For those scammed by Yellaboi [S2000 Speed Converter Buyers]
01-29-2008, 04:18 PM
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For those scammed by Yellaboi [S2000 Speed Converter Buyers]
<FONT COLOR="red">In an attempt to gain more effort from those scammed and havent been on all week I will be submitting the information this upcoming tuesday. Hopefully by this time I will have received everyone's information.</FONT>
After much dismay it is now apparent that the speedohealer (electronic speed converter) offered by Fred Morman (yellaboi) has been a scam. Some members, including myself, have made contact with the distributor of the converter and they reportedly have never heard of him and nor have they received money from him. I am making this thread in an attempt to hopefully get everyone together for a dispute against him. After being on the phone with Paypal for an hour and knowing the same amount now as I did before I called I have taken the matter to the FBI Internet Crime Division (I know I didn’t use the correct name but you get the idea). I know that there is somewhere between 15-20 people who have sent money to him. PM me your name and phone number so that I can list you as one of the contacts against him when I send the information to the FBI. If do not send the information Friday I will post the change the day before in hopes that we will get all the people who purchased on board this effort. I will only be posting usernames in this thread to identify the fact that you have contacted me and provided the information, your phone numbers will not be posted.
<FONT COLOR="red">Please! Make a complaint to Paypal and file a complaint with the FBI at http://www.IC3.gov. I cannot stress this enough. And if there is any new information that will clear this up feel free to PM me immediately.</FONT>
Here is the information he provided in the speed converter thread:
H-T Name:
YellaBoi
AIM Name:
Yellaboidj
Paypal Address:
ybenterprises@gmail.com
Address:
Fred Morman
511 Banks Road 2a
Jasper, AL
35504
USA
Cellphone Number:
2054832234
Here is what he looks like.
Members who have contacted me:
B16A1-EF9
Mr.EGG
Sparkles
JSR815
Portfl0w
Modified by American.Graffiti at 4:36 PM 2/1/2008
After much dismay it is now apparent that the speedohealer (electronic speed converter) offered by Fred Morman (yellaboi) has been a scam. Some members, including myself, have made contact with the distributor of the converter and they reportedly have never heard of him and nor have they received money from him. I am making this thread in an attempt to hopefully get everyone together for a dispute against him. After being on the phone with Paypal for an hour and knowing the same amount now as I did before I called I have taken the matter to the FBI Internet Crime Division (I know I didn’t use the correct name but you get the idea). I know that there is somewhere between 15-20 people who have sent money to him. PM me your name and phone number so that I can list you as one of the contacts against him when I send the information to the FBI. If do not send the information Friday I will post the change the day before in hopes that we will get all the people who purchased on board this effort. I will only be posting usernames in this thread to identify the fact that you have contacted me and provided the information, your phone numbers will not be posted.
<FONT COLOR="red">Please! Make a complaint to Paypal and file a complaint with the FBI at http://www.IC3.gov. I cannot stress this enough. And if there is any new information that will clear this up feel free to PM me immediately.</FONT>
Here is the information he provided in the speed converter thread:
H-T Name:
YellaBoi
AIM Name:
Yellaboidj
Paypal Address:
ybenterprises@gmail.com
Address:
Fred Morman
511 Banks Road 2a
Jasper, AL
35504
USA
Cellphone Number:
2054832234
Here is what he looks like.
Members who have contacted me:
B16A1-EF9
Mr.EGG
Sparkles
JSR815
Portfl0w
Modified by American.Graffiti at 4:36 PM 2/1/2008
01-29-2008, 07:07 PM
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Hahaha that dudes hilarious lookin. I wish a group of you guys would show up at his doorstep, like the children in Billy Madison showing up at Pricipal "Revolting Blobs'" house, hahaha. All scattered across his front lawn w/ chains and flaming torches.
01-29-2008, 07:59 PM
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Before hand, going to his house made sense but being realistic that would be highly stupid. Sad thing is that Im not too far from him but thats a trip to someone else's territory.
01-29-2008, 08:32 PM
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Personally, I think this guy might either be dead, hospitalized, or similarly unable to communicate. How much did he make off with anyway? $85 times, what?, 10 or 20 people? This whole thing seems like a lot of work and trouble for roughly $1000. I've dealt with scammers before (including 2 just in the last week on Craigslist), and they usually don't go to this much trouble for such a small sum, which can't be repeated easily.
