100% trusted and legit– I travel for work so I have to sell a lot of my tickets- I have never had a problem or ripped anyone off. I sit in these same seats when I’m home.I will send you hard copy tickets as well I will send youe- tickets within 8 hours of receiving payment. In case you are unfamiliar they work just like regular tickets, just print out the attachments on the e-mail and those are your tickets (the barcodes are scanned upon entry like any other ticket).
If you are interested to buy these tickets I will do this deal only through eBay because they offer protection. In order to start the transaction I need your full name and email address. They will send you an invoice how to purchase the tickets from me.
I usually use Paypal but, because in this moment I share the same paypal account with my husband and I have some problems with him right now.
You’ll receive your tickets in time for the game guaranteed

Thank you

I also got the confirmation form buyer_protection@representative.com

My son just lost $600 plus $50 to Western Union for the NBA Finals scam. He sent the money to London. Exact same email that Cynthia got. However, we have some pretty sharp IT people tracing their emails. They tried pretty hard to hide their IP addresses. Time to shut these folks down permanently.

Cynthia Gailssen

809 Romford Road

London, London, E12 6EA

United Kingdom

To all,

After using my better judgment and doing some searching through the net I found this blog on scams. I am not sure if this is one but feel that it is. This purchase request is a ebay item that was posted for buying the new Ipad 2. You have to buy in bulk of 2 or more. 2 would cost you 1000, 5 for 2000 or 10 for 3500. This sounded like a dream come true since I want one so badly. Every thing looked good to me. This seller is on ebay selling many items and has a feed back score of over 40000 and is a power seller. The only thing that made me start searching for information on her is that she is from London and can only except Western Union payment. The item on ebay is posted that paypal is excepted. After emailing her with my name and ebay name she said that ebay would send me a check out conformation. After receiving an email from ebay I opened it up and every thing looks legit with a ebay logo for buyers protection and every thing. I asked her why she could not except paypal and she stated that her paypal account will not handle a large money exchange. So I was going to send her the money today for the items thank GOD that I found this blog. I dont understand one thing though is how this person is on ebay with such a huge feedback score. Thing just dont add up. Any thoughts? Thank you everyone for your post.

Everybody who lost the money on Ebay or Paypal or any other online system should report it as loses then they filling tax declaration.

Same scam for Michigan vs. ND football tickets. Sent an “ebay” email from “buyer_protections@representative.com”. Asked me to wire money via Western Union. The name was Ronald Rogers but asked me to pay Adam Cox. Beware.

Same scam for Pittsburgh Steelers tickets, this time from Melissa Frank mtnfrk1@gmail.com

Sounds like same people and scam for FSU v OU tickets from Fred Jones fred01jones@gmail.com. Wanted name, full address, and ebay id. Said he was from Minneapolis and even misspelled through “trough” like above. Seemed fishy, so asked for a phone number and he never replied. Given no phone number and that his email timestamp in the chain put him 7 hours ahead of EDT, it seems to me that they are operating out of Europe.

Admin, was the IP address a U.S. one?

They attempted to SCAM me for $500, for Disney World Tickets, BUT I LOOKED BEFORE I LEAPED! Hope this helps someone from getting SCAMED!

buyer_protection@representative.com

4 Adult Walt Disney World 6-day Hopper Orlando,FL
eBay’s verified payment agent address:
Name: Cinthya Juarez
Address: Victoria Street
City: London
Zip Code: SW1E 3JX
Country: United Kingdom

It sounds like a lot of these are the same person. I also dealt with fred jones (fred01jones@gmail.com). He was selling NFL tickets on craigslist and said he had moved to minneapolis and would only do the transaction through ebay. He wanted my name, address and ebay account number. I thought it sounded sketchy so I googled his email and found this site. Thank you!

