Craigslist Fraud!!

Donald Paquette


Craigslist fraud

Submitted by Wirehairs on Fri, 2011/09/23 - 11:08am in Con-artists

Donald Paquette

1339 S SHERRILL ST, Anaheim, CA, 92804



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File a Report! Person pretends to be overseas/military, and buys something from you on Craigslist, sending you a fake PayPal payment, and then wants you to send money via Western Union to a "shipping company" before the funds are "released



I thought I would share my recent Craigslist experience (no, that didnt happen to me, though he tried.) We've had pretty good experiences adopting out our pets on Craigslist, so we decided to rehome Sally this way. I get this email from somebody claiming to be geting the PET (as he says it) for his wife. He says he lives in Michigan, but has a home in California where he'd be shipping Sally to. I said ok, that's cool but I'm not paying for shipping or ANYTHING! He said he'd cover the costs of shipping and the dog's rehoming fee and whatnot. I thought this was awesome!I gave him my adress and he sent me a check. This is where it starts getting fishy... He sends me the shipping money and wants me to western union the money to his shipping agent, Donald Paquette. I thought this was very odd, but I was just kind of like "lets see where this goes.." I get the check Firday, deposit it let him know I had the check in the bank and he says "ok, I need you to pull out the money TOMORROW and western union it to shipping, then we'll pick up the PET on Sunday afternoon after church?" I said "no, sorry that doesnt work. The soonest I can get anything out is Monday, but I know there's a processing wait on the check, so nothing can happen until I know the money is safe.". He starts getting pushy.. Says," ok, can you just western union the shipper $300.00?" me: "no, sorry I cant do anything until I know the money is clear".  My box is full of messages. He tells me it's a cashiers check, which is instant cash. And I need to western union the money to him no later than Monday 10:30 am! I haven't replied to him. I looked up the so said shipper on google and I found several reports of fraud!In my case he's pretending to be Angela Edwards. angelaedwards555@gmail.com. I have no idea where the check came from, but I'm positive it's forged. I'm getting in touch with my bank in the morning and i'm investigating this HOMO!! I'm so mad! I'm gonna make sure this person ends up in jail, because that is where he belongs! Thank goodness I'm not out anything, but quite a few people have lost a lot of money due to this dip stick! I'm thankful for my google everybody addiction, LOL! I even google my own name.. I'm just not exciting enough to have anything come up!