Craigslist scammers gree.. Reverse Phone Lookup PLEASE HELP!
 

I need help looking up a reverse number.
Wondering why?
Here is what happened:

I put up an ad on craigslist looking for tickets to a concert.
He called me saying he was selling 4 tickets for $50 each.
I told him i would send out the money when i could get to western union. He said ok and said he would send out the tickets overnight so i get them on time.
I asked him if i could send him $90 now and $110 after i received the tickets. He agreed and said no problem. I sent him his money, he confirmed he received it. Then he said "i called up fed ex and told them to put the package on hold until i receive the remainder of my money." Which was TOTALLY against our deal so i got weired out, i called fedex and they said they had no orders to my address and if it was on hold it would be in their record. So i questioned him about it and he would keep hanging up on me and cursing at me.

At this point im pissed and i threaten him by calling the police. I know its only $90 but its the principle that bothered me. He claimed he was a correctional officer and he wasnt going to put up with "my shit" he has grandkids.. i dont know why he mentioned that but anywho. I decided to do a little investigating with his name and number and i found this so far:

Someone he scammed on craigslist:
http://southjersey.craigslist.org/for/486488029.html

Someone else he apparently scammed:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...5115159AAwaitZ

Anywho, his name is "Jeremy Sonny" i sent the money to him in mays landing, new jersey. But upon research it looks like he is from Newark?

If any of you can help me out i will greatly appreciate it. Not only do i want my money back but i want some justice.
I am going to miss my concert because of this guy and im out $90.

Some info on the NPA/NXX

Central Office Code 201-463
Line From
0000
Line To
9999
CO Code Type
Public Mobile Carrier (Type 2 Interconnected)
Special Services
Cellular Services
Portable
Yes
Record Status
Modified
Effective Date
2006-01-18
Central Office - Wire Center
Switch
JRCYNJ10CM3
Type
CMC
Network Element
CMS
Central Office
JERSEY CITY
Address
40 AMITY ST
City
Jersey City
County
Hudson
State
NJ
Zip
07302
Country
US
V&H Coordinates
Vertical
05005
Horizontal
01409
Carriers
9748 6391
Service Area - Rate Center
LERG Abbreviation
NEWARK
RC Type
Unrestricted
Number Pooling
Mandatory
Locality
NEWARK
State
NJ
Country
US
Time Zone
Eastern UTC - 5 Hours
DST Recognized
Yes
V&H Coordinates
Major Vertical
05015
Major Horizontal
01430
Latitude
40.739361712284
Longitude
-74.172512769301
Area Codes
201 732 862 908 973
Overlayed Area Codes
973/862
County or Equivalent
Essex County
FIPS Code
34013
Population
793633
Latitude
40.773050
Longitude
-74.223065
Land Area
126.2668553 square miles
Water Area
3.292975489 square miles
County Seat
Newark
Market Area
Cellular Market Area
New York NY-NJ/Nassau-Suffolk NY/Newark Jersey City and Paterson-Clifton-Passaic NJ
Basic Trading Area
New York NY
Core Based Statistical Area
CBSA 35620
New York-Newark-Edison NY-NJ-PA
Area Type
Metropolitan
Part of CSA 408
New York-Newark-Bridgeport NY-NJ-CT-PA
LATA
LATA Number
224
Name
NORTH JERSEY
State
NJ
Country
US
Historical Region
Bell Atlantic
Area Codes in LATA
201 347 516 551 609 631 718 732 765 845 848 862 908 914 973
Carrier
Regional Carrier
OCN 6391
VERIZON WIRELESS - NJ
Category
Wireless Provider
Abbreviated Name
VERIZON WIRELESS-NJ
Holding Company
Cellco Partnership
Address
180 Washington Valley Road
City
Bedminster
State
NJ
Zip
07921
FCC 499A Filer
803807

can you make engish out of any of that?

what the hell is this?

So what exactly are you looking for in the way of help?

This is his general wireless serving area so it appears Newark is spot on.

Essex County
Latitude
40.773050
Longitude
-74.223065

His address perhaps, i want to either a) spook him into confessing or b) enough information to give the other people he scammed and we can all file a police claim.
or if you guys ahve other ideas im open to em

wow, i would never buy ANYTHING over craigslist unless it was local... everyone who I know who uses craigslist stays local with it... always meeting to sell something or pick something up... theres zero security in buying from CL otherwise....

whenever i usually buy tickets i usually meet up with them in Manhattan

Oh and i forgot to add, i was on the phone with him and i was recording the conversation. I was asking him why he changed the deal and to confirm his name and all i told him i lost who im sending it to. Then after he spilled the beans he freaked out and said "you are recording this arent you? fuck you" then hung up.

holy crap, TMI?

If he is using a cell, there is no address

Or maybe im looking for advice..
I am not happy about this at all and maybe someone can give insight or someone has a similar story and they want to share what they did.

Sorry to hear ya got ripped off mate, I hope ya can catch this fucker

Sorry i couldn't read any more past that. You do realize that sendin WU is the same as giving someone cash. You don't know the person, i wouldn't send $1 to them using WU, are you crazy ????

nothing wrong with buying off of craigslist, its just how you go about paying for it.

