Buyer Frank Tesoro (Scammer)

"Judy Boulay". Now it is "Frank Tesoro" | scam operators

another one bites the dust.. I love reading the stuff that goes on at a site that engages the " my rich uncle died and i need help getting his money out of county" scams..

it called 419 eater as teh area code for these scumbags is 419

http://www.419eater.com/html/letters.htm

read the one with Shiver Metimbers this guy/gal has too much fun with these scumbags and to see or read the existent these people go to get money. :rofl:

Here is a new scam to be aware off [merged with ongoing thread]

I received an email from a guy named Frank Tesoro, saying he want to buy my timeshare. After we agreed on a price he sent me an email saying that he have hearing issues and need to go to the hospital and cant catch his broker so he is sending me a check including my share and $2400 broker commission to forward to the broker.
Sure enough, the broker named Aaron Ganit also sent me an email with instructions how to transfer a title and to wire his $2400 to Egypt since he is there now auctioning some timeshares.
Soon after I received a nice printed and very real looking check by mail while Frank continue urging to update ASAP if I already wired the money to the broker. I called Truewest Credit Union to verify if they issued such a check which ofcoarse they didnt.
So here we go.
I tried to report the scam plot to the police but they didnt seem interested.
Please be vigilantly careful out there.

http://tugbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=175755&highlight=boulay



Although your locals can't be bothered there is a website within the FBi for reporting

the incident should be reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crime Complaint Center through www.ic3.gov and the relevant law enforcement authorities in the jurisdiction where you reside.

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Let's be fair...

mharel1 said:

<snip> I tried to report the scam plot to the police but they didnt seem interested. <snip>

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In fairness to your local Police, it's not a matter of their being "interested". The fact is that local Police departments have neither the legal jurisdiction nor the investigative expertise or resources to deal with interstate / international fraud. There are previous indications that this particular fraudster Frank Tesoro (and his alter ego Judy Boulay) may actually be operating from another country entirely --- perhaps Egypt).

The authorities of actual jurisdiction and expertise in matters of interstate / international nature are primarily the FBI and Postal Inspectors within USPS if / when the U.S. Mail is utilized at any point in the fraud activity. In short, it's well and entirely outside the realm of your local P.D.

theo said:

In fairness to your local Police, it's not a matter of their being "interested". The fact is that local Police departments have neither the legal jurisdiction nor the investigative expertise or resources to deal with interstate / international fraud. There are previous indications that this particular fraudster Frank Tesoro (and his alter ego Judy Boulay) may actually be operating from another country entirely --- perhaps Egypt).

The authorities of actual jurisdiction and expertise in matters of interstate / international nature are primarily the FBI and Postal Inspectors within USPS if / when the U.S. Mail is utilized at any point in the fraud activity. In short, it's well and entirely outside the realm of your local P.D.

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I picked up the FBI link from the Chicago Title Site, whose name was being used in the original Tug iteration from Judy Boulay (everything but the names were the same)

Clicked through last night, It's a scripted process, after answering the prompts, unless you are an actual victim (lost cash) you will run out of questions to answer to complete the complaint.

In other words it's for reporting actual theft, not attempted theft

New Names....Same Guys!!! SCAM! SCAM! SCAM!

Mr. Tesoro is now operating as Fredrick Asmussen with his Broker Alvin Ranit. Mr. Asmussen has a hearing disability and Mr. Ranit is on vacation while attending a Timeshare Conference thing in Ciaro. Mr. Asmussen had to quickly go out of town to get fitted for a new hearing aid and did not have time to send his broker the broker fees. So he assumed I would wire the broker fees to Mr. Ranit and keep my $500 deposit. WRONG!!

I have a Shell Vacations Club membership and I consulted SVC on the steps of what needs to be done when I sell my timeshare. These scams happen all the time, which I was not aware of before.

I thought the emails from Fredrick Asmussen were suspicious when he outlined "steps" the same way Alvin Ranit outlined "steps" for this "deal." Asmussen and Ranit must be one of the same.

I received a fake "offical check" in the mail. It was issued from TruWest Credit Union out of either Arizona or Texas and the envelope was postmarked from Salem, Oregon. Anyway, I called this Credit Union to verify they issued the check and the representative said its fake. He already knew the amount, the check number and the post mark location before I told him anything! AND...the date on the check is the day BEFORE Mr. Asmussen said he was going to get a check and mail it to me.

I was also told that if I had actually wired the money to Ciaro, I probably would have gotten into trouble with my own bank and would be out a lot of money! But thankfully I research stuff before doing anything and thankfully I am not out any money on this. The info found on this website was very helpful.

And when I told Mr. Asmussen I would not be wiring any money, that he should have worked out the details with his broker, he told me was not willing to work with someone who did not understand his disability and to shred the check when I got it. There's nothing further to discuss. Since the check is FAKE, I guess he didn't have to worry about me trying to cash it.

DO NOT DEAL WITH THIS GUY OR ANYONE WHO CLAIMS THEY HAVE TO GO OUT OF TOWN, OR REQUESTS YOU SEND MONEY TO CIARO!! SCAM, SCAM, SCAM!!

lerandall said:

I was also told that if I had actually wired the money to Ciaro, I probably would have gotten into trouble with my own bank and would be out a lot of money! But thankfully I research stuff before doing anything and thankfully I am not out any money on this. The info found on this website was very helpful.

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I don't think your bank would have punished you, had Shell not warned you your bank would have advised against making the transfer.

Chances are they would have asked for Western Union with an Intenernet email address

Relinked to Boulay Thread

http://tugbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1373315#post1373315