Complaint Review: Steven Furman - Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Does anyone have an address to where I can serve Mr. Furman. I am only left with a name and I am in a different state. Thanks for any help you can provide.

How do I go after this guy and get my money back or press charges or something? He scammed me from a fake craigslist ad for a gift card. Once I talked to him on the phone and text back and forth, he got the funds and I got a fake giftcard code. He now won't return calls or texts and I'm not sure what to do next. I am kicking myself for trusting and believing his story. He assured me he's never screwed anyone and even sent ma picture of him holding a baby saying it's his baby that was just born. I don't know what to do. Please help!!!

I just read the rebuttal you guys have posted. Most of them are very helpful such as the one from the law456. I myself do not have the address of the guy so I'm not able to post it. I have to clarify that the whole story the victim has written was for the record that we thought we might have to use later on and sure we did. the story is 100% true. I understand some people out there might feel the whole ordeal is "fishy" on our side since there are many details left behind. people experience different things and some of us are experiencing something beyond imagination. The victim never contacted the guy since the affidavit has been filed with the court on Aug 3rd. Just for the record here, the guy sent an email demanding the victim to take the story down as soon as he deposited his check to the victim account on june 20th and threatening the victim that if the story was not completely taken down he would make a stop on the payment and would sue. The guy DID NOT have enough money at the time the check was written so he knew that the check he wrote would not be clear. The victim did not trust the guy and brought it to the bank attention so they monitored the check closely. The victim bank informed back a few days later that the victim might have been in a fraud/scam. the result of that was the victim bank manager had to do damage control to protect the bank and to protect the victim. It has been over 2 months since the victim has lost his money. he doesn't want anything else besides to get what is his back. I did not update the report often because the victim was promised by the guy that he would give back the money many times. the guy asked us to stop posting which we did every time he promised to give back the money. We have to thank John from Memphis, Robert from Buffalo and law456 from brooklyn for the important advices which most of them are familiar with we got from NYC law enforcement agencies in NYC . It's a frustrated situation nobody wants to be in. The victim is fighting to get HIS money back with shame. This update is for Tim at Grand Haven. Thank you for reading the story and gave us your opinion about it. unfortunately you believe that our report is "little to nothing", "things are not as they seem with this report" and it makes your "spidey sense tingling". a heart wrenching back-story might be tacky if it was created to get attention but it is what is. I wish the victim dad didn't have cancer, I wish he chose the other way to make his dad proud of him, i wish he didn't stupidly trust that guy, I wish it was ended long ago and I wish he doesn't have to ask the court for help just to get HIS money back. We are telling a 100% true story so everyone have to use their own judgment. if there are things left out or unclear we are truly sorry. Please feel free to ask anything you feel unclear about but some details we might have to leave it out for the court trial and for the law enforcements agencies only so please understand. Thanks everyone so much.

I just read the rebuttal you guys have posted. Most of them are very helpful such as the one from the law456. I myself do not have the address of the guy so I'm not able to post it. I have to clarify that the whole story the victim has written was for the record that we thought we might have to use later on and sure we did. the story is 100% true. I understand some people out there might feel the whole ordeal is "fishy" on our side since there are many details left behind. people experience different things and some of us are experiencing something beyond imagination. The victim never contacted the guy since the affidavit has been filed with the court on Aug 3rd. Just for the record here, the guy sent an email demanding the victim to take the story down as soon as he deposited his check to the victim account on june 20th and threatening the victim that if the story was not completely taken down he would make a stop on the payment and would sue. The guy DID NOT have enough money at the time the check was written so he knew that the check he wrote would not be clear. The victim did not trust the guy and brought it to the bank attention so they monitored the check closely. The victim bank informed back a few days later that the victim might have been in a fraud/scam. the result of that was the victim bank manager had to do damage control to protect the bank and to protect the victim. It has been over 2 months since the victim has lost his money. he doesn't want anything else besides to get what is his back. I did not update the report often because the victim was promised by the guy that he would give back the money many times. the guy asked us to stop posting which we did every time he promised to give back the money. We have to thank John from Memphis, Robert from Buffalo and law456 from brooklyn for the important advices which most of them are familiar with we got from NYC law enforcement agencies in NYC . It's a frustrated situation nobody wants to be in. The victim is fighting to get HIS money back with shame. This update is for Tim at Grand Haven. Thank you for reading the story and gave us your opinion about it. unfortunately you believe that our report is "little to nothing", "things are not as they seem with this report" and it makes your "spidey sense tingling". a heart wrenching back-story might be tacky if it was created to get attention but it is what is. I wish the victim dad didn't have cancer, I wish he chose the other way to make his dad proud of him, i wish he didn't stupidly trust that guy, I wish it was ended long ago and I wish he doesn't have to ask the court for help just to get HIS money back. We are telling a 100% true story so everyone have to use their own judgment. if there are things left out or unclear we are truly sorry. Please feel free to ask anything you feel unclear about but some details we might have to leave it out for the court trial and for the law enforcements agencies only so please understand. Thanks everyone so much.

