Scammers, thieves or bad product?

by **bogle111** » 29 Mar 2011 17:23

Also goes under the name of

Mr Jose Antonio
isantonio96@gmail.com

by **Blue Angel** » 29 Mar 2011 18:00

Ask Vincula to Czech him out.

ba

by **Zebulon_minor** » 30 Mar 2011 00:31

On the topic of scammers; you just have to check this thread out on AudioKarma...

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showth ... p?t=352614

Z_m

by **Alec124c41** » 30 Mar 2011 01:19

BTW, I had an email from sian gadafi asking me to help him with some financial business... :lol:

I think the sum of 250 million was mentioned! :lol:

Cheers,
Alec

by **covalongacurta** » 30 Mar 2011 13:47

Jim Leach wrote:If I had the money, I'd 'pop in' for a visit to see what he had...

Anyone else want to come along???

i think the police would like to go with you

by **choppa** » 30 Mar 2011 14:03

Got a message back from Eduardo today ..... on my email.

He attached a picture of a Graham robin tonearm. If you do a google image search, its basically the first picture that comes up

It seems that he can not find a picture anywhere on the net of a Graham Robin headshell, so he has forwarded to me someone else's complete tonearm and is now asking me how much I would like to pay for the whole unit.

:lol:

I'm going to stay and play with this joker for a while and start to ask for other some other stuff - any suggestions?

by **Jim Leach** » 30 Mar 2011 14:09

choppa wrote:
I'm going to stay and play with this joker for a while and start to ask for other some other stuff - any suggestions?

How about that ridiculous turntable that was posted in the "where would you draw the line" thread? See what pic he finds and what he asks for it...

:lol:

by **flavio81** » 30 Mar 2011 16:01

Zebulon_minor wrote:On the topic of scammers; you just have to check this thread out on AudioKarma...

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showth ... p?t=352614

Z_m

Epic thread! Legendary thread! Full of win!

by **baja** » 31 Mar 2011 11:08

thanks too all!
until today I was a 'silent member' of this board - but now, after reading this thread I'm glad to give a reply. mr. callado contacted me after looking around for a pretty rare gear and astonishingly with offering an item that was sold via ebay in 2009. because this ebay-item was in another forum still documented in a kind of 'back-up' I could trace back all details. ok this was a surprise and of course mr. callado could be the guy who won the ebay auction in 2009. although it was curious there was no reason for doubts. actually I started to google his name with his address and as result I got this thread - and to be honest, I'm glad not to slip ...
thanks a lot & best

by **Jim Leach** » 31 Mar 2011 14:10

Found in my junk file today:

ME>
Hello Eduardo.

I am not looking to spend more than a few dollars per cassette, which would include shipping. Based on the pricing from the UK, I have to imagine the Spain pricing will be similar, but I am willing to see what you can do for sure!

HIM>

i will accept your offer

WTF? What offer? :roll:

I'll keep watching my junk folder for more from him...

by **covalongacurta** » 02 Apr 2011 00:51

why is this topic called nigerian scammers ? Nobody knows that callado guy ... We have nothing but a spanish name and a spanish address...very strange ! Have you thought about to put the police on his trail or something ?

by **JaS** » 02 Apr 2011 08:12

covalongacurta wrote:why is this topic called nigerian scammers ? Nobody knows that callado guy ... We have nothing but a spanish name and a spanish address...very strange ! Have you thought about to put the police on his trail or something ?

The messages were sent from 3 Nigerian IP addresses. Add this to the type of scam and the payment method and it's a classic Nigerian scam. If anyone was to send money to the Western Union number he gives it's highly unlikely it would end up in Spain :wink:

FWIW it's pointless reporting attempted scams to the police in the UK as it's so prevalent they only investigate if there is an actual loss is £500 or more, otherwise they just log it...

Regards,
JaS

by **TaureanBull** » 09 Apr 2011 17:23

I happened to see this post today. This guy named "eduardo callado" with email id [e.callado123@gmail.com] contacted me on my mail in rely to my "Wanted : SL-1200 Mk2" thread. When I asked for the details he sent the pic with following message :

"Thanks for your Email and i have attached a Pics of my Gear and still in good condition and perfectly OK,with no rust or dust and very solid in Execellet Condition and i will be asking 200euro and i will need to know your complete home address to calculate the shipping cost to your doorstep,thanks"

It just happened that the pic he was sent was that of SL-1210 on which I was not much keen. Otherwise I would have been shown some interest probably.

by **Singlemania45** » 07 May 2011 01:33

I think I know this guy :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXzUde5D ... lpage#t=1s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln_PsJjY ... detailpage

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