BE WARNED!!! TheBlackPearlZ is a fraud and scammer!!!
01-12-2009, 11:18 PM
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just talked to paypal. if you were "scammed" by "me" you are getting your funds released in the next few days if not by tomorrow to you. i will then keep a negative balance with paypal and will owe them...however, my bank is aware of all this and thought the activity was suspicious too...i got off the phone with them and they are going to pay paypal back for the fraud through the fraud protection. thats it.
01-13-2009, 12:04 AM
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No, I believe you were talking down to a girl on the forum who is well known in the FI and forum community, who also happens to be a friend.
Yes, I've helped many, many people on this forum from small, simple things to thorough How-To's. Many people here know me, not only as a helper, but as a friend.
If you leave... I'm not sure anyone will care.
Prove me wrong.
I never attempt to be funny. I'm a very serious person.
Yes, I've helped many, many people on this forum from small, simple things to thorough How-To's. Many people here know me, not only as a helper, but as a friend.
If you leave... I'm not sure anyone will care.
Prove me wrong.I never attempt to be funny. I'm a very serious person.
and i think you can stop talking now, cause youve impressed her mr. popular *thumbs up!*, and its not like I was being a dick for no reason, if you read her comments it looks as though she is supporting the scammer and defending him.
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01-13-2009, 01:30 AM
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When i got scammed by Bruce Anderson not too long ago he did a lot of the same things BlackPearl is doing now.
(1) he played dumb, with an attitude that screams "IDK whats going on, none of this is my fault. I'm just a dumb POS who is a victim as well."
(2) Stalled for time.
(3) Didn't answer the SIMPLEST fact based questions that anyone could check, or that would help relieve the distress of the situation. (Note to scammer: you just seem more an more guilty the longer you totally disregard the numerous requests for a police report number. People know you are not blind and DO find it weird when you can't answer a simple question.)
(4) Gets increasingly defensive as a "reaction" to posts that bash him, when all he needs to do is post a small tidbit of info to validate at least temporarily, his genuine honest nature.
NOTE to Scammer: When there are multiple people scrutinizing your fabricated story you should expect to get stuck. I don't blame you, its impossible to make up a police report number w/o you being further exposed as a complete ***. Its also hard to defend yourself when your story keeps on getting holes poked through it.
NOTE to the seemingly dense friend:
Some of your "possibilities" really are plausible.
However, some of your proposed potential circumstances for your friend make you seem like either a complete dumb **** or some how aligned with the scam.
Isn't it convenient that the first possible situation presented in which your friend could be innocent is the one he chose to defend himself with (computer based ID theft), and was also presented to us by none other than YOU.
You defend his odd, suspicious, and downright shady behavior so many times in a row that your one proposition of a potential circumstance turns into a string of highly uncommon and totally factually unsupported events.
Its easy to follow the thread and say "Hey maybe A doesn't seem as bad as we thought because of B." But you go through the whole alphabet. And theres no way someone is unfortunate enough or completely clueless enough to let all of these things happen to him/her.
(1) he played dumb, with an attitude that screams "IDK whats going on, none of this is my fault. I'm just a dumb POS who is a victim as well."
(2) Stalled for time.
(3) Didn't answer the SIMPLEST fact based questions that anyone could check, or that would help relieve the distress of the situation. (Note to scammer: you just seem more an more guilty the longer you totally disregard the numerous requests for a police report number. People know you are not blind and DO find it weird when you can't answer a simple question.)
(4) Gets increasingly defensive as a "reaction" to posts that bash him, when all he needs to do is post a small tidbit of info to validate at least temporarily, his genuine honest nature.
NOTE to Scammer: When there are multiple people scrutinizing your fabricated story you should expect to get stuck. I don't blame you, its impossible to make up a police report number w/o you being further exposed as a complete ***. Its also hard to defend yourself when your story keeps on getting holes poked through it.
NOTE to the seemingly dense friend:
Some of your "possibilities" really are plausible.
However, some of your proposed potential circumstances for your friend make you seem like either a complete dumb **** or some how aligned with the scam.
Isn't it convenient that the first possible situation presented in which your friend could be innocent is the one he chose to defend himself with (computer based ID theft), and was also presented to us by none other than YOU.
You defend his odd, suspicious, and downright shady behavior so many times in a row that your one proposition of a potential circumstance turns into a string of highly uncommon and totally factually unsupported events.
Its easy to follow the thread and say "Hey maybe A doesn't seem as bad as we thought because of B." But you go through the whole alphabet. And theres no way someone is unfortunate enough or completely clueless enough to let all of these things happen to him/her.
01-13-2009, 02:42 AM
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I have been comparing typing style from the so called real Alex (guy who has responded to this thread) and the PM messages from the actual scammer (guy who stole Alex info) and I see lots of similarities. Notice both writers hardly ever capitalize at the begginning of sentences. Notice how both writers never capitalize the use of I but use i. Also the lack of punctuation like Dont, im, ill, hadnt, etc etc. Also, I show only 3 examples here of transposing letters at the end words but there were more, just to lazy to add more. (Out,About,Know) I have bolded all the similarities from both authors. I know this doesnt really prove anything but it is strange.
