Post by vusix on Jun 18, 2019 7:02:11 GMT
Since the main post is gone, I decided to recover it. Click here for the original thread.
This list is a compilation of all known and reported scammers and time-wasters. Listed here are scammers emails, SNS accounts (ex., Tumblr, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook), and names and locations given by each scammer. Also listed are individuals that have been banned from the Forum, and why they were banned (i.e., scamming, scamming attempt, impersonation, etc.).
Please avoid doing business with those listed here at all costs. However, scammers are sneaky, and frequently close their accounts only to open new ones under a new name, so please be cautious. If you have even the slightest feeling that the person you want to trade with or buy from is a scammer, it is sometimes best to not take the risk, and wait until someone you know is a trustworthy trader or seller gives you an offer. If you ever do get scammed--or if you have been scammed in the past--by someone, please post their name, location (city and country ONLY), SNS information, and emails so that we can add them to the list.
PLEASE DO NOT CLAIM SOMEONE IS A SCAMMER WITHOUT ANY PROOF. If you have been scammed, or if a friend of yours has been scammed, please post here a detailed account of what happened (items involved in the transaction, amount of money lost if it's a sale, dates the trade was sent, and, if possible, any copies of e-mails or messages you feel comfortable providing). Information is key to keep from accusing someone who may very well be innocent of scamming. It's just as unfair to accuse someone without providing any information as it is to scam someone. Please keep this in mind! Details can be posted here or messaged to an admin (moderator hyoyeon handle all scammer complaints, and edits to this thread).
Note: Some of these accounts may no longer be active, or may have been deleted, since a lot of scammers like to change SNS frequently to avoid being caught. Accounts are all in ABC-123 order. Some individuals have multiple accounts, so please take note of all of them in case they reuse them in the future.
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Facebook
Instagram
YouTube
Twitter:
Former Forum Members:
TIME-WASTERS: The only thing lost with these people was time; no money or items were lost. These people are NOT necessarily scammers, however, deal with them at your own risk.
POTENTIAL SCAMMERS: These individuals are suspected of scamming, but there is not a lot of evidence against them, or the evidence is circumstantial, and just hunches. However, while they are unconfirmed scammers, there is enough suspicion around them that we advise you to not do any sort of business with them.
OTHER/PROBLEM SELLERS: This is a list of any sellers that have had reported incidents/issues in the past. These issues/incidents were NOT incidents of scamming, but rather issues with: communication, shipping times, packaging, and damage present on items.
Supplements: supplements lists of scammer SNS and emails
This list is a compilation of all known and reported scammers and time-wasters. Listed here are scammers emails, SNS accounts (ex., Tumblr, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook), and names and locations given by each scammer. Also listed are individuals that have been banned from the Forum, and why they were banned (i.e., scamming, scamming attempt, impersonation, etc.).
Please avoid doing business with those listed here at all costs. However, scammers are sneaky, and frequently close their accounts only to open new ones under a new name, so please be cautious. If you have even the slightest feeling that the person you want to trade with or buy from is a scammer, it is sometimes best to not take the risk, and wait until someone you know is a trustworthy trader or seller gives you an offer. If you ever do get scammed--or if you have been scammed in the past--by someone, please post their name, location (city and country ONLY), SNS information, and emails so that we can add them to the list.
PLEASE DO NOT CLAIM SOMEONE IS A SCAMMER WITHOUT ANY PROOF. If you have been scammed, or if a friend of yours has been scammed, please post here a detailed account of what happened (items involved in the transaction, amount of money lost if it's a sale, dates the trade was sent, and, if possible, any copies of e-mails or messages you feel comfortable providing). Information is key to keep from accusing someone who may very well be innocent of scamming. It's just as unfair to accuse someone without providing any information as it is to scam someone. Please keep this in mind! Details can be posted here or messaged to an admin (moderator hyoyeon handle all scammer complaints, and edits to this thread).
Note about posting addresses: If you know a scammer's address, you may list the city, state (if applicable), and country of residence in your scamming complaint, but please refrain from publicly posting their entire home address! If you would like to make sure the address is on record, please PM moderator hyoyeon , and we will check the scammer's address list. If the address is not included, and that individual turns out to be a scammer, it will be added to the private list for future reference.
If you would like to verify that the address you have is not a scammer, please also PM hyoyeon with the address of the individual in question, and they will check it and verify it for you! You may also share addresses with one another privately--but please do not post addresses out in the open! In most countries, doing so is illegal, and could get you into trouble.
If you would like to verify that the address you have is not a scammer, please also PM hyoyeon with the address of the individual in question, and they will check it and verify it for you! You may also share addresses with one another privately--but please do not post addresses out in the open! In most countries, doing so is illegal, and could get you into trouble.