Never send cash, checks, or wire transfers no matter what site you buy from. Just use Credit card or paypal under $1000. Don't use epass either that is the same as cash. Or just meet the person or use escrow. Only way to go.

I suspect everyone is trying to scam me so I make sure to do the deal in a way I wont get fucked.

In your case the guy was scamming you. He tricked you into sending 1/2 because it gave you a false sense of security, like well he wants the other half of the money, so you think he will send it. he changed the terms hoping you would be suckered into sending the rest of the money. Hoping you would say, well i am 1/2 in now, i can't walk away with nothing I will give in and send him the rest of the money. Then he has all your money and he still sends you nothing.

Thanks man, doing my best.
Im not the only one he fucked over so if i get a few people together and we file a police report we could possibly do some damage.

bump this up

winning lottery tickets ...

As for the topic, from the moment he accepted a differed payment of 110.00, warning lights should have flashed in your head :2 cents:

Never, ever send Western Union :(

you can find out what location he picked up the money from by calling western union. they will call you back on the number you used for your info and tell you.. that can help narrow his location...

btw.. did he have you use a secret question with western union? if he did he didnt have to use his real name or provide id on pickup, so you probably dont have his real name..

Bet your bottom dollar he uses the same WU whenever he's ripping off others, so they should know him there. Find the location through the WU you used or call them... either WU helps you nab him at the location or the cops do.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...5115159AAwaitZ

if it's a cell phone definitely going to be hard to get any info, did a lookup on switchboard nothing came up for jeremy sonny in newark, nj

you should give a call to the newark police department see what they say about the situation especially if he's playing the i'm a corrections officer card, like that means anything :1orglaugh

newark police department: (973) 733-6000

Well when you pick up an order via WU you need to show your ID to prove the money is for you.

fake id or stolen id ?? if they are professional scammers (most are) I am sure they thought this far ahead. If they have done this before they are likely no to leave a trail for you to follow. ( pre paid cell, fake id, etc..)

Who uses WU any more? So this person is online but doesn't have a paypal account, he does have a checking account ? he can only take WU ? I think the only legit transactions made on WU are people who know each other sending money to the other person. Like a parent sending money to a broke kid in college. I can't believe that legit people still use WU. When i see someone say WU when they are selling something, i skip it and move on to the next person.

good luck to you!

Well he asked for me to send him money to his commerce bank.. he gave me the same name i might still have his account # if that helps

i had someone try to scam me on ebay. I was buying a seadoo boat and he assured me it had just been serviced and was in great condition and would provide documention showing this. I still wanted to hire someone to check it out and I was going to pay to have it hauled to me. He said it was already with a shipping company, he was storeing it there when he put it up for sale, and they would handle payment. He said they would contact me. I got an email from that company and it was very similar email to the legit company that was approved by ebay for shipping i think he added a " co " or " inc" to the end of his email address like, [email protected] and there was a real globall shipping company etc. ((( i dont remember the companys acutal name)) The email ( shipping company)gave me a US bank account number for me to do a wire transfer. I was to pay the shipping company. I noticed in the memo i was suppose to put some code or some shit, like egold:e3003 or something like that. I called the bank the said it was an ok account. I called the the real shipping company and i forwarded them the email, they said it was not one of their urls, and they never collect payment for items being bought or sold, only shipping fees. they said it was 100% bogus.

This guys scam was that the shipping company acted as escrow, they would hold the money and when the boat arrived i could inspect it, if i approved then they money would be given to him.

I could see how most people would fall for this. If i wouldn't suspect everyone as being a scammer i would have likely fallen for it, especially when the bank said the account was in good standing.

So i notified everyone else who bid on the auction and came in 2nd, 3rd place. I know these guys will go down the line and hit everyone. I warned them all it was a scam. Sure enough 2 weeks later someone replies back saying, you were right, i sent him the money and never heard back from them again. Jesus Christ i even tried to warn the idiot but he went through with it. The scammer gave him some story that i was disgruntled and was making up lies etc...

People need to take education classes before getting online, i can't stand these fucking scammers and as long as people keep falling for their scams these assholes will be out there.

That blows dude, but you should have known better, WU = scam 99.99% of the time...

I would write it off as a lesson learned, and move on... I guess you can file a police report, but you aren't getting your money back... they probably get bunch of reports like that, and they have better things to do than chase people down over $100 business deals gone bad...

I used to live in Mays Landing and still live like 10 miles away from there. Curious where you sent it. Definitely not a Mays Landing landline. Mays Landing is 609 area code with a 909 or 272 exchange.

Anyone else?

is it JimTheFiend ?

definitely call the Newark police & file a report before the fucker changes phones.. He's probably using a pre-paid phone.

Link shows a different number, so seems he changes phones.. In link from Answers he says he's an FBI agent, lol.. He can get charged for that too I think

On another note, maybe several 100 calls from GFYers will piss him off, lol

everyone thats ever worked on the net knows rule #1 is no western union

now do like anyone else does in this situation....suck it up...had to the game/show whatever buy tickets off the scalpers for a 50% mark up

haha no it's not..

that would be amazing haha, if anyone can call that would be great.

chances are you just got scammed by a nigerian