Richard Martin, Waroney Cambel, Martins Radebe, Martins Shipping, Oscar Brown Shipping Company
Richard Martin, Waroney Cambel, Martins Radebe, Martins Shipping, Oscar Brown Shipping Company scam, fraud, rip off, con artist (a lousy one at that)

I was contacted by waroneycambel@yahoo.com about an online ad I placed on motorcycletrader.com. To simplify for the sake of time - he sent me a cashier's check for several thousand dollars over the asking price to "cover shipping costs". Enclosed with the check was an unsigned, type-written, undated letter asking me to wire transfer the extra money to a martinsshipping@yahoo.com located in Paris. He provided me with a Paris address but no phone number.By this time I was suspicious.

While the bank put a hold on the check (I'm still waiting to see if it clears as of writing this) I googled "martins shipping" which brought me to this site and to two seperate complaints filed involving a Richard Martin and Oscar Brown Shipping. They were both similar scenarios to what I was experiencing. So much so that I thought it may be the same person trying to scam me. He over paid or wanted to over pay the asking price of a vehicle and then wanted shipping charges wired to a "shipper" before the his check cleared.

And so I emailed him back and told him he must have thought I was stupid if he thought I was going to send him money before his check cleared. I also mentioned that I had turned over all materials to the FBI and that they knew he had done this before and already had a suspect. I told him he better run. I also included in my email to him a cartoon picture of a hand flipping him "the bird". I haven't heard from him since. Thanks to the other two people who took the time to file their reports.

Some clues: *English is his 2nd language (I don't know if this is faked) *French based (wiring money to Paris, the envelope I received had a French postmark) *checks are coming from Florida (the one I got was from an actual bank who I'll be notifying shortly) *the name "Martin"

Marissa
O Brien, Oregon
U.S.A.

Company: Richard Martin, Waroney Cambel, Martins Radebe, Martins Shipping, Oscar Brown Shipping Company
Country: France
Address: No 1 Bidex Road

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