Vididiots Arrested! Fined! (Page 8) NEW INFO 12/06

[kevin_psx]

Yeah. Best policy is ignore the Thieves & let them run rampant as they Scam everyone out of their money.

/end sarcasm

[Darren870]

Nman - have you heard from the winner yet?

[dj_spryte]

Someone by the name of nice-reseal-job just bought all his top dollar auctions. He just racked up a big selling fee. Hopefully that will get him to think twice.

[Griking]

And yet his feedback has managed to go UP again.

BTW, here are some of his recent wins for you all to go bullshit over

9 Empty NES Boxes (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8269140931)

4 Complete NES games (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8267711582)

Large Lot of NEs and Gameboy boxes (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8268818820)

Actually, HERE's (http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidItems&userid=vididiots&completed=1&all=1&rows=25&sort=3) a link to all of his recent wins and items he's bidding on.

Let the feeding frenzy begin.

[Zadoc]

For what it's worth, I once had an eBayer shut down who ripped me off. He was selling DVDs that he didn't have. To everyone who questioned him in 30 days, he would refund and say that an "employee" lost some records.

The governmental agency to contact is the seller's state Attorney General's office.

In the case of the person who ripped me off, he was arrested.

Had some fun with him too. A skip trace gave his real phone number and address. Boy was he surprised when I called him at home and said, "Hi, is this Rodney ____, social security number xxx-xx-xxxx? Great! My eBay username is rev_overkill, you ripped me off!"

[kevin_psx]

What's a 'skip trace'?

[Damaramu]

According to a website:


Skip Tracing is not just service that a collection agency can do. It's not something only detectives can do either. Skip Tracing is a skill that can be learned relatively easy

Anyone can find information about a person if they dig deep enough. The Skip Tracer may need information in order to: Collect Debts, Service Legal Matters, Repossess Something, Locate Witnesses, Locate Missing Persons or Heirs, Find Life Insurance Beneficiaries, Locate People that Property and/or Money is owed to Locate a Long Lost Relative, Friend, or Loved One. The list of reasons why a Skip Tracer may be needed can get very long

Skip Tracing can be a very rewarding job both challenging and financially rewarding. It is possible for a person to learn the trade relatively easy and in a simple way. If you want to get into this subject more, click on the highlighted areas throughout these instructions and check out the things I will be showing you

Locating people who have moved hastily or that have secretly fled without giving notice, and absconded in order to avoid paying debts, some disregarding and omitting what intervenes, or those that are trying to hide from the law, can be located. Those that are "Missing" (for a variety of reasons) can in most cases be found through the paper trails they leave behind

Divorce or Marital Litigation and lawsuits generate a lot of work for Skip Tracers. The service may be needed to help collect on Past Due Child Support or to help bring a Bail Jumper or Convicted Criminal to Justice. Sometimes it is only needed to correct a simple Human Computer Input Error resulting an Inaccurate Address or Telephone Number that is needed for contacting someone. With that said it brings us to the starting point

First thing, we should do is "Categorize the Skip." The person your looking for is either an Intentional Skip, or an Unintentional Skip. If the person has taken flight from the authorities for criminal acts, or they are not wanting to be found for some reason they are an Intentional Skip, and it is not likely this person will leave behind the typical "trails" that skip tracers look for. Many Intentional Skips are aware of what is necessary, what they must do, to avoid being found

The Intentional Skip avoids lawsuits, and bill collectors by moving around a lot. They may change their telephone numbers and get a Post Office Box to avoid obligations, but usually are not willing to make an entire identity change and will frequently leave a trail that can be followed

If the person is an Intentional Skip and they know how to hide, you just have to hope that person "slips up" somewhere. It gets difficult if the person has taken flight, they are aware of how to avoid paper trails, they do not stay in touch with old friends, family and relatives, they work under the table for cash only, they change their occupations frequently, they dropped all their old hobbies, they took on a new look, and they adopted new behavior patterns.

