Comment Re:Others (Score 2, Informative) 441
On rec.crafts.metalworking they talk about a guy they call Ali Babbin all the time. He apparently has stuck several members for big money. Here is an excerpt:
>
> His name is Allen Babbin. His current email that he checks is
> ranckoc2.hotmail.com. His address is 33 Stafford Ave. Bristol, CT 06010.
> He lives with an individual named Eddy Sczappa, whom to my knowledge is
not
> involved in Ali's business. The telephones numbers that he currently
> answers are: 860-584-9932, 860-583-7796, 860-584-9939. The typical thing
> that happens is someone else answers and says he is not there. Sometimes
> Ali will do this and sometime his roommate does this.
>
> Ali was Connique on Ebay, Although there really is a Connie Burgos. She
is
> Ali's niece and she may have been involved with the Connique scam to some
> degree. Her number is 860-747-6268. She is most likely under the age of
18
> and lives with her mother.
>
> I lost over $500 to Ali and I know he has screwed people out of a lot more
> than that. I tried unsuccessfully to get Paypal to cancel his account and
> never let him back, as he conducts most of his business through them, but
> they were very uncooperative. We need to keep close tabs on Ali and shut
> him down.
The bad thing is many of these people used PayPal for their transactions and they won't do anything about the guy either. (EBay doesn't apparently care to stop him)
>
> His name is Allen Babbin. His current email that he checks is
> ranckoc2.hotmail.com. His address is 33 Stafford Ave. Bristol, CT 06010.
> He lives with an individual named Eddy Sczappa, whom to my knowledge is
not
> involved in Ali's business. The telephones numbers that he currently
> answers are: 860-584-9932, 860-583-7796, 860-584-9939. The typical thing
> that happens is someone else answers and says he is not there. Sometimes
> Ali will do this and sometime his roommate does this.
>
> Ali was Connique on Ebay, Although there really is a Connie Burgos. She
is
> Ali's niece and she may have been involved with the Connique scam to some
> degree. Her number is 860-747-6268. She is most likely under the age of
18
> and lives with her mother.
>
> I lost over $500 to Ali and I know he has screwed people out of a lot more
> than that. I tried unsuccessfully to get Paypal to cancel his account and
> never let him back, as he conducts most of his business through them, but
> they were very uncooperative. We need to keep close tabs on Ali and shut
> him down.
The bad thing is many of these people used PayPal for their transactions and they won't do anything about the guy either. (EBay doesn't apparently care to stop him)