Note: Some of these accounts may no longer be active, or may have been deleted, since a lot of scammers like to change SNS frequently to avoid being caught. Accounts are all in ABC-123 order. Some individuals have multiple accounts, so please take note of all of them in case they reuse them in the future.
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- aaliyah_watts@yahoo.com/annalisechua@gmail.com/kpoptown@hotmail.com ("Chua Annalise Collen"/"Massie Claire Brooke III"; see Facebook: Chua Annalise Collen and Facebook: Massie Claire Brooke III. Location: claims to be from the Philippines.)
- abzilvira@gmail.com/kpopkmlove43@gmail.com (see Tumblr/Email: kpophugu/kpophugu@gmail.com and YouTube: Kpop Kmlove. Location: claims to be from the Netherlands, but PayPal says they're located in Russia.)
- apinkeulove/pinkspirit0211/apinkeulove@gmail.com ("Arvee Leynes"; another SNS of scammer CJ Icarangal. PayPal email used was "kicarangal@gmail.com"; name on the account was "Conchita Icarangal." Location: Philippines. UPDATE: Tumblr name changed to pinkspirit0211.)
- ashley-jones10@outlook.com/ghost-ee@outlook.com/victoria0812@outlook.com ("Ashley Jones"/"Victoria Schuster"; see Facebook: Ashley Jones)
- a.deng0826@yahoo.com ("Anna Deng"; Asks unsuspecting traders to send cards to a "Carrie Chin." Constantly deletes SNS accounts; very scheming. Location: Rowland Heights, California, United States.)
- babyminwoo/addictedtonominwoo@aol.com ("Nisha Ling"; another SNS of scammer CJ Icarangal. PayPal email used was the same. Location: Philippines.)
- becky.chiong@outlook.com/itom@fbi.al ("Becky Chiong." Created a forum account impersonating legit kpop trader/seller 09mion on YouTube. Stole pics from the real 09mion (pictures were sent to "Becky" when she agreed to buy a huge lot of cards, and were photoproofs provided by the REAL 09mion), and attempted to sell them on the forum. Individual also has a Facebook account (listed below). Please also see Facebook users "ASHLEY JONES" and "ACID TFYH" below for more information, as these three accounts are connected. Location: unknown.)
- byunshin4lyfe/dubbokki-ramen/fluffypinkcotton/infinite-ly-broken/tradingsnsales/tradingsnsales@gmail.com ("Tiffany Chan"/"Lina Li"/"Chris Dy"; Location: Richmond, California, United States OR Plano, Texas, United States--claims to be from both.)
- Chamomile956@gmail.com (see Youtube: Sara Vasquez. Location: El Paso, Texas, United States)
- deadchicago@gmail.com (see Facebook: Charlie Marie. Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.)
- d-onutsoo ("Yanti Adnan"; Location: Belgium)
- elizabeth.esparza@outlook.com (see Instagram: smilingbaek055. HAS NO RELATION TO FACEBOOK SELLER ELIZABETH ESPARZA. Is an email of CJ Icarangal. Location: CJ lives in the Philippines.)
- exoticstarlight/forevershinee51/pikapikachu40
- exotrades/baekhyonce@gmail.com/ekseuoh@gmail.com/exotrades@gmail.com (Name unknown. Agreed to a trade for a Chen Overdose photocard; asked to have the card shipped to a friend's address because she was currently moving. Supposedly sent the other card, but gave a tracking number that never worked. Later claimed that the post office couldn't track the package because it had already been marked as "delivered" to the recipient. Later said that she bought a second card to resend to the person she scammed [card was a SeHun card], but that could imply she never had the card to begin with. Always came up with a lot of excuses. Location: unknown.)
- fly.soo.low@hotmail.co.uk ("Brandon Tran"; Location: Australia.)
- foreverbabyhae (Card was eventually received, but after waiting for a month.)
- francescaluxx/exosaranghae55@gmail.com ("Francesca Lu"; claims to be a friend of CJ Icarangal and vouches for CJ's "trustworthiness", but is actually another sockpuppet account of CJ's. Claimed to have been scammed by another account of CJ's "Joy Cauty", but would then post CJ's pictures of EXO photocards for sale. CJ later admitted this was another account of his. Also has a Facebook account. Location: Philippines.)
- fuckyeahhyoyeon/musingmuso/kpopluvah6@yahoo.com.au ("Michelle"; no last name given. Location: Australia.)