@R
I also inquired about Steelers tickets on Craigslist and got this response from “Melissa Frank” This is what the email said looks shady:

I am asking $500 for 4 tickets for one Pittsburgh Steelers home game in section 133 row F, including shipping. Just let me know for which game are you interested.(for two or more games I will make you a discount)
I will send you hard tickets as well I will forward the tickets via e-mail . In case you are unfamiliar they work just like regular tickets, just print out the attachments on the e-mail and those are your tickets (the barcodes are scanned upon entry like any other ticket).

Steelers vs Falcons 8/27 SOLD

Steelers vs Seahawks 9/18 SOLD
Steelers vs Titans 10/9
Steelers vs Jaguars 10/16
Steelers vs Patriots 10/30
Steelers vs Ravens 11/6
Steelers vs Bengals 12/4
Steelers vs Browns 12/8
Steelers vs Rams 12/24

I have recently moved to London, UK with work and I will miss the games. I’m not a broker I’m very well paid here and I’m not looking to make extra money using these tickets.
I intend to use the security provided by eBay, because they have a great exchange program.
The transaction will be fully under eBay surveillance, giving us both security and insurance
This way you will actually pay for the tickets after you receive them,considering that the funds
will be held in their trust account and released to me only after you accept and confirm the delivery
Just get back with your full name and full shipping address and I will get everything started as soon as possible, then eBay will contact you with more further instructions.
I usually use Paypal but, because in this moment I share the same paypal account with my husband I have some problems with him right now.
Please email me at your earliest convenience,

Very interesting!!!! I answered an email on craigslist for Wisconsin-Nebraske football tickets – 4 for $500. When it came to payment they said it had to go through an ebay agent and to an adress in London. The guy gave the name Sean Hartnett and his email address is: sseanhartnett@gmail.com. I was supposed to send the money via Western Union to: Justin Baker, 38 Crown Street, London, UK. I started to do it and then thank god cancelled it because it didn’t seem right. So bewore of the above name and email as it sounds just like all the other scams.
Thank you!!!

Like an idiot, i found this post – a day after I fell for this bullshit for some Eagles tickets… Was anyone able to re-coop any money? Through Western Union, bank, can they find who cashed the check?? Prob beat, just lookin for insight. If your lookin to give me a lecture, please keep ur mouth shut – I am obviously pretty pissed and lesson learned. Thanks and congrats to all the non-morons.

Any help would be great..

@admin

Hey that sounds awesome, can you please forward me that email address or IP address… I was just hit by same scam.. Would be glad to verify. I know some people both in London and working for Western Union, I would love to take this scumbag down. Broke my girlfriend’s heart when I lost 4 game package that was suprise. email me phillyphanatic1899@gmail.com

@Jodi Reff
i am really glad that i found this, this guy has a current post on CL right now. 4 tickets for 500$, he told me that he is out of town and wants to do the transaction on ebay. i have been waiting for a response when i gave him my ebay id, now ill tell him to go screw himself. thanks for the heads up. scammers are tools.

sseanhartnett@gmail.com – Definite scammer. Trying to sell Packers/Chargers tickets that don’t exist.

I almost got dooped – glad I read this first, thanks.

Hello,

I am asking $500($125 each) for 4 tickets for one Pittsburgh Steelers home game in section 133 row F, including shipping. Just let me know for which game are you interested.(for two or more games I will make you a discount)
I will send you hard tickets as well I will forward the tickets via e-mail . In case you are unfamiliar they work just like regular tickets, just print out the attachments on the e-mail and those are your tickets (the barcodes are scanned upon entry like any other ticket).

