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Posted By: Kenny Cole

His name is Mark Kirchner. He's a 24 year old punk. Due to the efforts of another guy who he scammed, I've got his home address and his cell number. He runs two P.O. boxes and has checks for the fake cards he sends people made out to his wife/sister(?) Lauren. She's the one on eBay's "about me" page, but he's the one registered with eBay. He used to steal scans of real cards and then substitute fakes. Now I guess he's decided that its easier simply to list fakes and let eager bidders do the rest.

He took a guy for almost $5K on a fake '52 Topps Mantle. That guy got seriously unhappy, did a lot of research, and started emailing other bidders. Then he took another guy for $1,025 on some fake Jordan rookies. That's when yankeescollector!! went to the private auction format. He is now paying the first scammed guy back due, as I understand it, to a problem with having his fingerprints on the fake card. I imagine he probably now wears gloves when he puts those fake cards into the envelope. Kind of like Ohiotarheelsfan, he also says that you are trying to switch cards on him when you complain about receiving a fake.

There is also some indication that he lives with his mother and really doesn't want her to find out what he's doing. I am waiting for some additional information before I file the rest of my fraud complaints and hope to have it soon. After I finish filing with everyone I can think of, I'm going to send a certified letter to his home address, on my firm letterhead, and enclose copies of all the fraud complaints I've filed. Hopefully his mom will have to sign for it and get curious.

If He's NYPD's finest, then there is a serious problem in NY. I call BS on that. He's just another lying, cheating scammer. If I have my way, he'll spend the $800 he stole from me defending a mail fraud charge.