- hei_kpop_shop@hotmail.com/kangjinchol@hotmail.com/kpop_shop_90@hotmail.com ("Wong Ka Ling"/"Kang Jin Cheol"/"Venice Rebolledo"; IMPERSONATING eBay seller eiqiwo's brother and other LEGIT sellers, and trying to scam individuals out of money. Frequently steals pictures from auction sites like Yahoo! Auctions Japan and TaoBao. Also has a tumblr (kpop-shop-90) and an Instagram (xxshop_xx099). Read a scam report
here. Location: claims to be from the United States, South Korea, or Hong Kong.) - jellyace10122/akib999@rocketmail.com/jellyace10221@gmail.com ("JellyAce"/"Maria XD"/"Sabrina Alves Moreno"; would steal and photoshop name into pictures and attempt to scam individuals out of money. Stole photos from live-jp, from some Instagram users, and from a few forum members. Claimed to be a "reseller" for those sellers even though they have no resellers. Also has a Facebook account [see below], and is linked to other Facebook accounts "SABRINA ALVES MORENO" and "ARMIE BECINA." Location: unknown
- jellybean-brownies/jellybean-brownies@hotmail.com ("Harriette Alcuirez"; another SNS of scammer CJ Icarangal. Impersonating a real individual named Harriette S. Trisha Alcuirez who has no ties to CJ or Kpop.)
- jeonjnkk/pgmc.mica_12@gmail.com/trishamanuel22@gmail.com ("Patricia Michaela"/"Byun Tricia"; moderator @addictedtoyouleesungmin sold her a BaekHyun MAMA A photocard in Feb 2014. In March 2014, she claimed she never received the card, but was then found to have sold it on her tumblr account. She claimed the Baek she had sold on her tumblr was a different Baek, but upon examination of that card (buyer of the Baek contacted addictedtoyouleesungmin), the cards turned out to be one and the same when pictures were compared side-by-side. Patricia tried to claim that her friend "Byun Tricia" was the one who was actually selling the card, but "Byun Tricia" end up being Patricia's personal Facebook account after she made a sockpuppet one to try and "prove" she wasn't lying. Later admitted to lying, but then threatened addictedtoyouleesungmin, and called her the scammer, but addictedtoyouleesungmin provided proof of shipment in the form of a receipt, and a bank transaction that shows postage purchased at USPS the day Baek was shipped out. Full scam report here .)
- jessiewang1525@gmail.com/panda.j.wang@gmail.com ("Jessie Wang"; see Former Forum Members: decembergirl1212 /bobaprincess . Location: Canada)
- jongelas/anelansydney@yahoo.com ("Anela Francia"/"Mikasa Kim"; Card was purchased on 2013.12.27. Buyer waited until 2014.01.28 for card to arrive, but the card never arrived. Asked for refund, and she told the buyer that she could only send CC, but would send it with a tracking number. Tracking number was never given to buyer, and after 2 months, no refund was received. When buyer contacted her just wanting an update, she said she "didn't understand how [the buyer] could ask for another refund" after she already sent one out, even though it was never received. Location: California, United States.)
- joy.cauty@gmail.com/joy.cauty@outlook.com ("Joy Cauty"; see Facebook: Joy Cauty.)
- koalakris/milkous/sehuny/Kai.is.perfect@hotmail.com/mochiwu@hotmail.com/purinbiscuit@hotmail.com (Name usually has "Wu" as the last name (ex., Trizzie Wu, Joana Wu, etc.); hacked tumblr and YouTube accounts. Will tell traders that she has tons of successful trades and feedbacks, but no one has ever received a card from her. Location: Portugal.)
- koreanmint/akosicj123@outlook.com/koreanment@outlook.com ("Carl Julius (CJ) Icarangal"; steals pictures from individuals on the web (particularly mykpopcollection on tumblr), and lies about where they got the pictures from (frequently like to say they're from his "supplier"). Makes excuses and makes up stories as to why the cards have not arrived to him yet (ex., "my supplier scammed me", "they were lost in the mail", "they were stolen", etc.). Made up at least 10 different stories at to why the Sunny10 prerder had not been fulfilled. Refunded a few people for small dollar amounts, but not all people got refunds willingly. Most had to appeal to PayPal (particularly the large dollar ones). Later sent out pictures of empty, unstamped envelopes claiming to have mailed out the Sunny10 cards after he'd already said he'd been scammed out of them. Also stole stills and a video clip from a YouTube video while trying to sell a LuHan MAMA A that he wasn't really selling. Made up more excuses as to why he did it (phone doesn't record videos was the big one). Later said he was trying to buy the LuHan MAMA A from someone, and then sell it for over double the price to "make some profit." Later claimed to be selling an entire set of EXO-M SoCool Polaroids, but his "video proof" was a YT video that belonged to user gummypills. Location: Philippines. Scam report in the works.)
- kpophugu/kpophugu@gmail.com ("Bella Marselev"; possibly related to Instagram scammer KimTaehyung951230; selling a BTS Polaroid for $50 USD to multiple people. Will not respond to requests for further photoproof. Accounts deleted after a post was written about them on tumblr. New accounts have appeared on YouTube; see YouTube: Kpop Kmlove. Location: claimed to be from Finland.)