Just a few days ago I got an email from someone who supposedly wanted to rent one of my houses for a vacation rental for $3k (for 7 days), claimed he was from England, head of some company, etc. Then he wanted to send a cashier's check from one of his clients for $5500, and we were supposed to wire him the difference. Yeah right; this is a common scam where the cashier's check is fraudulent, but you don't find out until after you've deposited it and sent the money, then your bank realizes it's a bad check and wants their money back from you. Anyway, this scammer just had to send a few emails and a bogus check, and can do the same scam with the hundreds of people offering Superbowl vacation rentals in my city; just a handful of people falling for it would generate over $10k in cash, for very little effort, and the scammer's identity would be pretty hard to track down, and in a different country most likely.
This "yellaboi" dude either isn't very bright in doing a scam where his identity (name, address, etc.) is so easily uncovered, and which won't net much cash, or he's out of commission somehow.
Just a few days ago I got an email from someone who supposedly wanted to rent one of my houses for a vacation rental for $3k (for 7 days), claimed he was from England, head of some company, etc. Then he wanted to send a cashier's check from one of his clients for $5500, and we were supposed to wire him the difference. Yeah right; this is a common scam where the cashier's check is fraudulent, but you don't find out until after you've deposited it and sent the money, then your bank realizes it's a bad check and wants their money back from you. Anyway, this scammer just had to send a few emails and a bogus check, and can do the same scam with the hundreds of people offering Superbowl vacation rentals in my city; just a handful of people falling for it would generate over $10k in cash, for very little effort, and the scammer's identity would be pretty hard to track down, and in a different country most likely.
This "yellaboi" dude either isn't very bright in doing a scam where his identity (name, address, etc.) is so easily uncovered, and which won't net much cash, or he's out of commission somehow.
01-30-2008, 12:20 AM
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^ not to mention that if you look back at the pictures he originally posted of the converter it looks exactly identical to the Speedohealer V4 available for pre-order right now so the "prototype" story sort of checks out. Then again, I didn't buy from him so this is none of my affair.
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01-30-2008, 05:57 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dwolsten »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Personally, I think this guy might either be dead, hospitalized, or similarly unable to communicate. How much did he make off with anyway? $85 times, what?, 10 or 20 people? This whole thing seems like a lot of work and trouble for roughly $1000. I've dealt with scammers before (including 2 just in the last week on Craigslist), and they usually don't go to this much trouble for such a small sum, which can't be repeated easily.
This "yellaboi" dude either isn't very bright in doing a scam where his identity (name, address, etc.) is so easily uncovered, and which won't net much cash, or he's out of commission somehow.
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I agree that there is a possibility that he is unable to get on a computer for what ever reason. But the difficulty lies in doing this over the internet, thus meaning any diversion from previous patterns can lead to circumstantial reasoning. I mean it like this, aside from the guy not being on the internet when Ive contacted the Jasper PD they stated that the name does not match the address. In addition to that the main distributor and the U.S. retailer have not heard of him and nor have they received any sums of money that might be able to identify our group buy. Now Im no genious but if you use deductive reasoning one would believe that there is a strong possibility that this was a scam. Granted the sum of $2000 may not be that much and I have no information regarding a similar scam on another website. All his information here is nothing but a thread compiled with the information he gave in the s2000 cluster converter thread. Once again I will state that I am more than willing to clear all this up, which is why I am allowing for some time before I report this to the FBI.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1989CivicSi »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">^ not to mention that if you look back at the pictures he originally posted of the converter it looks exactly identical to the Speedohealer V4 available for pre-order right now so the "prototype" story sort of checks out. Then again, I didn't buy from him so this is none of my affair. </TD></TR></TABLE>
It has been confirmed that he purchased a sample.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mike N »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Bump to keep it up.
Hope you guys get your money back.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Me too. Getting the money back would be ok, getting the converter would be great but impossible.
This "yellaboi" dude either isn't very bright in doing a scam where his identity (name, address, etc.) is so easily uncovered, and which won't net much cash, or he's out of commission somehow.