Steelers vs Seahawks 9/18 SOLD
Steelers vs Titans 10/9
Steelers vs Jaguars 10/16
Steelers vs Patriots 10/30
Steelers vs Ravens 11/6
Steelers vs Bengals 12/4
Steelers vs Browns 12/8
Steelers vs Rams 12/24

I have recently moved to London, UK with work and I will miss the games. I’m not a broker I’m very well paid here and I’m not looking to make extra money using these tickets.
I intend to use the security provided by eBay, because they have a great exchange program.
The transaction will be fully under eBay surveillance, giving us both security and insurance
This way you will actually pay for the tickets after you receive them,considering that the funds
will be held in their trust account and released to me only after you accept and confirm the delivery
Just get back with your full name and full shipping address and I will get everything started as soon as possible, then eBay will contact you with more further instructions.
I usually use Paypal but, because in this moment I share the same paypal account with my husband I have some problems with him right now.
Please email me at your earliest convenience,

Thank you

“Melissa Frank” is a scammer. I contacted the same person about Eagles tickets and responded to the same exact email (only the games listed were Eagles games.) I said I would be interested in 2 different games and asked what the discount would be. The person responded with:

“$800 including western union fee and shipping
I usually use Paypal but, because in this moment I share the same paypal account with my husband I have some problems with
him and I can’t use my paypal(that’s why I don’t have them listed on eBay)
You will need to wire the money to the ebay agent.They will give me the money after you get the tickets(you will have 3
days to inspect them)
email me your shipping info and Buyer Protection will contact you soon
thank you”

Just got this from “Melissa Frank”…. sounded fishy when the seats weren’t any of those I inquired about…

Hello,

I am asking $500($125 each) for 4 tickets for one Pittsburgh Steelers home game in section 133 row F, including shipping. Just let me know for which game are you interested.(for two or more games I will make you a discount)
I will send you hard tickets as well I will forward the tickets via e-mail . In case you are unfamiliar they work just like regular tickets, just print out the attachments on the e-mail and those are your tickets (the barcodes are scanned upon entry like any other ticket).

Steelers vs Seahawks 9/18 SOLD
Steelers vs Titans 10/9 SOLD
Steelers vs Jaguars 10/16 SOLD
Steelers vs Patriots 10/30
Steelers vs Ravens 11/6
Steelers vs Bengals 12/4
Steelers vs Browns 12/8
Steelers vs Rams 12/24

I have recently moved to London, UK with work and I will miss the games. I’m not a broker I’m very well paid here and I’m not looking to make extra money using these tickets.
I intend to use the security provided by eBay, because they have a great exchange program.
The transaction will be fully under eBay surveillance, giving us both security and insurance
This way you will actually pay for the tickets after you receive them,considering that the funds
will be held in their trust account and released to me only after you accept and confirm the delivery
Just get back with your full name and full shipping address and I will get everything started as soon as possible, then eBay will contact you with more further instructions.
I usually use Paypal but, because in this moment I share the same paypal account with my husband I have some problems with him right now.
Please email me at your earliest convenience,

Thank you

the return email was mtnfrk11@gmail.com for Melissa Frank.

I received 2 more emails today after i sent her a name and address to see what kind of response I would get. the first was from “her” and then another email from the “broker” whose email was from buyerprotectioncenter@representative.com .. both are listed here…..

Message body
We have a deal for 4 Pittsburgh Steelers vs Baltimore Ravens tickets in section 133 row F

Have you received the invoice from buyer protection?
Wire the funds $500(including WU fee) to this agent’s name and after you will fax the receipt from WU to 1-646-365-3075 (Buyer Protection) .

Name: Andrew Williams
Address: 21 Victoria Street
City: London
Zip Code: E15 4PP
Country: United Kingdom

As soon as payment is confirmed and Buyer Protection will notify me with a confirmation I will send the tickets to you. After you receive the tickets, e-mail Buyer Protection so they can release the money to me.
Sometimes I receive mails in my spam folder(invoices) so please look also in your spam folder for the invoice.

Thanks

Dear Brandy,
Thank you for your purchase. The total for your item below is US $500.00

Thank you for contacting eBay’s Buyer Protection Customer Support team!
Per your request, we have verified all the details of this transaction. We concluded that they are accurate. Please follow our instructions to complete the transaction safely.

eBay Transaction confirmed!