The following will be helpful in your search:

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Subjects Common Name Used (and Alias names)
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Spouse's Name and Maiden Name
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Last known Address (and the date it was valid)
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Any Previous Addresses (and dates valid)
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Last Known Telephone Numbers (and dates valid)
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Social Security Number(s)
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Date Of Birth (or approximate age if date of birth)
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Date Of Birth Of Spouse (or approximate age)
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Last Known Employment (Occupation)
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Last Known Employment Of Spouse (Occupation)
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ID Numbers or Drivers License # (state issued in)

[Michiganfan2]

Ok...You guys are not going to believe this.......

Last week I sold some NES games to Donbills, a member on NESWorld. He sent the MO and I shipped the games to him. His street address was 1209 whatever....I thought all was good.

Today, I get a phone call from Don Bills in Mullika Park, NJ. He's asking me why I sent him a box of NES games. I'm like, because you ordered them and sent me a MO. He says he doesn't even have a Nintendo. So we are chatting for awile trying to figure out what happened.

Then he mentions that his address is 1222 whatever and I remembered that Nick Morgan was from NJ. So I start telling him about this kid who is screwing everyone on eBay. I say his name is Nick Morgan, he says, I am a high school teacher and Nick Morgan was in my class last year.

Long story short, Mr. Nick Morgan is using his former teachers name to conduct his "Business" now. We are pretty sure Nick lives at 1209 but b/c the box was addressed to Don Bills, the mailman figured I addressed the box wrong and delivered it to Don's house at 1222.

I forwarded all the links regarding Nick's activities that I could find here and on NESWorld to the real Don Bills. He will be contacting the police with all the information tomorrow. He is very scared that he will be in some shit over Nick's fraud.

So Nick, Mister_slug, vididiots, or "donbills".....your games are at your neighbors house. Don't ask me for a refund you putz....walk your ass over and pick them up if you have any balls. Or, wait till the police come and see if they'll hand them over. Chances are they'll be admitted as evidence against you sir.

Hope you all enojoyed the story. Mike

[kainemaxwell]

Ok...You guys are not going to believe this.......

Last week I sold some NES games to Donbills, a member on NESWorld. He sent the MO and I shipped the games to him. His street address was 1209 whatever....I thought all was good.

Today, I get a phone call from Don Bills in Mullika Park, NJ. He's asking me why I sent him a box of NES games. I'm like, because you ordered them and sent me a MO. He says he doesn't even have a Nintendo. So we are chatting for awile trying to figure out what happened.

Then he mentions that his address is 1222 whatever and I remembered that Nick Morgan was from NJ. So I start telling him about this kid who is screwing everyone on eBay. I say his name is Nick Morgan, he says, I am a high school teacher and Nick Morgan was in my class last year.

Long story short, Mr. Nick Morgan is using his former teachers name to conduct his "Business" now. We are pretty sure Nick lives at 1209 but b/c the box was addressed to Don Bills, the mailman figured I addressed the box wrong and delivered it to Don's house at 1222.

I forwarded all the links regarding Nick's activities that I could find here and on NESWorld to the real Don Bills. He will be contacting the police with all the information tomorrow. He is very scared that he will be in some shit over Nick's fraud.

So Nick, Mister_slug, vididiots, or "donbills".....your games are at your neighbors house. Don't ask me for a refund you putz....walk your ass over and pick them up if you have any balls. Or, wait till the police come and see if they'll hand them over. Chances are they'll be admitted as evidence against you sir.

Hope you all enojoyed the story. Mike
Major ownage.
LOL

[Darren870]

Keep us updated man! Let us know if there is anything we can do!

[Michiganfan2]

The real Don Bills is supposed to let me know what the police say. I just hope follows through on this. I know if it was me, and my name was being tied to mail fraud, I'd be at the police station the moment the freakin' doors opened in the morning.

