Scammer - Shadow2288 [150M]

Alright, well. This will be my first time reporting a scammer. so I'll try my best.

First of all his name. Shadow2288 and right off the bat his name only implies one thing; He's a shady person. Now, I won't be accusing him of being a scammer based upon his name. He's scammed me 150M. I've done some research and I believe I have enough information if not to get him banned but to warn others and to be cautious when and if trading with him.

Shadows Profile: http://sythe.org/member.php?u=282154

First, I'll start off with one of many quotes from our discussion we had through Private Messaging.

So, you have over 110 vouches? Well, on that thread I see your name no where? Only WiseFcape's? Your personal vouches, you only have 1 and he is banned?

WiseFcap's Vouch/Shop Thread (Link in Quote aswell): http://sythe.org/showthread.php?t=1212389

SHADOWS 'PERSONAL' VOUCH THREAD: http://sythe.org/showthread.php?t=1012360
Note: He has one Vouch, the guy is banned.

Also, as far as I know, you are just a middleman for WiseFcape? and should not be doing any trades without WiseFcape? or so he says in our Private Message discussion:

Note: I find it strange WiseFcape mentioned trading just from a simple question: "Are you with Shadow2288?" - Seems suspicious to me?

So, Wisefcape even says himself that Shadow2288 is only a middleman, and they have not yet opened an official shop together, but what did Shadow say in his PM directed to me? if you go back and read the Quote it says "that is our gold store". Hmmm?

Anyway, down to the PayPal/Email and other important stuff.

So, in a PM Shadow2288 told me that'd he send me an E-mail with his Photo I.D just to ensure he wasn't scamming me? He did, and it should have been coming from '[email protected]' because that is msn/email he provided me with.

I've went through his Posts on his profile and he is indeed giving out that email to others. (You will also notice he posts on alot of threads to buy gold)

Well, he did infact send me an e-mail of his Photo I.D (Or is it really his) yet, it came from 'Shadow222[email protected]' (Notice the extra 2)



Here is the proof that it was sent from 'Shadow222[email protected]'

Next, is a picture of what is inside the email. It contains an attachment to a photo of his Photo I.D which is supposed to be of a 'David E. Ehrlich'



Also, keep in mind. He did tell me he had the same PayPal address as his E-Mail, but I believe PayPal begs to differ, as you will see later on.

Alright, so after trading my 150M to him, he instantly started staking it. Right infront of me and continuously saying he sent the payment and give it a few minutes. So, while waiting I got annoyed and decided to Request the money to the same email via PayPal, and what happend?


[email protected] is tied into a PayPal for a 'Mae Green'




[email protected] is tied to a PayPal for a 'Jinsoo Lee'
(Sorry about the bad quality, pictures via phone, if you need a better quality picture, I'll retake. I'm just trying to get this up as fast as possible)







Later on that night, he said was going to call PayPal, and if I did not reciever the money, he would return my RSGP. Never heard from him since.

So really, things just don't add up here. He also gave me his Phone number. Which I tracked back to around where he lives, but not his actual location? I called and there was a female on the answering machine. He claimed it his Girlfriend, but why wouldn't he pick up the phone? he also claimed to not have a Cell Phone. (I have all this in my PM's if you request proof)




Here's the rundown:

Email of supposed photo id to my yahoo account from ‘[email protected]’ says “David E. Ehrlich”. Paypal’s request for money to that email says the name attached to the ‘shadow22288’ account is for a: Jinsoo Lee.


Then, on the runescape postings, he gives out the msn/email ‘[email protected]’. When a request for money on PayPal is submitted to that PayPal account, the name comes up as: ‘Mae Green’.


In his quotes from the text conversation, he (whomever he is) states that his email and Paypal is ‘[email protected]’ which obviously is not correct?



Alright, so I hope I've provided enough evidence to atleast give a sense of awareness out to any of you who are considering trading with this guy.

One more thing, I tried tracking his IP address from the header of the email he sent me. No country associated with it. I'm not 100% sure, but I believe that means he used a Proxy? Now why would someone use a proxy simply to send an e-mail?

Thank you.

 

Can you provide in-game screenshots that you sent the GP?
Also, confirmation he received it?

 

Banned, see here: http://sythe.org/showthread.php?t=1217239