Current status: Payment pending

Transaction details:
Item Title: 4 Pittsburgh Steelers vs Baltimore Ravens tickets in section 133 row F
Price: US $500.00
Shipping and Handling: Ready to ship

Payment: Pending
Date: 10-21- 2011

Complete your eBay transaction in 4 easy steps:
1.Ebay accepts the transaction and offers purchase protection to the buyer (if the transaction is declined, no further action is required from either the buyer or the seller);
2.The buyer sends payment to one of our agents.
3.Buyer receives the merchandise and has five days to inspect it. If it is complete and as described, the buyer should accept the merchandise. If he refuses the merchandise, the buyer must ship the merchandise back to the seller within three business days.
4.After the inspection period is over, the buyer must contact eBay with the result of the inspection. If the buyer refuses the merchandise, the refund will be sent to the buyer after the tracking number for the returned shipment is verified.

We know that we encourage every buyer to send the money for an eBay Transaction with Paypal. This seller is an verified PayPal member but for the time he has problems with his PayPal account so he won’t be able to receive payment if you pay with paypal but if you pay with Western Union we will offer you the same protection like you are paying with PayPal directly.

Payment must be sent by Western Union Money Transfer :

——————————————————————————–

Details and instructions of this transaction:

The following item(s) are clear for eBay’s item insurance policy:

4 Pittsburgh Steelers vs Baltimore Ravens tickets in section 133 row F
——————————————————————————–

eBay’s verified payment agent address:
Name: Andrew Williams
Address: 21 Victoria Street
City: London
Zip Code: E15 4PP
Country: United Kingdom

Country: USA

Note : The funds will not be released under any circumstances. We will hold the payment until you will send us your confirmation that you have received, inspected and you agree to keep the item. When we will have your confirmation we will release the funds to the seller.

Item Title: 4 Pittsburgh Steelers vs Baltimore Ravens tickets in section 133 row F
Amount Insured:
US$500.00

Payment must be sent by Western Union Money Transfer !

——————————————————————————–

_ Payment instructions:
To submit the payment with Western Union Money Transfer you have to pay for the transfer with cash at a local Western Union agent.
Visit http://www.westernunion.com/ info/agentInquiryIntl.asp to locate the agents in your area. Go to one of them and send the payment to one of our agents.

_ Once the payment was sent, fax the receipt from WU to 1-646-365-3075

Within 24 hours, you will receive the tracking number for your merchandise.

_ Purchase protection and refund:
Currently, this sel

@Steve D.
Hello Everyone,
Just thought that I would do my part and share this with you.
I too saw ads for Eagles tickets on craigslist. I am a licensed private investigator not that it matters because anybody could fall for this scam. I responded with a fictitious name and address and got back the same letter everybody’s sharing. I wrote back with some pretty foul language about his mother and that was enough to trick him into writing back with what appears to be his real e-mail, aiciaici1@aol.com.
From:
aiciaici1 Hide
Date:
Tue, Oct 25, 2011 11:00 pm
I HOPE YOU DIE
I AM FROM CAMEROON I WILL PRAY FOR THIS….

He likes everyone to think he is a woman ie:
Melissa at mtnfrk1@gmail.com,
and
Susan Owen ssowen185@gmail.com
His ads are posted all over craigslist.
These are the four latest ones:
4 EAGLES vs Cowboys, Bears,Patriots,Redskins,Jets tickets – $74 (lower level seats-private sale)

4 EAGLES vs Cowboys, Bears,Patriots,Redskins,Jets tickets – $1 (ALL HOME GAMES-SEASON HOLDER)

4 EAGLES vs Cowboys, Bears,Patriots,Redskins,Jets tix – $68 (season holder)

4 EAGLES vs Cowboys, Bears,Patriots,Redskins,Jets tickets – $11 (awesome seats)
sale-tnwsf-2660622613

I hope someone takes up where I left off as I need to get back to work.

