Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/04/27/15:30:11
I do believe the FBI investigates (or attempts to) these scams and
prosecutes them whenever they can catch the culprit. That said, I think
there's lots of culprits & not so lots of agents working on them..
I did read a couple of weeks ago where they DID arrest a couple that was
scamming on ebay like this and pressed charges.
reid
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cgf AT redhat DOT com]
> Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 10:41 PM
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: latest update on Re: [EXTREMELY OFF-TOPIC] The sad
> state of cgf's existing new laptop
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 12:31:17AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 03:48:55PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> >>On Tue, 8 Apr 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >>> On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 01:41:14PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> >>> >On Tue, 8 Apr 2003, Steve Fairbairn wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >>> >> > From: Charles Werner [mailto:cw AT gamma-rs DOT ch]
> >>> >> > Sent: 08 April 2003 07:41
> >>> >> > To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> >>> >> > Subject: [EXTREMELY OFF-TOPIC] The sad state of
> cgf's existing
> >>> >> > new laptop
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > What email address do I use for cgf's paypal
> account? Let's get
> >>> >> > this man a computer!
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Good call, someone tell me how to give money with paypal or
> >>> >> whatever, and I'll throw $10 dollars cgf's way.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Make it list mail rather than personal, in case anyone
> else wants
> >>> >> to as well. Steve.
> >>> >
> >>> >Well, I don't quite know how to use PayPal, but it seems
> to accept
> >>> >cgf's e-mail at RedHat as registered. If this is
> confirmed, I'll
> >>> >post a link.
> >>>
> >>> <no-shame-mode>That's me.</no-shame-mode>
> >>>
> >>> >Chris, why postpone the inevitable? Please let the list
> know which
> >>> >address to use for donations, and let us help. ;-)
> >>>
> >>> Someone has already donated something there. I really
> can't believe
> >>> this and other expressions of sympathy I've received.
> It's amazing
> >>> how often a bad experience can offer new positive perspectives on
> >>> life.
> >>>
> >>> *sniff* Something in my eye...
> >>> cgf
> >>
> >>I've realized a while ago that the one deserving person
> Chris cannot
> >>really give a gold star to is himself, but this is lots
> better than a
> >>gold star... :-D
> >>
> >>Ok, everyone, if you want to contribute a token of your
> appreciation
> >>to the Ruler, Czar, and Monarch (RCM) of Cygwin, the person who
> >>oversees the Cygwin project, provides us with useful packages like
> >>"cygwin", "sh-utils", "man/groff/less", "gcc/binutils/gdb/bison",
> >>"texinfo", and many more, handles our whining and (oh, horror) GPL
> >>questions on a regular basis, and still finds the time to
> hack on the
> >>Cygwin DLL, the one and only CGF, you may use the following link:
> >><https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&business=
> cgf%40redh
> >>at.com>
> >
> >Btw, paypal just sent me email because someone forwarded my
> message to
> >them. They told me to do a bunch of things that I'd already
> done and
> >made some observations which seemed to imply that they
> actually hadn't
> >read the email that had been forwarded to them. I took the
> opportunity
> >to ask them if I could get the personal information on the
> scumbag for
> >a law enforcement agency. Lets see if they ignore this request, too.
> >
> >Thanks, whoever you were, for getting them to contact me. And, many
> >many many many many thanks to the incredible outpouring of
> generosity
> >from the list. I couldn't believe it when I woke up today and found
> >more donations from the list. I thought sure that this would be all
> >finished by yesterday.
> >
> >I've used your generosity as an object lesson to my kids that there
> >really are good people in the world. I mentioned it to my
> parents too
> >but after a half hour discussion about cygwin, free software, why
> >cygwin isn't really a Red Hat enterprise, etc., I don't
> think they got
> >it.
> >
> >The kids got it, though. It's almost worth the pain of
> financial loss
> >to be able to point at the fact that the world isn't a completely
> >uncaring place. I'm sure they think that Dad is a little
> embarrassing
> >for getting choked up when he tells the story of the kind
> folks in the
> >cygwin mailing list, but what the heck...
> >
> >I need to give myself some off-topic coal for this thread
> but I really
> >do appreciate the commiseration I've received. It has been a really
> >tough couple of weeks for me thanks to this and another even more
> >serious issue and the response of people here has really helped.
> >
> >Ok. Enough of my slobbering. Get back to work.
> >
> >You over there! cygwin-apps isn't a bug reporting mailing list! Are
> >you crazy?
> >
> >And you! Yes, you with the cron problem! We need cygcheck
> output! As
> >an attachment, dammit!
> >
> >What? You aren't shipping sources with your binaries? Are
> you daft,
> >man? Have you never heard of the GPL? I quiver with
> outrage at your
> >impertinence!
> >
> >That's better.
>
> For those keeping score on this saga, here is the latest: A
> week or so ago the PayPal person that someone here put me in
> touch with gave me the contact info from PayPal. The phone
> number given was for an abortion clinic in Sayreville, NJ. Whoopee.
>
> Enough time has now passed that I can finally file a formal
> claim with eBay. Actually, I probably could have done that a
> week or so ago. So, I've done that. Now in another month I
> can maybe get my $175 of insurance. Whee.
>
> A couple of people have suggested that I could contact the
> FBI about this. Can anyone confirm or deny this fact? Does
> anyone here know precisely the right path to follow here?
> Would contacting the Sayreville police department help? I'm
> a little discouraged and gun shy about this ordeal but I
> really have to steel myself to keep moving forward and doing
> the right thing. Even if I can't recover my money, it would
> be satisfying to see the guy fined or in jail, or whatever
> happens to scum like this.
>
> And, again, thank you to all whose charity I have received.
> As I said, now when I tell the story of my stupidity to
> people, I have an amazing twist to the whole scenario. To
> me, it brings a whole new meaning to term "free software community".
>
> As I have intimated this is a particularly bad time for me
> right now. This incident came in the middle of a number of
> crises. As seems to be so often the case, this problem,
> which would have been enough of an annoyance was just one of
> many and, in some ways, it was the least of my worries.
> Still, the thought of being scammed in this way does hit me
> on a daily basis.
>
> Anyway, enough this off-topic self-pity. Thanks again, and
> again, I'm asking for advice on how to proceed. A few people
> have sent me email about near misses that they've experienced
> on eBay. I'm wondering how common my story is and if there
> is actually a number of people in a similar boat. I'm
> wondering if this is a Slashdot-worthy story...
>
> cgf
>
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