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Re: [Scam] Victim of Romania Ebay fraud How can i get in touch with you?
I want to help you!
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 removedPremium,VIP
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 E_VPremium
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Vancouver, BC
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said by bogm :
How can i get in touch with you?
Thank you , if it's not too much trouble, your full name, address and phone number - I'll be in touch - it will be awesome to have a help contact in Romania.  |
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| Sorry,I can't give you that!
Anyway,seems that Onesti police know about this victim and they said they have a coplaint.
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 jabarnutLight Years AwayPremium,MVM
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MGDPremium,MVM
join:2002-07-31
kudos:9 | reply to bogm
said by bogm :
Sorry,I can't give you that!
Anyway,seems that Onesti police know about this victim and they said they have a coplaint.
By!
Do you know if this address is a real addess in Onesti ??
I believe part of the street/house information is missing, the bl and apt number. ?
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His realy name is First name: Bogdan
> > > Last name: Nicolae
> > > Address: Republicii 36
> > > City: Onesti
> > > State: BC
> > > Country: Romania
> > > Zip Code: 601024
Is it a address of a home?
Do you have contacts at the Romanian National Police ? |
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| DON'T YOU KNOW BY NOW NOT TO BUY ANYTHING ONLINE WITH WESTERN UNION?
CONSIDER IT A CHEAP LESSON. OTHER FOOLS HAVE LOST 10-20 THOUSAND DOLLARS BUYING ARTWORK AND THE LIKE ONLINE.
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E_VPremium
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The address seems real, according to the phonebook - there are 11 residences with the same street and number, probably sharing a common courtyard. However, there is no person "Bogdan Nicolae" or similar among those 11.
The entry gate to the courtyard may be open, so anyone could sneak in and hang an extra mailbox with the name of a person not actually living there. The other residents may not notice the new mailbox, or simply not question its presence there. The mailman simply gets to the address and inserts the mail in the corresponding box. This way, the scammer can have a postal address completely untraceable.
The Romanian White Pages (phonebook) website is here: »www.paginialbe.ro/index_engleza.php3 . For the above address, select "Bacau" under District (BC stands for Bacau), then click the "->" arrow button below, click the button with the city name (Onesti), enter "Republicii" for Street, and "36" for Street No. and click "Searching". The first 10 results will be displayed. "Urmatoarea" button will take you to the next page, "Precedenta" goes to previous page, "Alta cautare" starts a new search. Each row contains the phone subscriber name, street, number, (block staircase, floor and apartment if it's a block of flats), city name, country code (40), zip code, and telephone number starting with area code of the district.
I know; it's one ugly, non-intuitive, poorly designed site, it hasn't changed in YEARS. *sigh*
Another useful site in locating an address is the Romanian Postal Services site, »www.posta-romana.ro . Of interest here is the zip (postal) code finder, which can hint you if a street and number exists in a city. This site is awfully slow, I can't get you a direct link at this time.
[edit] Here's the link: »www.posta-romana.ro/index.jsp?pa···guage=EN . |
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hey E_V do u want my phone number too?
i keed.
sorry to hear this has happened. if you have any more info i think i could call the cops there...
Onesti is a small town and mostly poor. it shouldn't be too difficult to find that guy..
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MGDPremium,MVM
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kudos:9 | I believe the problem may be that the thief is using a fake or stolen id, and his name is not really Nicolae Bogdan nor may he actually live at that address in Onesti.
It is my understanding that you can pick up a Western Union transfer from anywhere, as long as you have id in that name and have the MTCN number and the transfer details. The money may not have been picked up in Onesti at all.
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| well, back when i was in the states i used to send money back home and the guys from WU were pretty strict about the id...
My girlfriend had some problems picking some money up because i forgot to write her middle name correctly. she had to tell the person at the "window" my address and phone number in order to be able to receive the money.
i mean take it up with western to see exactly where the money was picked up and by whom...
i know they must write somewhere the equivalent of the ssn here in romania on a piece of paper and i don't know if you can come by an id that easy ...
i mean i've never tried it... but still ... the guy that picked up the money wasn't that smart. if a police investigator would really do his job than something has to come up. these are not ghosts picking up the money .. it's real people and in their greed they do make mistakes and this scum does deserve a long stay in a romanian prison just because regular honest people here in romania are seen mostly as thieves and liars and it takes a while until one can prove that he is not like that.
anyway .. back on topic, can the OP inquire as to where exactly the money was picked up? it's hard to believe that WU doesn't keep track of these things.
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