[thiefcrusher]

Attention users of this board:

Please be cautious of dealing with the user RURUEP.

He defrauded a friend of mine on ebay. He promised to sell an Iphone for $400 and instead he sent a box of paper scraps. We have reported him to the Philly Police, El Paso Police, and 2 federal agencies.

We have also filed a case against him in Philadelphia Court and have a court date set for April 2nd.

MODERATORS: This is not a joke nor a form of harassment. Real police reports have been filed, and real court case in pending. I am posting this here to protect your users from entering into any transactions with him.

I can provide further proof (police report #s, ) if you want.

Here is the link where the fraud originated...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...0%3D%26fvi%3D1


** UPDATED SEPT 2008 **
We won the court case against "ruruep" aka RUDY GALLARDO, of El Paso, TX. He did not show up nor respond and we won by default. However, he appears to still be scamming people.

Here is another report from someone who claims to be scammed by this person:
http://www.scamclub.com/reports/Rudy-Galardo-5963.html

[DoerrFan]

Thank you for the warning, some people...

[jakecigar]

Where's your friend's review of the crook? He/She should have it in the "seller"'s profile!!

[thiefcrusher]

My friend was naive to the whole thing and made the mistake of asking the seller a question about the phone and got conned into buying it via email. This allowed "ruruep", or "michelleandruru" (on ebay) to sidestep ebay/paypals authority. This is why we have to take him to civil court.

I tracked him to mysapce and contacted him, he denied it was him. However, the idiot has a picture of himself by his desk. In the ebay picture, it has the same exact desk and window in it.

[jakecigar]

Your friend and the community has learned a lesson about bypassing ebay security protocols! Thanks for posting!

[Imahottguy]

I hope that your friend takes this as a lesson well learned; Never circumvent eBay/Paypal, it might seem tempting, however it is very dangerous for a buyer (or seller for that matter). I'm not trying to sound patronizing in any way, I'm being serious...

[one1]

I'm sorry, but how big of a dumbazz do you have to be not to see the contradictions in the listing? The whole thing was a lie from the start.

The only "some people" I see here is the SOME PEOPLE who will buy anything.............

Brand new still in box Iphone. This phone was jailbroken and modded. The Iphone has all the software installed to unlock the phone. I will not personally unlock it for you . Once you recieve the phone you have the option to unlock or not. The phone is still in its shrink wrap state. Only thing added to the phone was a theme of any choice you prefer from its installer resources. Only bid if you are planning to pay instantly as soon as the auction ends. I will relist the phone if not paid withing the hour of auction ending. No exceptions. email me any questions you have.

[thiefcrusher]

Originally Posted by one1

I'm sorry, but how big of a dumbazz do you have to be not to see the contradictions in the listing? The whole thing was a lie from the start.

The only "some people" I see here is the SOME PEOPLE who will buy anything.............

It was my friends little brother, he's young and naive, yes. Ruruep took advantage of a teen and now I am handling it.

The victim is naive, but the criminal is a criminal none the less.

[theguyz]

# 1 reason i avoid listings of $20 > of people who have less than 50 feedback.

As well picture of shrink wrap looks very loose, as well how can it still be shrink wrapped if ANYSIM loaded on phone.....


Sorry for your freind but should be more cautious when buying items.

I still love the non-fraudulant Brand New Xbox 360 box, worded so well stated have listing of whats included on side of box. And people actually payed $400 +, and ebay and paypal coudl do nothing as stated it was box and what was listed on side of box and nevert stated auction included items.

[thiefcrusher]

Originally Posted by theguyz

# 1 reason i avoid listings of $20 > of people who have less than 50 feedback.

As well picture of shrink wrap looks very loose, as well how can it still be shrink wrapped if ANYSIM loaded on phone.....


Sorry for your freind but should be more cautious when buying items.

I still love the non-fraudulant Brand New Xbox 360 box, worded so well stated have listing of whats included on side of box. And people actually payed $400 +, and ebay and paypal coudl do nothing as stated it was box and what was listed on side of box and nevert stated auction included items.

There was an episode of judge judy where someone tried that "I stated I was selling the box" defense. The plantiff won their money back.

[RainWalker]

It's so easy to see the warnings and the signs after-the-fact and after the warning. If someone wants to scam you, one misstep is all it takes. So typical to blame the victim.

The eBay and Paypal complaint department can't keep up.

Originally Posted by jakecigar

Where's your friend's review of the crook? He/She should have it in the "seller"'s profile!!

Crooks respond to negative feedbacks with negative feedbacks. See the last two buyers - they're left with bad products and bad comments.

[Imahottguy]

Originally Posted by theguyz

# 1 reason i avoid listings of $20 > of people who have less than 50 feedback.

Funny enough, I put my 8GB 1.1.2 OOTB up on eBay for Buy-It-Now of $425 + $10 Shipping, but had also put a reserve of $425 (that way if it sold, I would get what I paid for it, brand new, back). In less than 10 minutes it was purchased by someone who had 0 feedback, but had been a member for about 9 months. I thought that I was being screwed with, but the person paid within an hour through paypal. As a habit, I transfered the money to my bank immediately (which takes about 4 days) and it all went through. Per the terms of the listing, I modded it to the winners liking, and all went well.

I do agree that it's best not to let someone that has low or no feedback purchase an item (or to buy from someone in that situation) from you, but sometimes, there is good in man- though very rare this occurs.

Thought I'd give my $0.02 ;-)

[fat x nub]

Originally Posted by thiefcrusher

My friend was naive to the whole thing and made the mistake of asking the seller a question about the phone and got conned into buying it via email. This allowed "ruruep", or "michelleandruru" (on ebay) to sidestep ebay/paypals authority. This is why we have to take him to civil court.

I tracked him to mysapce and contacted him, he denied it was him. However, the idiot has a picture of himself by his desk. In the ebay picture, it has the same exact desk and window in it.

hahaha...thats hilarious...about the picture...not about the $400

[thiefcrusher]

Its also funny that he posted this message on here. Granted he's being sarcastic, but given the context that hes a thief, its funny to read this. Especially when he says "what we need more of in the world".

Originally Posted by ruruep

Tell you what,,if you send it to me,i will make sure the rightful owner gets it back ,,in return i will send you a brand new one ,,,i work at at&t and i fake the inventory,,,but since you will be such a nice guy and return it you deserve a brand new one,,,,ILL EVEN UNLOCK IT FOR U,,EMAIL ME,,,shelllovesroo@aol.com
YOU MY FRIEND ARE WHAT WE NEED MORE IN THE WORLD OF!!!!!!!!!

[Mr.P]

why would someone pay retail price for an 8gb iphone off of ebay when you can just save yourself time and have peace of mind by purchasing one through apple or AT&T? doesnt make sense. honestly, you are right in the sense that what was done was wrong but really i dont think anything is going to come about from it. the cops and courts will do very little and have more important things to deal with. GL though.