- kpopismylyf@hotmail.com ("Saira Holland"; steals pictures from eBay sellers and other individuals on the web, crops out watermarks, and lies about where they got the pictures from. Makes excuses not to provide specific photoproof (ex., not at home yet, at a friend's mother's funeral, etc.). Wanted PayPal money sent in USD only via friends/family, and CC in GBP. When one buyer sent money via PayPal goods/services, Saira refunded and demanded it be sent via friends/family. Location: United Kingdom.)
- letsinfinitelovefan ("Karem Sanchez"; uploads fake tracking. Location: Salinas, California, United States.)
- lisakworld/lisafromkworld@gmail.com ("Lisa Nguyen", lisaskworld on Instagram; sold two photocards to a forum member, and then tried to sell one of those two cards to other people after the member had paid. Said she was 'studying in South Korea', but her IP address says she is in the US. Is believed to be another account of Anchel Lee, who was also a scammer. Then changed her Tumblr to dollieemilk and used the email
- nguyens6d@gmail.com. She/he likes to sell rare and more expensive cards for low prices, and also steals pictures from legit sellers. Please avoid at all costs!)
- loveismyreligions2/pinpinliao@yahoo.com ("Alice Liao"; Location: Rowland Heights, California, United States.)
- luhannielight/luhannielight@outlook.com (No name given, but is another tumblr account belonging to CJ Icarangal. Included posts from his other account, koreanmint. Emails listed on the tumblr were koreanmint@outlook.com, akosicj123@outlook.com, and also listed other "Koreanmint" SNS accounts like YouTube and Instagram. Location: Philippines.)
- misspingus@hotmail.fr/perfectlytrading@hotmail.fr ("Fercoq Il"; Location: France.)
- mnclrbrs@gmail.com (see Facebook: Massie Claire Brooke III. Location: believed to be the Philippines.)
- mondayday/alenslizzy@gmail.com/julyhour@gmail.com/mycyberheart2@yandex.ru ("Julia Sivhour"; name used on PayPal account was "Anischenko Yulia". Location: claims to be in Japan.)
- mryagu@hotmail.com/mryagu.thomas@aol.com ("Thomas St. John"; Another SNS of CJ Icarangal. This time, CJ impersonated legit eBay seller mryagu and attempted to join the Photocard Forum. eBay seller confirmed that they didn't sell anywhere other than eBay, and that they had never heard of the Photocard Forum. Location: Philippines, but "Thomas" claimed to be from France.)
- mykpopcollection@OUTLOOK.com ("Acid Tfyh"; see Facebook: Acid Tfyh for more information; impersonated legit tumblr seller mykpopcollection (CLARIFICATION: legit seller mykpopcollection DOES NOT use an Outlook email). Location: claims to be from the US.)
- namjinnies/rapmonsteu/starlight--xx/bcookiem0nster@aol.com ("Brianna Nguyen"/"Quynh B. Nguyen"; see Instagram: ottokakakajistore and Instagram: btssales for more information. Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.)
- prettydeadrose11/prettydeadrose11@hotmail.com ("Marjorie Taylan"; IMPOSTER! This person is impersonating LEGIT FORUM MEMBER @sugahoneyicetae . Highly suspected to be Rovi Joan Gines; sends poorly photoshopped pictures of BTS cards with "prettydeadrose11" on a sticky-note photoshopped into the image. Location: claims to be in the United States, but Rovi is from the Philippines.)
- rejectperfection/crimsontapiocax3@yahoo.com ("Isobel Zao"; Location: New York, United States.)
- rovijoe/shinee-mist/rovichanchan@hotmail.com/rovijoe@hotmail.com/shineemist@hotmail.com ("Rovi Joan Gines"; steals pictures from Forum members and eBay seller eiqiwo claiming to be selling rare AOA cards and lots of BTS cards. Photoshops name into pictures. Has scammed on Twitter in the past, and was banned from the Forum [see FORMER FORUM MEMBERS list below]. Is also impersonating and using the names/usernames of Photocard Forum members. PLEASE BE CAREFUL WITH HER. Location: will claim to be in the United States, but she is actually from the Philippines.)
- temporarykorean ("Ryan Phan"; Scammed a bunch of people out of cards by "trading" the same card. Also scammed people out of money by selling a TaeYeon Genie card to at least 2 different people. There are mixed reviews about them, but it is best to never do business with them, as they would claim to have mailed out their part of the trade, but never did. Location: California, United States.)
- tipha180292@hotmail.fr ("Dieval Alisson"; all SNS have been deleted. Location: France.)
- yampion4875 (see YouTube: jyj4evers/MBLAQcute/yoonababyify)
- yeongyeong@outlook.kr ("진영용/Jin Yeong Yeong"; sent pictures of polaroids easily found online and he\she also said they had to buy them of their friend eiqiwo first. Forum member sent eiqiwo a PM on facebook asking if he\she knows 영용 and they said no.)