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I agree that there is a possibility that he is unable to get on a computer for what ever reason. But the difficulty lies in doing this over the internet, thus meaning any diversion from previous patterns can lead to circumstantial reasoning. I mean it like this, aside from the guy not being on the internet when Ive contacted the Jasper PD they stated that the name does not match the address. In addition to that the main distributor and the U.S. retailer have not heard of him and nor have they received any sums of money that might be able to identify our group buy. Now Im no genious but if you use deductive reasoning one would believe that there is a strong possibility that this was a scam. Granted the sum of $2000 may not be that much and I have no information regarding a similar scam on another website. All his information here is nothing but a thread compiled with the information he gave in the s2000 cluster converter thread. Once again I will state that I am more than willing to clear all this up, which is why I am allowing for some time before I report this to the FBI.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1989CivicSi »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">^ not to mention that if you look back at the pictures he originally posted of the converter it looks exactly identical to the Speedohealer V4 available for pre-order right now so the "prototype" story sort of checks out. Then again, I didn't buy from him so this is none of my affair. </TD></TR></TABLE>
It has been confirmed that he purchased a sample.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mike N »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Bump to keep it up.
Hope you guys get your money back.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Me too. Getting the money back would be ok, getting the converter would be great but impossible.
01-30-2008, 12:31 PM
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Re: For those scammed by Yellaboi [S2000 Speed Converter Buyers] (Sparkles)
Original post updated 
Modified by American.Graffiti at 9:28 PM 1/30/2008
Modified by American.Graffiti at 9:28 PM 1/30/2008
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Re: For those scammed by Yellaboi [S2000 Speed Converter Buyers] (portfl0w)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by portfl0w »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">a converter would be dope. as dwolston said seems to lame to be a scam. if so im super lame for falling for it 
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A scam is a scam, regardless of magnitude.
</TD></TR></TABLE>A scam is a scam, regardless of magnitude.
01-30-2008, 07:34 PM
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Re: For those scammed by Yellaboi [S2000 Speed Converter Buyers] (American.Graffiti)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by American.Graffiti »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">A scam is a scam, regardless of magnitude.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Yep, the more I read about this incident, the more this definitely looks like a scam rather an honest mistake of some kind.
Yep, the more I read about this incident, the more this definitely looks like a scam rather an honest mistake of some kind.
01-31-2008, 06:53 PM
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Re: For those scammed by Yellaboi [S2000 Speed Converter Buyers] (dwolsten)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dwolsten »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Yep, the more I read about this incident, the more this definitely looks like a scam rather an honest mistake of some kind.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Thats where I was 1~2 weeks ago.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jeremy D. Swain RT (R) »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">WoW he lives just minutes from me. </TD></TR></TABLE>
Ever heard of the guy? or seen him?
Yep, the more I read about this incident, the more this definitely looks like a scam rather an honest mistake of some kind.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Thats where I was 1~2 weeks ago.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jeremy D. Swain RT (R) »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">WoW he lives just minutes from me. </TD></TR></TABLE>
Ever heard of the guy? or seen him?
02-05-2008, 04:36 PM
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Re: For those scammed by Yellaboi [S2000 Speed Converter Buyers] (Mr.EGG)
I guess Im going to have to extend it for another day.
02-13-2008, 06:05 PM
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Re: For those scammed by Yellaboi [S2000 Speed Converter Buyers] (MilkyLep)
Sorry for my lack of posting. School has me tied up. I will be sending my information out tomm.
02-13-2008, 07:08 PM
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Re: For those scammed by Yellaboi [S2000 Speed Converter Buyers] (American.Graffiti)
What exactly do you think the FBI is going to do? Good luck anyway. Scammers suck 
02-14-2008, 08:18 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mikeycivic »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What exactly do you think the FBI is going to do? Good luck anyway. Scammers suck </TD></TR></TABLE>
act like theres something they can do.
</TD></TR></TABLE>act like theres something they can do.
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Re: For those scammed by Yellaboi [S2000 Speed Converter Buyers] (portfl0w)
I got scammed too, filed a complaint with paypal and won my case. Unfortunetly I cant get my money cuz they cant get a hold of him. Someone needs to get this guy arrested so he loses custody of his child. Then he can be the one jumping through hoops for a change.
Someone needs to get this guy arrested so he loses custody of his child. Then he can be the one jumping through hoops for a change.