I just read the rebuttal you guys have posted. Most of them are very helpful such as the one from the law456. I myself do not have the address of the guy so I'm not able to post it. I have to clarify that the whole story the victim has written was for the record that we thought we might have to use later on and sure we did. the story is 100% true. I understand some people out there might feel the whole ordeal is "fishy" on our side since there are many details left behind. people experience different things and some of us are experiencing something beyond imagination. The victim never contacted the guy since the affidavit has been filed with the court on Aug 3rd. Just for the record here, the guy sent an email demanding the victim to take the story down as soon as he deposited his check to the victim account on june 20th and threatening the victim that if the story was not completely taken down he would make a stop on the payment and would sue. The guy DID NOT have enough money at the time the check was written so he knew that the check he wrote would not be clear. The victim did not trust the guy and brought it to the bank attention so they monitored the check closely. The victim bank informed back a few days later that the victim might have been in a fraud/scam. the result of that was the victim bank manager had to do damage control to protect the bank and to protect the victim. It has been over 2 months since the victim has lost his money. he doesn't want anything else besides to get what is his back. I did not update the report often because the victim was promised by the guy that he would give back the money many times. the guy asked us to stop posting which we did every time he promised to give back the money. We have to thank John from Memphis, Robert from Buffalo and law456 from brooklyn for the important advices which most of them are familiar with we got from NYC law enforcement agencies in NYC . It's a frustrated situation nobody wants to be in. The victim is fighting to get HIS money back with shame. This update is for Tim at Grand Haven. Thank you for reading the story and gave us your opinion about it. unfortunately you believe that our report is "little to nothing", "things are not as they seem with this report" and it makes your "spidey sense tingling". a heart wrenching back-story might be tacky if it was created to get attention but it is what is. I wish the victim dad didn't have cancer, I wish he chose the other way to make his dad proud of him, i wish he didn't stupidly trust that guy, I wish it was ended long ago and I wish he doesn't have to ask the court for help just to get HIS money back. We are telling a 100% true story so everyone have to use their own judgment. if there are things left out or unclear we are truly sorry. Please feel free to ask anything you feel unclear about but some details we might have to leave it out for the court trial and for the law enforcements agencies only so please understand. Thanks everyone so much.

I just read the rebuttal you guys have posted. Most of them are very helpful such as the one from the law456. I myself do not have the address of the guy so I'm not able to post it. I have to clarify that the whole story the victim has written was for the record that we thought we might have to use later on and sure we did. the story is 100% true. I understand some people out there might feel the whole ordeal is "fishy" on our side since there are many details left behind. people experience different things and some of us are experiencing something beyond imagination. The victim never contacted the guy since the affidavit has been filed with the court on Aug 3rd. Just for the record here, the guy sent an email demanding the victim to take the story down as soon as he deposited his check to the victim account on june 20th and threatening the victim that if the story was not completely taken down he would make a stop on the payment and would sue. The guy DID NOT have enough money at the time the check was written so he knew that the check he wrote would not be clear. The victim did not trust the guy and brought it to the bank attention so they monitored the check closely. The victim bank informed back a few days later that the victim might have been in a fraud/scam. the result of that was the victim bank manager had to do damage control to protect the bank and to protect the victim. It has been over 2 months since the victim has lost his money. he doesn't want anything else besides to get what is his back. I did not update the report often because the victim was promised by the guy that he would give back the money many times. the guy asked us to stop posting which we did every time he promised to give back the money. We have to thank John from Memphis, Robert from Buffalo and law456 from brooklyn for the important advices which most of them are familiar with we got from NYC law enforcement agencies in NYC . It's a frustrated situation nobody wants to be in. The victim is fighting to get HIS money back with shame. This update is for Tim at Grand Haven. Thank you for reading the story and gave us your opinion about it. unfortunately you believe that our report is "little to nothing", "things are not as they seem with this report" and it makes your "spidey sense tingling". a heart wrenching back-story might be tacky if it was created to get attention but it is what is. I wish the victim dad didn't have cancer, I wish he chose the other way to make his dad proud of him, i wish he didn't stupidly trust that guy, I wish it was ended long ago and I wish he doesn't have to ask the court for help just to get HIS money back. We are telling a 100% true story so everyone have to use their own judgment. if there are things left out or unclear we are truly sorry. Please feel free to ask anything you feel unclear about but some details we might have to leave it out for the court trial and for the law enforcements agencies only so please understand. Thanks everyone so much.

