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8/5/05 |
I listed a flute for sale on www.usedflutes.com. |
Skip Healy Keyless
Irish Flute For Sale $1000
<altoflutist@yahoo.com>
- Manassas, VA USA -
http://www.linnkezer.com/healyflute.htm - Friday, August 05, 2005 |
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8/9/05 |
Email from Mr.
Williams |
hello, am highly interested in buying the Skip Healy Keyless Irish Flute For Sale -$1000 posted on usedflutes.com.please get back to me as soon as possible on how to make arrangement for payment. Michael |
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8/9/05 |
Email to Mr.
Williams |
Michael, I will need to know the zip code that I will be shipping the flute to so I can calculate postage. Linn |
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8/11/05 |
Email from Mr.
Williams |
Hello Linn, the flute will be shipped to africa where i have a branch.the zip code is 23401.please ad it up and send me a mail with the total cost so that we can conclude this with the payment as well.i await your response. Michael. |
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8/11/05 |
Email to Mr.
Williams |
Shipping, handling, and insurance will be $25.00, so the total price would be $1025.00. |
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8/12/05 |
Email from Mr.
Williams |
Hello Linn, Thanks for your quick and detailed response.Send me your full name ,address and mobile number so i can make arrangement for payment as soon as possible with a money order.Expecting from you soon. Michael. |
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8/12/05 |
Email to Mr.
Williams |
Make the money order payable to Linn Kezer. Send it to [address deleted for security purposes]. You don't need my phone number. |
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8/22/05 |
Email from Mr.
Williams |
Hello Linn, The flute will be shipped as soon as the check clears in bank.Kindly inform me when you receive the payment so i can tell you where to ship the flute to.Thanks for your usual cooperation.I await your response. Michael Williams. |
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8/25 |
Received Check |
I received, via US Mail, a check from qchex.com, with a payor's name of [name and address deleted for security purposes] in the amount of $3000. The note that came with the check said "You may validate that this check was created on the Qchex.com system....Please avoid depositing or cashing checks which appear unreasonable or lack justification. You may be subject to charge backs, bank fees and possible liable for damages." |
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8/25 |
Attempted to Verify Check |
I logged onto qchex.com and attempted to verify the check based on the Qchex Tracking Code. The response I received was that no such tracking code was found. |
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8/25 |
Contacted Local Police |
At that time I contacted the Prince William County Police Department. An officer responded and stated that he was not equipped to handle such a case and that I should either call another PW County Police station and speak to the White Collar Crimes Division, or contac the FBI since this case involved US mail and the internet, technically making it a federal case. |
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8/25 |
Email from Mr.
Williams |
Hello Linn, I sent you mails but got no reply.The check will be delivered tomorrow by my courier service.Please endeavour to do what i told you in my last mail as you know my money is at risk.I will appreciate if you can do that because i believe we still have alot to do together.Send me a mail as soon as you get this mail.I await your urgent response. Michael Williams |
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8/27 |
Email from Mr.
Williams |
Hello Linn, Michael Williams. |
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8/29 |
Email to Mr.
Williams |
Michael, I have just returned home from a week of vacation where I had no internet access. I am a little confused. You said you were sending a check for $3500, but that is not what I received. Is what I received the check you sent or is it something totally different? I received a Qchex.com check for $3000 from [name and address deleted for security purposes] . I was expecting to find a check for $3500 with your name on it. Can you help me understand this? I have not yet cashed the check because I am unsure of whether this is the right one. Linn |
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8/30 |
Filed Complaint on www.ifccfbi.gov |
I completed an online form with all of the above information. I was assigned complaint number I05083000035385. |
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8/30 |
Email from Mr.
Williams |
Hello Linn, I travelled to south korea for a seminar about a week ago ,so i informed my branch manager in africa to make the payment on my behalf.the check is a form of payment from one of my customers in oklahoma .Simlpy cash the check and send the balance to my manager as i told u earlier.As soon as it clears ,let me know so i can give u the address to ship the flute to.Thanks . Michael Williams. |
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9/1 |
Email from Mr.
Williams |
Hello Linn, Sent you a mail and you refused to reply me.How come you are keeping my money for too long?.Take the check to a bank close to you to cash and as soon as it clears ,send the balance via western union to my branch manager.Ship the flute immediately because i have a request for it in my store.I need your urgent response. Michael Williams |
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9/1 |
Email to Mr.
Williams |
Michael, I'm sorry I didn't reply to you. I was waiting to hear from you and today discovered your recent emails in my spam folder. I went to the Qchex.com web site and entered the tracking code on the check, and the web site said it was not a valid check. What should I do? Linn |
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9/1 |
Telephone call to Payor |
I looked up the payor on the check, on switchboard.com and got a telephone number for him. I called him and asked if he had any knowledge of the check. He said he did not. He verified that the name and address on the check were indeed his. He also stated that the account number on the check was his, but that the account had been closed due to fraudulent checks being drawn on that account via Qchex. I asked him to send me an email or a letter with the above information. |
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9/2 |
Email from Payor |
Mrs. Lins Kezer I did not consent to paying the sum of $3000.00 to you for a micheal Williams this is indeed fraud on Micheal Williams part I Have closed [account number deleted for security purposes] due to the Quechex for the amount of $3000.00, $8000.00, and $9000.00 written by Andra Johnson to recieve money from that account. I do not know this micheal williams person with whom is doing this for what ever reason and will cooperate with any and all charge that is brought against said person Hope this helps, sincerely [name deleted for security purposes] |
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9/2 |
Email from Mr.
Williams |
Hello Linn, That should be an error from their web site.Its better you take the check to a bank in your neighbourhood to cash it because it is a valid check paid to me by a client.So take it to the bank to avoid any further delay in the shipment.Thanks for your anticipation.I await your response immediately. Michael. |
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9/2 |
Email to Payor |
Thank you very much! I will add your statement to my FBI complaint. |
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9/5 |
Email to Mr.
Williams |
I am not comfortable cashing a check that Qchex does not validate. Can you contact them to clear it up? |
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9/5 |
Email from Mr.
Williams |
Hello Linn, I wouldnt like to put you through any kind of stress.Kindly take the check to a bank close to you and i promise you that it will clear because this is not my first time of working with that client.Then get back to me if it clears or not, and if does not i will send you another form of payment immediately.Linn i really need that flute as i already told you earlier.Please do as i 've told you and i'm sure you will not regret it.Thanks. Michael. |
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9/7 |
Email from Mr.
Williams |
Hello Linn, Has the check cleared? Please let me know. |
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9/7 |
Email to Mr.
Williams |
I know that the check is no good. I know that you are not really interested in buying my flute. I know that this has been a scam to get my money. I have been playing along with you in hopes that the FBI would be interested in pursuing this case. But, unfortunately there are too many assholes like you out there and the FBI just doesn't have time to take all the complaints that come their way, so they don't have anyone out there to come and arrest you (this time). I'm keeping the check and your emails for evidence just in case some day somebody wants to come after you. |
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9/8 |
Email from Mr.
Williams |
Hello Linn, I know you are playing games with me,if you know you are not selling the flute why did you receive the payment in the first place.Right now you are holdin up to my money and you think i'm happy with that.If you are no more interested why not return the payment.I have your full name and address so there is no hiding place for you cos i'm going to contact a friend who is in the interpol about this.If you really like yourself kindly send down my money cos i believe you have cashed it. |
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9/8 |
Email to Mr.
Williams |
Please call Interpol. Nothing would make me happier! |
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