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[AprilBaby]

Wow! A 6 ct IF E halo ring for $11,000. What a steal (literally)!

 

[Niel]

Wow! A 6 ct IF E halo ring for $11,000. What a steal (literally)!

I was thinking the same about how the priced SBs ring.

 

[Mayk]

Wow! A 6 ct IF E halo ring for $11,000. What a steal (literally)!

That's because they were going to have to steal it from SB to sell it!

 

[ChristineRose]

The domain has been suspended.

As frauds go this one was pretty clumsy. Even if they'd gotten a credit card payment from someone they'd have to get it out of the bank and get out of town before the victim complained. Credit card money doesn't show up in the bank account right away. Hopefully these incompetent crooks will never be heard from again.

 

[SgrPlum12]

Oh I'm sure they won't give up that easily!

I'm utterly disgusted. I can't stand these low-lifes who spend more time and effort trying to rip people off and steal from them than they do actually doing some honest work.

I'm so glad you all tackled them down. But keep your eyes out. I'm sure they'll try again. It's just to easy for them not to.

Ugh. How sad that these crooks are everywhere, everyday trying to hurt people. Get a job!!

 

[tuittumurmeli]

Oh, the scammers in this world! Always someone, ready to take advantage of others, cause misery and anxiety, for some meagre gain!



Thanks for all of you for doing the right thing, alerting the fellow community members and reporting these crooks. I bet they didn't expect to be busted so fast!

It occurred to me whether image thefts like this could be prevented in the future if we "watermarked" our pics - you know, added a nickname and possibly a reference to this forum to each image. The mark should be somewhere on the image where it can not be so easily cropped away. Something like this:

 

[WinkHPD]

Oh, the scammers in this world! Always someone, ready to take advantage of others, cause misery and anxiety, for some meagre gain!



Thanks for all of you for doing the right thing, alerting the fellow community members and reporting these crooks. I bet they didn't expect to be busted so fast!

It occurred to me whether image thefts like this could be prevented in the future if we "watermarked" our pics - you know, added a nickname and possibly a reference to this forum to each image. The mark should be somewhere on the image where it can not be so easily cropped away. Something like this:

You would need to do a more intrusive watermark. I was able to erase yours in less than one minute with photoshop. (It actually took me longer to upload the photo than to "fix" the photo. I left part of your watermark on here just to show that it is indeed the same photo.)




And here is what my lovely grand daughter thinks about those nasty photo theives!



Wink

 

[tyty333]

You are teaching her well Master Wink!

What a fun stage!

 

[donbon03]

Big Thank you for starting this post. I am an end-user and was planning on purchasing some diamonds from Second-Chance-Diamonds. I am that person who has a couple of items on hold! In fact I had try to pay twice for a stone via a couple of third party sites. Fortunately for me the merchant declined the transaction. After investigations I have found that she is black listed on paypal, ETSY. She is also trying to sell on another site called exboyfriends jewellery. She has been emailing me privately for a long time her so called name is Chris -details "chuffey87 ." <[email protected]. I had even gone to the length of contacting GIA and they confirmed the GIA certificates…

Guess it was too good to be true!

 

[Christina...]

Big Thank you for starting this post. I am an end-user and was planning on purchasing some diamonds from Second-Chance-Diamonds. I am that person who has a couple of items on hold! In fact I had try to pay twice for a stone via a couple of third party sites. Fortunately for me the merchant declined the transaction. After investigations I have found that she is black listed on paypal, ETSY. She is also trying to sell on another site called exboyfriends jewellery. She has been emailing me privately for a long time her so called name is Chris -details "chuffey87 ." <[email protected]. I had even gone to the length of contacting GIA and they confirmed the GIA certificates…

Guess it was too good to be true!

I am SO happy that it didn't work out for you! Now that you've found this forum, we would be more than happy to help you find a beautiful diamond, with a reputable vendor and for a reasonable price. Let us know if we can help!

ETA Since you have her contact info, I would encourage you to save all your correspondence with her and contact the authorities.

 

[donbon03]

I see your quite active on this site and obviously very knowledgeable, as I am new to the site, is there are way to PM you and ask you some questions about diamonds or if you know of a good second hand site or does everything run through a forum? Thanks in advance.

 

[SB621]

I see your quite active on this site and obviously very knowledgeable, as I am new to the site, is there are way to PM you and ask you some questions about diamonds or if you know of a good second hand site or does everything run through a forum? Thanks in advance.

We don't PM on this site but if you are looking for second hand almost everyone will assist you. That is what this board is about.

jewels by erica grace
Loupe Troop
Diamond Bistro
Good Old Gold
Pearlmans

 

[donbon03]

Thanks ! I am wanting to buy a diamond ring, so I will post a thread and see what you guys can recommend for me. Looking for something around 2.5-3carats.

 

[WinkHPD]

The domain has been suspended.

As frauds go this one was pretty clumsy. Even if they'd gotten a credit card payment from someone they'd have to get it out of the bank and get out of town before the victim complained. Credit card money doesn't show up in the bank account right away. Hopefully these incompetent crooks will never be heard from again.

It depends on their processor. Typically the money from a credit card transaction is in the account in two to three days. There is a substantial period of time when that money can be reversed though. They would need to get the money out of the account and not have any "good" money in the account when the complaints start coming in, as the cc companies have the right and the power to take the money back out if there is any there.

Incompetent as they are I fear that as scammers they will simply go on to a new scam. It is, after all, what scammers do.

Wink

 

[ruby59]

The domain has been suspended.

As frauds go this one was pretty clumsy. Even if they'd gotten a credit card payment from someone they'd have to get it out of the bank and get out of town before the victim complained. Credit card money doesn't show up in the bank account right away. Hopefully these incompetent crooks will never be heard from again.

It depends on their processor. Typically the money from a credit card transaction is in the account in two to three days. There is a substantial period of time when that money can be reversed though. They would need to get the money out of the account and not have any "good" money in the account when the complaints start coming in, as the cc companies have the right and the power to take the money back out if there is any there.

Incompetent as they are I fear that as scammers they will simply go on to a new scam. It is, after all, what scammers do.

Wink

Mods removed some of the posts, but they were back almost immediately scamming under a new name.