[jajaja]

Haha that is a great story :D

[kevin_psx]

Mr. Nick Morgan is using his former teachers name to conduct his "Business" now. We are pretty sure Nick lives at 1209 but b/c the box was addressed to Don Bills, the mailman figured I addressed the box wrong and delivered it to Don's house at 1222.

From the point-of-view of the buyer, what is the purpose of using "Don Bills" name instead of your own name?

also what's the connection to viddiots?


and where's griking telling us we're scum for "harrassing" this guy? LOL

[Michiganfan2]

The connection is that Nick Morgan is Viddiots, and Mister_Slug, and NMorgan, and Donbills. They are all one in the same.

[esquire]

and where's griking telling us we're scum for "harrassing" this guy? LOL

Probably griping and complaining in another thread.

[Griking]

and where's griking telling us we're scum for "harrassing" this guy? LOL

Probably griping and complaining in another thread.

It seems like I'm damned if i do damned if I don't around here :roll:

[kainemaxwell]

Heck at this point the guy deserves what's coming to him after the way he screwed so many others over.

[jonjandran]

It seems like I'm damned if i do damned if I don't around here :roll:

Hey don't get too down about it, remember we have agreed TWICE about things. @_@

[GrandAmChandler]

Heck at this point the guy deserves what's coming to him after the way he screwed so many others over.

Agreed. Falsification of Identity, Counterfeiting New games.

He needs to go down.

Help us Michiganfan2, you are our only hope.

[Jibbajaba]

and where's griking telling us we're scum for "harrassing" this guy? LOL

Probably griping and complaining in another thread.

It seems like I'm damned if i do damned if I don't around here :roll:

No you're not. I promise, if you stop bitching about everything around here, we'll stop making disparaging remarks about you bitching about everything around here.

Chris

[Damaramu]

Any updates on this situation?

[Michiganfan2]

Update coming soon.....

[Bronty-2]

fingers crossed...

[kainemaxwell]

Good luck man.

[Michiganfan2]

Update!

I got a call from a US Postal Investigator in NJ yesterday. I emailed all the information the we have collected to him. Looks like this is starting to go somewhere now.

[Darren870]

Can you give us a phone number or anything? Maybe a higher volume of calls will show this is a more serious matter then just a message board.

Keep us updated!

[Damaramu]

Hmm...he is committing mail fraud, IIRC. This is a federal offense. It might be prudent to get ahold of the DA offices in his area.

Here's a link:CLICKY (http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/nj/contactinformation.html)

[Michiganfan2]

I'd rather not give out the phone number and email address. I don't want to overwhelm the guy. He did mention to me about the seriousness of this mail fraud. He also mentioned that he is just starting the investigation. It's possible that I may not find out any more information. Hopefully things work out and our buddy gets everything he deserves.

[Michiganfan2]

I got an email from the US Postal Investigator today. He told me that they arrested Nick Morgan on Tuesday of this week. Great work to everyone who helped bring him down.

The investigator did have one question...he wanted the links of a few of the games that Morgan bought and resold on eBay. Without having to go through and search all the posts...do any of you have some of these links handy? If so, PM them to me and I'll forward them on.

Great job to all!!!

[TS_Death_Angel]

Good to hear :)

[GrandAmChandler]

I got an email from the US Postal Investigator today. He told me that they arrested Nick Morgan on Tuesday of this week. Great work to everyone who helped bring him down.

The investigator did have one question...he wanted the links of a few of the games that Morgan bought and resold on eBay. Without having to go through and search all the posts...do any of you have some of these links handy? If so, PM them to me and I'll forward them on.

Great job to all!!!

No way! Arrested! That's great! Permanent record baby!

[Darth Sensei]

That's bad ass dude.

