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General Forums => For Sale / Wanted => Topic started by: tlacour on January 31, 2006, 11:47:08 am
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I entered into a trade agreement with cyberdoc1971 ( Scott Melrose ) to trade my Ipaq 2755 for his Zaurus c3100. We were shipping simultaniously. I sent the Ipaq and what did I get. A box with a cheap wifi pc card and the cd.
I called him and he said that there must have been a mix up at the shipping company. He apperently brought in a loose PDA, manuals, and accessories, poured them out on the desk of a Mom and Pop shipping store and said to ship them off. Somehow, not only did the Zaurus not make it into the box, but a pc card that isn't even compatible was shipped instead.
After numourous ignored emails and several non-returned messages over several days I assumed he was scamming me. I have contacted his local DA's office to press charges, but alas, it looks like I am out a great PDA.
This was done through this forum.
After not hearing from him for several days I finally tracked him down at another Palm oriented forum. Here is a link to the discussion that followed.
It is a great read.
http://www.1src.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105113 (http://www.1src.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105113)
Since that thread was locked, he has agreed by email to send me payment when he gets paid this Friday.
We will see.
Beware of Scott Melrose from Graham, N.C.
email: cyberdoc1971@yahoo.com
or cyberdoc1971@netscape.com
or cyberdoc1971@MSN.com,
etc.
Don't trust him!
Tony
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I thoguht he had is identity stolen, so which person is sending you cash?
Or was he lying about his idnetity getting stolen?
PS(My condolences)
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Interesting. So what is the truth?
i read this up here as well
https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=15522&hl= (https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=15522&hl=)
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See this link I just added re: my dealings w/ cyberdoc:
https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showt...ndpost&p=113157 (https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=15522&view=findpost&p=113157)
lareya
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read all the threads dealing with this guy, including the ebay account 1src forums as well. Evidence is overwhelming.
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tlacour - Check your Private Messages on this forum.
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Mr. Melrose agreed to reimburse me for my loss in email, after heat put on him. He agreed to send me $400 payment if I stopped trying to contact Blockbuster's management.
Well...The deadline for Mr. Melrose's reimbursement payment came and went. He then stated that he would have the money only after he sold another device (Treo 650 GSM) and to give him a couple of more days. I gave him a couple more days.... and once again a deadline came and went. I had also told him I would take any comparable PDA as compensation. I could always trade/sell it myself. Still: No Payment, no Ipaq, and no Nothing.
I then filed a complaint with the FBI’s internet crime division ( http://www.ic3.gov/ (http://www.ic3.gov/) ).
I also filed a complaint with Blockbusters corporate offices. I have been in touch with the district manager for his area. I had become concerned that either the local manager of this store wouldn't or couldn't address this. I am to discuss this with them later in the week.
Officially, Blockbuster has nothing to do with this trade, but this guy is using his work phone number to make deals. He also has access to the personal information of anyone who has ever signed up for a Blockbuster membership. I personally don't feel comfortable having someone like that with access to that much information.
I've gotten emails from 5 different people who each had individual sales go bad with Mr. Melrose. Always something gets lost in the mail, or gets damaged, or is sent to the wrong place and then can't be found. In each case the person dealing with Scott Melrose is out an electronics device or the money to buy one and he claims that he is also a victim in each case. All together, between the forums where I posted this warning and the emails, I have come across 9 people who have either gotten stung by Scott Melrose, or backed out at the last moment due to some warning sign. They each thought it was an isolated incident and chalked it up to bad luck. Once they read the posts on this and other forums, they realized that a predator who stalks the forums looking for victims had had them. I know it sounds melodramatic, but I have spoken with quite a few site administrators for PDA related forums who all have Cyberdoc1971 as members with little or no posts, but active PM activity. Google “cyberdoc1971†and you will see several memberships in these sites with almost no public activity. He has now rejoined at least two of these sites under a different ID.
One of the FBI agents has emailed me to verify some facts. I am sure it will take months to see any real progress, but once it gets rolling, I don't doubt that Mr. Melrose will face some serious charges.
Also, I am still planning a trip in April to the East Coast on other business. I am taking a few extra days to look into this personally.
I'll keep you posted if any new developments turn up.
Tony
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Damn dude! I have no idea what you are going through but must be rough. I feel for you man and hope the best for you.
