stechel interiors
Complaint 13628 Details
- Date Occurred: 07/28/2013
- Reported Damages: $2,500.00
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The complaint is against an online dating profile
The complaint is a listing fraud posted on public forums or sites against an anonymous entity
The complaint is mobile text spam or smishing related against an anonymous entity
The company or person contact no longer exists
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Answered help wanted ad in local paper for customer service rep. I was to collect money for them They arranged & sent me a $2500 money order that I was to deposit in MY bank account & then keep out my salary & send balance to China. Fortunately for me my bank found the money order fraudulent. No money exchanged hands on my part & bank kept phony money order. They were supposedly to open an office & warehouse in my city.
Update: 08/21/2011
Proof of Damages are in the hands of the Royal Bank of Canada. For Bank security reasons they were not able to give me anything in writing other than to close my account.
- pgb SBID #e2c0723926
- Posted 08/20/2013
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- HBS SBID #N/A
- Posted 08/20/2013
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Hey pgb , can u plz give me some more info about them, as i also got a money order from them ........
waiting for ur reply
plz reply me soon wht happend with you ??
did u contact with them again ?? -
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- pgb SBID #N/A
- Posted 08/21/2013
- HBS: Money order came from a guy in Saskatoon,SK via UPS from Tillamook Bay Boathouse in Garibaldi,OR 97118.My bank found it fraudulent & didn't deposit it in my account. They kept it. I was asked by Stechel email at cermdeptmsn.com(no name on it)with instructions to send the money less my pay,less cost to send it via Western Union to Guilan LV, Guangxi, Nanning, China. If my bank had not found out it was a scam I would have lost the $2500.00 from my personal bank account. Nothing happened to me as I opened my new account at the Royal Bank just to handle this transaction. Since I had no money in this account, other than the fraudlent money order drawn on CIBC Saskatoon, I was not out anything. Royal Bank closed my account therefore I was not out anything.Needless to say, Stechel never contacted me again nor opened a branch in Richmond,BC. I never contacted them again. Stechel changed their email link with these instructions. Never knew who the person was sending the instructions. They were not signed. I was not made privy by the Royal Bank what they did with the money order. Stechel said they were opening a branch in Richmond the first week of August. Of course that never happened. They never phoned me nor give me a phone number to call them. According to them their main phone line was down. All just a big fat, cleaver scam from the get go. What province or state are you in? How much was your money order for? Hope your bank held it a day or so to see if it was legitimate. Where were you to send the money? Did they also ask you to send it via Western Union. They offered to pay me $450.00 for one week - did you get the same offer? The only proof of this scam is in the hands of the Royal Bank of Canada. They will not be following up with me. My account has been closed. So happy they smelled a rat right from the beginning. Iawait your response to see if there are any similarities. I also reported this to the Government of Canada.
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- pgb SBID #N/A
- Posted 08/21/2013
- Proof of Damages are in the hands of the Royal Bank of Canada. For bank security reasons they were not able to give me anything in writing.
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- HBS SBID #N/A
- Posted 08/21/2013
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thx for replying ........ :)
they offered me $350 per week, and i also tey said to sent money to CHINA (same address) via western union .....
money order is for $3800
i think i should not go for this ...
any way thank you so much for telling me all this -
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- mgb SBID #N/A
- Posted 08/22/2013
- Hi There! I also responded to an ad posted on Kijiji last July and I have received an email saying that they're gonna be opening a branch here in Toronto somewhere in Spadina ave. After a series of email exchange, they sent me a money order which i have just received today. the check was from saskatoon. I emailed them immediately and stechel sent me the same info that you guys have. They also offered me 350/week and asked me to send the money to China via western union too. 3800 is the money order also. Do you think I still need to go to the bank and show them whether the cheque is legitimate or not. Do you think Stechel won't hold it against us? This is crazy...
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- pgb SBID #N/A
- Posted 08/22/2013
- MGB: This is definitely a scam. The money order will be fraudulent & of NO value to you. Suggest you take it to your bank Manager to investigate. If enough of these show up in Canada, perhaps authorities will be able to prosecute whoever it is in Saskatoon. Very cleaver scam - noticed they told you Spadina Ave. I'm familiar with Toronto having lived there. Good area for such a store. These crooks know their territories. This scam is well described by ScamBook in a video that they alerted to me this morning. I say screw Stechel - they obviously are behind it all. Sometimes their website is down as well as the phone line given on the website. Once you received emails from Stechel with instructions, bet they were not signed by anyone. I only had one name given to me by Stechel & that was Krista Campbell. Probably a phoney name. DO NOT deposit this money order in your account. I was lucky & had a smart Account Manager at the Royal Bank. She smelled a rat & was 100% correct. I'm still contemplating going to my local police, which happens to be the RCMP, with this whole file. There has to be a way to shut down these creeps in Canada. Good Luck to you.
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- HBS SBID #N/A
- Posted 08/22/2013
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pgb is 100% right ...
thx so much buddy for saving us :) -
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