Good luck to all

this email came from ssowen185@gmail.com for steelers/ravens tickets:

Hello,

I am asking $500($125 each) for 4 tickets for one Pittsburgh Steelers home game in section 133 row F, including shipping. Just let me know for which game are you interested.(for two or more games I will make you a discount)
I will send you hard tickets as well I will forward the tickets via e-mail . In case you are unfamiliar they work just like regular tickets, just print out the attachments on the e-mail and those are your tickets (the barcodes are scanned upon entry like any other ticket).

4 Pittsburgh Steelers vs New England Patriots 10/30 – Sold

4 Pittsburgh Steelers vs Baltimore Ravens 11/6 – section 133 row F
4 Pittsburgh Steelers vs Cincinnati Bengals 12/4 – section 133 row F
4 Pittsburgh Steelers vs Cleveland Browns 12/8 – section 133 row F
4 Pittsburgh Steelers vs St. Louis Rams 12/24- section 133 row F

I have recently moved to London, UK with work and I will miss the games. I’m not a broker I’m very well paid here and I’m not looking to make extra money using these tickets.
I intend to use the security provided by eBay, because they have a great exchange program.
The transaction will be fully under eBay surveillance, giving us both security and insurance
This way you will actually pay for the tickets after you receive them,considering that the funds
will be held in their trust account and released to me only after you accept and confirm the delivery
Just get back with your full name and full shipping address and I will get everything started as soon as possible, then eBay will contact you with more further instructions.
I usually use Paypal but, because in this moment I share the same paypal account with my husband I have some problems with him right now.
Please email me at your earliest convenience,

Thank you

I almost fell victim to the same Melissa Frank in trying to purchase tickets to a Steelers game. This “Melissa” was taking too long to get back with me with the details so I started researching. This was after I she started talking about using and Ebay broker. There is also another person posing as a Jennifer posting ads. I responded to 2 ads for tickets in totally different sections and got the exact same reply. I reported them both to Craigslist as possible scams.
@Christy

@Brandy

Interesting and thanks for this thread. I had contact with a “Anne Hays, annehays85@gmail.com” who I found on craigslist for NY Giants tickets.

This was the first email:
————————————–
Hello,

I am asking $500($125 each) for 4 tickets for one Giants home game in section 117 row 20, including shipping. Just let me know for which game are you interested.(for two or more games I will make you a discount)
I will send you hard tickets as well I will forward the tickets via e-mail . In case you are unfamiliar they work just like regular tickets, just print out the attachments on the e-mail and those are your tickets (the barcodes are scanned upon entry like any other ticket).

New York Giants vs Miami Dolphins 10/30 -SOLD

4 New York Giants vs Philadelphia Eagles 11/20 -section 117 row 20
4 New York Giants vs Green Bay Packers 12/4 -section 117 row 20
4 New York Giants vs Washington Redskins 12/18-section 117 row 20
4 New York Giants vs Dallas Cowboys 1/1/12-section 117 row 20

I have recently moved to London, UK with work and I will miss the games. I’m not a broker I’m very well paid here and I’m not looking to make extra money using these tickets.
I intend to use the security provided by eBay, because they have a great exchange program.
The transaction will be fully under eBay surveillance, giving us both security and insurance
This way you will actually pay for the tickets after you receive them,considering that the funds
will be held in their trust account and released to me only after you accept and confirm the delivery
Just get back with your full name and full shipping address and I will get everything started as soon as possible, then eBay will contact you with more further instructions.
I usually use Paypal but, because in this moment I share the same paypal account with my husband I have some problems with him right now.
Please email me at your earliest convenience,

Thank you
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I then asked for certain tickets and got the below email:
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Have you received the invoice from buyer protection?
Wire the funds $800 (including WU fee) to this agent’s name and after you will fax the receipt from WesternUnion to 1-310-424-7119 (Buyer Protection) .

