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  • Report:  #150608

Complaint Review: Dana Phillips Christian Family CoinsandComics Jhermwag8zu4 - Internet

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- San Diego, California,
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Dana Phillips Christian Family CoinsandComics Jhermwag8zu4
photobucket.com/albums/y292/collectibles/ Internet, U.S.A.
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I was browsing the jobs category at the craigslist sites and came across a posting for an eBay seller:

Ebay Sales Associate / Trading Assistant

COMPANY/MANAGER BACKGROUND

Christian Family Collectibles has been in business 5 years and brokers/contracts with dealers and sells various collectible items on Ebay.

My alternate career, recent ear surgery and demanding schedule is leaving me with less time to run this business so Im hiring associates to help the company.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS:

Will Train. Candidates should be familiar with ebay and its features. Please email for details. Resumes are not required but are preferred. Honesty, high moral standards and high desire to please customer.

COMPENSATION

A highly competitive percent of each sale with sales ranging $5k-$20k monthly.

So I replied, and the poster emailed me back. I am a bit cautious since being screwed back a few years ago off eBay, so I did some investigating. I checked RipOffReport using the person's name (Dana Phillips) and their company name (Christian Family CoinsandComics) and got nothing. Then I ran their email address ([email protected]) by google and this popped up:

mommysplaceforums.net/bb/viewtopic.php?p=8804&

A complaint some woman filed who lost thousands to this con artist. I'm posting this to warn others so hopefully they don't get screwed. Although I didn't sign up with them or lose money (thankfully), I had a feeling this was a suspicious person.

For one thing, "Dana" doesn't specify their gender, but included a picture of a female with a balloon in the email (to gain trust). I went to image source URL where the picture is hosted and looked back a little in the directory. Turns out there are two pictures, a male and a female... so this person just includes a picture of the man or the woman as they feel.

See here:

http://photobucket.com/albums/y292/collectibles/

I asked them to give me their web address or their seller ID on eBay to see the kind of things they sell and was told this seller ID: jhermwag8zu4

I don't know if they just picked some random seller out of the blue to impersonate, but figured they probably tell all their potential victims that ID to gain trust.

Hope this was able to help someone!!!

Dan

Bent Fork, Oklahoma
U.S.A.


2 Updates & Rebuttals

Dana

Washington,
District of Columbia,
U.S.A.
If you worked for Dana Phillips [email protected]

#2UPDATE Employee

Tue, August 16, 2005

If you worked for Dana Phillips [email protected] and sent her money but received complaints from buyers, Please email her to receive a refund, please provide date and method of transaction and amount, along with logs.


Tara

San Diego,
California,
U.S.A.
Christina Dutton - Love Peace and Faith Auctions Consignment and Auction Drop Services - [email protected] AKA Dana Phillips!!!

#3Author of original report

Tue, August 09, 2005

RE: Ebay Sales Auction Associate for Auction Drop/Consignment Company Christina Dutton [email protected] aka Dana Phillips [email protected] Hello, Thank you for your interest in the position. I run a small online business, Love Peace and Faith Auctions Consignment and Auction Drop Services and we sell books, comics, baseball cards and coins through Ebay. You should be familiar with Paypal and ebay's features and have verified, active accounts. You should be able to check your email several times a day. I provide complete descriptions and pictures of items for auction. You will serve as a broker of my items and are responsible for posting, maintaining auctions and sending invoices. Please keep detailed logs of all information including Ebay fees and final end price. All Ebay/ paypal fees will be reimbursed. At the end each set of auctions I will need detailed logs of fees and commissions. Your commission is 20% per sale. As the broker you are provided with tracking information for all purchases. Payments range from $50 to $4000 and I only sell to customers in the United States. Workers start on a probation period immediately with test auction(s). More auctions will be directed to you if your performance is satisfactory.

---------------------------------------- This scam above is run by the same person who was looking for eBay sellers last week and going by Dana Phillips. The emails are almost exactly the same...your selling items relating to love, peace, Christian themes, etc. You make a high commission. She also attempts to forward you a picture of herself to win your confidence (see all the html mumbo jumbo above). Go to the url that is hosting the picture of "herself": http://photobucket.com/albums/a138/dhdeu/ The url is actually an online photo album where she rotates back and forth between two pictures of trustworthy and real looking women. In her old scam as Dana Philips, the company name was Christian Family Collectibles [email protected]. The album url was: http://photobucket.com/albums/y292/collectibles/ and had a pic of a man and a woman (as Dana is a unisex name). That one has gotten too much negative attention so she's moved on to Christina Dutton. She can change her name and email address 500 times to help her more easily prey on innocent people, but she'll stick to the same MO. If you are trying to get into the eBay selling business for someone thoroughly check them out first. If they include something like this in their signature: They are almost POSITIVELY FRAUDS trying to lull you into confidence. See eBay & other forums: http://forums.ebay.com/db1/thread.jspa?threadID=1000020141&tstart=0&mod=1122357968409 http://forums.ebay.com/db1/thread.jspa?threadID=1000023896&tstart=0&mod=1122402888801 http://www.mommysplaceforums.net/bb/viewtopic.php?p=8804 There is nothing yet about "Christina Dutton" as this is her new alias...wait a

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