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Complaint 11438 Details

  • Date Occurred: 08/13/2013
  • Reported Damages: $954.00
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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

International boundaries

(No Subject)?

15:55
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Shona Costello

(Personal Information Removed)

To [email protected]


From: (Personal Information Removed)
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: wedding dress
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 20:16:20 +0100

HIYA THE OTHER STUFF IM SELLING ARE ALL BRAND NEW, THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS:

TRUDY LEE WHITE VEIL AD REF:85703784
WEDDING SHOES SIZE 8 AD REF:85697989

HILARY MORGAN BRIDESMAID DRESS SIZE 22 AD REF: 85698947
HILARY MORGAN BRIDESMAID DRESS SIZE 12 AD REF: 85706401
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 09:48:03 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: wedding dress
To: (Personal Information Removed)

Ok, sound nice..can you let me know the other wedding stuffs, as i might be also interested in buying them...Awaiting your quick response .

From: Shona Costello (Personal Information Removed)
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2011 4:50 PM
Subject: RE: wedding dress

HI ALLAN I HAVE WENT ONTO MY PAYPAL AND DONE MONEY REQUEST. I AM JUST GOING TO PUT ALL OTHER WEDDING STUFF ON GUMTREE TO SELL.


Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 09:10:37 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: wedding dress
To: (Personal Information Removed)

Thank you for the respond.
i am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you 880 which
include p&p.kindly login to your paypal account and select the request
money button located at the top of your paypal account homepage and send
the money request directly to my paypal
account id which is [email protected] so that i can submit
payment to you via paypal right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to
send and receive money online.

If you dont have a paypal account just logon to www.paypal.com and set
up your paypal account, after setting up your paypal account you
locate the request money button located at the top of your paypal
account home page, use it to request money directly from my paypal
account which is [email protected] once I receive your money
request from paypal, I will submit payment to you immediately via
paypal.
thanks.
Get back asap.

From: Shona Costello (Personal Information Removed)
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, August 6, 2011 9:11 PM
Subject: wedding dress

HI ALLAN THE WEDDING DRESS STILL FOR SALE AT £800.00 OR ONO EMAIL MYSELF BACK. ALSO WEDDING SHOE,VEIL AND TWO BRIDEMAID DRESS FOR SALE.

(No Subject)?

15:55
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Shona Costello

(Personal Information Removed)

To [email protected]


From: (Personal Information Removed)
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: wedding dress
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 21:18:01 +0100

HI, THANKS FOR KEEPING ME UP TO DATE WITH EVERYTHING PAYPAL SENT MYSELF AN EMAIL THANKS. I WILL GO TOMORROW AND GET ALL STUFF TO SEND THE WEDDING DRESS TO URSELF AS SOON AS I HAVE SENT IT I WILL EMAIL YOURSELF AND PAYAPY THE TRACKING NUMBER ECT.


> Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 13:06:10 -0700
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: wedding dress
> To: (Personal Information Removed)
>
> Hi, thanks for the quick response and the list of other items.But I will like you to know that payment have been made already for the wedding dress and I hope you have been notify by PayPal. Hope to read back from you soonest about the postage. Thanks
>
> On Tue Aug 9th, 2011 12:16 PM PDT Shona Costello wrote:
>
> >
> >HIYA THE OTHER STUFF IM SELLING ARE ALL BRAND NEW, THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS:
> >TRUDY LEE WHITE VEIL AD REF:85703784WEDDING SHOES SIZE 8 AD REF:85697989
> >HILARY MORGAN BRIDESMAID DRESS SIZE 22 AD REF: 85698947 HILARY MORGAN BRIDESMAID DRESS SIZE 12 AD REF: 85706401
> >Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 09:48:03 -0700
> >From: [email protected]
> >Subject: Re: wedding dress
> >To:(Personal Information Removed)
> >
> >Ok, sound nice..can you let me know the other wedding stuffs, as i might be also interested in buying them...Awaiting your quick response .
> >
> >From: Shona Costello (Personal Information Removed)>
> >To: [email protected]
> >Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2011 4:50 PM
> >Subject: RE: wedding dress
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >HI ALLAN I HAVE WENT ONTO MY PAYPAL AND DONE MONEY REQUEST. I AM JUST GOING TO PUT ALL OTHER WEDDING STUFF ON GUMTREE TO SELL.
> >
> >Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 09:10:37 -0700
> >From: [email protected]
> >Subject: Re: wedding dress
> >To: (Personal Information Removed)
> >
> >Thank you for the respond.
> >i am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you 880 which
> >include p&p.kindly login to your paypal account and select the request
> >money button located at the top of your paypal account homepage and send
> >the money request directly to my paypal
> >account id which is [email protected] so that i can submit
> >payment to you via paypal right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to
> >send and receive money online.
> >
> >If you dont
> > have a paypal account just logon to www.paypal.com and set
> >up your paypal account, after setting up your paypal account you
> >locate the request money button located at the top of your paypal
> >account home page, use it to request money directly from my paypal
> >account which is [email protected] once I receive your
> > money
> >request from paypal, I will submit payment to you immediately via
> >paypal.
> >thanks.
> >Get back asap.
> >
> >From: Shona Costello (Personal Information Removed)
> >To: [email protected]
> >Sent: Saturday, August 6, 2011 9:11 PM
> >Subject: wedding dress
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >HI ALLAN THE WEDDING DRESS STILL FOR SALE AT £800.00 OR ONO EMAIL MYSELF BACK. ALSO WEDDING SHOE,VEIL AND TWO BRIDEMAID DRESS FOR SALE.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > (No Subject)?

15:56
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Shona Costello

(Personal Information Removed)

To [email protected]


From: (Personal Information Removed)
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: POSTAGE OF ITEM
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:33:15 +0100

HIYA I WILL SEND THIS ITEM THIS MORNING AND I HAVE CONFIRMED THIS WITH PAYPAL I WILL SEND INFORMATION TO PAYPAL AND U CAN SEND TRANSACTION

Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 01:14:22 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: POSTAGE OF ITEM
To: (Personal Information Removed)

HELLO,
can you pls make it to the post 1st thing this morning and have the item posted for once cos pay pal complains they never received confirmation from you and your fund have been deducted and it pends and i just got off phone with my daughter about her birthday gift, so i will like you to proceed with the order and send the shipment confirmation to Pay Pal so that the transaction will be complete asap.thanks

REGARDS
(No Subject)?

15:56
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Shona Costello
To [email protected]


From: (Personal Information Removed)
To: [email protected]
Subject: EMAILS
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:37:26 +0100

HI THERE AM GOING TO SEND YOU A FEW EMAILS I RECEIVED FROM PAYPAL I DONT KNOW IF THEY ARE GENUINE, AS THIS GUY ALLAN SMITH IS NAMED BY SOMEONE ELSE ON THE GUMTREE AS A SCAMMERS. CAN U PLEASE HELP ME AFORE I SEND ITEM. PAYMENT ON MY ACCOUNT SAYING PENDING.


THANKS

SHONA COSTELLO

You sent a money request to [email protected]?

09/08/2011
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service@pa?ypal.co.uk





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To Shona Costello
PayPal


You sent a money request
Dear Shona Costello,
You sent a money request for £880.00 GBP to [email protected]. You'll receive a confirmation email when this money request is paid.

Please note that it may take a little while for this money request to appear in the Recent Activity list on your Account Overview.
Here are the details of your money request:
Amount of money request: £880.00 GBP
Subject line of your money request: PayPal money request from Shona Costello
Message in your money request: £880.00 FOR WEDDING DRESS

Need to cancel or change this money request?

Visit www.paypal.co.uk and log in to your PayPal account. Go to your transaction history
Find this money request
Click Cancel

Confirm your bank account to become Verified.
Once you are Verified, you can send and receive as many PayPal payments as you like. You can also easily withdraw money from your PayPal account to your bank account.

Get Verified
Yours sincerely,
PayPal

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Allan Smith Has Sent You An Auction Payment With PayPal (Routing Code:C029-?L381-Q989-?T0980)?

