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Ever wonder why so many smart people get scammed? It's not a lack of intelligence that leads people into scams, it is a desire to get more than they have earned. All of us have had the impulse to want something for nothing; to get more than we have rightly earned. We feel that life is unfair, that we are basically good people (many of us are), and that it should not be so hard to get good things. Many of us have a sense that we were born to be rich, but most of us, by circumstances and the general difficulty of

life, are held down all our lives, and never reach our greatness. If we see a few people who don't seem to be held down we either envy
them or seek to emulate them. At some point, we get so frustrated, and want to become rich and famous so badly, that we'll take
almost any path to it. The quick path to greatness is always a fraud.

If you get frustrated, do not go for the quick fix. If you do, you might end up on this board just like the others who are already here.
Here to stay for many years.

Simple rule how to avoid getting scammed (or scam others): Think of yourself as not wanting anything that you haven't earned;
rejecting outright anything that you hadn't paid for. How hard would it be to scam someone who wouldn't accept what they didn't earn?

NUMISMATIC & PHILATELIC SCAMMERS

The following individuals or companies are not just dishonest swappers, traders, collectors that do not send their share to their
swapping partner. Many of them are hardcore criminals (scammers, thieves, fraudsters), who are making a "living" by cheating, scamming and
defrauding collectors and dealers. I reserve the right to post on this page anyone who will cheat, scam or defraud, including delivered but unpaid
orders, credit card & check fraud, electronic shoplifting, unreasonable chargebacks, such as chargeback-fraud etc. Buyer and seller - beware!

FEATURED SWINDLER

Case # 00018. The following US currency collectible banknote was delivered on April 15, 2009 to the following person and address:

HUMBERTO PACHECO, 5607 La Mirada Ave. # 303, Los Angeles, CA 90038.

November 2009: Juan Humberto Pacheco Guzman now lives at: 4520 Santa Rosalia Drive # 11, Los Angeles, CA 90008.

It was obtained by him in a fraudulent way with a friend's or a stolen credit card. Telephone number listed in the order 323-309-3866
belongs to GUZMAN PACHECO (voicemail answers as "Humberto"), yet when I called them they denied that anyone with surname
PACHECO is known to them. JUAN HUMBERTO PACHECO (in the photo, the website is now taken off the air) seems to be from Lima,
Peru and resides in USA. Apparently the recipient (Humberto Pacheco, who signed the UPS shipment as well) either used a card
of his friend, relative or a stolen card data was used by him to purchase the banknote. The owner of the credit card (who we thought
was Juan Humberto Pacheco's friend Salomon Alvarez from Santa Ana, CA 92707, sending him a gift) has submitted a payment
reversal (chargeback). Juan Humberto Pacheco Guzman's email address: hpgpacheco@hotmail.com .

Stolen banknote: $10 Dollars issued by Citizens National Bank of Lebanon Kentucky in 1909 in VF-XF condition.
Serial # A258456H / S 3988. Other number: 10834. Please inform me if you come across this banknote or know who owns it.

Actual Photo of the Bill

"Order" was placed (user registered and checked the order's status) from the following computer IP addresses:

76.213.159.243
76.213.157.4
75.22.95.145
64.183.31.115

Proof of delivery and H. PACHECO signature image (click to see). Loss $630.

UPS representative "Jasmin" said that HUMBERTO PACHECO came to a UPS location to pick the shipment up and has provided his
government issued ID and signed for it as per above image.

Update: On April 25, 2009 at 11:59 PM to 12:00 AM (midnight) someone from 323-309-3866 (Phone ID displayed "PACHECO GUZMAN")
called my phone number and did not speak. After I called by voice the surname displayed on the phone ID the person hung up the line.

This crime has been reported to FBI at https://complaint.ic3.gov and to US Postal Inspectors: https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov . Also a
police report will be filed with Hollywood, CA police department at Hollywood Community Police Station, 1358 N. Wilcox, Hollywood, CA 90028.
Telephone: 213-972-2971 and with USCIS Homeland Security Immigration Services. We will also report this to H. Pacheco's credit history via
a credit collection agency.

ATTENTION!!! HARDCORE CRIMINAL!!!

