Scammers in the Buy Sell Trade Section

[Seven]

I have to say, whenever I do a deal on here, I do have a certain sense of trust. Never been led astray, the deals are fair, and it's always a good experience (at least so far). I've never encountered, and probably will never encounter again, such a fantastic community.

[toledo_mudhen]

Originally Posted by Seven

I have to say, whenever I do a deal on here, I do have a certain sense of trust. Never been led astray, the deals are fair, and it's always a good experience (at least so far). I've never encountered, and probably will never encounter again, such a fantastic community.

Yep Same here.... KUDOS All!

[jiw98]

I have only completed around 20 transactions here on Net54, but I can say that all of the deals have gone fairly smooth. There was a delay with USPS on one, but with some good communication and patience everything went well. This has been a good site for BST and info.

[Brian Van Horn]

I've gotten this message as part of the communication from two board member a toal three times between the two:

This is a message from xxxxx xxxxxx at Net54baseball.com Forums ( http://www.net54baseball.com/index.php ). The Net54baseball.com Forums owners cannot accept any responsibility for the contents of the email.

[Brian Van Horn]

I can't help this. I see the Gehrig item passed the quarter test.

I'll behave now.

[parkplace33]

Leon, I will probably get trash thrown at me for this, but any chance Net54 could become a paid service? Like $10 a year or so. Might help with the scammers and enhance security features.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

Leon, I will probably get trash thrown at me for this, but any chance Net54 could become a paid service? Like $10 a year or so. Might help with the scammers and enhance security features.

Or make just BST $10 a year to access.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

Leon, I will probably get trash thrown at me for this, but any chance Net54 could become a paid service? Like $10 a year or so. Might help with the scammers and enhance security features.

If you are trying to scam people for hundreds or thousands what is a measly $10 fee to give it a try?

[Ben Yourg]

I got a PM from "Roland we",in response to my WTB post,in
the pre-wwll section."1911 Zeenuts wanted"
Hey buddyI've got what your looking for.
Roland.smith246891@gmail.com
Joined July "0 Posts"

-------------------I just got an Email from "Kelvin Bryan".It's the same scam!

[x2drich2000]

I wanted to give everyone a heads up that the scammer Steven Hurley (stevenhurley92@gmail.com) is still around. This time he did not try to present himself as another board member. He indicated he only found the site recently and was not registered despite seeing my post in the BST section regarding some E92 red crofts. As most of the board probably knows, I'm quite familiar with these cards and either own or know who owns most known examples. The seller advised he had a Davis for sale along with a few other random E92s. I immediately recognized the Davis and knew the card was not owned by the scammer. I also recognized the scan of an E92 Barry as those from the seller Tonyetrade. Consequently, I decided to play along and see what additional information I could gather. The seller provided some purchase history of the cards including that he bought the Davis in 2011. The Davis sold in REA, however, the card was later sold again on Ebay by a board member in 2017. The Barry is still listed on Tonyetrade's site. The seller was asking for a little over $2300 for the two cards.

As additional information, the seller was willing to accept a check for payment and provided me an address in Triangle VA to send payment. The payment was to be sent to Amevi Akpakpo. The seller indicated that this was his father. I was able to find a listing for Amevi Akakpo at the address provided and GIS records indicated the owner of the property is Alidou Mauridjanatou. He also provided his instagram account as @officialnashcards.

One of the items I would caution folks with about these scams is the seller offered to coin the cards. Below are the images sent back. As you can see, the card are layered onto a generic photo background to make it look like a picture was taken. Please do not rely on just a coined photo to prove a card is in someone's possession as these can easily be manipulated.

[Lucas00]

Originally Posted by x2drich2000

I wanted to give everyone a heads up that the scammer Steven Hurley (stevenhurley92@gmail.com) is still around. This time he did not try to present himself as another board member. He indicated he only found the site recently and was not registered despite seeing my post in the BST section regarding some E92 red crofts. As most of the board probably knows, I'm quite familiar with these cards and either own or know who owns most known examples. The seller advised he had a Davis for sale along with a few other random E92s. I immediately recognized the Davis and knew the card was not owned by the scammer. I also recognized the scan of an E92 Barry as those from the seller Tonyetrade. Consequently, I decided to play along and see what additional information I could gather. The seller provided some purchase history of the cards including that he bought the Davis in 2011. The Davis sold in REA, however, the card was later sold again on Ebay by a board member in 2017. The Barry is still listed on Tonyetrade's site. The seller was asking for a little over $2300 for the two cards.



As additional information, the seller was willing to accept a check for payment and provided me an address in Triangle VA to send payment. The payment was to be sent to Amevi Akpakpo. The seller indicated that this was his father. I was able to find a listing for Amevi Akakpo at the address provided and GIS records indicated the owner of the property is Alidou Mauridjanatou. He also provided his instagram account as @officialnashcards.



One of the items I would caution folks with about these scams is the seller offered to coin the cards. Below are the images sent back. As you can see, the card are layered onto a generic photo background to make it look like a picture was taken. Please do not rely on just a coined photo to prove a card is in someone's possession as these can easily be manipulated.

Ahahaha, Great work. Gotta love when these scammers “trap house” with their real names gets exposed. Would be a real shame if somebody called a landlord and made a few complaints.

Oh and his instagram is 100% fake/bot followers. You’d think a scammer would know to hide his fake followers.

[babraham]

Nice investigative work on that one.

[eliotdeutsch]

I was just scammed by the same @officialnashcards

He had a Gmail account under the name Chris Whitt.

Be careful out there!!