The Wegman Fund has been hit through PayPal with unauthorized bank transfers. The name used is Thomas Baxley with an email address of chunkeymonkey1296@yahoo.com.
Does anyone know who this is? I know I've seen this email before and I'm pretty sure it was on a racing forum but don't remember which one.
Any information would be appreciated.
That is unbelievable. I can't believe a racer of all people would do something like that. There has to be a way police can track down that yahoo account.
Gordy,
That absolutely sucks!!!! I checked out Yahoo's site and they won't release any information without a request from law inforcement (make sense).
I also checked out Pay Pal's site. CALL THEM IMMEDIATELY if you haven't done so already. Here's their contact information:
Customer Service Center
PayPal Customer Service Agents are available to help you during the following times:
4:00 AM PST to 10:00 PM PST Monday through Friday
6:00 AM PST to 8:00 PM PST on Saturday
8:00 AM PST to 6:00 PM PST on Sunday
Call us toll-free at: 1-888-221-1161
We may only discuss an account with the account-holder. Please have the following information available when you call:
Your telephone number
Your email address
The last 4 digits of your credit card or bank account registered with PayPal
For security reasons, we must verify the above details before discussing any account-specific information.
Dawn
Gordy, a couple things I would do (I have no experience here, just basic knowledge & common sense).
1. Call your bank on file with PayPal and stop all transactions. Your linked bank account could quickly be drained.
2. Do the same for any/all credit cards you have on the paypal account.
3. Call PayPal and notify them.
4. You'll want to open some legal complaint/report somewhere. I just don't know what the correct entity would be. Talk to PayPal, they should know.
People, don't jump to the conclusion that this is a Racer or Rider, or anyone who even has a clue who Gordy or the Wegman is. It's most likely just some d1ck who scammed the username & password.
The moral of this story (not sure if this is what happened, but nonetheless). Every email you get from "PayPal" or "Ebay" indicating your account is frozen, etc, IS A SCAM! Regardless of how it looks/feels. If you have doubt, fwd the email to spoof@paypal.com or spoof@ebay.com as applicable and they will verify authenticity.
I have contacted everyone already and froze all accounts.
PayPal said they will refund the money but I still want to try to find out who this is.
QuoteI have contacted everyone already and froze all accounts.
PayPal said they will refund the money but I still want to try to find out who this is.
Beautiful!
I don't know that you'll have any luck with getting a name/person. THe person will probably be caught as the papertrail is very good on transactions like this, but I don't knwo that you'll ever find out who it is/was...
If you ever do catch this guy, it would be a real service to all racers if you
POST THE FINK"S NAME AND ADDRESS!
Just, you know, so we can avoid dealing with him.... >:(
Yeah, my wife is still holding out that this is just a mistake and all will end well. I wish I could have that outlook on life. Rose tinted glasses and all.
When and if I ever get to the bottom of this and find out who it is I will definitely let everyone know so they can deal with him in their own terms. I know I hold a special place in my heart for any thief. Especially someone that steals from the Wegman.
Should this turn out to be a "mistake" I will apologize profusely for calling the guy a thief. Until then I will continue to try to hunt this guy down.
Oh yeah,
I'll be off here for awhile. Going to da nort woods to hunt some bambis or should i say Bambi dads.
Be back on Wednesday.
Happy Thanksgiving to all! ;D ;D
QuoteOh yeah,
I'll be off here for awhile. Going to da nort woods to hunt some bambis or should i say Bambi dads.
Be back on Wednesday.
Happy Thanksgiving to all! ;D ;D
Supposed to go sat to blasta few deer. Choices on which 'toy' to take. My AR, my .300win, my .30-30 or the .50. ;D The 50 is nice. It guts and cleans in teh same shot :o. BUT its 45lbs and 38" barrel and isnt fun to lug around. Plus one shot will scare every living thing within 3/4 mile. ;D Plus I feel sorry for anything in he path of that 600gr soft point. ;D
QuoteEspecially someone that steals from the Wegman.
>:(
Dont sweat it!!! they will get whats comming to them! first there IP is logged with paypal. That makes it all to easy to catch them. second there is know way they can remove any money with knowing where it goes. and then once we know who did it, aqnd I hope I speak for every one, THEY WILL GET WHATS COMMING TO THEM. That fund is not for proffit it is for racers in need. I know I would pay them a visit!!!
First off from a police standpoint. These cases suck to work!
You have to get a search warrant to get the info from Yahoo. Second, where I worked it changed because you couldn't just type up a search warrant and have the judge sign it. You had to go before a grand jury which only convenes on thursdays. Also yahoo, hotmail, etc only hold the info so long.
Plus, there are ways around the IP address stuff of tracking it. However, I don't want to divulge on the internet and totally educate the criminals.
Also, these cases involve interstate crimes which rely on several jurisdictions having to work together and a lot of man hours.
Plain and simple, not very likely going to catch the loser. That's alright...what comes around goes around and he will get his judgement day!