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Wow, you're totally going commando on this guy -- and from what I can tell, rightfully so.
I'm pullin' for ya, man!
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LMAO! I found "tlacour" here too. I read your threads at 1src.
I bought my Zaurus SL-C1000 from "Cresho." So umm, will you kill him if he doesn't ship once my paypal transfer goes though, thanks. Tlacour's experience made me hesitate.
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Looks like the scammer's been monitoring this topic.
I saw "cyberdoc1971" in the list of active users just a few minutes ago...
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Cresho is one of our most reputable members, and an active software developer for the Z. No worries.
LMAO! I found "tlacour" here too. I read your threads at 1src.
I bought my Zaurus SL-C1000 from "Cresho." So umm, will you kill him if he doesn't ship once my paypal transfer goes though, thanks. Tlacour's experience made me hesitate.
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Thanks brashley46!
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Cresho is one of our most reputable members, and an active software developer for the Z. No worries.
LMAO! I found "tlacour" here too. I read your threads at 1src.
I bought my Zaurus SL-C1000 from "Cresho." So umm, will you kill him if he doesn't ship once my paypal transfer goes though, thanks. Tlacour's experience made me hesitate.
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I know that by now
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ya no worries bout Cresh, oh btw wheres that 100 bucks you owe me on the superbowl?
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Keep us all posted... that guy really deserves a good beating... oh and for everyone to be compensated with interest for all the trouble.
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Never dealt personally with him myself, but he is one of the most respected members on this forum. I would not worry in the slightest.
(I was gonna precede this with a fake ripoff story about Cresho, but then I deleted it, remembering that alot of search engines only catch the beginning of a post and I didn't want anyone to get the wrong idea.)
Tony,
Good luck. Stay calm. Don't do anything that will turn the tables on you. This guy deserves justice and it sounds like he will get it. Good For you !!
We are all pulling for you.
Best Regards !
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Did anything ever come of this? I'm curious to know.
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The guy is STILL monitoring this thread... I'm seeing his name on the active viewing members list as I write this very post. 2:13am EST Sunday February 19, 2006. I couldn't sleep....and the good news is that this guy is starting to worry about this bad enough that HE CAN'T sleep either!
That's always good news. By the way, I live in Eastern North Carolina myself. There's not but so much that I can do as I'm disabled and currently confined to a wheelchair. But if there is ANYTHING that anyone can think of that I might can help with please let me know. I'm more than glad to chip in and help out.
He's scared. Let's keep him that way.
-NeuroShock
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I live in Eastern North Carolina myself. There's not but so much that I can do as I'm disabled and currently confined to a wheelchair. But if there is ANYTHING that anyone can think of that I might can help with please let me know. I'm more than glad to chip in and help out.-NeuroShock
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NeuroShock,
Thanks for the support. If you have followed the various threads, you know the details. I would never ask someone to put themselves out and definitly not to confront someone of this moral character. There really is no telling what he is capable of.
One of the real questions is weither or not this guy works at the Blockbuster video in Mebane NC. If you got a wild hair to take a ride to this store and ask for Scott Melrose. Then tell me if this is the guy:
found here:
[a href=\"http://profiles.yahoo.com/cyberdoc1971]http://profiles.yahoo.com/cyberdoc1971[/url]
He still maintains that there is someone else doing this and that guy works at Blockbuster.
I had been calling the store which was causing him problems at his "real" job. I actually haven't been messing with him lately because of the FBI investigation. It looks like that will take months, so I am thinking I will start back calling him at work tomorrow. That really seemed to bug him.
Blockbuster
1018 Mebane Oaks Rd.
Mebane, NC 27302
(919) 304-0484
Tony
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Cresho is one of our most reputable members, and an active software developer for the Z. No worries.
LMAO! I found "tlacour" here too. I read your threads at 1src.
I bought my Zaurus SL-C1000 from "Cresho." So umm, will you kill him if he doesn't ship once my paypal transfer goes though, thanks. Tlacour's experience made me hesitate.
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He did follow through with my order. Hooray for Cresho!
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Well,
The saga of Mr. Melrose ends (at least as far as I am concerned).