- Acid Tfyh (see Tumblr/Email: becky.chiong@outlook.com/itom@fbi.al and mykpopcollection@outlook.com; Facebook account directly linked to accounts "Ashley Jones" and "Becky Chiong." Most likely a hacked account; would steal pictures from tumblr user mykpopcollection, and even impersonate them to scam people out of money. PayPal payments were sent to "becky.chiong@outlook.com" and sometimes to "itom@fbi.al" when the other email was supposedly "having problems." FB username: acid.tfyh. Location: claims to be from the United States.)
- Armie Becina (see Tumblr/Email: jellyace10122/akibb999@rocketmail.com/jellyace10221@gmail.com; stole pictures from Instagram sellers that had originally been sent to them as photoproofs when they wanted to "buy" the cards. Armie Becina was later revealed to be scammer CJ Icarangal, and he later admitted to it being him, which links him to more scamming accounts. See also Facebook: Sabrina Alves Moreno. FB username: Tofer. Yovillian. Location: claimed to be from Singapore, but CJ lives in the Philippines.)
- Ashley Jones (Impersonated legit seller cheekyflower on deviantART [tumblr account: happykpop-photocards]; stole collection photos from cheekyflowers personal deviantART account and tried to sell them to unsuspecting buyers. Moderator addictedtoyouleesungmin personally knows cheekyflower @ dA, and knows that she has no plans to sell any of her collection. Facebook account was more than likely hacked. This account has been linked to "Becky Chiong" and "Acid Tfyh." FB username: lanesha.forever. Location: FB account claims she's from the United States.)
- Becky Chiong (see Tumblr/Email: becky.chiong@outlook.com/itom@fbi.al. Stole pictures from legit YouTube seller 09mion, and then joined the Photocard Forum imperonsating 09mion. Used pictures that 09mion had sent her as photoproof for cards Becky wanted to buy. Has been linked to the accounts "Ashley Jones" and "Acid Tfyh." FB username: becky.chiong77. Location: unknown.)
- Bomi Bomi Yah (another Facebook account of CJ Icarangal. See any of his other SNS posts [Tumblr/Email: koreanmint/koreanmint@outlook.com; Facebook: CJ Icarangal, Armie Becina, et al.]. Takes photos posted on eBay seller eiqiwo's Facebook, and says that eiqiwo is his supplier [essentially a repeat of what he did with other sellers like jace0337 and mykpopcollection]. FB username: 100008500715672. Location: CJ lives in the Philippines.)
- Byun Tricia (see Tumblr/Email: jeonjngkk/pmgc.mica_12@gmail.com/trishamanuel22@gmail.com. FB username: byun.tricia; trisha.manuel.79.)
- Céline Gonzalez (sold a photocard to a Forum member, which never arrived. Has been seen trying to sell the exact same card she sold on various Facebook groups. Please avoid doing business with her! Email: gonzalez.celine@laposte.net. FB username: dariellajetaime12 [currently deactivated].)
- Charissa Rose Tan (scammed individuals on Facebook and Instagram, affiliated with CJ Icarangal and other known scammers. Also seems to run the account 'Jasmine Chu' on Facebook, which has also scammed people. Has been found to be using someone else's name and information for her scamming. AVOID at all costs! Email: chaedoong@hotmail.com. Instagram username: minhyxk402. FB username: charissa2015. Individuals also associated with this account: Marylou Sausa FB username: getbackjonas, Denise Cruz FB username: thisisdenden. Location: Philippines)
- Charlie Marie (selling Kpop items that she no longer owns. Will not refund buyers after they don't receive the mail she doesn't actually send out; buyers always have to get PayPal involved. Even old friends tell people not to buy from her, as she no longer owns much Kpop merchandise. It appears that she tries to sell items multiple times to multiple people. PayPal email: deadchicago@gmail.com. Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.)
- CJ Icarangal (see Tumblr/Email: koreanmint/koreanmint@outlook.com. Notorious scammer that uses tons of different SNS. Always seems to be selling the same cards [EXO MAMA and Growl cards, and a few others including SJ-M Swing. FB username: MyOnlyYou12345. Location: Philippines.)
- Chua Annalise Collen (scams individuals on Facebook, and with some, then denies ever selling them an item, or even contacting them in the first place. Frequently scams using BTS merchandise. Has several emails associated with this account: aaliyah_watts@yahoo.com, annalisechua@gmail.com, and kpoptown@hotmail.com. Believed to be a second profile of Massie Claire Brooke III. Location: claims to be from the Philippines.)
- Donna Vaughn (stole photos from a legitimate Facebook Kpop Shop and attempted to sell the cards pictures [most cards were EXO MAMA A cards]. No emails were obtained for this person. Facebook has vanished, but she may be linked to other FB scammers "Ashley Jones"/"Becky Chiong"/"Acid Tfyh"; might even be connected to "Sabrina Alves Moreno"/"Armie Becina"/"CJ Icarangal." Old FB username: sabrina018. Location: claimed to be from the US.)
