Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]NATIONAL CHECK FRAUD CENTER NATIONAL CRIME ALERT NETWORK POST OFFICE BOX 80171 811 CANARY DRIVE CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA 29414 TO: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us The following information is being submitted by the National Check Fraud Center (http://www.ckfraud.org/) and the National Crime Alert Network (http://www.ckfraud.org/network.html). SPECIAL CRIME ALERT Our office is currently involved with a number of counterfeit check cases which have taken place In the Brooklyn, New York area, and we would like to share with you with some vital information and make you aware of this scam. Should you have any information regarding the below information, please contact our office by either Phone, Fax, or E-Mail. A counterfeit ring is working in the Brooklyn, New York, who are contacting individuals and companies across the US who have placed a classified in a commercial magazine called The Shutterbug. Contact is made by phone. Buyer knows that you have a high value listed piece of equipment for sale. The buyer has shown no concern of the condition of the listed item, not does he ask the normal questions that a person would ask. The suspect's main concern is to get you to say yes to the sell, have you ship the item to a address in Brooklyn area with the understanding that either a Bank Cashier Check would be used to pay for the item being shipped COD or that the Buyer has sent you a Bank Cashier Check by Federal Express which you would received the day after the first contact. - -2- The item being purchased is actually being shipped primarily to a private mail drop. Just recently a private home address has been provided to two potential victims. A Cashier Check is left with the drop box owner or clerk who, upon the delivery of the item by Federal Express, will pay for the COD delivery with the box holder's Cashier Check. The average size Check has been $7,000.00. The items being purchase by this group has been camera equipment. On several occasions, the buyer has forwarded a Counterfeit Bank cashier check using Fedex as the carrier with a returned pre-paid shipping order so the items being purchase will be shipped the same day the check arrives to the seller. Based on our findings to date, the following company names have been used in this scam as well as the personal names. addresses, phone number used, name of the bank on the cashier check, and the account number on the check. Business Name: NO LIMIT STUDIOS 245 EIGHT AVENUE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11236 NO LIMIT PRODUCTIONS 61 EAST 8TH STREET, SUITE 288 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 10003 Phone: 212-502-0665 NO LIMIT PRODUCTIONS 1454 ROCKWAY PARKWAY, SUITE 354 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11236 Phone: 212-502-0665 A & D ENTERTAINMENT 1454 ROCKWAY PARKWAY, SUITE 354 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11236 Phone: 212-502-0665 A & D ENTERTAINMENT 526 LAGUARDIA PLACE NEW YORK, NEW YORK10012 In two recent occasions, only a personal name was used and the mailing address turns out to be a private address: MR. ANDERSON 1401 EAST 48TH ST BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11234 Phone: 917-465-3837 According to our information, the above address is onwed by JOHN J. ROSARIO and purchased June 3, 1989. The value of the home is $200,000.00. There are two units at this address (2 stories). - -3- NAMES BEING USED: JOHN PETERSON ANTHONY PETERSON TODD PETERSON ROBERT SODO TOM PRICE V. MORGAN VIVAN MORGAN MARTIN MORGAN MARTIN T. MORGAN KENT MORGAN CHADD MORGAN CHAD MORGAN TIM EVANS We are assuming that runners are being used to pick up the Federal Express packages being left at the drop box. BANK / CASHIER CHECK: The same Bank Cashier Check and Account Number is being used or has been used in each listed address above. Bank: FLEET BANK Account Nbr: 0481001105 Check Nbr: 1594748 Same Check Nbr being used on different checks Bank: THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK Account Nbr: 000788031 Check Nbrs: 305006xxx The last three (3) numbers have been in in series We are requesting your assistance. The Center is currently building a criminal profile to be submitted to several Federal agencies and to a local task force made up of representatives with local law enforcement agencies and with several representatives from the FBI and Secret Service. If you have any information or have knowledge of any information regarding the above group or groups, please contact out office. If you have been a victim, please complete our CRIME REPORT FORM which can be found on our web site at the following address: (http://www.ckfraud.org/repform.html). A copy of the CRIME REPORT is available by fax. End Special Alert Report Charles M. Bruce Director ========================================== CHARLES M BRUCE Director of Operations E-MAIL cbruce@ckfraud.org (MAILING) Post Office Box 80171 Charleston, SC 29416 USA Office: 843-571-2143 Fax: 843-571-4349 EQUIPMENT BEING USED: FORMAT: Macintosh E-MAIL: Eudora ========================================================================= THE NATIONAL CHECK FRAUD CENTER http://www.ckfraud.org/ Provides nationwide, updated multi-source intelligence to support local law enforcement, Federal Agency, Financial and retail communities in the detection, investigation, and the prosecution of known check fraud crimes. Assistance is provided in the areas of CHECK FRAUD, FORGERY, COUNTERFEITING, and WHITE COLLAR CRIMES. NATIONAL CRIME ALERT NETWORK http://www.ckfraud.org/network.html CRIME REPORTING FORM http://www.ckfraud.org/repform.html Use this form to provide information and intellignece regarding the following: Check Fraud - Forgery - Counterfeit Checks - Bank Fraud - Stolen Identity =========================================================================