Comments on: Watch out for John Ramos drjohn_ramos247@sify.com

By: juliet

juliet — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:45:49 +0000

I applied for a nanny job on CL. about 2 weeks after this guy claiming to be a financial expert living in the UK by the name of Alyssa Gray contacted me. He said he was offered a job in the US so he and his wife and 2 kids were moving at the end of March. He also said his wife was a Pediatric Nurse. He left a UK number to call which was called and a guy answered confirming the job was in the US.

He wrote and said he would be shipping his furniture and stuff and wanted me to collect them. He was gonna send a check for $6,000.. 600 was for me to start the job and the rest for the shipper…..Laverne Brown, 28 colonia avenue, Danville Illinois 61832. Im suppose to cash it at Western Union and its coming by UPS today.

OMG……What a freaking scumbag!!!!!! Hope someone gets his fraudulent ass.

By: Lisette

Lisette — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:43:41 +0000

Hello Ray,

We also have an apt advertised on Craigs and received the same email from kennywedsalewa08@gmail.com. It just caught my eye when he asked for so much information from us, instead of him providing details to our questions. How did you figure out it was a scam? Any idea of how would the scam may have been?

See below for details of email:

Thanks for your prompt response.I have discussed this with my Wife
> about this and we have agreed to use your place and as for the cost,
> we are alright with it. My Wife is employers will be the one
> responsible for all our vacation expenses as a wedding gift and they
> have promised to send you a certified check as soon as you have penned
> these dates down for us. Kindly email me your FULL NAME,PHYSICAL
> ADDRESS NOT PO.BOX, HOME AND CELL PHONE NUMBER so that the payment can
> be mailed out to you soon.
> Waiting to read from you.Have a great week ahead.
> Regards
> kenny

By: Ray

Ray — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 21:34:31 +0000

I received the following to my rental ad from Kenny Salewa with the email address kennywedsalewa08@gmail.com.

—–

wrote:
** CRAIGSLIST ADVISORY — AVOID SCAMS BY DEALING LOCALLY
** Avoid: wiring money, cross-border deals, work-at-home
** Beware: cashier checks, money orders, escrow, shipping
** More Info: http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams.html

–

Hello,

My name is kenny interested in your rental for the month of March
2-03-2011 to 12-03-2011 which the date is flexible for me .Please get
back to me -asap-
Thanks

kenny

By: joe

joe — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:16:06 +0000

Another set of similarly ridiculous email responses to my recent tutoring ad in Central NJ on Craigslist. First Kenny Salewa (kennywedsalewa2012@gmail.com) reached out to me about my tutoring ad:
——–(BEGIN KENNY EMAIL)——-
“Hello, I just want to know if the tutor lesson still available for my son for
a month he is 14 years old, I want you to calculate the cost of 3
hour per day for two days in week
for the whole a Month and email me the total cost..Hope to read back
from you asap..Thanks”
———(END KENNY EMAIL)———

I didnt know about the scam yet so I responded. However I only told him that before I could provide any information whatsoever about my services, that he needed to go to my organization’s website and fill out our application (as specified in my ad as well), after which I would receive his contact info and then we could discuss rates, schedule, and other details (as per our policy). The next day, I received two (2) reply emails from different people. The first is from maria.tedesco133@gmail.com, and contained this text:

——–(BEGIN MARIA EMAIL)———
“Thank you for the email, My son Dalton is 14years Old ,more so i am glad the way you have kept me posted on the tutoring lesson and more so you have accepted your offer and its okay by me, I have make contacts with my son concerning the Arrangement of the tutoring which he told me is ok by him .i don’t
mind adding an extra $50.00 for you I will pay for one 1/2 month(start from 20 of
november ) also i want you to know that i will be sending you a Certifieds Check while my nanny will take Good care of my Dalton my Son .The lesson will be taken place at your residence, or Nanny place.But my nanny will need to Relocate to Your nearest address Given to me .So i will need you to provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing of the check

****Your full name
****Your mailing address be it residential address
****Your city and state with zip code
****Your Phone Number.
.
Looking forward to meet my Son and the Nanny….Thanks
Note: check email regurlaly”
———–(END MARIA EMAIL)—————–

I did not reply – but then the very next day, I received the second email, from Kenny Chen (kenny_chen23@yahoo.com), containing the following text:

————(BEGIN KENNY EMAIL #2)———
“Thank you for the email, My son Dalton is 14years Old ,more so i am glad the way you have kept me posted on the tutoring lesson and more so you have accepted your offer and its okay by me, I have make contacts with my son concerning the Arrangement of the tutoring which he told me is ok by him .i don’t
mind adding an extra $50.00 for you I will pay for one 1/2 month(start from 20 of
november ) also i want you to know that i will be sending you a Certifieds Check while my nanny will take Good care of my Dalton my Son .The lesson will be taken place at your residence, or Nanny place.But my nanny will need to Relocate to Your nearest address Given to me .So i will need you to provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing of the check

****Your full name
****Your mailing address be it residential address
****Your city and state with zip code
****Your Phone Number.