Case # 00001. Moshe Ben-Hod also known as Mauricio Sohnen, Carlos Arenesca, Paltiel Kibrit and Claude Grandet. Cendres et Metaux Corp.
Ltd. or I.O.Trading, Ta Doar 21363, Tel-Aviv 61 213, Israel. He scammed us in April 2000. Moshe Ben-Hod's current home
address is: Mr. Moshe Ben-Hod / Mauricio Sohnen, Pinkas Street 54, Tel-Aviv 62261, Israel. He's from Argentina, lived in New York.
Telephone: +972-3-5444932. He lives in an upmarket area of Tel Aviv. He used to own the following emails: benhod@classnet.co.il ,
iotrad@netvision.net.il . Now he uses the following email address: mgex@netvision.net.il. He steals and forges cheques (bank
drafts) of or drawn on a BARCLAYS bank in London, Great Britain and then pays with these cheques (click to view Front &
Back of both cheques he forged) for his orders. Those cheques of Moshe Ben-Hod bounce and he will not stop to cheat you in
all possible ways. Asked to return the scammed merchandise this Moshe Ben-Hod sends trash in a package with "proof of
delivery" card for you to sign. Also he sends terribly misgraded (trash) notes to other collectors and again: his cheques bounce!
He claims to be a President of some kind of numismatic society in Israel and makes up all kinds of stories to trap you in to his
schemes. This is the address that the banknotes were shipped to: Moshe Ben-Hod, c/o Oasis Numismatics, 501 N. Taylor
St., Fallon, NV 89406-5716, USA. Please note, that someone by name LARRY KAECK lives by that address in Nevada. The
following is the list of banknotes stolen (by way of fraud): Click here to see the list. Also, the following are two letters of his:
Letter #1 & Letter #2. He also currently uses names Paltiel Kibrit and Claude Grandet. His possible STREET address in
Israel: Paltiel Kibrit, I.O.TRADING INC.(Moshe Ben-Hod), Dizengoff 5, Tel-Aviv, Israel. His email iotrad@netvision.net.il .
This is another example of Ben-Hod's bounced cheque (Charles Schwab & Bank of America) and a letter accompanying it.
Here's yet another bounced cheque (Fidelity Investments) of his. Please note, this cheque was either stolen by him or he used
a fake name and address in Panama. Here's another cheque (Promodes Ltd., Charles Schwab, SchwabOne) and an
accompanying letter which MBH sent to Germany. It bounced, of course. Here's a post of MBH, his phantasy, it shows how
far he's gone to intimidate his "victims". It's named "AFFIDAVIT". Scroll down to about the middle of that page to read his post.
Or read it here. Update: his latest email is: mgex@netvision.net.il - please contact me if you have more info about this guy.
Here's his latest fraud illustrated: fraud10, fraud11, fraud12, fraud13. Latest info: he's last known to use name Serg Goldman,
Promodes Ltd. His last known email address: promodes1@eudoramail.com . Here's his email. 12 December 2002 update: oops
... he did it again, but was unsuccessful ... Mr. Serge Goldmann as he is called now. Here is his unfortunate check and his letter
and his story. 5 June 2003 update: Moshe Ben-Hod email address: geccohold@yahoo.com and the following pobox address and
company name: GECCO HOLDING LTD., Teyvat Doar 31418, Tel-Aviv 61313, ISRAEL. Details given: COHEN SHLOMO, KIPODAN,
30/8 MODIIN ISRAEL 71700. Cheque was from "Cendres et metaux corp." Israeli Embassy and IL and US authorities did not react
to our information. Consumers - protect yourselves. Police is out giving speeding tickets. August 2003 update: Moshe strikes
again: here's his another fake-to-the-bone check.Thanks to this page the seller did not lose anything. His latest known pieces of
correspondence. Yet another (successful this time) check (for $1900) (issued by Bank One, Columbus, Ohio) of now "Harold Gecco"
and these are images of the coins he got as a result of his fraud: coin1, coin2, coin3, coin4. Update on 18th Aug. 2004: his current
email address appears to be: mend@netvision.net.il . Some of his auction IDs: Iotrad, Granadaclaugra, Matityahu, Golanisheli,
Hakohen. His (Moshe Ben-Hod is his real name in Israel) latest ID is: s08234. Yet another (unsuccessful attempt of fraud) cheque.
Yet another scam attempt: letter - cheque.

UPDATE: July-August 2006: Moshe Ben-Hod strikes again, as usual, on one of online auctions (that are protecting online criminals,
since those kind of folks bring the online auction good profits by scamming other members). He used ben_zion@mail.com and auction
ID ben_zion. This time Moshe Ben-Hod has defrauded a person from Croatia. If you need more info on this case I will provide it to you
upon request. This time Ben-Hod has acted as Baruch Levi and Ben Zion (fake). He used fake check in name of David Mendes and President
at mutual Funds Dept., Shawmut Bank, N.A, Boston USA. He used also fake name with address; Baruch Levi, Tadoro 21363, Tel Aviv 61213,
Israel. The person whom he defrauded is: Stojan Blazanovic, Varicakova 12 / 8 HR-10010 Zagreb CROATIA, Member of IBNS: 6853. This time
Ben-Hod was using a German branch of the auction site to defraud the person from Croatia. Here is Ben-Hod's fake cheque.

