SCAM ALERT!!!!!! The Chronicles Of Platinum Lantern: My Conversation with a scammer

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  • Platinum/Lantern
    Confirmed User
    • May 2004
    • 290

    #1

    SCAM ALERT!!!!!! The Chronicles Of Platinum Lantern: My Conversation with a scammer

    Hey Folks..
    Just want to show you how these guys operate...
    what to look out for....

    I've recently discovered this ring...
    They work a few different ways...

    1. They impersonate a website owner
    a large and professional looking TGP or Moviepost
    and contact a sponsor and request a pre-paid deal
    *I found out about them because they went to a sponsor claiming to be the owners of my site once*

    2. They claim to be some sort of TRAFFIC BUSINESS, and generate leads and traffic and are looking for a home for their traffic
    *Thats what this particular conversation was about, it gets VERY FUNNY*



    **********OUR AIM CONVERSATION************

    trafficmajor: hey
    Guest: wassup
    trafficmajor: nada
    trafficmajor: whats up with you
    trafficmajor: its ross remember me?
    Guest: ross almeida?
    trafficmajor: no
    trafficmajor: ross evans
    Guest: don't remember you
    Guest: refresh my memory
    Guest: Ross Evans....
    Ross Evans..
    doesn't ring a bell..
    do you have a website or something?
    trafficmajor: yes
    Guest: ok..
    what is it?
    when did we talk before?
    Guest: whats your website?
    Guest: guess your busy or something
    trafficmajor: yes i generate leads and traffic
    trafficmajor: sorry busy
    trafficmajor: yes
    Guest: whats your website address?
    trafficmajor: i run several lead generation programs and lots of different traffic programs
    trafficmajor: http://www.dirtydollar.com
    Guest: oh ok cool
    Guest: dirty dollar..
    I've heard of them before
    trafficmajor: hows it handing
    Guest: your the owner of dirty dollar?
    trafficmajor: your on my buddy list
    trafficmajor: yes
    trafficmajor: so we must have spoken before at some point
    Guest: right
    Guest: what kind of deals you looking to make?
    trafficmajor: what you buyin?
    Guest: latina traffic and ebony traffic
    trafficmajor: have a TON of ebony tons and tons
    trafficmajor: through SEO and lookin for a home for it
    Guest: what about latina?
    trafficmajor: probably about 30-50 joins a day of latina and 50-60 joins of ebony
    Guest: GREAT
    Guest: what price are you looking for?
    per join?
    Guest: or per day..
    or per week
    Guest: how ever you want to do the deal?
    trafficmajor: whats your number i will call you
    Guest: what's the price first?
    I've got free international long distance so I'll do you a favor and call you
    Guest: to save you the trouble
    Guest: what kind of price are you looking for?
    trafficmajor: 30 per join
    Guest: alright...
    trafficmajor: call me right now i can shift it today
    trafficmajor: whats your name again
    Guest: you want pre-paid or just a check after the end of the pay period
    Guest: Josea Escobar
    trafficmajor: prepay
    Guest: ok cool
    Guest: so let's see
    Guest: 7 days
    Guest: about 20 joins per day
    Guest: about 140 joins a week
    trafficmajor: for latina
    Guest: ok
    trafficmajor: is that all your want
    trafficmajor: or do you want the ebony to
    Guest: just latina
    Guest: thats $4200
    trafficmajor: its more like an average 40 a day
    Guest: well let's just work this deal out for a smaller amount right now
    Guest: then after a week..
    we see how things go
    Guest: and re work the deal
    trafficmajor: not a problem if you prepay me the 4200 and at the end of the 7 days you pay me the differnce that would be agreeable
    Guest: so thats $4200
    ok
    Guest: who do I make the check out to?
    trafficmajor: yes thats agreeable
    trafficmajor: can you do wires?
    Guest: For business accounting purposes I need to do a check
    Guest: who do I make the check out to?
    trafficmajor: can you do a paypal
    trafficmajor: Ross Evans
    trafficmajor: but i dont take checks
    trafficmajor: i take wires, stormpay, paypal
    Guest: oh...
    Guest: well paypal doesn't allow payments for adult oriented transactions
    trafficmajor: you just do it for consulting services
    Guest: best I can is a cashiers check
    trafficmajor: and you have more recourse against me with paypal than a check
    trafficmajor: i dont take any checks
    trafficmajor: especially international ones
    Guest: well..
    I'm sorry, we couldn't do business
    trafficmajor: thats a shame
    trafficmajor: i never heard of anyone operating only on checks
    Guest: you should really look into taking international checks
    Guest: I tell you what this deal is too good to pass up
    whats your wire information
    trafficmajor: i need to speak to you on the phone first
    trafficmajor: can you call me?
    Guest: The fee's for your calling Panama are going to be ENORMOUS
    trafficmajor: call me
    trafficmajor: or i will call you
    Guest: thats why I have free international long distance so that I can call people
    Guest: whats your number?
    trafficmajor: 561-305-9857
    Guest: how long you going to be at your office?
    trafficmajor: for about 30mins more
    Guest: It's approaching lunch time here
    Guest: will give you a call when I get back from the cafe
    trafficmajor: oh i thought you were gung ho on doing this deal
    trafficmajor: ok
    trafficmajor: no worries
    trafficmajor: i have the office line forwarded to my cell
    trafficmajor: when i leave


    *********************************************
    I knew I was dealing with a scammer...
    So I played and baited this individual the best of my ability to get as much information as possible

    Notice his initial hesitation in giving me a URL...