[GrandAmChandler]

Doing a little sleuthing here is what he posted on a friend's myspace account:





Nick : 4/17/2006 9:36 PM

Elena, I just got into some trouble, and now I have to pay off a fine. In other words, I am going to need the money you owe me for Mario Party 3 sometime soon to help pay it off. If I could come over sometime and pick it up (maybe play some N64 while I'm there), that would be great. Let me know...

[Buyatari]

The investigator did have one question...he wanted the links of a few of the games that Morgan bought and resold on eBay. Without having to go through and search all the posts...do any of you have some of these links handy? If so, PM them to me and I'll forward them on.


How about my preformated FBI letter?


This is in reguards to a seller who is defrauding collectors on ebay. Attempts were made by several collectors to contact ebay. Ebay claims they are not experts but this is a clear cut case even a non-collector can determine.

Here is one example of a used game purchased by ebay user vididiots.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8255873095

Here he has the same game which he is now selling but look its NEW.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8266268134

If you notice the wear in the upper left corner this is the same game.
http://students.rwu.edu/dfrickel920/0d_1a.JPG

The user was contacted and has since made his auctions private to prevent us from contacting the potential buyers. Vintage video games are a new but growing collectable. Buyers are often willing to pay many times the going rate if it is factory sealed. Please help us do something and put a stop to this guy.

I'm sure ebay and payapl have all that data that goes back. Also nice is that they can find the hidden buyers. All you need is a court order and now that the postal inspector is invloved they should cough all that info up.

[Bronty-2]

wow... nice to see some actual consequences.

[Michiganfan2]

Thanks Buyatari...that is perfect!!

[JT80]

Woohoo!! :D

[NESaholic]

Holy mac this is just too awesome news and that message from mysapce made me LMAO. LOL
Very nice work man and cool that a comminuty can totally do something about nasty sellers like these!

[Damaramu]

Hi-fives and virtual beers for everyone!

Good fucking job guys!! :cheers: :drinking:

[VACRMH]

Bwah ha ha. This has made my day! :D

[scorch56]

I have a hard time believing this guy's been prosecuted.. based on a few "blog" entries and forum posts. I think it's just wishful thinking on most people's parts; that.. plus a growing upswell of people who may or may not have been ripped off by this guy.

I mean.. come on.. seriously guys. I get a real KICK out of watching the reactions here whenever somebody finds a scammer. "Call the local authorities!" "Report him to the BBB!" "Send a complaint to the Postmaster General!".. and the one that REALLY makes me laugh.. "Time to get the FBI in on this!"

Come on people! Let's be realistic now. Do you REALLY think that ANY of these agencies has the time; or even cares.. to pursue such trifling matters when there's imaginary terrorists out there to catch?

The local authorities would laugh at you, and tell you to stop tying up their phone lines (gotta' get back to their donuts). The BBB would simply file another complaint (possibly making it public). I doubt if the Posmaster EVER "e-mails" people to conduct investigations and the FBI? Well.. they're the FEDERAL BUREAU of INVESTIGATIONS.. they prosecute mob bosses.. they're not the eBay police. About the only two entities who would and should do something about this are eBay and PayPal.. and we all know how much THEY care. They take one look at this clown.. see how much revenue he's made for them in fees.. and drop it.

While I'd like to see a con like this face some consequences.. I'll believe it when I see something on a REAL, bonafide web site that reports REAL news instead of someone's blog entries, My Space site.. or a few forum members who want to believe that THEY have the power to fight crime and stop world corruption.

Let's face it.. there are bigger fish in the world to fry. If someone REALLY wants to put the kabosh on this guy.. just do what I've done in the past. Oh wait! This would take "time and effort" (great amounts of it). Simply IM ANYONE and EVERYONE who even places a bid on one of his auctions (Fortunately evilBay still DOES allow you to IM people you are NOT involved in a transaction with) and inform him of his practices, possibly even linking to forum discussions like this. I gaurantee you.. after 3 or 4 weeks of retracted bids and cancelled auctions.. he'd either stop.. or be forced to open up a new account under another name. This guy's been around awhile.. I don't even have to look at him on eBay to know that he PROBABLY still has a decent feedback score ("decent" being the key word here) built on customers who "didn't know better". Losing that and being forced to start anew would probably be the most severe blow anybody could deal to him.

