From: Dave Merchant (nesys_com@ameritech.net)
Date: Sat Jun 10 2006 - 10:03:04 PDT
Park Hyatt Hotel
800 N. Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60611
Dave
At 12:28 PM 6/10/2006, Arthur Bloom wrote:
>Toll-free numbers are virtual numbers. They are assigned to a customer, and
>the incoming calls are re-directed (similar to Call Forwarding) to a fixed
>land line.
>
>When you try to do a search for a toll-free number, you will generally hit a
>dead end, unless the toll-free number has been published in a website. In
>that case, search engines will probably have a hit. Toll-free numbers that
>are not generally published, for instance like the one you encountered, will
>probably never show up in a search engine.
>
>There are many ways to do some detective work, however, to find the info you
>seek. You can ask him to fax something back to you. The incoming call info
>(caller ID, *69, etc) will not show the toll-free number, but will show the
>land line that it is associated with, unless it is intentionally blocked.
>The fax document itself will generally have a header that spells out the
>sender's company name and number, if the fax machine was programmed to do
>so.
>
>You can do old-fashioned legwork, and call every copy shop and just ask.
>Often, an official-sounding person, with an official-sounding title and
>stated mission, will scare employees into divulging info that the business
>would normally not divulge.
>
>What is 800 N. Michigan Ave? I am not familiar with that address. Is it a
>mall, or an individual store? Perhaps someone (a telephone technician or a
>friend of a telephone technician) reading this list, or just some
>enterprising would-be detective can make a visit to some of the copy stores
>and do some creative investigating. If I were a bit closer, I'd be happy to
>do it.
>
>Arthur P. Bloom
>Former Bell System Special Agent
>
>
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Lee Houde" <houdel@carrinter.net>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 9:37 AM
>Subject: Re: [MV] MANN Truck on Ebay
>
>
>| Interesting - I did several reverse phone number lookups on various
>| telephone search websites - all came up no number found; if this is a
>| real phone number, it is unlisted. Very unlikely that a copy shop would
>| have an unlisted number. Chop shop maybe, copy shop unlikely, unless
>| they only deal with a very select and limited clientle!
>|
>| Sarge wrote:
>|
>| >>List,
>| >>Mandatory MV content: this e-mail is about a scam directly targeted at
>MV
>| >>owners.
>| >>Anyhoo,
>| >>here is the continuing saga of the MAN truck scam on E-Bay.
>| >>After a LOT of research, I have a couple of leads on the scammer.
>| >>His real name is, of course, not Matthew Barry. It is most likely
>Dimitru
>| >>Bogdan, or at least, that's the ID that he carries.
>| >>He is a Romanian immigrant living in Chicago.
>| >>He did not attend high school in the US.
>| >>He will ship the truck to my home address:
>| >>John Fickdich
>| >>1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
>| >>Washington D.C. 20500
>| >>The $5,000 will cover the cost of the truck and also the shipping and
>| >>insurance.
>| >>He hangs out in a copy shop in a large mall in Chicago on the
>'Magnificent
>| >>Mile'. 800 N Michigan Ave.
>| >>He picks up the faxed receipt of the moneygram in the copy shop, goes to
>| >>
>| >>
>| >the
>| >
>| >
>| >>nearest moneygram office and cashes it.
>| >>On a tangent, another list member has been in contact with him.
>| >>He (fake Matthew Barry) told the other list member that he was on
>vacation
>| >>in Greece with his family and he even supplied a contact telephone
>number
>| >>
>| >>
>| >in
>| >
>| >
>| >>Greece.
>| >>I called the number in Greece and spoke to Matthew. For someone with a
>| >>
>| >>
>| >name
>| >
>| >
>| >>of Matthew Barry, he sure sounded Greek to me.
>| >>Well, Matthew told me to send the $5,000 to a bank in Florida. He will
>| >>e-mail me with the details.
>| >>Okay Matthew, please hurry, I want that truck!
>| >>So, List, that's as far as I got.
>| >>Now I need your help.
>| >>There are 27 Bogdan's listed in the white pages for Chicago, none of
>them
>| >>are called Dimitru.
>| >>The FAX number 1-877-471-1355 is his pick up point.
>| >>Anybody on the list know how to get the name and address of that copy
>shop
>| >>where the FAX machine is located?
>| >>Anybody know how to locate Dimitru Bogdan living in Chicago?
>| >>As always, any and all help is appreciated,
>| >>-Sarge
>| >>
>| >>P.S. To all of you who doubt that this story is true, do us all a favor
>| >>
>| >>
>| >and
>| >
>| >
>| >>don't e-mail me or the list with your doubts.
>| >>
>|
>|
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