To All Flippers: Watch out on these scammers!

SEOWhat

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• May 6, 2015

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Not sure if this was shared here already, but want just to point out on this post on EmpireFlippers because it could be useful for some:

http://empireflippers.com/russian-scammers-vladislav-smolensev-alexandr-smolensev/

 

Miraculous Atom

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• May 6, 2015

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Looks like they have every info about the russian guy lol.

 

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archon10

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• May 6, 2015

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Nice writeup and good for them for exposing scammers. I wonder if they will get their US visas?

 

bartosimpsonio

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• May 6, 2015

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You own empireflippers?

 

randybishop

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That effing sucks.

P.S. Scammers are Vladislav Smolentsev & Alexandr Smolentsev

 

Last edited: May 6, 2015

antonjones

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I read this and followed the russian scammer on instagram. Obviously morally it's a really bad thing to do but it's really fascinating.

 

Wilson Grant Fisk

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Interesting read, but surprised they didn't take notice of the sellers concern immediately. I realise sellers can get jittery but when he had disclosed the the buyer was using numerous email addresses they should have spent some time looking into it. A buyer based in Russia using a Canadian Credit card would have made me suspicious enough to carry out a few basic checks.
Anyway, hope they manage to screw those scammers.

 

empireflippers

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W130SN said:

Interesting read, but surprised they didn't take notice of the sellers concern immediately. I realise sellers can get jittery but when he had disclosed the the buyer was using numerous email addresses they should have spent some time looking into it. A buyer based in Russia using a Canadian Credit card would have made me suspicious enough to carry out a few basic checks.
Anyway, hope they manage to screw those scammers.

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You're exactly right here, of course, and it's one of the "lessons learned" mentioned at the bottom of the article. We should have taken Brendan's concerns more seriously from the start. :-(

 

swami2300

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• May 15, 2015

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Wow.Thanks for the heads up guys. Personally, I stopped taking credit card and Paypal years ago.

 

Last edited: May 15, 2015

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Junspoken

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This was insane. I stopped taking Paypal a year after paypal started to become a thing.

I felt the terrible change arriving and look. One of the most hated yet still loved companies. hahaha