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 Post subject: Re: correspondance e-mail from a scam artist- "Joseph Kindrich"
PostPosted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 5:45 pm 
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wjb wrote:
What about all the people who don't find this thread?


I can only assume that they will get a check from him and try to cash it, and then become a scam victim.


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What does this guy want?


He wants your money. Once you agree to rent the space to him, he will send you a cashier's check for the rent/deposit, but it will be for more than the agreed on amount. He will do one of several things . . . ask you to wire the overage back to him, tell you that the extra is to pay for the shipping of his items to the apartment and ask you to wire it on to the person who is taking care of that, or something will come up and he will have to back out of the deal and then ask you to wire the entire amount back to him since he will no longer be renting the space. The problem is that it will take a week or more for the bank to find out that the check is counterfeit, and by then you have already wired the money off to him, so the bank will come after YOU to pay it back.


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Has anyone been able to locate the person(s) behind this to have a stop put to it?


90% of the time, the people running these scams are in another country, so there is not much that can be done to stop them.

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 Post subject: Re: correspondance e-mail from a scam artist- "Joseph Kindrich"
PostPosted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:39 pm 
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Thanks
I sent him a note that I was suspiscious it was a scam and have heard nothing since. Darn!!! I wish I had waited as should have taken the cheque to the RCMP, and apparently they would have investigated. If oracle find these guys, I don't think they will have happy days ahead. If people use the US postal system to send fraudulent funds, USPS can have them put in jail for using them as a vehicle for the fraud. I don't know if Canada Post exercises their muscles in the same way.
Best Wishes
WJB


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 Post subject: Re: correspondance e-mail from a scam artist- "Joseph Kindrich"
PostPosted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 6:02 pm 
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Thank goodness for this site! I just found this in my spam filtre, looks like he's on to "Jamie" Kendrich now:

Hello,
I am interested in renting your place and here is a little info about
myself. I am Jamie and I am 26 years old, at present I am based in the
UK but will be relocating to your Province in a couple of weeks to
settle.Consequent to this and in order to make settling in much easier
and quicker I am searching for an accomodation early and I saw your
add on the site and would be very happy if reservation for the place
can be made.
I can assure you that you will not have any regrets letting out this
apartment to me as I am a very respectful and matured individual who
values peoples opinions and also loves to be happy and make people
happy( Happiness is a product of making someone happy).I am calm and
collected by nature and I get along much easily with most people.
Furthermore, I do not smoke and I drink very lightly.I will be coming
over alone,with no family or pets.
My reason for moving is because I have a new job offer and the pay is
very good. I will be working as a DataBase Adminstrator for Priority
I. T Corp.
Please reply me as soon as you read this email.I ll be waiting to hear
from you.Kindly contact me via email at jkendrich@gmail.com
Thank you once more
Yours sincerely
Jamie"


Believe it or not the first inkling I had of a scam was when I read that he could find a better paying job in Canada than the UK. Ha as if! I looked up the company name and it didn't exist. Googled his email address and found this thread. I truly hope that he does not scam anyone else; remind everyone you know posting on classified ads to be diligent and Google any information they provide. This guy must be stopped!!!


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 Post subject: Re: correspondance e-mail from a scam artist- "Joseph Kindrich"
PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:41 pm 
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Meighan
I am curious. What province are you in? I am wondering if he is just targetting BC or the whole country?
Since I placed my ad I have been getting piles of unsolicited junk emails from all kinds of people selling drugs and offering other 'great' deals. It is all very strange.
WJB


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 Post subject: Re: correspondance e-mail from a scam artist- "Joseph Kindrich"
PostPosted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:56 am 
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I am almost 100% sure that this latest thread from a chinese company (which has nothing to do with our topic of cons) is a hack which got into a friends computer and sent out massive emails to all his contacts...including me. DO NOT GO TO THIS SITE.


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 Post subject: Re: correspondance e-mail from a scam artist- "Joseph Kindrich"
PostPosted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:32 am 
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He is doing all of Canada now. I just received the same email in Quebec. He is now going by Jamie Alan and the company is Cross Bow Tech which doesn't even have offices in Canada.

Thanks for this thread as it helped.


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 Post subject: Re: correspondance e-mail from a scam artist- "Joseph Kindrich"
PostPosted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 11:22 am 
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Here is the one I received today:

** CRAIGSLIST ADVISORY --- AVOID SCAMS BY DEALING LOCALLY
** Avoid: wiring money, cross-border deals, work-at-home
** Beware: cashier checks, money orders, escrow, shipping
** More Info: http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams.html

Hello there,
I am interested in renting your place and here is a little info about myself. I am Sean Harrington and I am 29 years old, at present I am based in the UK but will be relocating to your Province in a couple of weeks to settle. In order to make settling in/down much easier and quicker I am searching for an accommodation early and I saw your ad on the site and would be very happy if reservation for the place can be made.
I can assure you that you will not have any regrets letting out this place to me as I am a very respectful and matured individual who values peoples opinions and also loves to be happy and make people happy. Furthermore, I do not smoke and I drink very lightly.I will be coming over alone,with no family or pets.
My reason for moving is because I have a new job offer and the pay is very good. I will be working as a Network Administrator for BCI (Bell Canada International).Please reply me as soon as you read this email.I ll be waiting to hear from you.Kindly contact me via email at SEANHARRINGTON2681@GMAIL.COM. Thank you once more
Yours sincerely
Sean
(you can reach me on +1- 720- 472- 9390 or +44-703- 185- 3151)

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this message was remailed to you via: hous-maxpe-2038170353@craigslist.org
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 Post subject: Re: correspondance e-mail from a scam artist- "Joseph Kindrich"
PostPosted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 12:53 pm 
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jazharke wrote:
** CRAIGSLIST ADVISORY --- AVOID SCAMS BY DEALING LOCALLY
** Avoid: wiring money, cross-border deals, work-at-home
** Beware: cashier checks, money orders, escrow, shipping
** More Info: http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams.html


I am glad to see that Craigslist is putting more info out there about these scams, with these warnings in the emails. They used to just have the More Info page, which people would only find AFTER they became a victim of a scam.

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