- FJ Chua (former forum member danioell ; was banned for his involvement with CJ Icarangal, and helping CJ scam forum members. Also had several incidents where his ends of trades would get "lost" and the other person in the trade never received their item. He frequently refused to reimburse them when he would receive their end of the trade. Location: Philippines.)
- Francesca Lu/Xiao Lu (see Tumblr/Email: francescaluxx/exosaranghae055@gmail.com. Another SNS of CJ Icarangal. FB username: francescalu055. Location: CJ is located in the Philippines.)
- GeoFanny PasKah (see instagram: worldbelow; sells fake cards and cards she doesn't actually own. Location: Indonesia.)
- Harriette Alcuirez (see Tumblr/Email: jellybean-brownies/jellybean-brownies@gmail.com. Another SNS of CJ Icarangal. No relation to the real Harriette S. Trisha Alcuirez; just an imposter. FB usernamr: jellybean.harriette. Location: Philippines.)
- Irina Puteri (scammed individuals on Facebook. Blocked a buyer after they asked for a picture of the receipt, tracking number she sent was also invalid. Seems to be linked to another scamming account on Facebook, Charissa Rose Tan (see above). Her FB account has since been deactivated. Location: claimed to be from Kuwait, but most likely in the Philippines.)
- John Staub (is asking members in a Kpop Giveaway group for their PayPal information, credit card numbers, and credit card limit when they speak to him about purchasing items they are supposedly selling. Asks people to buy some PlayStation Network cards from PlayAsia valued at $50 USD each. FB username: lu.kpop.5. Location: currently unknown.)
- Joy Cauty (tried to frame @addictedtoyouleesungmin as a scammer, but was later revealed to be another SNS of CJ Icarangal, who was retaliating for addictedtoyouleesungmin calling him out on his constant scamming and lying. FB username: joy.cauty. Location: claimed to be from Europe, but CJ lives in the Philippines.)
- KC Ongaco (received CC from a buyer, and claimed they would send 'tomorrow' - but never did. Would keep pushing back the date of when they would send, then blocked the individual and the items were never received. Also has other reported instances of scamming and timewasting. FB username: 100002886601957. Location: United States.)
- Lynn Zizi (scammed individual on Facebook by selling them an album, and taking pictures of fake/empty packages that were supposedly shipped, but the buyer never received. Blocks buyers from contacting her/viewing her profile. PayPal email: vee_loos@yahoo.com. Location: near Los Angeles, California, United States.)
- Massie Clare Brooke III (seems to steal photos from sites like tumblr and try to sell items pictured even though she doesn't own them. All SNS have been deleted, but are still listed here; she had emails, a Twitter, and an Instagram. Location: believed to be the Philippines.)
- Nisha Ling (see Tumblr/Email: babyminwoo/addictedtonominwoo@aol.com; another SNS of CJ Icarangal. FB username: 100007463717323. Location: claimed to live in Singapore, but CJ lives in the Philippines.)
- Patricia Micaela (see Tumblr/Email: jeonjngkk/pmgc.mica_12@gmail.com/trishamanuel22@gmail.com. Main account of scam buyer Byun Tricia. FB username: three0312. Location: Philippines.)
- Rovi Joan Gines/Rovi Joan (see Tumblr/Email: rovijoe/shinee-mist/rovichanchan@hotmail.com/rovijoe@hotmail.com/shineemist@hotmail.com. Steals images and likes to photoshop her name into the images. Has used the alias "Betchie Quejarro" when she scammed on Twitter [see @nanakissb/@notsobeakhyun/@rovichanchan/@rtuan96/@xrhodora for more information on the Twitter scams]. FB username: noonarovi. Location: Philippines.)
- Sabrina Alves Moreno (see Tumblr/Email: jellyace10121/akib999@rocketmail.com/jellyace10221@gmail.com. Has also used the names "Jelly Ace" and "Maria XD" on Facebook. Linked to account "Armie Becina" and possibly a few others; may also be linked to CJ Icarangal. FB username: 555seohyun555 (but changes frequently). Location: probably the Philippines.)
- Sara Habib (former forum member @jonghyun . Used to be legit, but then started complaining about how she didn't receive items she bought, and would demand refunds. But whenever a buyer wouldn't receive her items, she would said that she "wasn't responsible for lost mail," and would refund to refund them, forcing buyers to go to PayPal. Had too many instances of lost mail, so she was banned from the Forum. FB username: 100008340498089. Location: United Kingdom.)
- Sarah Li (Has scammed a large number of individuals on Facebook, 7 of which have been documented in an evidence list written by a forum member (which you can read here if interested). Sarah first contacted people about trades, but on many occasions, did not provide substantial proof of her shipments. She also claimed that she has not received majority of what people have sent to her in these trades (even so with someone who sent their card with tracking, she claims to have never received, even when it says otherwise). Please avoid this person at all costs! FB: sarah.li.88 (active), Instagram: sarah_li623. Location: Canada.)
