I put an ad up stating that I'm selling my old 350Z car pieces and it had photos of the car parts on it also an anonymous email where to respond back also my personal cell number. On Thursday May 21 a guy by the name Karla Barry responded to my ad on Craigslist. He was interesed in the 350Z Exhaust I was selling for $650. So he agreed to pay me through a check and I have emails stating everything he said. Well his secretary so he claims sent the wrong check and sent me a $3620 check, from a "Jamie Huntley". I received it through UPS Next Day Air. He told me to cash the check through my bank and take my $650 $100 for the running around he wanted me to do. I cashed the check and put $340 in my account. The "running around" consisted of going to a Western Union Outlet or MoneyGram and send the excess funds of $2870 to Shane Bola / 183 Baking roads, London E1 W45. Uk. And take the transfer charges out from the excess funds.
Well me and my girlfriend went to Amscot which is a Western Union Provider and the representatives there said I couldnt go on with the transfer due to the large amount being sent out and no proof that it's not a scam. So on May 28 I went to Ace Cash Express to do the MoneyGram method. It went through and I have all the receipts for the transaction. My girlfriend emailed him back with the confirmation code and tranfer details. He kept calling my cell stating someone went to pick it up and the funds weren't there. I told him we have all the proof that went sent his funds. Until eventually he called stating he received the funds. And he will have a courier pick up the car parts on Sunday May 31 at 11am.
Then on May 30 he called me at 5am, everytime we had a conversation I never understood him and always told him to email me. He stating "I want you to know that the funds has been picked up by the coordinator in charge of the pick up but the pick up cannot be done yet, i will give them your phone number so they can contact you about the pick up.
Now what i want from you is to help me out with the money for the 350z Exhaust, i want you to please transfer $650 to my wife here in the UK, i understand that the money for the items is $750 but i want you to send just $650 and keep the remaining after you remove the western union charges charges from the $100 left so that would stand as an assurance that i will pay the rest of the money back but i will have payment sent to you next week with a check when i get paid for a contract i am doing here right now. I should have just given the money to my wife here but i have used most of my money to execute this contract and i don't have any money on me anymore and also i have paid the courier to pick up all the items i bought to the new apartment in VA, so want you to please transfer $650 exactly to my wife via western union with the information below.
NAME: Ismaila Korly
ADDRESS: 123 Walworth roads Peckham, London SE5 W45. UK
And after you have sent the money you should get back with the information needed for her to pick up the funds okay.
I know you'd wonder why she wants this money so fast, it is because she just put to bed a new born baby and we have a problem with the bills at the hospital and also some other stuffs she'll be needing for the new baby so i want you to please sent the funds to her so she can be able to settle the bills and also get all the stuffs she needs. I will be waiting to get the western union information from you today. Thanks for your time and also for your patience all these while, i promise to send you a check back next week when i get my money from the company i am working for. And i also believe we 2 could go a long way more that this because i think you're such a honest. Trustworthy and god fearing person and that is the kind of person i am too.
Waiting to read from you soonest.
Stay Blessed..."
It was too late then because I spent the money for my bills. Not only that I told him that it wasn't my responsiblity also I don't want to hear his personal problems. He kept calling me and emailing me trying convince me to send his wife money. I kept telling him no, then all of a sudden he emailed me stating he sent another check to me. My girlfriend emailed him saying that I didn't want anymore money from him and that check he is sending me he could of sent it to his wife also that I'm not his messenger I just wanted my money and for him to get his car parts. I received another email from him stating " Hello, I am sorry about this, i am not saying you're my messenger, i am taking you as a friend because it's hard to find a trustworthy person like, as a matter of fact, i envy you so much, i should have done all these myself but i am having some problems with my legs and i can't go out at all and there is nobody i can find to help me do this and that is why i am trusting you to help me do this. Please get the check cashed and wire $3000 to Wale Benson at 90 Marylebone High Street, London W1U 4RY. I will be waiting to read from you with the transfer details later.
Stay Blessed and Be Good Always"..
My girlfriend did research on the addresses, and names involved in this situation. Turns out that nothing matched up, the zip codes to the addresses didn't match, the names were either false or another victim I don't know. Well on June 2 I went to my bank to check my balance and it was -$3134.67. I called my bank and they said it was the check Karla gave me, it bounced back. Now I'm screwed because I payed my rent and water bills from my bank account, and thats not going to get payed now. Also, I have direct deposit and got payed midnight on June 3, I am not going to see anything due to my bank taking whatever money I have to pay off the negative balance I have currently.
Well it's June 3 and I just received his other check and guess what it's the same amount $3620and I received it through UPS Next Day Air again, so Im going to my bank and finding out why they didn't put the check on hold before cashing it and I'm going to taking all my evidence to the police and see what they can do. I take full responsibilty for my actions and want this anonymous person to pay the price!!! So People take my story and learn from it, because this is certainly something I learned from...
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