UPDATE: August 2006: Yet another "deal" of his on one of the online auctions. We fail to mention the name of the auction since it will
not protect it's users from profitable scammers like Moshe Ben-Hod is to that auction or venue as they call themselves. Again the "deal"
was done with a German dealer. The check used was from David Mendes SA, Apartado 8301, Panama 7 Panama. The address to which
the two coins were mailed is Ben Zion, Etzel Benhaude´, Tadowar 21363,Tel-Aviv 61213, ISRAEL. Beware. Beware. Beware.

UPDATE: December 2006: Ben-Hod has swindled a collector from Canada. This time this less than reliable gentleman Mr. Ben-Hod got
Portugal P.108 10.000 Reis 30 Sept. 1910 in VG+ (BC+) condition. As the rightful owner of this banknote describes: "This Note was purchased
by a miserable soul who cancelled his payment cheque from a US account that doesn't even exist. He goes by a different number of names,
he used the name "Mo Grenada", from Israel."

UPDATE: March 2007: His (fake) name and address now is: Klaus Grandt, Ta Doar 21363, Estel Benod, Tel-Aviv 61213, Israel. "Estel Benod"
or Estel Ben-Hod (?) must be his wife. Claude Grandet = Klaus Grandt... He unsuccessfully tried to defraud a British banknote dealer for $750. The
dealer reported to me that she was saved from the scam by this swindler page of ours. Moshe Ben-Hod's current email is: klausg@writeme.com

Case # 00002. Stanislaw Rutkowski. Lives in Debrzno, Poland. His current address: Stanislaw Rutkowski, P.O.BOX. 50, 77-310
DEBRZNO, POLAND. Telephone: ++48-602-765-648. Email address: rutki@poczta.fm . He usually orders a big amount of
stamps writing that he is honest and that he is going to pay the asked price and his buying plans might seem attractive to a
seller. After he is being contacted to find out whether he received items(after a few weeks or months of silence) he states that
he either didn't receive the items either he received empty envelopes. His story might differ every time. (1999) Has not paid for
ordered phonecards that he received by Registered mail. All inquiries ignored. This man is a notorious scammer who has
cheated out thousands of dollars worth of material both from collectors and dealers, philatelic items and phonecards. He is
known to use another address (P.O.Box in neighbouring town): Stanislav Rutkowski, P.O.Box 6, 77420-Lipka-K/Zlotjwa, Poland.
He might also use the following version of his name: Stanislav Rutkovski. The following is one of his letters where he "explains"
(lies) how he receives totally "empty" shipments with no stamps inside...The text is in Polish though. As you can see, he might
be operating from Germany as well: Postlagers, D-73525 Schwäbisch-Gmünd, Deutschland (Germany).

Case # 00003. Michel Rossignol. His address is: 19, Rue Mautrec, 33000 Bordeaux, France. He works on appointment only. He
also might be honest for some time, especially when buying in advance and as soon as his debt amount grows he stops paying
and starts ignoring that person. His company's name is PHIL'ACTIVE. Mr. Rossignol especially targets stamp dealers in
Eastern and Central Europe, but not only. Some stamp collectors and dealers even have a proof on paper that Mr. Rossignol
has asked them not to send invoices or orders on to his business address to avoid paying taxes to the French government.
Here's what Monsieur Michel Rossignol (PHIL'ACTIVE) had to say: Click here to view one of his letters available. UPDATE:
his web site now is http://www.philactive.com. Email: michelr@easynet.fr & michel.rossignol@hol.fr & infos@philactive.com
& phil.active@freesurf.fr .
En français:
Adresse: 19, rue Mautrec, 33000 Bordeaux, France. Ne travaille que sur rendez-vous. Peut se montrer honnête pendant
un certain temps, mais aussitôt que sa dette augmente, il arrête de payer et commence à vous ignorer. Le nom de sa
compagnie est PHIL'ACTIVE. M. Rossignol cible surtout les marchands de timbres en Europe Orientale et Centrale, mais
pas uniquement. Certains philatélistes et marchands ont la preuve sur papier que M. Rossignol leur a demandé de ne pas
envoyer de factures ou de commandes à son adresse commerciale afin d’éviter de payer les taxes au gouvernement Français.
Voici ce que Monsieur Michel Rossignol (PHIL'ACTIVE) indiquait : Cliquez ici pour lire une de ses lettres. ACTUALITÉ: A ce
jour, son site internet est : http://www.philactive.com. Adresses de courrier électronique: michelr@easynet.fr
& michel.rossignol@hol.fr & infos@philactive.com & phil.active@freesurf.fr .