Here is a small piece from the OP getting scammed by the real scammer.
"ya he was wondering why you hadnt gotten them yet. i told him i shipped them and he kept saying...did you ship them cuz he hasnt gotten them. but ill get those back otu today. thanks. [/quote] 1-1-09
[/quote]i apologized to you as sincerely as i could. you want to be a d!ck now abotu this fine. theres nothing i could do about me giving them the wrong address. it was an honest mistake. give me a break. i gave it to them wrong paypal wasnt wrong. but if your gonna be a ***** about this then we can both be. [/quote] 1-1-09 "
Text from the current real Alex-
"long story...transferred money from my paypal to my bank account. then he logged on my bank account and wire transferred the money to some other account before it even hit my bank account. he had the passwords to everything. he planned this from the beginning.
"just trying to answer questions best i can."
"did he get you? i need to knwo who all was told i was going to sell them something...? "
"i dont use my paypal email. im not defending myself either. i can give two ****s less about anyone on here anymore. ive known most of you for months. and become friends with you. most of you know me personally and know i wouldnt do this ****. i lost a LOT of money in the last week from some **** who wanted my money more then i did apparently."
Here is a small piece from the OP getting scammed by the real scammer.
"ya he was wondering why you hadnt gotten them yet. i told him i shipped them and he kept saying...did you ship them cuz he hasnt gotten them. but ill get those back otu today. thanks. [/quote] 1-1-09
[/quote]i apologized to you as sincerely as i could. you want to be a d!ck now abotu this fine. theres nothing i could do about me giving them the wrong address. it was an honest mistake. give me a break. i gave it to them wrong paypal wasnt wrong. but if your gonna be a ***** about this then we can both be. [/quote] 1-1-09 "
Text from the current real Alex-
"long story...transferred money from my paypal to my bank account. then he logged on my bank account and wire transferred the money to some other account before it even hit my bank account. he had the passwords to everything. he planned this from the beginning.
"just trying to answer questions best i can."
"did he get you? i need to knwo who all was told i was going to sell them something...? "
"i dont use my paypal email. im not defending myself either. i can give two ****s less about anyone on here anymore. ive known most of you for months. and become friends with you. most of you know me personally and know i wouldnt do this ****. i lost a LOT of money in the last week from some **** who wanted my money more then i did apparently."
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01-13-2009, 04:06 AM
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Wow I responded to his post about internals for my engine build... So much for new in box.
Thank GOD I didn't go through with it I'm breathing a HUGE sigh of relief.
Thank GOD I didn't go through with it I'm breathing a HUGE sigh of relief.
01-13-2009, 04:18 AM
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OP, I hope you get your money back. If not make this a-hole pay! Smells like a bunch of BS stall tactics to me. Scammers always like stalling and making up sob stories to make people feel pity for them. 
I can't believe that some people are trying to defend BlackPearlZ or simulate possible scenarios. If theBlackPearlZ has any type of proof of foul play, I am sure he would have communicated this information to all parties involved. Up until this point, I have not seen any conscience effort from the scammer or any proof stating otherwise. All of the evidence presented so far has pointed in theBlackPearlZ being a scammer. His story has so many loop holes and does not make much sense. The IP address, lack of a case number, order of events, communication style, etc. do not convey any type of foul play except by theBlackPearlZ.
It sounds like he is possibly trying to make good now (highly unlikely) by refunding some money since he got caught red handed and did not realize the power of the internet. The shipment was initially stalled to buy time. Once the thread was made he did not initially respond because he was trying to think of a somewhat believable story to get himself out of the hot seat. Once his loop holes were questioned, he got upset out of sheer frustration that his story did not add up. LOL!
Just because someone has had positive transactions in the past does not mean they are not capable of scamming in the future. People are capable of crazy things when economic hardship and desperation are presented. Add in his age of 22 and crazy spending habits and you have a ticking time bomb. Look at the news and crazy shows like the First 48 to see what people do when they are desperate. I am sure many of us have been shocked by the actions of people we thought we "knew" at one point or another. A one year relationship is nothing especially if it is a cyber relationship. There is no point in throwing in possible fairy tales based on a skewed perception and sympathy just because a similar experience was "shared".
I guess idiots stick together, do not know any better, and/or get fired from their jobs for a reason lol... UN****IN BELIEVABLE.
I can't believe that some people are trying to defend BlackPearlZ or simulate possible scenarios. If theBlackPearlZ has any type of proof of foul play, I am sure he would have communicated this information to all parties involved. Up until this point, I have not seen any conscience effort from the scammer or any proof stating otherwise. All of the evidence presented so far has pointed in theBlackPearlZ being a scammer. His story has so many loop holes and does not make much sense. The IP address, lack of a case number, order of events, communication style, etc. do not convey any type of foul play except by theBlackPearlZ.