I just read the rebuttal you guys have posted recently. Most of them are very helpful such as the one from the law456. I myself do not have the address of the guy so I'm not able to post it. I have to clarify that the whole story the victim has written was for the record that we thought we might have to use later on and sure we did. the story is 100% true. I understand some people out there might feel the whole ordeal is "fishy" on our side since there are many details left behind. people experience different things and some of us are experiencing something beyond imagination. The victim never contacted the guy since the affidavit has been filed with the court on Aug 3rd. Just for the record here, the guy sent an email demanding the victim to take the story down as soon as he deposited his check to the victim account on june 20th and threatening the victim that if the story was not completely taken down he would make a stop on the payment and would sue. The guy DID NOT have enough money at the time the check was written so he knew that the check he wrote would not be clear. The victim did not trust the guy and brought it to the bank attention so they monitored the check closely. The victim bank informed back a few days later that the victim might have been in a fraud/scam. the result of that was the victim bank manager had to do damage control to protect the bank and to protect the victim. It has been over 2 months since the victim has lost his money. he doesn't want anything else besides to get what is his back. I did not update the report often because the victim was promised by the guy that he would give back the money many times. the guy asked us to stop posting which we did every time he promised to give back the money. We have to thank John from Memphis, Robert from Buffalo and law456 from brooklyn for the important advices which most of them are familiar with we got from NYC law enforcement agencies in NYC . It's a frustrated situation nobody wants to be in. The victim is fighting to get HIS money back with shame. This update is for Tim at Grand Haven. Thank you for reading the story and gave us your opinion about it. unfortunately you believe that our report is "little to nothing", "things are not as they seem with this report" and it makes your "spidey sense tingling". a heart wrenching back-story might be tacky if it was created to get attention but it is what is. I wish the victim dad didn't have cancer, I wish he chose the other way to make his dad proud of him, i wish he didn't stupidly trust that guy, I wish it was ended long ago and I wish he doesn't have to ask the court for help just to get HIS money back. We are telling a 100% true story so everyone have to use their own judgment. if there are things left out or unclear we are truly sorry. Please feel free to ask anything you feel unclear about but some details we might have to leave it out for the court trial and for the law enforcements agencies only so please understand. Thanks everyone so much.

This whole thing is as fishy as a Nigerian dethroned-prince scam. And I'm not talking about the scam alleged in the report, I'm talking about the report itself. I have a pretty strong suspicion that little to nothing in the report, the updates, or the comments from friends of the "victim" is true. I couldn't for the life of me tell you what wierd racket is being perpetrated here, but my spidey sense is tingling, and I'll bet you dollars-to-donuts that things are not as they seem with this report. I've sniffed out odd RoR scams before, and this one smells awful familiar. To wit: the broken English, the same person posting under different names, the constant updates that don't respond to rebuttals, a transaction gone awry, a heart wrenching back-story, etc. We'll see if I get a response to this rebuttal. And of course, if I'm wrong I sincerely apologize.

Not taking any sides in the matter, I believe a court of law is the proper venue for disputes such as this. Asking for someones address almost sounds like a witch hunt, but to each his own.

This is nothing short of a premeditated theft by deception. The alleged theft by the FedEx employee was false. FedEx would have had the employee arrested immediately. Steve would have had NO say in the matter. Steve NEVER provided proof that the watch was ever received at FedEx. This whole scam is just layers of lies. Jackie, could you provide us with Steves address and phone number?

This is nothing short of a premeditated theft by deception. The alleged theft by the FedEx employee was false. FedEx would have had the employee arrested immediately. Steve would have had NO say in the matter. Steve NEVER provided proof that the watch was ever received at FedEx. This whole scam is just layers of lies. Jackie, could you provide us with Steves address and phone number?