Michel Rossignol: Son addresse est: 19, rue Mautrec, 33000 Bordeaux, France. http://www.philactive.com
Il travaille seulement avec rendez-vous. Il se peut qu'il soit honnête pendant assez longtemps, surtout quand il achète
en avance et aussitôt que sa dette croît il arrête de payer et commence à vous ignorer. Le nom de son compagnie est
PHIL'ACTIVE. M. Rossignol cible surtout les marchands de timbres dans l'Europe Orientale et Centrale, mais pas
éxclusivement. Quelques philatélistes et marchands ont la preuve sur papier que M Rossignol leur ont demandé de ne
pas envoyer des factures ou commandes à son addresse des affaires pour eviter payer les taxes au gouvernement Français.
ACTUALITÉ : Son site internet est maintenant http://www.philactive.com.Voici ce que Monsieur Michel Rossignol
(PHIL'ACTIVE) a dû indiquer: Cliquetez ici pour visualiser un de ses lettres disponibles. Email: michelr@easynet.fr
& michel.rossignol@hol.fr & infos@philactive.com & phil.active@freesurf.fr .

Case # 00004. Known as: Carl Zobel, Markus Zobel, H. or F. Schimpf, Ph. Dr. Michael Chang, Henry Wang, Ingrid Hoffman,
Henry Delk, Karl Schmidt, Heinrich Pohl, Frau Schreiner, Frau Grosch, Heinrich Streichmeier, Steven Richardson,
Carl Lee (Lee & Ritter Numismatic) (male), (some or all of those names are/might be his fake names), Carl Zobel,
Hauptstrasse 94, Z. Hd. Sonne, Offenburg 77652, Germany (Hotel address). His "business" address: Carl Zobel, Firma LR
Zobel Numismatik, Mercure am Messe Platz, Schuterwaldstrasse 1A, Offenburg 77656, GERMANY (another Hotel address).
His fake/real (?) phone and fax numbers: +49 (0)1212-5-231-85-129 (German free mail service www.web.de). Also: +49 89 2443
69609 (works as fax, location MUNICH, Germany. Facsimile letter was delivered to this fax number. Free mail service located
in Munich). He signs his letters as: Carl L. Zobel, LRitter Zobel Numismatik, Offenburg, Germany. His email address is:
lrnumismatik@gmx.de which is provided to him by http://www.gmx.de (Global Mail Exchange). He also has used/faked the
following e-mail addresses: foreign.affairs@berlin.de, finanzabteilung.kulturwissenschaft@berlin.de, Henry_Wang4@Hotmail.com.
A young guy (he calls himself as MARKUS) who acts like if he was his father (CARL) (could be two individuals as well),
makes phone calls, he is well knowledgeable in numismatics and he's most likely a collector or a dealer there in Germany.
He makes up all kinds of stories to convince a collector to make a trade deal, then sends an empty package and disappears.

This is the lot of banknotes this troubled individual has stolen: Click here to view it.

Update: both packages (sent by Fedex, tracking numbers: 8309 7627 5177 and 8309 7627 5188) were delivered to:
Hauptstrasse 94, Offenburg 77652, Germany (which appears to be a "Hotel SONNE"!!!) and were signed H. Schimpf
(not by Carl or Markus Zobel !!!). The individual ("Schimpf-Zobel") who stayed at a "Hotel SONNE" in Offenburg has signed into
the hotel (his signature copy was provided to me by Fedex and I will post an image of the signature on here soon) using the
following addresses and phone number:

1. Bergheimer Strasse 70, 69115 Heidelberg;
2. Philipp-Reis-Strasse 36, 69115 Heidelberg;
Telephone: 49 6221 18 08 99. (+49 (6221) 18 08 99) (autoresponder and phone number tracking device); Heidelberg location.
"Carl Zobel's" business address at Schuterwaldstrasse 1A, Offenburg (correctly: Schutterwälderstrasse) appears to be
a HOTEL as well!!! As "Mercure" hotel's front desk manager told me that "Mr. Zobel" came to "Mercure" Hotel on 22nd of
November 2001 to register for a one night's stay from 24th of November to 25th of November and he gave hotel management
the following phone number in the U.S.: (702)465 8000 (fake) and then "Zobel" did not show up at "Mercure" Hotel. Surely,
he gave "Sonne" Hotel's address to deliver the packages to, so he didn't need to go back to "Mercure" Hotel.

"ZOBEL-SCHIMPF" used the following fax number (with old date on it showing 20/02/1999, 05:05 A.M.) to fax his
faked airway-bill and his letter to me:

+49 30 6284 1507 ("it is the bank's fax number of a good friend who works there" he writes in the fax); Most likely that is a
public fax service (info will be updated soon). Facsimile letter was received from this fax number. The LOCATION of this phone
number is in BERLIN, Germany;

"Zobel=Schimpf's" computer's IP addresses are as following (most frequently used to less frequently used top to bottom):

213.251.136.186 - that's an IP address of EasyInternetCafé most frequently used by him, "Carl Zobel" has most likely
used one or all of the following Internet Cafes (EasyInternetCafé a.k.a. EasyEverything) to send his emails:
"Easy Everything" InternetCafe, Kurfürstendamm 224, 10719 Berlin. Not very far from Bahnhof, he definitely used this one.
"Easy Everything" InternetCafe, Damrak 33, Amsterdam. (not very far from Central Station).
"Easy Everything" InternetCafe, Bahnhofplatz 1, Munich, Germany. (next to HauptBahnhof).
Their web location: www.easyeverything.com & www.easyinternetcafe.com .
213.61.227.133 resolves to BERLIN, Germany - "Colt Telecom" service.
145.254.63.70 resolves to BERLIN, Germany. ( www.arcor-ip.net Eschborn, Germany).
149.225.106.145 resolves to STUTTGART, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ( www.uunet.de Dortmund, Germany )
217.84.123.73 - reverse DNS - pD9547B49.dip.t-dialin.net ( www.t-online.de ). "Deutsche Telekom", Darmstadt, Germany.

