Hey Everyone.
I would like to inform you about a particular person who never sent money for my Project Mu BBK. This person not only has scammed me, but others in the past, I have been doing some major investigating on this issue for a while now.
His name is Kristopher Nick Hope. he owns a Lime Green 350z.
His alias that he used to contact me is Kris Malko.
Address:
1060 3rd St N
Brandon, Manitoba
R7A 2M7
Last month, he had inquired about my
Project Mu 6 & 4 Piston Big Brake Kit for the 350z chassis. We talked on the phone for a while and I learned that he resided in a small city in Manitoba called Brandon. He was particularly interested in my Project Mu BBK and was willing to negotiate a price that was worth convincing, since my work's MailRoom gets cheap rates when I ship within Canada. (I'm from Vancouver, BC)
Kris was a convincing person who had a decent amount of knowledge on his 350z. He talked about his car and knew about the parts and terminologies about his 350z. Over the course of 2-3 days we talked and I started to trust him. Unfortunately, he had no user feedback and claimed he doesn't go on the forums as much, since most of the purchases were purchased locally, or within driving distance.
Now, here's the huge, regrettable mistakes I made. We had agreed that he would direct deposit the money into my bank account. He didn't want to make the transaction via Paypal because he said it was too expensive in Paypal fees. Me, being the trustworthy person, agreed that he would send over the money as soon as I provided a Tracking number to him. I should have received the money first and shipped, however, in his mind, felt that as a first time buyer, didn't want to risk his money to someone whom he doesn't know, regardless of my exceptional feedback on multiple forums.
After sending over the Tracking number, Kris stalls one excuse after another saying how he was pulled over with a DUI and got his licence suspended and was charged a significant amount, thus unable to pay me back. After hearing this, I call UPS a
number of times for them to
cancel the shipment. I repeat, a
number of times. Unfortunately, they continued to process the transaction, and therefore, attempted a first delivery, thus delivering successfully. Throughout this time, I told Kris to send the brakes back because he hasn't payed me yet. I told him NOT to accept the parcel. He ignores my request and Kris signs off as RECEIVED to UPS.
To see our conversation via text message, please click
here.
On June 28th, he calls me that day he received the parcel and claims there was a hole in the box and that parts are missing. ********. Why accept the parcel when clearly the box had a huge hole in it? This is to stall the situation.
On June 28th, same day he receives it, Kris posts on
here for the thread. He sells my kit for a quick $3500 to a buyer. Luckily, this buyer lives only 20 minutes from where I live and contacted me saying that he physically has my brakes. However, in enlightenment of this situation, will not prevent me from stopping and finding this guy.
Eventually, my luck runs out when he stops contacting me.
This is where I find out he has scammed other people.
1.
http://www.the370z.com/parts-sale-pr...bo-kit-12.html
On July 16th, I receive a text from a person in Winnipeg, 2 hours from Brandon. His name is Anthony and claims that a in February 2013, he was scammed $2500 for sending money to Kris and never received his StopTech Big Brake Kit. I decide to investigate in this matter by voicing in the situation:
2.
Scammer in Brandon Mb named Chris Malko has a Green 350z
I also find out that Martin, a local in my Vancouver area, almost got scammed over the same person, but pulled out after a lengthy investigation process.
Martin almost bought a car that never existed. Kris eventually makes it to the news via Winnipeg Free Press. Click
here to see the article.
3.
SCAMMER ALERT IN WPG.
I call up Martin and realized that he's a local who lives in my city. He fills me in on EVERYTHING. What's his real name, how he got scammed, how Martin finds all this information.
After hearing this, Kris contacts me on July 28th, 2013. He messages me saying he ****ed up and he's sorry. He is sorry and wants his girlfriend's information removed. We agree that I delete the information about his girlfriend; in exchange, he will send over the agreed $4800. Unfortunately, he stalls ever MORE and he never sends the money. So the information is back up for everyone to see.
I need the community to be aware in this matter. We need to bring out the awareness in this scammer needs to be taken him. Every day passes, gives him the opportunity to run away to live a new life as a scammer. He is in possession of stolen goods and needs to be stopped. I am in the midst of filing a small claims court. I can't hire a lawyer because he doesn't have any money. It's a pretty simple situation: Get him convicted of Fraud and Theft over online merchandise.
Please share this with everyone. Your friends, colleages, and make everyone aware of this situation.
If anyone has any more information, please contact me via iMessage @778-388-3135. I'm more than happy to provide any more information regarding Kristoper Nick Hope.
Best regards,
Nick