    I ask him if he has a website..
    he responds "Yes"
    instead of saying Yes www.whatever.com

    The yes answer simply bought him sometime to pull a URL out of his ASS

    Notice how the URL he gives me is actually a sponsor..
    Not even a "Traffic or SEO Website"

    He says "It's Ross remember me"
    as to build an initial state of trust


    Notice how he doesn't want to give me his phone number...
    He would much rather call me..

    The reason being he plans on using his cellphone and can easily use a call block when he calls me...

    I tell him that my office is in Panama, and that I have free international long distance and that I will do him a favor and call him

    MAJOR HESITATION

    *5 minutes later while I was typing all this up*

    I get a message from the same guy or a member of his team, checking to see if they really indeed have a SCAM near successful completion.


    webcreativejr: hey you there?
    Guest: hola
    webcreativejr: you IMed me last week
    webcreativejr: who is this?
    Guest: this is Josea
    Guest: who is this?
    webcreativejr: this is Jim
    Guest: how you doing Jim
    Guest: don't have a lot of time to talk?
    Guest: did you want something??


    *The moral of this post is..
    There are people who prey on "THIS INDUSTRY"
    Some people (Even affiliate program owners) have gotten FUCKED
    behind these type of scam operations...

    Stay on your toes folks...
    One good rule of thumb is that if somebody represents themselves as working for or owning a website..

    Do a domain whois and call the number listed and try to get in contact with the individual...

    ASSUMPTION is the ORIGIN OF ALL FUCK UPS
    www.gallerytrafficservice.com/
    "When I pay for gallery spots, I want the best value, the best customer service and the best sites. Thats why I'll only use GTS from now on."
    Platinum Lantern
  • CAHEK
    C.C.C.P.
    • Aug 2003
    • 7414

    #2
    i hate scammers
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    • Headless
      Registered User
      • Jan 2001
      • 26727

      #3
      HAHAH This thread is wonderful.....

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      • AMADude
        Confirmed User
        • Apr 2004
        • 3875

        #4
        This guy........ webcreativejr spams my icq all the time.
        No sig, just here to fuck around.

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        • motodave
          Registered User
          • Jun 2004
          • 12

          #5
          thanks for the heads up

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          • mrsexkey
            Confirmed User
            • Dec 2002
            • 197

            #6
            The same guy contacted me yesterdeay as well. Wanting to send joins to Sexkey. Prepay only, suposedly to buy a server to send the traffic through. Total BS. If you can send 100 joins a day, I think you can afford to buy your own servers. I told him to send a test to me for a week, then if all went well i would do a prepay. Amazing that he didn't get back to me after that

            Unreal.

            -Hank
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            • doober
              Confirmed User
              • Jul 2003
              • 6984

              #7
              bump for others that missed it

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              • Platinum/Lantern
                Confirmed User
                • May 2004
                • 290

                #8
                I'll bump this one time because I feel it's important
                www.gallerytrafficservice.com/
                "When I pay for gallery spots, I want the best value, the best customer service and the best sites. Thats why I'll only use GTS from now on."
                Platinum Lantern

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                • serious
                  Confirmed User
                  • May 2003
                  • 2594

                  #9
                  well if your going to prepay someone for hundreds of joins without even looking into them i think your asking for trouble.
                  new search

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                  • Rich
                    So Fucking Banned
                    • Jan 2003
                    • 11486

                    #10
                    Wow doesn't someone from dirtydollar.com post here?

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                    • juicylinks
                      So Fucking Banned
                      • Apr 2001
                      • 122992

                      #11
                      bump so more people see this

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                      • doornx
                        Confirmed User
                        • Nov 2003
                        • 2531

                        #12
                        Who can you trust nowadays..he tried to contact Steve as an ARS employee also

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                        • Spunky
                          I need a beer
                          • Jun 2002
                          • 133986

                          #13
                          Yep...welcome to the internet...fucking weasels

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                          • strobi
                            Confirmed User
                            • Nov 2002
                            • 7383

                            #14
                            pre payed joins are always fishy.. But some people would fall for it in the haze of easy money... bazump!

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                            • woj
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                              • Jul 2002
                              • 47882

                              #15
                              Originally posted by strobi
                              pre payed joins are always fishy.. But some people would fall for it in the haze of easy money... bazump!
                              yea, no kidding... I don't see any logical reason for requiring prepayment unless you are doing something shady...
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                              • Lauren
                                Confirmed User
                                • Mar 2004
                                • 1439

                                #16
                                bump!!

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                                • SykkBoy2
                                  Jesus loves bacon
                                  • Feb 2001
                                  • 19969

                                  #17
                                  yeah, pre-pays are dead unless you've done business with them for a long time.
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                                  • justsexxx
                                    Too lazy to set a custom title
                                    • Aug 2001
                                    • 13723

                                    #18
                                    Funny he is using dirtydollar as website...Many ppl are still waiting on their money from that sponsor He was prolly not really up-to-date

                                    Andre
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                                    • Basic_man
                                      Programming King Pin
                                      • Oct 2003
                                      • 27360

                                      #19
                                      thanks for sharing mate! I'll keep an eyes on that
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                                      • Matiz
                                        Confirmed User
                                        • Mar 2004
                                        • 1740

                                        #20
                                        Thanks for the heads up.
                                        ...

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                                        • detoxed
                                          vip member
                                          • Jan 2003
                                          • 17798

                                          #21
                                          If someone has 50-60 joins a day then chances are you already know who they are.

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