"Zobel-Schimpf" has posted four messages acting as different people (disclosing a matching IP address of his) at the
following forum (look up his posts under headings: "Ms. Soon See Nah", "Carl L. Zobel", "I agree" and "Scam"):

http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/169329

Mr. "Zobel-Schimpf's" threatening-post can be read at the following page (he admits he stayed in a hotel under a fake name):

http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/thread?forumid=169329&messageid=1007238023

The following is an image of how "Zobel-Schimpf" signs (signature) as "Carl Zobel":

Carl Zobel (click here to see the signature)

"Carl/Markus Zobel - H.Schimpf" claims to be dealing with well known dealers, to be a member of well known collector clubs
and societies:

"....my business is registered with the Föderation Europäischer Münzhändlerverbände (Federation of European Numismatic
Trade Association http://www.fenap.com ) which has oversight over the Verband der deutschen Münzenhändler (Association
of German Coin Dealers http://www.vddm.de ). In Offenburg, my business is locally known among financial establishments
(such as banks and the Deutsche Bundesbank Aussenstelle in Stuttgart) as a result of years of ordering from them. Most banks
in my town, including the Deutsche Bundesbank Aussenstelle in Stuttgart/Frankfurt, have standing agreements with me...."

He might be from Muenchen (Munich) or Appenweier(Offenburg) or Berlin or even Amsterdam, NL and his names might differ.
You could be his next victim! Beware of this scam artist! All his facsimile messages, email messages and other data and
materials are available to authorised subjects upon request.

Please note that the above is just a few facts and all his facsimile messages, email messages and a lot of other data
and materials are available to authorised subjects upon request.

His pobox address in Switzerland: Carl Z. Schimpf, Postfach 1414, 8032 Zürich, Schweiz. - please contact me if you have more info about this guy.

Case # 00005. Known as: Eduardo Lanzellotta. Jorge Gon. Susana Marquez. Fake address: Oroño 1187, 2000 Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. Another
address where mail was received by them: Mendoza 2178, Rosario 2000, Santa Fe, Argentina. Email address used for scam: demarquez@hotmail.com.
Scammer's X-Originating-IP: [200.45.229.120] and [200.45.229.247]. Submitted two chargebacks of their credit card payment though merchandise delivered.
Phone # provided: 0341-4486652 and 0341-4485562.

Case # 00006. Known as: Roy Killen, Medan Cellphonic Pte. Ltd. (Also see names in bold below) Address where the item was delivered
to: JL NAZIR ALWI NO.19, USU COMPLEX, Medan 20154, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Email address used for scam: bamega@bamega.com .
Submitted a chargeback of their credit card payment though merchandise delivered. Phone # provided: 628126480971. The merchandise was
delivered to the scammer via Global Express Mail (tracking # to be announced).

Info about the owner of the domain name BAMEGA.COM:

Registrant/Administration: STILES, ADAM (BAMEGA-DOM) 1882 Roosevelt Ave., ALTADENA, CA 91001, USA.
Phone: (742)643-4353. E-mail: sun_ucoks@celebritis.org

Indonesian scam's website: http://celebritis.8k.com/kujang.htm (Celebritis.org redirects to this website).

Info about the owner of the domain name CELEBRITIS.ORG:

Registrant/Administration: RAMPENGAN, ROBERT (CELEBRITIS2-DOM) via g lorca n 7 BASTIGLIA, BASTIGLIA 41060, ITALY.
Phone: 4523423. E-mail: cyborg@BURONAN.NET .

Info about the owner of the domain name BURONAN.COM & BURONAN.NET:

Registrar: TUCOWS, INC.
Organization: Individual
Address: Jalan Buntu Gang Sempit Antah Berantah, AB 98546,  Indonesia.
Admin Contact: Cityhunter Bandit
E-mail: homealone@homealone.org
Phone: (874) 578-6523
Host: webmaster@hosteurope.com

Info about the owner of the domain name BURONAN.ORG:

Registrar: TUCOWS, INC.
Organization: Individual
Address: Main St. 25, Santa Cruz, CA 98546, USA.
Admin Contact: Bebek Bugil
E-mail(same!): homealone@homealone.org
Phone(same!): (874) 578-6523.
Host: webmaster@hosteurope.com

Info about the owner of the domain name BURONAN.US:

Registrar: Omnis Network, LLC.
Registrant, Administrative and Technical Contact Name: Kontol Panjang
Address: Main 15 St., Santa Cruz, CA 98562, USA.
Phone: (310)316-9600
E-mail(same even if it is a fake): homealone@homealone.org
Billing Contact Name: Bruce Lieblich
Address: 149 East kingsbridge Rd., Mount Vernon, NY 10550, USA.
Phone: (310)316-9600
E-mail(same even if it is a fake): homealone@homealone.org

Most of the above info is probably fake, but you can see and learn about tendencies, directions and locations of the scammers.
Click HERE (BACK image) to see the image of the item stolen.

