Folks still getting burned by people selling big media editorial links, bummer.
Not sure if that was directed at me, but if it was, I realise, just wanted to put a rough date on the timescale to avoid confusing any information gathering with data from the old owner, and to make it known that the Paul Arjun name was likely recent and therefore a dead end.Alright, I thought the scam process was obvious based off of the skype conversations, but guess not. So I guess I'll explain how it works:
1. Dude buys WickedFire account.
2. He pretends he's American. Really, he's Indian.
3. He convinces another Indian to send payments to his "employee".
4. That employee is either himself, or an intermediary getting cash on his behalf.
5. Money goes from WF member --> Indian trying to get a 5% transaction fee --> Another Indian's bank account --> the scammer.
Not sure if that was directed at me, but if it was, I realise, just wanted to put a rough date on the timescale to avoid confusing any information gathering with data from the old owner, and to make it known that the Paul Arjun name was likely recent and therefore a dead end.
Alright, I thought the scam process was obvious based off of the skype conversations, but guess not. So I guess I'll explain how it works:
1. Dude buys WickedFire account.
2. He pretends he's American. Really, he's Indian.
3. He convinces another Indian to send payments to his "employee".
4. That employee is either himself, or an intermediary getting cash on his behalf.
5. Money goes from WF member --> Indian trying to get a 5% transaction fee --> Another Indian's bank account --> the scammer.
So what can you do?
First, contact this "amit kumar" character, and let him know what's going on. By now, his paypal accounts should be all blocked.
Get details from him that determine where he's been transferring the money, to which bank account.
Then, if you really want, report that account in India, hire a lawyer, etc. Whether that individual is the scammer or not doesn't matter. If he is the scammer, then fuck him. If he's not, then he'll rat out the individual that is.
But before you guys do anything, jorarulit needs to answer how he got the skype conversations. If you're operating based off of that conversation, then you need to know the validity of the conversation.
P.s. I mentioned banning this guy back in December: http://www.wickedfire.com/2229718-post10.html. I ended up getting two dislikes for my post, so to a degree, fuck you guys.
I'm fucking amazed at how many seemingly otherwise intelligent people think some guy on another continent who can barely speak engrish is going to get them links on some of the biggest US based editorially reviewed sites on the web.
The disconnect on that thought process tho....and furthermore, these are the links that 99% of the scammers are slinging. Two and two doesn't equal five, bros.
I'm fucking amazed at how many seemingly otherwise intelligent people think some guy on another continent who can barely speak engrish is going to get them links on some of the biggest US based editorially reviewed sites on the web.
The disconnect on that thought process tho....and furthermore, these are the links that 99% of the scammers are slinging. Two and two doesn't equal five, bros.
These links ARE for sale and I don't expect the Indian to actually be a published author but rather just have hookups with other bloggers. It is a common scam but also a common thing in actuality.
The guy is indeed using several indian's paypal accounts and ruining them.
Google the paypal addresses in quotations and you can definitely identify a few unique people he is scamming.
So this is at least the bank account he is using?
[3/28/2015 5:45:31 PM] amit kumar:
Beneficiary Name Arjjun Film Factory
Beneficiary IFSC Code UTIB0000137
Beneficiary Account Number / Credit Card Number 915020004368875
Bank Name AXIS BANK
P.s. I mentioned banning this guy back in December: http://www.wickedfire.com/2229718-post10.html. I ended up getting two dislikes for my post, so to a degree, fuck you guys.
Yep, however whether that's actually his is another matter - watched this recently:These links ARE for sale and I don't expect the Indian to actually be a published author but rather just have hookups with other bloggers. It is a common scam but also a common thing in actuality.
The guy is indeed using several indian's paypal accounts and ruining them.
Google the paypal addresses in quotations and you can definitely identify a few unique people he is scamming.
So this is at least the bank account he is using?
[3/28/2015 5:45:31 PM] amit kumar:
Beneficiary Name Arjjun Film Factory
Beneficiary IFSC Code UTIB0000137
Beneficiary Account Number / Credit Card Number 915020004368875
Bank Name AXIS BANK
One more Skype address that I think is from Kyle Green is: wehmedia