I had decided a few weeks ago to let the authorities handle this issue. It was taking up too much of my time. I turned over all of my information to the FBI’s Internet Crimes division (http://www.ic3.gov/). I was contacted a few weeks later by them confirming information and telling me that it was being forwarded to the appropriate local authorities that had jurisdiction. A few days after that I get an email out of the blue from Mr. Melrose:
“I have been out of the loop for some time for a reason, I do have some good news - Your PDA has been recovered. It took the past month working with some friends of mine trying to track down the culprit who did this to both you and me. Which he was directly confronted, and when faced to turn over the items he stole from you using my address and my good name
or be brought up on several charges. He did turn everything over, but I
need a list from you what you shipped out. Also, what do you want done
with thiese items, do you want them back or what? My cashflow is
currently low, I have been on unemployment so I don't think I can ship
this stuff to you for at least another week. Please let me know what
you want to do.
Thanks,
Scott Melroseâ€
After some back and forth emails, I realized he wanted to return the Ipaq because he was facing charges. I can only assume that some police agency contacted him and that got him into action. This last Friday I actually received the Ipaq as well as a few extra accessories that I had not originally sent.
Mr. Melrose still maintains that this was all the result of a nefarious cyber criminal who stole his ID and perpetrated all of this.
But wait! The plot thins….
Shortly after receiving the Ipaq I was able to restore it even though Mr. Melrose had tried to perform a hard reset.
Low and behold, the Ipaq restored to all of Mr. Melrose’s information. Not only all calendar (Yep works at Blockbuster), contacts (him with his banking and credit card info, his whole family, as well as many others), but also several documents which tie him to this PDA.
I could not resist confronting him on this. He claimed that while inspecting the Ipaq he must have inadvertently sync’d his information on it. Pretty dumb thing to do, but I could almost believe it, except there was loads of information that would not be sync’d. Software with his name and email used in the registration, Documents that would not be sync’d unless you intentionally copied them to the device, and several backup’s in the file store from as far back as 1/22/2006. Several items with date stamps that were spaced out over the last few months. Oddly enough, the first backup with Mr. Melrose’s personal info on it is 2 days after he would have received it from me.
In the end, I got back my PDA along with a few extra items and hopefully Mr. Melrose will think twice before he rips some else off.
Lesson for all: Don’t lie down and take it when someone rips you off. Stand up for yourself and be aggressive in seeking justice.
Tony
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I am SO glad that I didn't sell hiim my precious (and only working Z CL-860). Thank you for the follow up!
Lareya
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yes! very cool. but is the local authorities gonna press charges anyways? hopefully so. personally I would ban him from this forum, we dont want people of this "type" being part of this very nice forum.
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First off I want to set the record straight. I was not contacted by the authorities, but I did return Tlacour's property back to him.
lareya, what had happened is that I had some financial problems at the time, and I did not follow up with you, for that I am sorry.
Also, what Tlacour has not stated is that I have had to get some leagal help on my side for the outright harrassment on Tlacour's part. That is how the missing property was recovered. Not to mention he had to hack the Ipaq for my personal information which he is holding over my head, which seems a bit too much like blackmail.
I feel that this should be over and put behind us, but no. Tlacour apparently has a grudge against me, and has made it clear to smear me, my friends, and my family if it suits him.
Now that I have said my peace, I hope this clears the air a bit.
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First off I want to set the record straight. I was not contacted by the authorities, but I did return Tlacour's property back to him.
lareya, what had happened is that I had some financial problems at the time, and I did not follow up with you, for that I am sorry.
Also, what Tlacour has not stated is that I have had to get some leagal help on my side for the outright harrassment on Tlacour's part. That is how the missing property was recovered. Not to mention he had to hack the Ipaq for my personal information which he is holding over my head, which seems a bit too much like blackmail.
I feel that this should be over and put behind us, but no. Tlacour apparently has a grudge against me, and has made it clear to smear me, my friends, and my family if it suits him.
Now that I have said my peace, I hope this clears the air a bit.
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Are you mentally ill? LoL
I wish the mods would ban this guy once and for all.
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No, I am not. I just want to tell my side of the story, which I would think to be fair.
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First off I want to set the record straight. I was not contacted by the authorities, but I did return Tlacour's property back to him.
lareya, what had happened is that I had some financial problems at the time, and I did not follow up with you, for that I am sorry.