This is nothing short of a premeditated theft by deception. The alleged theft by the FedEx employee was false. FedEx would have had the employee arrested immediately. Steve would have had NO say in the matter. Steve NEVER provided proof that the watch was ever received at FedEx. This whole scam is just layers of lies. Jackie, could you provide us with Steves address and phone number?

This is nothing short of a premeditated theft by deception. The alleged theft by the FedEx employee was false. FedEx would have had the employee arrested immediately. Steve would have had NO say in the matter. Steve NEVER provided proof that the watch was ever received at FedEx. This whole scam is just layers of lies. Jackie, could you provide us with Steves address and phone number?

Im not sure I understand the motives behind all of this. I understand the author of this report feels victimized, whether it is justified or not remains to be decided by a court of law. What the author is doing though is both immoral and borderline illegal. Using hate terms and slandering the perpetrator is no way of resolving a dispute. If, in fact, papers have been served then there should be no contact between the two parties, it should only be with the court as an intermediary. That is what it is there for. Also reading over the entire page, it seems as there is undue hatred and anger on the part of the victim. A simple bad check is usually not accompanied by such a need for vengence, why not just file with a court and have the matter resolved? There seems to be underlying issues at work here and I dont believe the author word for word here. But as a last word of advice. Everything that is posted here will most likely be used in a court of law at some juncture, so with that in mind, keeping the use of words such as animal, scum, or thief to a minimum would be beneficial in your case. Anger is a justified reaction, but slander on a public forum is quite a different thing and one which may ultimately come back to haunt you.

This guy, Steven Furman, refuses to give back the money. He has been saying that no fraud has been committed in the same time that he is holding the victim money. the victim had to file court papers against this guy who is a total thief. the victim tried to communicate but this thief refused. The court paper finally got served to this animal. he treated the victim as if the victim was his debtor and NYPD said that this scum is making up stories. if anyone have any suggestions to the victim please feel free to post the comments. our society needs to get rid of this animal so if anyone know any organizations that can reach out to people to be ware of this guy please post comments.

This guy, Steven Furman, refuses to give back the money. He has been saying that no fraud has been committed in the same time that he is holding the victim money. the victim had to file court papers against this guy who is a total thief. the victim tried to communicate but this thief refused. The court paper finally got served to this animal. he treated the victim as if the victim was his debtor and NYPD said that this scum is making up stories. if anyone have any suggestions to the victim please feel free to post the comments. our society needs to get rid of this animal so if anyone know any organizations that can reach out to people to be ware of this guy please post comments.

This case of fraud CROSSES STATE LINES, therefore you should file a criminal complaint with the FBI. Good luck.

This guy is a total criminal. this case is not just misdemeanor it maybe be a felony. This guy doesn't know NY state law and doesn't know what situation he is in...maybe. Go to the District attorney Downtown fast and don't forget to bring the check. They will tell you what to do step by step leading to get him prosecuted and paid you back the actual value of the check plus 2 times of the amount of the check (up to $750) plus all the damages he has costed you. he is still also facing the jail time and if they found out that he was intentionally write you a bad check for whatever reason then prison. as soon as you hand your case to the district attorney office they will take care the case until it ends. make sure that you don't communicate with this guy without their attention. If this thief doesn't have a job now he will not get one in his life time. good luck!

This guy is a total criminal. this case is not just misdemeanor it maybe be a felony. This guy doesn't know NY state law and doesn't know what situation he is in...maybe. Go to the District attorney Downtown fast and don't forget to bring the check. They will tell you what to do step by step leading to get him prosecuted and paid you back the actual value of the check plus 2 times of the amount of the check (up to $750) plus all the damages he has costed you. he is still also facing the jail time and if they found out that he was intentionally write you a bad check for whatever reason then prison. as soon as you hand your case to the district attorney office they will take care the case until it ends. make sure that you don't communicate with this guy without their attention. If this thief doesn't have a job now he will not get one in his life time. good luck!

This guy is a total criminal. this case is not just misdemeanor it maybe be a felony. This guy doesn't know NY state law and doesn't know what situation he is in...maybe. Go to the District attorney Downtown fast and don't forget to bring the check. They will tell you what to do step by step leading to get him prosecuted and paid you back the actual value of the check plus 2 times of the amount of the check (up to $750) plus all the damages he has costed you. he is still also facing the jail time and if they found out that he was intentionally write you a bad check for whatever reason then prison. as soon as you hand your case to the district attorney office they will take care the case until it ends. make sure that you don't communicate with this guy without their attention. If this thief doesn't have a job now he will not get one in his life time. good luck!