09/08/2011
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Payment Details






Amount:

£880.00 GBP


Transaction ID:
1RR60331HG5109760

Subject:


Pls get the item shipped before
10/08/2011




Note:

You have been paid for
(WEDDING DRESS)











Shipping Information


Address:






Name:Saheed A Hassan
Address:No 5 Shapon Street
City: Abeokuta
State: Ogun
Country:Nigeria
Zip Code:23403

Address Status:
Confirmed




This PayPal® payment has been deducted from the buyer's account and has been "APPROVED"but will not be credited to your account until the shipment tracking number is sent to us for shipment verification so as to secure both the buyer and the seller. Below are the necessary information requested before your account will be credited.. Send tracking number to us or email us through this mail
[email protected] and our customer service care will attend to you. As soon as you send us the shipment's tracking number to us for security purposes and the safety of the buyer and the seller,the money will be credited to your account.
PayPal

You've got new funds!

Payments by PayPalDear Shona Costello
(Personal Information Removed)

Allan Smith sent you money with PayPal.

Allan Smith is a Verified Buyer.

**PLEASE NOTE**
Once shipment has been verified and the tracking number sent to us,
You will receive a " CONFIRMATION EMAIL " from PayPal® informing you that the Money has been credited.
Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team

*** PayPal Payment Confirmation For An Item Purchased ***?

09/08/2011
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To(Personal Information Removed)
PayPal

Dear Shona Costello
(Personal Information Removed)
We are to let you know that the payment made by our client (Allan Smith) for your item is confirmed and it has been deducted from the buyer's account which will be credited into your account as soon as you provide us with the shipment information. We give you just 48 hours to do so or else your account may not be credited for the transaction.

We have received the money which is pending in our database and we will like you to provide us with the following information as requested by PayPal for verification to protect their customers from fraudulent business transactions.

Kindly make the shipment progress within 48 hours in order to release the money into your account for the transaction as we can not accommodate any form of misappropriations and we have a reputation to protect and do all that is possible to increase our business relationship with the international PayPal, Worldwide.

As soon as you notify us about the package shipping status, we shall deposit the said amount into your account immediately.

The address you are requested to ship the item to has been confirmed by us.

This is as a result of new safety measures that has just been adopted by us to safeguard all our customers against any internet act.


Thank you for using PayPal online services,


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PAYPAL TEAM




*** Get The Item Posted ***?

09:24
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To (Personal Information Removed)
PayPal




Welcome to the safer, easier way to pay online
Dear Shona Costello
(Personal Information Removed)
This message is originated from Pay Pal regarding the transaction between you and our client (Allan Smith) and we wish to advice you on it.However the money paid by the client has been deducted from her account and pends in our database until you ship out the item and send us the shipment confirmation number before we will release the money into your account.

Secondly regarding your message we will advice you to go to your area post office for the postage of the item and send the parcel to the client address and send us the shipment confirmation for verification,your account will be credited.And the buyer shipping option is by the local post.

Once again the buyers shipping address has been confirmed by the buyer and PayPal is as stated below:




Confirmed Shipping Information

Address:





Name:Saheed A Hassan
Address:No 5,Shapon Street
City: Abeokuta
State: Ogun
Country:Nigeria
Zip Code:23403

Address Status:
Confirmed







BUYER'S SHIPPING OPTIONS IS AS STATED BELOW :
Royal Mail. With us it's personal. Registered trademark.OR
BY A LOCAL POST OFFICE




============================== ============================== ===========
***ATTENTION***
The order has been CONFIRMED AND APPROVED,So you can now proceed with the shipment of the item to the buyer's shipping address. You are expected to make the shipment within 24 hours AFTER receiving this shipment reminder and get back to our Customer/Technical Dept. with the Postage Evidence for Verification.

The Shipment Tracking number should be emailed to our customer care for VERIFICATION so that your account can be credited immediately after the shipment verification.

We embark on this measure in order to protect both parties involved in this transaction and to reduce the occurrence of Scams and Fraud within Gumtree and PayPal Community, Feel free to contact the PayPal Seller Verification department at
[email protected] for any inquiry.

Thank you for using PayPal® We look forward serving your online auction payment better in future.
______________________________ ______________________________ ___________
Thank you for using PayPal®
The PayPal Team.


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