Name: Ben Bermudez
Address: 14 Aldworth Rd
City: London
Zip Code: E15 4
Country: United Kingdom

As soon as payment is confirmed and Buyer Protection will notify me with a confirmation I will send the tickets to you. After you receive the tickets, e-mail Buyer Protection so they can release the money to me.
Sometimes I receive mails in my spam folder(invoices) so please look also in your spam folder for the invoice.

Thanks
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Then I got an email (which popped up in my spam box) from “eBay Buyer Protection noreply-BuyerProtectionCenter@representative.com” to wire money to the same guy (Ben) as above.

Wow..I thank you all..I knew Susan Owen sounded fishy so I googled her email address..this is what she wrote back with in response to my inquiry: I usually use Paypal but, because in this moment I share the same paypal account with my husband I have some problems with him and I can’t use my paypal(that’s why I don’t have them listed on eBay) You will need to wire the money to the ebay agent.They will give me the money after you get the tickets(you will have 5 days to inspect them) email me your shipping info and Buyer Protection will contact you soon thank you

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011

TOTAL SCAM, thank goodness I didn’t do it. This is the exact message I got:

Hello,

I am asking $500($125 each) for 4 tickets for one Green Bay Packers home game in section 118 row 16, including shipping. Just let me know for which game are you interested.(for both games I will make you a discount)
I will send you hard tickets as well I will forward the tickets via e-mail . In case you are unfamiliar they work just like regular tickets, just print out the attachments on the e-mail and those are your tickets (the barcodes are scanned upon entry like any other ticket).

4 Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers Tickets 12/25
4 Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers Tickets 1/1/12

I have recently moved to London, UK with work and I will miss the games. I’m not a broker I’m very well paid here and I’m not looking to make extra money using these tickets.
I intend to use the security provided by eBay, because they have a great exchange program.
The transaction will be fully under eBay surveillance, giving us both security and insurance
This way you will actually pay for the tickets after you receive them,considering that the funds
will be held in their trust account and released to me only after you accept and confirm the delivery
Just get back with your full name and full shipping address and I will get everything started as soon as possible, then eBay will contact you with more further instructions.
I usually use Paypal but, because in this moment I share the same paypal account with my husband I have some problems with him right now.
Please email me at your earliest convenience,

Thank you

Why does the Federal Government an FBI allow these Scammers to operate? Given where they are operating from they are clearly getting funds to support terrorism.

I was almost scammed today by the same means trying to by Coachella tickets. Wanted 500 dollars for two tickets which is a crazy low price. Scammers email is debrarrowe@gmail.com

Someone also tried 2 scam me 3 days ago. I visited a webse selling cars and there was a particular car I liked.
Then I e-mailed the person and she e-mailed me back
Telling me she jus moved 2 the UK and she wants to get rid of her car that’s y ts so cheap
and I was tempted so she said she was gona talk to
e-bay people cz she’s selling thruogh them. I revieved an invoice
telling me 2 send the money to Henry Terry nd that I shudnt
shouldn’t tell the people @ Moneygram that I am sending money to an agency so the said I should say I am sending it to my relative. That’s where I saw that there’s something fishy and its 2 gud to be true. How can I send money to some1 I dnt even knw and to another continent.I decided to leave this deal because ts daylight robbery and the person who I was e-mailing things to is

Diana-Myers@hotmail.com

I was almost scammed by ssowen185@gmail.com for 900.00 for Disney world 6 day tickets with hopper passes. I got the buy protection email from eBay and it had the “ssowen185@gmail.com” attached to it. I then did a search and found this site. Thank you for saving me from being scammed!!!!

Be aware the scammers are here www. wm-center .com ,they are using a lot of names like Constantin Walerewich Bugrimow ,the scammer’s city is Novosibirsk,Russia.Be Aware DO NOT SEND WESTERN UNION www. wm-center .com it is a scam! info@wm-center.com it is a scam!