While going through the threads and updating them, I realized that we need a thread set up specifically for scammer alerts. Below are links to the threads in this group where we've issued scammer alerts.
PLEASE NOTE: Scammer alerts issued by us are issued only when we have concrete proof to support the alert.
They are the same person..so please beware.. This member has been removed and blocked from this group as well Bestoffriends B. http://www.care2.com/c2c/people/profile.html?pid=794846013
Re-posted, edited for content and length October 25, 2007 7:29 AM
(Please note: Personal info has been removed, as have some portions of the post that were not relevant to the alert)
Lily O. BEWARE OF SCAM ARTIST RUSSELL FROM TN., AND HER ALIAS'S 6:28 AM
There is a woman with the last name Russell that is scamming every group she can find. She uses alot of alias's; jasmine, linda, irene, and jacklyn, are a few I know of. She always uses 2 of the same adresses in Knoxville, TN. She claims to be needy on some sites on others she signs up for swaps and never sends anything to those that send to her. She is also pretending to send candy to the troops for Halloween. Several people fell for her lie on another group and sent her candy She has claimed that her oldest daughter has cancer, then autism, and now I have found that she is saying the same daughter has down's syndrome. She is a sick woman and needs to be stopped. She ... has been joining multiple Yahoo groups under several different alias's. She then signs up for swaps, recieves her gifts, etc. and leaves the groups. She has also been known to make up stories about being hard up and asking for gift cards, money, toys, stamps, etc.. She is bad news and seems to be mentally ill since this is all she seems to do. I... googled her name and found her here, involved in groups that I am sure she will end up screwing people over in. The names I have seen her use fo far are Irene, Jacklyn, Jassmine, and Linda. I am sure there have been more. She is really not all that clever since she always uses the same last name and mailing address, though I was just made aware that she now has 2 different street addresses. It will only be a matter of time before she gets caught by the authorities. I am sure she scams more then yahoo group members...
The latest scam that she tried to pull off in a group, was saying that she was helping 4 young girls to collect candy and cards to send to the troops overseas.... She scammed some people on a group I had, and from what I have seen she just keeps bouncng from group to group with the intention of screwing everyone over. This is a post from a yahoo group I am on:
Well everyone I have a new one for you, Our Bad Swapper know as Linda or Jacelyn, or Bree, or Susan, or Diane, or Irene Russell has changed her email addy to (email removed)... How do I know this for sure, you ask? Because I just approve someone with that e-mail addy to my group and immediatly she signed up for every swap in our group. With the name Irene Russell...
lorrie p.s.....i noticed you have a member on this board that belongs to several groups with that last name and is from Knoxville, TN. I also noticed that on one group she posted that her "autistic" daughter needed a candle shower. The suddenly her daughter has "cancer" on another group?? Everyone please be wary of who you are helping out!!
10/31/2006:
jassmine russell jacelyn,aquila,jaquilla jacelyn russell