- Sunggyu Zizi (Scammed various individuals on Facebook 'selling' Infinite albums and DVDs, which never arrived. Told buyers to pay via Family & Friends on PayPal so 'it doesn't charge fees', and gave out tracking numbers that had already been used (suspected to be from her own packages). Was also found to be advertising items that had already been sold on her Tumblr. [Sunggyu Zizi has since promised to give refunds to all buyers, but I urge that you do not in any way do business with her, as she has already deemed herself as untrustworthy.] FB: Sunggyu Zizi (deactivated), Twitter: gyulashes (deactivated), Tumblr: lovelygyu. Email: strawberrygyu@gmail.com, vee_loos@yahoo.com. Location: San Jose, CA.)
- Tiffany Tran (Scammed a forum member in a trade, with Tiffany's part of the trade never reaching said member. Tried to claim that the forum member's half did not arrive, which was found to be a lie. Was then found to be a known Facebook scammer on many trade and sell groups, who changes names/makes new accounts often to conduct new scams. Location: Victoria, Australia.)
- Tonya Le/Tiffany Lee (big-time Facebook scammer. Frequently uses photos that aren't hers to try and trick buyers. Once has an Instagram account [unknown], but has since closed it down. Also has a YouTube account under the same name. FB username: 100006286475879. UPDATE: Changed name to "Tiffany Lee" after word spread around in various FB groups that she was a scammer. Location: currently unknown; Facebook insinuates she may be located in China.)
- Tricia Lu (see Tumblr/Email: jeonjngkk/pmgc.mica_12@gmail.com/trishamaneul22@gmail.com. Has been linked to "Byun Tricia"/"Patricia Micaela." FB username: trisha.manuel79. Location: Philippines.)
- baekhyonce (see Tumblr/Email: exotrades/baekhyonce@gmail.com/ekseuoh@gmail.com/exotrades@gmail.com)
- bangtan_baby (took photos belonging to eiqiwo claiming polaroid was on the way to her. She took a lot of time to answer simple questions about the polaroid (weeks), after agreeing to buy the polaroid (before forum member realised the person was a scammer) tbangtan_baby put it up for sale on tumblr and told the forum member she forgot they were buying it and in the end she(\he) gave the forum member a fake paypal account.)
- btssales ("Quynh B. Nguyen"; scams buyers on Instagram. Has a few legit sales to boost feedbacks; may pick people at random to scam. It is best to not do any business with them. They have been linked to another scammer [see Tumblr/Email: namjinnies/rapmonsteu/starlight--xx/bcookiem0nster@aol.com and Instagram: ottokakakajistore]. Also has a Line: kpopismystylee and Kakao: junhoes. Uses the PayPal email quynhienugget@gmail.com. Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.)
- cjicrngal/koreanmint_store (CJ Icarangal's Instagram accounts. Location: Philippines.)
- hazelnutkpopshop (linked to Instagram: btssales and Instagram: ottokakakajistore. Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.)
- KimTaehyung951230 (Sets up Instagram "auctions" for rare BTS polaroids, and then tries to sell them to more than one buyer, scamming both out of $100+ USD each. Attempted to scam both a tumblr user and a forum user with one polaroid. Read one buyer's scam report here. Location: unknown.)
- mncvxoxo (see Facebook: Massie Claire Brooke III. Location: believed to be the Philippines.)
- mryagu ("Thomas St. John"; see Tumblr/Email: mryagu@hotmail.com/mryagu.thomas@aol.com; can no longer be found. Belongs to CJ Icarangal. Location: Philippines, but "Thomas" claimed to be from France.)
- nthmyg_shop ("Annie Madeiros"; see Tumblr/Email: rovijoe/shinee-mist for more information; believed to be linked to scammer Rovi Joan Gines. Instagram scammer impersonating legit Instagram seller nthmyg (and also stealing the name of a legit forum member, sweetbbdragon ). Has stolen her pictures and is trying to sell the cards pictured, but does not own these cards. The real nthmyg has already debunked the nthmyg_shop account as a scammer, and has posted about it on her Instagram. Location: fake nthmyg claims to be from the United States.)
- ottokakakajistore ("Brianna Nguyen"; linked to scammer btssales. Forum user asked about this individual in the Facebook Group LEGIT KPOP SELLER/TRADER/BUYER, and several people came forward saying they had been scammed by them. See also Tumblr/Email: namjinnies/rapmonsteu/starlight--xx/bcookiem0nster@aol.com. Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.)