Looking forward to meet my Son and the Nanny….Thanks
Note: check email regurlaly”
————-(END KENNY EMAIL #2)———————-

Who is this fool? How do we shut him down?
The only problem I have is that I dont have the slightest idea of who to report them to. Is this even illegal at this point? I dont thik he violated any laws with me yet – although as some of you have reported – once money starts changing hands its a different story… If he is breaking the law, who do we report it to? For some reason it doesn’t seem quite like a police matter… Anyone have any thoughts? Im just trying to gather students – I dont need to deal with this crap:)

Stay well,
Joe

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 22:00:50 +0000

I received an email today from a Kenny Salewa in regards to a tutoring ad I posted yesterday. The email was poorly written in broken English, which sent up a red flag to me. I responded to him with my rates so I am sure he will counter back with the phony check scam. I responded to a tutoring ad about a month ago and the email I received back was written very similarly to the ones posted above from a Simon Moloney. Same situation – he was going to send me a cashiers check to cash for a certain amount for me to cash blah blah blah. So beware of a Simon Moloney as well.

By: me

me — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:55:02 +0000

I got a tutoring one as well. I got the check today. I decided to bring it to a local bank (same bank as the check was written on). It was written from a local school’s account. THe check is legit, the account info is legit only flag was that the signature on the check didn’t match any in the system. THe bank is looking into it for me and will get back to me.

By: kenny salewa

kenny salewa — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 12:58:54 +0000

Hello
I just want to know if the tutor lesson still available for my son for
a month he is 14 years old, I want you to calculate the cost of 3
hour per day for two days in week
for the whole a Month and email me the total cost..Hope to read back
from you asap..Thanks

Further Reply from this person with a different address

Thank you for the email, My son Dalton is 14years Old ,more so i am
glad the way you have kept me posted on the tutoring lesson and more
so you have accepted your offer and its okay by me, I have make
contacts with my son concerning the Arrangement of the tutoring which he told me is ok by him .i don’t mind adding an extra $50.00 for you I will pay for one 1/2 month(start from 22 of October ) also i want you to know that i will be sending you a Certifieds Check while my nanny will take Good care of my Dalton my Son .The lesson will be taken place at your residence, or Nanny place.But my nanny will need to Relocate to Your nearest address Given to me .So i will need you to
provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing of
the check
****Your full name
****Your mailing address be it residential address
****Your city and state with zip code
****Your Phone Number.
.
Looking forward to meet my Son and the Nanny….Thanks

By: maria ye

maria ye — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 12:56:17 +0000

By: Maria

Maria — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 20:37:56 +0000

its funny i read this after i already had a feeling that it was a scam.. im trying to use this money that im selling this autograph for and something told me to give him the old address i lived at.. all he really has is my name. so im not too worried.. but im glad i seen this.. ty so much .!

By: Don

Don — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 06:05:20 +0000

My 17yr old son tried to sell a $200 x-box on craiglist and this scum bag popped up. My son wanted cash but Satan’s helper kept insisting on sending him a check. When the check arrived it was for $1500. My son gave me the check knowing something was fishy about it. I immediately wrote “VOID” on the check and emailed this turd that I had notified local law enforcement, FBI, BBB, Craigslist Security, and the Federal Trade Commission. I also notified him/her that it is against the law to enter into a contract or transaction with a minor. Never heard back from this low-life. I think he got the message!

Here is one of the emails my son got from this turd:

Forwarded conversation
Subject: PAYMENT WILL DELIVERED TO YOU TODAY…GET BACK TO ME ASAP
————————

From: Janet Tyler
Date: Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 9:39 AM
To: brandon

Hello..How are you?I want you to know that the check will deliver to
you today via Ups and the The tracking number is (J226 802 828 1)
…so you can track it at http://www.ups.com to chat its current status to
know the exact time it will deliver today.Also i have included the
shipping fee to the exact amount that is suppose to be on the check so
the check is made out to you in the amount of $1,500 so what you need
to do is to go ahead and deposit the check then deduct the $200 for
the modded xbox and extra $50 for your running arounds then send the
remaining $1,250 which is meant for shipment to the shipper info below
Via Western Union i am paying the shipper that much because they have
lots of things to pickup for me in your area today so i want you to
make sure you get the shipping fee sent via western union to the below
info today so that they can do the bookings and come for the pickup’s
:

Name: Laverne Brown
Address: 28 colonia avenue
City; Danville
State; Illinois
Zip Code: 61832

So i want you to get back to me with the Western Union Transfer
Details such as Senders Name and Address,MTCN 10 Digit Number,also
ensure you deduct the Transfer Charges from the money you are sending
to the shipper and let me know the exact amount sent after the
deduction.

I will be waiting to read back from you if you understand this.

Thanks
_____________________________________________________

DON’T FALL FOR THIS SCAM! REPORT TO PROPER AUTHORITIES!