It sounds like he is possibly trying to make good now (highly unlikely) by refunding some money since he got caught red handed and did not realize the power of the internet. The shipment was initially stalled to buy time. Once the thread was made he did not initially respond because he was trying to think of a somewhat believable story to get himself out of the hot seat. Once his loop holes were questioned, he got upset out of sheer frustration that his story did not add up. LOL!
Just because someone has had positive transactions in the past does not mean they are not capable of scamming in the future. People are capable of crazy things when economic hardship and desperation are presented. Add in his age of 22 and crazy spending habits and you have a ticking time bomb. Look at the news and crazy shows like the First 48 to see what people do when they are desperate. I am sure many of us have been shocked by the actions of people we thought we "knew" at one point or another. A one year relationship is nothing especially if it is a cyber relationship. There is no point in throwing in possible fairy tales based on a skewed perception and sympathy just because a similar experience was "shared".
I guess idiots stick together, do not know any better, and/or get fired from their jobs for a reason lol... UN****IN BELIEVABLE.
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01-13-2009, 04:56 AM
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OP I am sorry to hear about this crap. I know what its like waiting to buy new wheels and then to find out some dickwad is ripping you off sucks hard. That blackpearl guy is totally a fraudster. None of that adds up, cops don't investigate fraud like that, and I'm a manager at a HUGE financial institution branch and if somebody is frauded the bank covers it 100%. How else do we keep people using online and electronic services (which we make a lot of money off) if everybody was afraid of fraud? So we pay some fraud, it's a cost of doing business.
There is no way the bank WOULD EVER say its paypal's problem. Their electronic banking center would be notified and fraud analysis team would take the case and cover the claim. It's pretty simple.
He is flat out lying, period. Police officers on here say they would not deal with the case like that, a guy whos uncle works with the Fraud Squad said they would not handle it like this, and a guy who works at a bank (me) said the bank wouldnt' handle it like this. SO why all the excuses and statements saying all these departments are handling it like this? Because he is lying about the situation and obviously doesn't know what the proper procedure is. If this was really happening he would be providing huge amounts of proof to back his story.
Lets see a photo of your police report at least? Contact info from your bank rep? Paypal rep working on this? Police officers name? Blah blah. You will never see any of this, why? Because it simply doesn't exist.
I hope you get your money back OP and Blackpearlz gets his ***** chopped off.
There is no way the bank WOULD EVER say its paypal's problem. Their electronic banking center would be notified and fraud analysis team would take the case and cover the claim. It's pretty simple.
He is flat out lying, period. Police officers on here say they would not deal with the case like that, a guy whos uncle works with the Fraud Squad said they would not handle it like this, and a guy who works at a bank (me) said the bank wouldnt' handle it like this. SO why all the excuses and statements saying all these departments are handling it like this? Because he is lying about the situation and obviously doesn't know what the proper procedure is. If this was really happening he would be providing huge amounts of proof to back his story.
Lets see a photo of your police report at least? Contact info from your bank rep? Paypal rep working on this? Police officers name? Blah blah. You will never see any of this, why? Because it simply doesn't exist.
I hope you get your money back OP and Blackpearlz gets his ***** chopped off.
01-13-2009, 05:16 AM
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because they told me to call and theyd come back if any more instances occurred today. its been an on going thing all day.
its not just my350. its lotustalk. its music forums. ebay. and a few others...some ppl 200 some ppl 2500. some ppl 5k.
i have no idea whats going on til today when i got back to school on my own computer and started checking my emails.
its not just my350. its lotustalk. its music forums. ebay. and a few others...some ppl 200 some ppl 2500. some ppl 5k.
i have no idea whats going on til today when i got back to school on my own computer and started checking my emails.
It's kinda funny how you mention the other forums once someone else does. I seriously DOUBT that is someone else and it is you as the scammer since you have yet to give us a police report #, etc. You sir are trying to put people off like it is something else. You have a history of scamming people and will go to jail.
01-13-2009, 05:19 AM
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The same IP thing is one of the main fishy things... even if someone walked in your room and straight up jacked your computer, he's not going to be loggin on with the same IP. Unless you normally connect via wireless and he's logging in from the bushes outside your window.
And again, how exactly did he get routing information for the wire transfer??? He'd need physical access to your checks or something. This isn't info that you can find even if you manage to hack into someone's online banking account site.
And again, how exactly did he get routing information for the wire transfer??? He'd need physical access to your checks or something. This isn't info that you can find even if you manage to hack into someone's online banking account site.
01-13-2009, 05:32 AM
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If he is so tight on money why is he wanting to buy some expensive Carbon Fiber stuff?
http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f95/...4/#post1187251
http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f95/...4/#post1187251
01-13-2009, 05:33 AM
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If he is so tight on money why is he wanting to buy some expensive Carbon Fiber stuff?
http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f95/...4/#post1187251
http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f95/...4/#post1187251
01-13-2009, 05:35 AM
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He is also still trying to sell the Volks LE37s.
http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f95/...2/#post1187044
http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f95/...2/#post1187044