Nigerian Scam
Complaint 190334 Details

In August of 2010, i found musical equipment for sale over the internet and sent an e-mail to see if it was still up for sale from Maplin (http://www.maplinelectroniclimited.page.tl/). They said yes, and asked for money transfer or Western Union. After several payments, they had several excuses on why it wasn't shipped. They then used a coureir called Courier Solutions Limited, and then they still did not fulfill their agreement. In Late November or so, they said they would issue me a refund, and sent a check that was well over the amount they owed me. The return address was from First Flight Couriers, LTD (PO Pox 999, Dubai, UE). I asked if it was the correct check and they said that it was. I tried to cash it and was placed on hold. I contacted my bank about it and a fraud investigator for Wells Fargo named Gregory Arthur said that it was forged. I told him about the situation, and that the company stated that there was a mix up with the checks and that they would send another one. After, I got in touch with the apparent CEO of the company Khalid Mohd ([email protected]), and he said that I was entitled to a refund, and was unaware about the check that was sent to me. After, in late January, another check arrived in the mail with no return address, also with an amount that seemed very high. I e-maild Gregory Arthur and sent him a copy of the front and back of the check and asked if it was real or not, and asked what I should do next with it. He responded that the check (From Metro Credit Union) was indeed fake and told me not to cash it. I sent it to him as he requested, to maybe pull a print off it and to use it as evidence as he was using this case to present to the FBI and US Secret Service. I also have all my receipts of payments in a PDF format for Western Union, and I sent those to him as well. I also still have them if it will help you in this investigation. Then, about three weeks or so later, I got an email from an FBI agent Joel Rodriguez ([email protected]), stating that they found correspondence from me and Maplin, and that they arrested them and were determining how much money I got scammed for so they could determine how much the victims were entitled to. I also sent the e-mail to Gregory Arthur and he stated that it was a fake e-mail and told me not to contact them or reply to it. Here is is information: Gregory S. Arthur CFE CPP PCI PSP Special Agent - Financial Crimes Investigations Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | 301 South Orlando Avenue | Maitland, FL 32751 | Office 407.646.1660 | Fax 386.310.1106 MAC Z0204-010 [email protected] Here is some important information about the situation: - Maplin Electronics Limited Address: Brooksfields Way, Manvers Rotherham, South Yorkshire, UK S63 5DL Telephone: +44 7035 944059 E-mail: [email protected] - Courier Solutions Limited, LTD E-mail: [email protected] (this is the e-mail address that I was corresponding with most of the time, as well as Maplin's) Telephone: +44 7511 478993 (a person for the company did contact me a few times by phone, but do not know if this is the company's phone number) - First Flight Couriers, LTD Return Address from which the first check was received: Dubai PO Box Dubai, 99999 United Arab Emirates, AE Website: www.firstflight.net - CEO- Khalid Mohd (at least clamis to be) - E-mail Address: [email protected] - Telephone Numbers (he tried to call me a few times): +971 551324581 and +971 551775904 (I think it is a number from Dubai or UAE) MAPLIN ELECTRONICS LIMITED Address: Brookfields Way, Manvers Wath Upon Dearne City: Rotherham State: South Yorkshire Country:United Kingdom Zip Code: S63 5DL Company Reg No. 01264385 Mobile: +447035944059 Website: www.maplinelectroniclimited.page.tl - Also, a person using this email address was in contact with me: [email protected] and [email protected] I also have copies of the money transfers from Western Unionj (showing dates, amounts, country, name of pickup, etc.) if that helps. I also tried keeping the e-mails, but am not sure if I have everyone of them, but I have quite a few of them.