Case # 00007. John (Jonathan) Dally. Box 40007-1131 Nairn, Winnipeg, Manitoba R2L0Y0, Canada. Phone: (204) 563-5252 (disconnected).
Email: jonathandally@hotmail.com .
He submitted an order (Order ID # 209 at www.banknotes.us) on 4th of September 2003 for a 1954 $20 Canadian banknote (Front | Back) and submitted a chargeback
on 15th of October 2003. He got away with US$13 worth of material. John, was it worth it? Caused me $70 expenses with this chargeback. The item was delivered by
Registered Air Mail # RR 505 510 945 US. "Order" amount $52.00. Chargeback amount $54.99 (exchange rate differences). A clear credit card fraud case. Details:
his IP Address 198.163.151.152 which is: Red River Community College, RRCC-1, Address: 2055 Notre Dame Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba R3H 0J9, Canada.

Case # 00008. Wadim Nensberg. He is also known as Vadim Erastovich Yastrebov.
Email: nensberg@yandex.ru. Moscow, Russia. Phone: 7 (095) 307 4344. Address: ul. Stalevarov 4 - 4 - 569, Moscow 111531, Russia.
His websites: http://nensberg.narod.ru & http://members.tripod.com/~nensberg/ & http://www.exnet.narod.ru/ & http://come.to/nensberg/ .
Other (older) email addresses of his: welsh@mega.ru & nensberg@usa.net & nensberg@mega.ru & mgapi@cityline.ru &
nensberg@postman.ru & wadim@mega.ru . Age: 54-55 (2004 data). Profession: Computer specialist.

This case was reported by a person who's identity is not disclosed here. Here is the profile in that person's own words:

"Profile: Likes to deal with westerns (not only me). He invites them to
Moscow, and makes friends, then asks for help with his banknote
business.

I gave this guy two years ago banknotes on consignment to sell in
Moscow. As you can suspect he took the notes, and then just cut of
contact with me. He approached me, befriended me, and made me think he
could be the most honest person in the East.  Well he is not! When I
send him emails, he does not answer them. However if I send emails as
someone else it does get an answer. If I call him, we always lose the
line. And once when I saw him in Moscow, he ran faster than a Russian
built TU-154.

All people should be warned to stay away from him, as he is not suitable
to trust or do business.

In all my years of business, he is the only person who has successfully
duped me. I was even able to escape being duped by the "German Ministry
of Foreign Affairs" scam. In fact, there could even be a chance that this
Wadim was involved in that [Carl Zobel] scam (see the Case # 2 above).
They have the knowledge of the industry, and he (wadim), dropped contact with
me shortly after we did not fall for the German scam.  When I spoke to
the guys on the phone, when we were being targeted by the scam, it
sounded to me like a modified Russian accent to English. Also, by using
Germany as the cover country, makes sense since, it is close to reach
from Russia."

Case # 00009. Attempt to purchase banknotes with a stolen credit card has been made by:

Sadra technical engineering office
Peyman MALEKI NAZARI
Shahid moslemi street
Khoram Abad T junction
Shahsavar, Tonekabon 00961
Iran

Telephone: 00981924233416

Date of the attempt of fraud: 3 September 2004. Amount: US$ 1600.- in Iranian Rials.
Originating IP address (82.128.2.191) is in Nigeria.

Case # 00010. Multiple attempts to purchase banknotes with various different stolen credit card (numbers) have been made by:

Mister / Domnului* / Monsieur: Pavel Andreica (also known as: Florin Andreica; Pauel Andreca; Pawel Andreca)
19, rue Theodore de Banville
F-75017 Paris
France

His emails used in the scam/fraud attempts: orasul@voila.fr & destept@voila.fr & SMENUIT@YAHOO.COM
Update: CURVAR@VOILA.FR (June 2007). SMENUIT@VOILA.FR (August 2007). Cutrei@gmail.com (January 2010).

Telephone numbers used: 0633486115 // 0613976112 // 0033666191330 // 33699617442 (last one from year 2010).

