Topic: I lost $286,00 USD from "sellbitcoin" - Jeffrey Carlstrom, [email protected] (Read 3988 times)

Oh wow. I've been working with local PD and Greendot and (with the nudge of my lawyer) they've escalated to the Internet Fraud Division of the FBI.

Wait until I show them this thread.

(removes dog collars)

Yup. It's kind of a necessary evil on their part.

PayPal gave me my money back about a week ago... as annoying as it is from a seller's point of view, PayPal is pretty great if you're a buyer who has actually been scammed.

psychologists?

Hope you do m8, me neither from ukash.. They needed a lawyer to revert payment and i guess i cannot use a lawyer for bitcoins, i have spoken to him about that incident but..
Also they told to use ActionFraud but they didnt do much also.. too bad he will see those messages and will laugh, but i WISH to spend those money on doctors

same guy. I did not take my money back from Paypal. I'm trying yet...

maybe this user (sellbitcoins) is the same who operated sellbitcoins.to (and bitexchange.biz)
If thats true count me in the scammed by him..

mitty, wow!  your case is worse than mine. I hope Paypal give my money back, otherwise I'll try to cancel in my credit card too. But it take time and it's not 100% sure.

I'm filing PayPal claims, and if that doesn't work I'm going to do chargebacks with my credit cards.  $2000 of the transactions were on a Discover card but the other $900 was on my debit card so I'm hoping PayPal can resolve all of the claims.  I assume it shouldn't be too hard since he didn't provide tracking info and has seemed to disappear. (I think if the seller doesn't respond within 10 days, PayPal automatically closes the dispute and gives the money back to the buyer)

Do a chargeback and state you haven't received the physical items from him.

On Dec 24, 2012 he sent me a PM saying that he would sell me two BFL singles for $500/each and would accept PayPal. (I had a topic in the Goods/Computer Hardware forum looking to buy BFL singles.) I gave him my PP email, he sent the invoice, and I paid it.  I replied back to his PM asking if he had any more units for sale, and he said that he'd be willing to sell me two more for $500/each.  He sent me another $1000 invoice which I paid.

Day after Christmas (Dec 26) he posts a topic in the Computer Hardware saying he's selling 4 more BFL singles.  I PM him and ask if they're still available; he replies and says he'll sell me two for $900 or four for $1800.  I ask for two, and he sends me another PayPal invoice, this time for $900, which I also paid.

I then ask for tracking info, and he says he can't find the number but that the package (with the first four) should be there "tomorrow" (Dec 27).  That was the last message I got from him, and no packages have shown up.  He said that the first four were shipped USPS priority, and said that he would "overnight" the other 2, so I should have received all units by now. 

On December 28th or so I saw that he was marked as a scammer and immediately opened PayPal disputes for the 3 transactions.  I just escalated 2 to claims, and will do the same for the other tomorrow. (it won't let me do it right now since it hasn't been long enough)

Long story short: it happened on Dec 24, 2012 and Dec 26, 2012.

When did that happen??

I also got scammed by this guy.

I'm hoping PayPal will give me my money back.

Payment was to [email protected], and I "bought" 6 BFL singles from him for a total of $2900.

I'd be afraid to try and scam anyone on these forums with the detectives that post here.

That is possible. But I don't believe so in this case. He also had a Wells Fargo bank account which he also used to make legitimate trades before he went rogue and started scamming people. He also contacted me private to tell me his accout was compromised as a excuse to avoid responsibility for the scamming yet he continues to scam and does nothing to clear his name.

It is being a big headache to me 

It's not that easy, nor fast, to cancel the Paypal transfer.

I wouldn't be surprised if said user was using stolen information, such as a SSN to make all these accounts. Why else would he blatantly bastardize his own name? Regardless enough heat on the name should bring some action sooner or later.

Active Paypal Accounts:

Jeffrey Carlstrom  [email protected]     VERIFIED PREMIER     8M4X32CNKFTBS

Jeffrey Carlstrom  [email protected]     VERIFIED PREMIER      VS8DYKSKBSUSA
Jeffrey Carlstrom  [email protected]       VERIFIED PREMIER      VS8DYKSKBSUSA

Jeffrey Carlstrom  [email protected] UNVERIFIED PREMIER  2T22AXAMBZ8UU

Woow!!  You guys are amazing. So I was victim...

here is an interesting bit of info:

Carlstrom, Jeff
[email protected]
1609 england ave
everett, Washington 98203.
United States
425-314-4519.
Technical Contact:
Carlstrom, Jeff dsvirus@gmail.

425-314-4519
This number is registered to a

JESSIE CASTRO

Jessie Castro

Address:
1707 Merrill Creek Pkwy Apt 823
Everett
WA  98203-7111