I haven't commented on this yet because I could care less about sealed NES games and I don't have the time to be the gaurdian angel of every sucker on eBay, but let's all be realistic about the corruption here.. and each of our own persoanl power we have to stop him. Show me a "real article" about this.. and then I'll say congratulations are in order. This is the REAL world.. criminal's like this get away with FAR more worse crimes than this everyday.. and live to boast about it.

Whenever a major "warez" release group gets prosecuted.. it even make national news. I'm sure a scammer of this size and severity should at least garner a blurb on some site somewhere.. besides blog entries and forum chatter. I may be a pessimist; a nay sayer; the devil's advocate here.. but I'm 50 years old.. not 16, and I've seen how the world works.. ineffectively at best.

[Kid Ice]

I think I saw his wanted picture on a box of Saran Wrap.

[jajaja]

Scorch56: This isnt only based on the blog/myspace entry. Michiganfan2 got a mail, he wrote this earlier in the post:


I got an email from the US Postal Investigator today. He told me that they arrested Nick Morgan on Tuesday of this week. Great work to everyone who helped bring him down.

Anyways, great to hear! I doubt he get jail tho, but atleast a fine and its probly going on his record permanently.

[Simply Dave]

Man, if this is true then it truly freaking awesome.

Kudos to all who had a hand in bringing him down.

[Michiganfan2]

Scorch....the Postal Investigator contacted me via phone first. After that we started sharing information via email. I have his number on my caller ID which is labeled US Postal Service with the phone company and his email address ends in usps.gov.

Plus, why the heck would I make this up? You add this information in with his own blog entry and everything adds up. This ius truely good news. Feel free to be skeptical while the rest of us celebrate.

[Griking]

What charges was he arrested on? Was he busted for selling released NES games or was he arrested for the mail fraud thing where he used someone else's name and address?

[Buyatari]

bleh bleh bleh the authories don't care about the crimes commited bleh bleh bleh on and on.

Well I don't see any sealed games on eBay.

We go into this thinking nothing will come from it but that doesn't stop us from trying each and every time it does. We do what we can and hope for the best.

[kainemaxwell]

Kudos on the detective work and nice job stopping this guy's practices.

[chaoticjelly]

Pwned.

[MachineGex]

Very good work. It is nice to see this kind of thing work out for once and the bad guy punished! For everyone who helped out on this, Great Job!

[Darren870]

Im sure it was just for mail fraud. I hope this teaches him a lesson and puts a stop to this.

Lets see if he has the balls to post here now.

KEEP US UPDATED!

[mister_slug]

It's true I was arrested, fingerprinted, and a mugshot was taken of me.

Within the jurisdiction of this court, with the purpose to defraud another, utter numerous video game cartridges so that it appeared to have value because of antiquity, rarity, source, or authorship which the video game cartridges did not possess, specifically by buying used video game cartridges, repackaging the cartridges and selling them as new or collectable over eBay, in violation of N.J.S. 2C:21-2.

You are hereby summoned to appear before this court to answer this complaint. If you fail to appear on the date and at the time stated, a warrant will be issued for your arrest.

[jajaja]

Looking back at it, do you think it was worth it? How much did you make on the scamming? You have any idea?

[Vroomfunkel]

http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/9012/nintendowned7vo.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Kejoriv]

It's true I was arrested, fingerprinted, and a mugshot was taken of me.

Within the jurisdiction of this court, with the purpose to defraud another, utter numerous video game cartridges so that it appeared to have value because of antiquity, rarity, source, or authorship which the video game cartridges did not possess, specifically by buying used video game cartridges, repackaging the cartridges and selling them as new or collectable over eBay, in violation of N.J.S. 2C:21-2.

