Peter James
Complaint 143177 Details

Really $0 damages, had to submit with an amount, but would have been $700 plus shipping. Peter James replied to my craigslist posting and has been trying to steal my ring (for his cousin's wedding)with fake PayPal deposits and with instructions to send it as a document to "avoid customs." He agreed to pay $100 over price for shipping & insurance, but then did not want to ship as a ring. Funds would not be released into my account until he had shipping tracking number. Funds were never deposited. I knew this was a scam, but played along. I have forwarded the fake PayPal emails to PayPal, and will register them on [email protected]. Neither Usps or Fedex will ship jewelry, coins and a list of other items to Nigeria. I've recently learned Nigerian scams have kept evolving and seem to be run by ruthless gangs. He did text me from 612-851-6933 several times supposedly in Minneapolis. It shows up in same place on all reverse lookups, but haven't paid to see name. Here are the contents of two of the PayPal fakes, confirmed fake by PayPal. He did get the [email protected] right. Others have not. Per the www.419scam.org website, accountant.com is often used by criminals in scams, the 419 name coming from the appropriate part of the Nigerian criminal code.

***PAYMENT CONFIRMATION DO NOT REPLY*** Item from Peter James ([email protected])
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[email protected] Paypal Confirmation® [email protected]
Aug 3 (2 days ago)

to me

    Aug 3, 2012 06:18 EDT
 Transaction ID: 95U584021V724113U
 Atten:Marian Schoenbeck,
(Personal Information Removed)
You received a payment of $800.00 USD from [email protected] Account,But before we transfer your fund in your account,we have to VERIFY the Tracking number,When the tracking number have been verified,Your Money will be transferred into your account which is with Pay Pal.money will be transfer to your account as soon as you give Pay Pal the Tracking number of the shipped item and your account shall be refill with your money. We want you to know that you will need to ship the item before we can transfer the fund into your account we are doing this to protect the buyer and the seller for security purpose.?----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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And the other email with shipping instructions:

Hello, Marian Schoenbeck
(Personal Information Removed),

You received a payment of $800.00 USD from Peter JAmse{[email protected]} 
   
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Seller Protection - Eligible
 
Buyer
Peter James
[email protected]
Note to seller
Shipment must be made as soon as possible
Shipping address - confirmed
Kelvin Tony
21,Shola Arodoye street
Ijaye Ojokoro
Lagos,
23401
Nigeria
Shipping details?USPS First Class Mail Of (EMS)

Description
Unit price
Qty
Amount
Ruby Ring .5ct 14K Gold surrounded by 23 Diamonds?Item # 3171461557?
$700.00 USD
1
$700.00 USD
Payment Confirmation

Shipping and handling 
$100.00 USD
Insurance - not offered
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Total
$800.00 USD
Payment
$800.00 USD

Payment sent to:(Personal Information Removed)





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