Date of the attempt of fraud: 9 May 2006; 16 June 2006; 22 June 2006; 27 December 2006; 24 January 2007. Amount always
around US$ 500-600. Originating IP addresses: 81.67.150.73 // 80.13.246.202 // 80.118.183.158 // 80.118.183.157 are located
in Paris, France. Last known scam attempt date(he placed orders with many dealers): 15th March 2007.

* / "domnului" = "mister" in Romanian language.

This individual uses stolen and invalid credit cards to place orders online in attempt to purchase big amounts of Romanian or other
currency to be delivered in an urgent manner:

Andrica Florin (Andreca Florin), 22 Rue Championnet, 75018 Paris, France. He is originally from Romania. Telephone: 33643248987.
Email: turismmm@gmail.com . Computer IP address: 86.69.135.214.

Case # 00011. Cornel Cosmin Stana from ROMANIA. Places orders, pays with Paypal (or with stolen credit card details) and upon shipment
confirmation of his order immediately reverses (chargeback) his payment back to his account. His (temporary) address in SPAIN:
c/ Maria Teresa Gonzales 26, 4-H, Castellon 12005, Spain. http://www.todocoleccion.net/valoraciones_y_comentarios.cfm?U=2146741311
Internet Protocol (IP) addresses used in his fraudulent orders: 85.50.109.76 ; 81.203.2.148 / http://www.colectzii.ro/viewuser.php?id=167
Email addresses used in his fraudulent transactions: ck1e@yahoo.es ; corneliu_pop@msn.com .
Amount of scam: around $100 US. He scams businesses and people from his address in Spain and then flies back to Romania.
Username used in registering his profile for his fraudulent "orders": heruvim31 . http://myworld.liveauctions.ebay.com/heruvim31
Telephone number provided to us in Spain: +0034622207477 . http://www.anicos.blogspot.com/

Case # 00012. Sent $100 worth of material (in 1993) to the following person and never heard from him again: Frank Timmermann, Kod Parunov,
Vukovarska 57 HR-58000 Split, (Hrvatska) Croatia.

Case # 00013. On January 7, 2008 a numismatic dealer reported to us the following incident:

We just had someone place an order and pay with a Citibank Cashier's check.
The check turns out to be bogus and we are stuck with a $768.63 order which
was shipped. When I tracked it the order was signed by someone at FRONT DESK
and the customer is not reachable by the phone number we have.
The  information on this customer is:

CEDAR COIN GALLERIES
CHRIS PATTERSON
433 EAST TROPICANA AVENUE
LAS VEGAS, NV 89121
EMAIL pattersonc95@yahoo.com

Case # 00014. After shipping out the order received a chargeback (payment reversal) via Paypal from Andrew Buglass buglasseyes@yahoo.co.uk
for 28.45 GBP. Transaction ID: 0XK75475L2969863B. Transaction date: Oct. 18, 2004. Chargeback date: Nov. 25, 2004. The abovementioned
person, who placed the order never responded to any inquiries of mine. Since there was no communication between us and the chargeback
was placed and goods were never returned, this case (Paypal Case # PP-056-648-188) goes public.

Case # 00015. Mr. James Faulkner, P. O. Box 8004, Mesa, AZ 85214, USA. His (former?) street addresses are: 2345 E. Main St., # 96, Mesa, AZ 85213, USA
and James R. Faulkner, 214 E. Milada Drive, Phoenix, Arizona 85042-7672, USA (mail sent to both of his street addresses is being returned unclaimed).
He seems to have moved to Roxboro, NC 27573 in North Carolina where my certified letter was delivered to (mail forwarding). His check for US$103 (issued
by SUNBANK in Arizona) has bounced (closed account). He has not responded to my inquiries sent to him via Certified Mail. (Posted on: August 26, 2008).

Case # 00016. Abdelhadi Bekhta, 35 Street Mohamed Ougrine, el Magharia, Hussein Dey, Alger 16000, Algeria has been persistently placing "orders" using stolen
credit card data stolen from Glenside, Pennsylvania and Emporia, Kansas residents. His persistence paid off and he has earned himself this free space.
The incidents (fraudulent order attempts) have occurred in September and October 2008.