You are hereby summoned to appear before this court to answer this complaint. If you fail to appear on the date and at the time stated, a warrant will be issued for your arrest.

And somehow you don't seem like you care. Do you regret what you did?

[Michiganfan2]

My question is why isn't he banned?

[wrldstrman]

wonder if he will have to pay restitution to all the people that bought games

[Darth Sensei]

My question is why isn't he banned?

And in the wind you can hear... NintendoNutSack..... :D

[thetoxicone]

My question is why isn't he banned?

I'd prefer that he not be (this in no way is me validating his actions) since this thread has been a good read and it will probably get better if he continues to post in the thread

[Mayhem]

My question is why isn't he banned?

Oh don't worry, we're watching things. Technically he's not actually done anything wrong on this board, so on that level, there's not a justification. On another however... well we know, we see all heh...

[Bratwurst]

Mullica Hill, NJ is in Gloucester county. I looked around for crime logs in the area newspapers online but didn't see anything yet. It would be great if someone found his mugshot.

[Darren870]

I wouldnt expect anything like that to be in the news till monday.

[Jumpman Jr.]

This is the first time that I chose to read this thread, and I couldn't even beleive what I was reading. I remember Bronty (I think) talking about this guy a while ago, and somebody showing us that he actually bought a sealing machine. And then, the DP crime busters went to work and actually got this guy arrested for doing what he did.
To all the people who helped get this guy, my hat goes off to you. :).
One thing that the collecting scene doesn't need is a guy decieving the community by selling re-sealed games. That's just a wart on us all that has now been lifted.
Good job you guys.

[Damaramu]

$10 says the little fuck is going to do it again, but this time he's going to be sneakier about it. He just didn't cover his tracks well enough. His overall stupidity ultimately lead to his "downfall". :roll:

So yeah....good job guys......for now. *cue thunder and sinister laugh*

[kainemaxwell]

Well, at least now all of us here, and maybe AA knows not to buy from this guy...

[Darren870]

$10 says the little fuck is going to do it again, but this time he's going to be sneakier about it. He just didn't cover his tracks well enough. His overall stupidity ultimately lead to his "downfall". Eye Rolling

So yeah....good job guys......for now. *cue thunder and sinister laugh*

We would find out its him and then we just have call that postal inspector again..

[Michiganfan2]

I still have the inspectors email address and phone number....everyone keep their eyes open.

[Bronty-2]

$10 says the little fuck is going to do it again, but this time he's going to be sneakier about it. He just didn't cover his tracks well enough. His overall stupidity ultimately lead to his "downfall". :roll:

So yeah....good job guys......for now. *cue thunder and sinister laugh*

I got that sense from his post here too. And 'little fuck' is the perfect term. Hopefully he tries it again so he can end up getting assrammed in jail for the next couple years.

[Buyatari]

We need a special hidden area section by invitation only. Where these matters are discussed so scammers aren't privy to . No point in telling these guys where they screwed up is there?

[MachineGex]

^That is a very good idea^

[NintendoMan]

I got that sense from his post here too. And 'little fuck' is the perfect term. Hopefully he tries it again so he can end up getting assrammed in jail for the next couple years.

LOL LOL

Yep, a BIG fudge popsicle right up his ass!

[ShinobiMan]

This is all pretty amazing. DP crime busters!

[kevin_psx]

I still have the inspectors email address and phone number....everyone keep their eyes open.
Can I have the number? I found another guy who sells Used games as Reseals.

[Michiganfan2]

I will email him and see if he wants to be contacted directly or if you should go through another source. I will let you know as soon as I hear back.

[kainemaxwell]

I still have the inspectors email address and phone number....everyone keep their eyes open.
Can I have the number? I found another guy who sells Used games as Reseals.
If the guy's on ebay pop us a link please?