Also, what Tlacour has not stated is that I have had to get some leagal help on my side for the outright harrassment on Tlacour's part. That is how the missing property was recovered. Not to mention he had to hack the Ipaq for my personal information which he is holding over my head, which seems a bit too much like blackmail.
I feel that this should be over and put behind us, but no. Tlacour apparently has a grudge against me, and has made it clear to smear me, my friends, and my family if it suits him.
Now that I have said my peace, I hope this clears the air a bit.
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Are you mentally ill? LoL
I wish the mods would ban this guy once and for all.
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agree. 2 votes for mentally ill
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First off I want to set the record straight. I was not contacted by the authorities, but I did return Tlacour's property back to him.
lareya, what had happened is that I had some financial problems at the time, and I did not follow up with you, for that I am sorry.
Also, what Tlacour has not stated is that I have had to get some leagal help on my side for the outright harrassment on Tlacour's part. That is how the missing property was recovered. Not to mention he had to hack the Ipaq for my personal information which he is holding over my head, which seems a bit too much like blackmail.
I feel that this should be over and put behind us, but no. Tlacour apparently has a grudge against me, and has made it clear to smear me, my friends, and my family if it suits him.
Now that I have said my peace, I hope this clears the air a bit.
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1 question:
How did his information get onto the Ipaq, if he just “recovered†it? Remember, there are several system back-ups that start 2 days after he received it from me in late January. You can restore the ipaq to those times and see what was on it then. I have done this and for each of these back-ups all of his information is there.
Oh well. No matter what evidence is put out there he will keep putting out lies and trying to save face.
I guess I don’t want to seem as though he has “put me in my place†by his reply, but I really don’t have anything further to say about this topic. I think the evidence speaks for itself.
Tony
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This is an exact copy and paste from 1src.com, And from some of my friends that are supporting me on this issue, you need to let this go, and stop this "eye for an eye" stuff. The point is you have your property back, just let it go. You could have ended this gracefully, but no. I have had nothing but harrassment, not from the authorities, but from people in these forums, that have not heard my side of the story. It seves no purpose, so just drop the issue!
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Well, with not much to do this morning, I read this whole thread and, my oh my, what a fiasco.
This gut Cyber-mentally-ill-whatever is a pretty "bad guy". Its things like these that make you wary of selling/buying online from individuals. They put a smudge on the credibility of others too by such actions.
If really he had all that data sitting there (Scott melrose) , he doesnt do a good job of explaining how, when the iPaq was supposed to have been lost. Well, firsly to retun a device will all your personal data ... there you go - the irony of it - a guy who pretends to an online persona (all good) and then steals and then to get bitten by the same bug (of his own making) by giving away vital personal data where his identiy could be forged by someone else.
What goes around, comes around ... so they say
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This is exactly what I am talking about! I am so sick an tired of people taking fath in believing half-truths, and harrassing the wrong people. Just let it be, and this whole topic needs to die! As I have said before, what purpose doe this topic serve, other than outright slander and harrassment?
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This is exactly what I am talking about! I am so sick an tired of people taking fath in believing half-truths, and harrassing the wrong people. Just let it be, and this whole topic needs to die! As I have said before, what purpose doe this topic serve, other than outright slander and harrassment?
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then simply just leave if you do not like it, its apparent you are not wanted here,innocent or guilty, so my advise dont like it, close your account and stay in 1src (btw I have alot of friends in the palm community as well)
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both you guys drop it and end it. It's done and over and. anybody posting after this thread is just asking for trouble.
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All of this has forced the administrators to shut down my account at 1src, not from anything I have said, but what others have said about me which is not entirely true.
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both you guys drop it and end it. It's done and over and. anybody posting after this thread is just asking for trouble.
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it's amazing this thread is still going... and despite your efforts Scott Melrose hasn't made it to the FBI most wanted list.
Is it not a time to close this thread off?
-Andy
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I believe it is, and hopefully soon.
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I believe it is, and hopefully soon.
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I agree and it probably would end if you would quit flapping your mouth.
It's quite obvious you are guilty, spewing forth more garbage isn't going
to get anyone to believe you so do us all a favor, drop it and go.
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Mr. Melrose and I have settled this issue to my satisfaction. Hopefully we can all move along from here.