Case # 00017a. Dinh Trung Hung, E6 X25, Phuong Mo Lao, Ha Dong, Hanoi 20000, Vietnam. Phone: 0978030388. Email: la_tc911@yahoo.com .
IP address: 118.71.34.243 (location in Hanoi, Vietnam). Used various stolen U.S. credit cards to place "orders" for Vietnamese Dong banknotes
to be shipped as "gifts" to the above name and address in Vietnam. Username used by the fraudster: vodska001. Date: October 2008.
Case # 00017b. Hung Dinh Manh, E6 X25, Van Mo, Ha Dong, Hanoi 20000, Vietnam (country falsely provided as "Hong Kong"). Phone provided in Boston
area is not in service. Email: iloveyou22219@gmail.com . IP address: 98.221.79.7 which belongs to Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. in
New Jersey. Used various stolen U.S. credit cards (stolen from Massachusetts and Colorado residents) to place "orders" for Vietnamese Dong
banknotes to be shipped as "gifts" to the above name and address in Vietnam. Username id of the fraudster: anonymous-277. Date: December 2008.
Case # 00017c. Do Thi Xuan, 09 to13 Thuanchau Sonla, Hanoi 20000 Vietnam. Phone: 0978030388. IP: 118.71.160.222. Email: iloveyou22224@gmail.com. Dec. 2008.
Case # 00017d. Dinh Manh Hung, E6 X25 Pho AnHoa HaDong, Hanoi 20000 Vietnam. Phone: 0978030388. IP: 76.27.161.49 which belongs to United States
Richmond Comcast Cable Communications Inc., Resolve Host: c-76-27-161-49.hsd1.va.comcast.net. Email: iloveyou22224@gmail.com. 27 Dec. 2008.

Case # 00018. The following US currency collectible banknote was delivered on April 15, 2009 to the following person and address:

HUMBERTO PACHECO, 5607 La Mirada Ave. # 303, Los Angeles, CA 90038.

November 2009: Juan Humberto Pacheco Guzman now lives at: 4520 Santa Rosalia Drive # 11, Los Angeles, CA 90008.

It was obtained by him in a fraudulent way with a friend's or a stolen credit card. Telephone number listed in the order 323-309-3866
belongs to GUZMAN PACHECO (voicemail answers as "Humberto"), yet when I called them they denied that anyone with surname
PACHECO is known to them. JUAN HUMBERTO PACHECO (in the photo, the website is now taken off the air) seems to be from Lima,
Peru and resides in USA. Apparently the recipient (Humberto Pacheco, who signed the UPS shipment as well) either used a card
of his friend, relative or a stolen card data was used by him to purchase the banknote. The owner of the credit card (who we thought
was Juan Humberto Pacheco's friend Salomon Alvarez from Santa Ana, CA 92707, sending him a gift) has submitted a payment
reversal (chargeback). Juan Humberto Pacheco Guzman's email address: hpgpacheco@hotmail.com .

Stolen banknote: $10 Dollars issued by Citizens National Bank of Lebanon Kentucky in 1909 in VF-XF condition.
Serial # A258456H / S 3988. Other number: 10834. Please inform me if you come across this banknote or know who owns it.

Actual Photo of the Bill

"Order" was placed (user registered and checked the order's status) from the following computer IP addresses:

76.213.159.243
76.213.157.4
75.22.95.145
64.183.31.115

Proof of delivery and H. PACHECO signature image (click to see). Loss $630.

UPS representative "Jasmin" said that HUMBERTO PACHECO came to a UPS location to pick the shipment up and has provided his
government issued ID and signed for it as per above image.

Update: On April 25, 2009 at 11:59 PM to 12:00 AM (midnight) someone from 323-309-3866 (Phone ID displayed "PACHECO GUZMAN")
called my phone number and did not speak. After I called by voice the surname displayed on the phone ID the person hung up the line.

This crime has been reported to FBI at https://complaint.ic3.gov and to US Postal Inspectors: https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov . Also a
police report will be filed with Hollywood, CA police department at Hollywood Community Police Station, 1358 N. Wilcox, Hollywood, CA 90028.
Telephone: 213-972-2971 and with USCIS Homeland Security Immigration Services. We will also report this to H. Pacheco's credit history via
a credit collection agency.

Case # 00019. This individual uses multiple stolen credit cards to place orders online:

Mr. Fouad Bisiriyu, 13, ibiyemi street, Somolu Lagos 23401, Nigeria.
Phone: 818-665-8973 (if not a fake this telephone number is provided by: Time Warner Telcom of California)
E-Mail: platinumtowers@gmail.com
IP address: 41.219.245.187

Case # 00020. Received the following letter from a collector of french banknotes Mr. David Mills:

French Banknote Theft

Between August 7 and August 20, 2009, I was the victim of a theft, and would like everyone to be aware and on the lookout for some stolen banknotes.

The two French notes pictured here (SCWPM P.2/Fayette F.02.33 alph C.8688, #267, and SCWPM P.131c/Fayette 48.08 Alph P.130 #37204) were
purchased by me from the Compagnie Générale de Bourse (CGB, Paris France) in their Papier Monnaie 14 auction of June 25, 2009 as auction lots 47
and 247.

For a variety of reasons, they were not shipped until August 7th. Upon delivery to me on August 20, 2009, I found the package empty. I will be pursuing
this through the postal services, of course.

These notes are quite rare, both are in UNC condition. If you come across these notes through a dealer, auction, eBay, or other source, I would certainly
appreciate contact through this site.

Thank you,
Dave Mills

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Editor's Remark: Complete serial numbers of the stolen banknotes are: 217177267 (5 Francs 1913) and 323937204 (5000 Francs 2.1.1953).

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