Elle Buford
Complaint 272276 Details
- Date Occurred: 09/05/2013
- Reported Damages: $300.00
- Username: Elle Buford
- Email: [email protected]
- Location: Edmonton, Canada
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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
International boundaries
Even though this is a little long, trust me... It's worth your time.
I would like to file a complaint against an individual with the presumed "alias", Elle Buford. I was looking into purchasing a MacBook Air, and I found a brand new one from 2012 from said person, and I quickly got in touch with "her". She said she had recently moved to Edmonton, Canada, but was still willing to sell it to me at the same price. I then asked for proof of the product with pictures, which she promptly replied to. I said I was willing to purchase it and was eager to continue. She then told me that she found a neat service called Collect+ that would deliver the product, I would pay them, I would inspect the product before the money went to Elle, and if I was satisfied, I would notify the company and the transaction would be complete. If I wasn't both parties would be refunded their products/money. Seemed legit...
But a small voice in my head said, "It's too good to be true... Better double check that first." So I simply googled her email address, [email protected]... And that's when it hit me. Page after page of complaints against this "Elle Buford" came popping up on ScamBook, and they all sounded exactly like my story: Looking for a new product, they were selling it at an unbelievably low price, they were sent back an email about Collect+ (or a similarly titled company), but here's where it gets interesting.
All the people sent the money to Collect+, and once they did so, all communication from Elle and Collect+ ceased immediately. People were out anywhere from $200 to over $1000! So HERE'S MY WARNING TO YOU... Collect+ is a legit company, no doubt. But you have to be careful. The URL she sent me was a phishing address. Here's how you can tell the difference:
Legit Site: www.collectplus.co.uk
Phishing Site: http://www.edmnt-collectplus.com/en_language.internet.transactions/index.html
Notice how the phishing site has tons of added "categories" on the end? Yeah. That's fake. The site looks real down to the menus and the logo, even the disclaimers at the bottom. Some people said the invoices looked legit too. But DON'T BUY IT... LITERALLY. Or you'll be sorry.
- Samuel SBID #d68b9e8e58
- Posted 09/05/2013
Comments
- Ben SBID #7744e789ad
- Posted 09/10/2013
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I was looking for a phone on craigslist and was beginning to lose track who I'd contacted when I received an email from "Bethany Elle Meaney" allegedly replying to one of my requests. She also explained she had moved to Edmonton and that we could exchange through Collectplus and offered the following site:
www.edtalb-collectplus.com/en_language.internet.transactions/third.party.html
Thankfully I found your post and didn't go through with it. I'm sorry to hear they cheated you and I hope you get your money back. -
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- Judy SBID #83294d67c0
- Posted 09/16/2013
- My son just got scammed by this rip off artist. Everything this person says is not to be trusted including false receipt. Posted an iMac for $320 on Craigslist Los Angeles. Says he/she just moved to Edmonton and wants to use Collect+. My son wired cash to Bolton UK and unfortunately learned a valuable lesson. Goes by the name Bethany Elle Meaney. Do NOT do business with this person.
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- Tiny SBID #e8b58590f3
- Posted 10/04/2013
- Apparently Elle is now Samantha Fredrickson with the exact email and what's up with Edmonton. Anyways, I almost got scammed over an iPad. Thank goodness I googled Collect+ and nothing popped up for here except the one in the U?K.thank you thank you
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- Complaint Against Elle Buford
- Complaints Filed: 9
- Reported Damages: $2,440.00
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