JPLSU1981 
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2005
6742 posts
 | "Miami Scammer" is lurking....watch out for the guy... (Posted on 11/5/09 at 10:24 p.m.)
I know this is in another thread, but sometime the stickied threads tend to get "ignored" by even myself (as I'm on this board all the time but had never read that stickied scammer thread)
This is exactly what a guy did to me this week for Alabama tix after I posted on here that I was looking for 3 tix ... First, I got this email ...
quote:
subject: lsu@ala tickets
From: Josh Blair (blairjosh21@yahoo.com)
Sent: Sun 11/01/09 2:33 PM
To: XXXXXX
i have sec gg row 29 i have 6 tickets together,i am not a ticket broker,i am a season ticket holder,please email your home and cell number with area code to go over details
Although I thought it was odd he wouldn't leave his phone number in his initial email, I still replied with my cell number to get in contact with me (obviously before ever seeing the stickied thread). The next morning, I got a call from a "BLOCKED" number. I didn't answer, but he left a message (but didn't leave his call-back number, just said he was calling about the Bama tix and would try me later in the morning). The next time later that morning I got a call from "BLOCKED" and i answered, assuming correctly that it would be him. Sure enough, it was him ... said he was a season ticket holder, had recently been relocated to Miami, his father usually uses the tickets but had recently passed away. He was pushing to get me to buy all 6, but I told him I needed to get with my buddies to see if they were ok with buying the tix since they would be paying for them as well (not to mention I only needed 3 tix anyway). He asked how quickly I could find out, and I told him it could take a few hours. He didn't give me his number or anything, just said he would call back later that afternoon.
I found the whole process akward, strange and simply "something was not right" in my mind. I've bought tickets numerous times from strangers, but this whole situation, from the very first email to the blocked number to his personality on the phone, to his accent, his avoidance of leaving a call-back number... everything just seemed fishy. I knew as soon as I hung up the phone that I would not be buying from him and I wouldn't be taking his call later that afternoon. Had I known about the information in the stickied scammer thread prior, I would have given him a piece of my mind as well.
I am 100% confident this is the guy others have mentioned in the stickied thread ... and like others have said, HE IS STILL LURKING ON TD.COM, SO WATCH OUT!
FWIW, he has a New York/New Jersey accent and calls from a "bLocked/private" number.
This post was edited on 11/5 at 11:08 p.m.
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