This guy is a total criminal. this case is not just misdemeanor it maybe be a felony. This guy doesn't know NY state law and doesn't know what situation he is in...maybe. Go to the District attorney Downtown fast and don't forget to bring the check. They will tell you what to do step by step leading to get him prosecuted and paid you back the actual value of the check plus 2 times of the amount of the check (up to $750) plus all the damages he has costed you. he is still also facing the jail time and if they found out that he was intentionally write you a bad check for whatever reason then prison. as soon as you hand your case to the district attorney office they will take care the case until it ends. make sure that you don't communicate with this guy without their attention. If this thief doesn't have a job now he will not get one in his life time. good luck!

This guy is a total criminal. this case is not just misdemeanor it maybe be a felony. This guy doesn't know NY state law and doesn't know what situation he is in...maybe. Go to the District attorney Downtown fast and don't forget to bring the check. They will tell you what to do step by step leading to get him prosecuted and paid you back the actual value of the check plus 2 times of the amount of the check (up to $750) plus all the damages he has costed you. he is still also facing the jail time and if they found out that he was intentionally write you a bad check for whatever reason then prison. as soon as you hand your case to the district attorney office they will take care the case until it ends. make sure that you don't communicate with this guy without their attention. If this thief doesn't have a job now he will not get one in his life time. good luck!

The bank called us and informed us today that the check totally bad for the reason of "Non-sufficient funds" (NSF). then we went to have a meeting with the banker and went through all the documents they have gathered since they have been monitored this check. they informed us that we might have been in a fraud. We are sure that we are defrauded by Mr. Furman. It has been almost a month with no sign of honesty in returning the money. after talked to the bank, they assume that this guy is a thief and might to harm us financially so they had to shut down all the accounts and they will do some reports. We informed Mr. Furman yesterday about the bouncing but he has no answer for it. he sent an email today saying that the check did bounce but we already told him yesterday and he insisted that the check was good and in fact at the time he was writing en email he was actually looking at his account online and everything was fine. today Mr. Furman stated in the email that he did not have the fund to clear the check and he would submit the payment to us again when he got enough fund to the account which we asked when will that be but he did not answer. we are not just waiting for him...

What ever you do, do NOT let go of that bounced check except to give it to law enforcement. You should contact the FBI, NY and PA law enforcement and file a criminal fraud report and demand this bozo be prosecuted. Good luck.

we just got informed by the bank that the check we were given by mr.furman was bad and it bounced. the buyer gave mr.Furman a cashier check which is an official check but mr.furman gave the buyer personal check. the check has been monitored closely by the bank and they expected it to bounce considering and justifying from the story. our issue with Mr.Furman is not yet resolved. we informed Mr.Furman already but mr.Furman has no answer for the bouncing check at the moment. we will update it again today and let you know his answer and his response. we would like to hear opinions so please feel free to give us yours.

All previous statements were made out of frustration and not justified by the conduct of Mr. furman. All issues have been resolved and i/we have no further claims or grievances in this matter.

Saturday, June 20,2009, we get a full refund from Mr.Furman, the seller. Our issue with him has been solved.

this is how this guy making a living. I'm hoping to get this message out to as many people as I can so please help me pass on his name to everyone you know and we can help one another and get rid off him from our society.

We have been waiting for Mr.furman all day since he stated it clearly that he would drive from PA to NYC to give the money back. first the expected time is 6:00 pm. Mr.furman said he got stuck in the traffic and would be late. now it's 10:30 pm we are trying to call him but nobody answer the phone. Again, there is no refund being recieved as Mr.furman promised. He is a theft. He makes it so clear right now that he is running away and trying to fool us. we are going to the police station to file a report and try to press charge him. We will report to every government agencies there is to make sure that he will not be able to defraud anyone ever again.

I'm speaking on the buyer behalf. the whole story is 100% true but it was originally written by the buyer for a rough draft for a record intended for law enforcements that we might have to file later on. the seller is claiming that the watch had been recovered by the police and the package was shipped again last tuesday by USPS priority mail but there is no record existing in USPS mail stream and as of now we can not locate the package so the seller made a decision to refund the money this Friday June 19, 2009. No refund has been recieved at the time being.

So not a rip off. Hun, Stage 4 lung cancer, the last thing your Dad cares about is a watch. Spend the money to go see him for the first time in 7 years. That is what he would care about.

the date for the refund has been set from the seller.

Mr. Furman has made a decision to refund the money for the case.