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05-22-2014 05:20 PM
#1
pain2k (Veteran Member)
Facebook Account Sales Dangers
Word of warning to FB account sellers.
http://nypost.com/2014/05/22/wolf-of...to-ad-schemes/
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05-22-2014 05:40 PM
#2
caurmen (Administrator)
Also, FYI, threads seeking or offering Facebook or Adwords account sales are no longer allowed on STM: http://stmforum.com/forum/showthread...Allowed-On-STM
05-22-2014 05:43 PM
#3
waltermitty (Senior Member)
Did you guys get a c&d? Or is this just a writing on the wall type of thing.
BTW that guy went well beyond the typical agency or personal account creation path. He committed numerous instances of wire and bank fraud. He was straight up stealing money from Facebook and the companies he claimed to be from. ROI is easy when you never pay your bill.
05-23-2014 03:32 AM
#4
dr_ngo ()
Originally Posted by
caurmen
Surprised it took this long to do anything considering the amount of fraud that's been going on for months
05-23-2014 03:52 AM
#5
redrummr (Member)
Yep, account sellers are shady. But all of it is fraud, from account selling to us cloaking. I am running down my last accounts and then starting another batch and letting them age while I focus on the longer term things such as mobile. FB ROI is too good to quit totally, so it's one to keep on the side for life imo.
05-23-2014 03:57 AM
#6
Adamw (AMC Alumnus)
Originally Posted by
waltermitty
Did you guys get a c&d? Or is this just a writing on the wall type of thing.
BTW that guy went well beyond the typical agency or personal account creation path. He committed numerous instances of wire and bank fraud. He was straight up stealing money from Facebook and the companies he claimed to be from. ROI is easy when you never pay your bill.
Luckily it looks like FB is only seeking civil action. But from our legal... Even having the intention of not paying is Fraud.
05-23-2014 04:17 AM
#7
cmdeal (Veteran Member)
Originally Posted by
buttonedup
Luckily it looks like FB is only seeking civil action. But from our legal... Even having the intention of not paying is Fraud.
Well, given that i) the charges include clear cases of wire fraud and identity theft, ii) the guy pretty much incriminated himself repeated and in writing with all of his immature online postings, iii) most of these "wanna be ballers" tend to play fast and loose with their taxes as well, I would imagine that this would be a pretty easy criminal case for any state attorney general and the IRS.
05-23-2014 04:20 AM
#8
king david (Member)
He's a Stacker as well.
05-23-2014 04:21 AM
#9
Adamw (AMC Alumnus)
Originally Posted by
cmdeal
Well, given that i) the charges include clear cases of wire fraud and identity theft, ii) the guy pretty much incriminated himself repeated and in writing with all of his immature online postings, iii) most of these "wanna be ballers" tend to play fast and loose with their taxes as well, I would imagine that this would be a pretty easy criminal case for any state attorney general and the IRS.
Wouldn't deny that at all... just going off of the documents:
http://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cg...ext=historical
05-23-2014 07:44 AM
#10
zeno (Administrator)
Originally Posted by
cmdeal
Well, given that i) the charges include clear cases of wire fraud and identity theft, ii) the guy pretty much incriminated himself repeated and in writing with all of his immature online postings, iii) most of these "wanna be ballers" tend to play fast and loose with their taxes as well, I would imagine that this would be a pretty easy criminal case for any state attorney general and the IRS.
Yeah I'd imagine it's textbook closed case on this one, no escape.
It's surprising how people get involved in this type of thing and go down in flames, when there are plenty of people who have exploited such acumen in legitimate avenues, made a lot more money, and built wealth that survives. Human nature I suppose.
05-29-2014 07:38 PM
#11
jason a (Senior Member)
Can we make threads about bad sellers? I just got beat by Universal Ads Media
05-29-2014 07:41 PM
#12
waltermitty (Senior Member)
post the wire info so everyone knows who not to send money to.
05-29-2014 07:42 PM
#13
jason a (Senior Member)
I did pay pal payments@universaladsmedia.com
Originally Posted by
waltermitty
post the wire info so everyone knows who not to send money to.
05-29-2014 07:43 PM
#14
waltermitty (Senior Member)
oh paypal reverse that shit you still have a shot.
05-29-2014 07:47 PM
#15
jason a (Senior Member)
Already done and if they dont give it back then I will call Amex and get it back
Originally Posted by
waltermitty
oh paypal reverse that shit you still have a shot.
05-29-2014 07:49 PM
#16
waltermitty (Senior Member)
Amex is amazing if you are a consumer! I do not accept Amex as a merchant because you could have a video of the customer ordering the product while holding the TOS and you will still lose the chargeback.
05-29-2014 10:14 PM
#17
peterb ()
@ Jason A, think i have the same issue with Universal Ads Media
They've gone unresponsive for the last 3 days
wired them $750 for a test buy on a personal
wired it here:
Name: Ryan J Eastley
Account No: 79122094
Sort Code: 51-70-16
IBAN: GB27NWBK51701679122094
Swift : NWBKGB2109W
Natwest Bank
86 High Street
Bideford
Devon
EX392HL
ENGLAND
06-12-2014 05:46 AM
#18
robby76 (Member)
Originally Posted by
caurmen
This sucks because it was the only reason i ever joined this forum (every 2 months) to find reputable providers. Hopefully this changes in the future. Just my 02
06-12-2014 06:25 AM
#19
zeno (Administrator)
Originally Posted by
robby76
This sucks because it was the only reason i ever joined this forum (every 2 months) to find reputable providers. Hopefully this changes in the future. Just my 02
Won't be happening in the foreseeable future. If you want to deal with account buying/selling it would be wiser anyway to do it via word-of-mouth through people you trust*
06-13-2014 01:52 AM
#20
polarbacon (Moderator)
Originally Posted by
robby76
This sucks because it was the only reason i ever joined this forum (every 2 months) to find reputable providers. Hopefully this changes in the future. Just my 02
Guys on this note anyone who is in here posting cloakers, accounts, other means of which to....ahem...do things your not suposed to...lets have some common sense
if you wanted drugs would you go buy them from the guy on the corner shouting..."get your meth here....great prices...buy 2 get one free"???????
I know everyone thinks this forum is some sorta holy ground...and anything we say here is "ok"....but its a public forum man....anyone with $99 bones can sign up...and as such its been exploited both ways...
its a proven FACT that fb risk team is on this forum...
I know for a fact scammers just signed up to post they had accounts....when in reality they had nothing...but an easy mark...
fuck man the money some of these account sellers were making aka charging was crazy....and demand so high....it was beyond anything even wall street could cook up...15k for a 5k account at some points....and guys were selling them in bunches....
I wouldn't trust anyone openly selling (aka posting about it or in their sig) anything that does seem grey/black hat...
just sayin'
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