Michael Smith
Complaint 158171 Details
- Date Occurred: 09/17/2014
- Reported Damages: $12,000.00
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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
funad and scam, sent money by weatern unuion to Arlene Cantrell in Joshua City, TX the 1500.00 first was on 8/22/12. the second was on 8/25/12 for 2000.00. 1500.00 to Carol Hinklein Benin city,Edo Nigeria. there was one to Arlene Cantrell on 8/19/12 for 550.00.On 8/28/12 to Carol Hinkle Nigeria, for 1500.00. then to a bank accodunt to Pauline P. Wedge account no.466543332 routing no. 325070760 J P Margon Chase , on 9/13/12. then I got a check for 250,000 for Rowan Drilling Company Check from Bank of America Routing no.081000032 Account No. (Personal Info Removed)
- Seeking Resolution: I'm Looking for a Refund
- Refund Amount: $ 0.00
- norma SBID #655ac51f4a
- Posted 09/17/2014
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- cleancat SBID #c5f10f9696
- Posted 11/23/2014
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You are not the only one being scammed by Arlene Cantrell. My good friend has sent Arlene Cantrell, Joshua, TX over 35k. These funds have been sent via MoneyGram and Western Union. This has been a romance scam initiated by "Kelly Windsor" who states he lives in both Troy, AL and Houston, TX. He met my friend on Christian Mingles and she was instantly asked to create a Yahoo account to communicate with this man. He told her he was a sub-contractor for Qatar and delivered fuel to various countries. He said he had a daughter, Claudia who attended a Christian based college. During the first week he won her over with the sweet words, promises of a bright, secure future then the requests for money poured in one right after the other. He told her he was delivering fuel overseas, the ships fuel pump broke and he needed money for repairs and fuel since most of the fuel had leaked into the ocean. He requested money for his daughters various "needs". The money requests are too numerous to mention. At one point, for approximately eight weeks, he stated his ship and crew of 27 were being held captive by pirates for 60k. "Kelly" and a crew member "Anthony" were even shot by the pirates! He has not made the first attempt to proove himself to anyone. He said that while traveling overseas, he had left his passport and photo ID at home. When he finally arrived home a few weeks ago, he stated his photo ID and passport are expired. His additional aliases include George Marvin, Richard Jephson, Mark Kelvin, Mathias Broom, Robert McKeeman and Richard Mitch. If you research these names on FB, at one time they all had the same profile picture. I have spoken to the local police/sheriff, Johnson County, TX Sheriff Dept. and the FBI. The local agencies state there is nothing they can do because the funds were always wired. The FBI stated they were not able to open an investigation because, believe it or not, the dollar amount is not high enough.
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- Complaint Against Michael Smith
- Complaints Filed: 30
- Reported Damages: $75,015.00
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