- pinkycandyloves ("Jessie Stevens"; claims to be "Jessie" from the Photocard Forum, but will stop responding to a potential buyer the minute they ask for her Forum username. Image on Instagram appears to have the name paper photoshopped in, but will send "legit" photoproofs to buyers. Will not answer moderator addictedtoyouleesungmin 's emails or Instagram comments. Very suspicious, so it is best to not do business with them. Location: unknown, but might be the United States.)
- smilingbaek055 (see Facebook: Armie Becina; Instagram of Armie Becina, but also used the name "Elizabeth Esparza" and email "elizabeth.esparza@outlook.com." NOTE: THIS ACCOUNT IS NOT RELATED TO THE LEGIT FACEBOOK SELLER ELIZABETH ESPARZA. It was later linked to CJ Icarangal. Location: CJ lives in the Philippines, but smilingbaek055 claimed to be from both Texas, United States and Puerto Rico.)
- taemagotchi (see YouTube: wuizhangs)
- worldbelow (Facebook name "GeoFanny Paskah"; sells fake cards, and tries to sell cards that she doesn't actually own. Also tries to overcharge buyers on shipping costs (tried to charge one buyer $90 USD for shipping). Has several SNS accounts. Location: Indonesia.)
- xxshop_xx099 (Seller claims to be Korean, but has stolen pictures of items from YAJ, and is claiming to be selling the items pictured. All pictures are from several different YAJ sellers, and not just a single one. Impersonating eiqiwo's brother, and has stolen pictures of the real eiqi brother. When asked to provide photos of more than one card together, stops replying. Only feedback has a private profile with no followers and only 6 posts. Highly suspicious. Also see Tumblr/Email: hei_kpop_shop@hotmail.com/kangjinchol@hotmail.com/kpop_shop_90@hotmail.com. Location: claiming to be from the United States, South Korea, or Hong Kong.)
YouTube
- favouritefreak (see Tumblr/Email: fuckyeahhyoyeon/musingmuso/kpopluvah6@yahoo.com.au)
- jonginy (see Tumblr/Email: koalakris/milkous/sehuny/mochiwu@hotmail.com)
- JulieWolf123 (listed YouTube for former forum member Jae St☆rlight )
- jyj4evers/MBLAQcute/yoonababyify (notorious YouTube scammer; also owner of tumblr account yampion4875)
- koreanmintstore (see Tumblr/Email: koreanmint/koreanmint@outlook.com/akisocj123@outlook.com)
- Kpop Kmlove (see Tumblr/Email: abzilvira@gmail.com/kpopkmlove43@gmail.com; related also to tumblr scammer kpophugu and Instagram scammer KimTaehyun951230. Location: now claiming to be from the Netherlands, but PayPal says Russia.)
- Sara Vasquez (see E-mail: Chamomile956@gmail.com) 2 forum members traded with her back in December/beginning of January and have not received their cards. Deleted all her previous videos and uploaded a new sale video which has a Kai Overdose (meeltje2915's card) and N's Hyde (the card she was supposed to trade Melanie for) in it. Claims that her Lay Overdose that she was supposed to be trading for septemberknows' Baekhyun Overdose was lost in the mail. When she did have successful trades people said she sends out cards extremely late, does not provide proof of the shipment and barely/does not reply to e-mails. But now she has now turned into a scammer; she doesn’t send out cards and is currently trying to sell the cards that she got via these ‘trades’. Location: El Paso, Texas)
- sehunnbaek (see Tumblr/Email: exotrades/baekhyonce@gmail.com/ekseuoh@gmail.com/exotrades@gmail.com)
- Tonya Le (see Facebook: Tonya Le)
- trsha bbh (see jeonjngkk/pmgc.mica_12@gmail.com/trishamanuel22@gmail.com)
- wuizhangs ("Mochi Wu"; also has Instagram and Twitter accounts.)
Twitter:
- @baekhyonce (see Tumblr/Email: exotrades/baekhyonce@gmail.com/ekseuoh@gmail.com/exotrades@gmail.com)
- @bronzekkamjong/@yehetyehet98 (see Instagram: worldbelow; Location: Indonesia.)
- @minmncv (see Facebook: Massie Claire Brooke III. Location: believed to be the Philippines.)
- @nanakissb/@notsobaekhyun/@rovichanchan/@rtuan96/@xrhodora ("Rovi Joan Gines"/"Betchie Quejarro"; Scammed individuals out of EXO photocards on Twitter. Constantly changed Twitter @'s and blocked people they scammed. Used the alias "Betchie Quejarro" but handwriting matches that of Rovi Joan Gines. Read full scam report here. Also beware of her Tumblr accounts; see rovijoe/shinee-mist/rovichanchan@hotmail.com/shineemist@hotmail.com. Location: Philippines.)
- @rammstein_bfmv ("Tsvetelina Nikolova") Agreed to trade her Baekhyun 'Love Me Right' for Sehun with a Forum member via registered mail, and agreed to send on the same day. However, when the Forum member sent her proof of postage, but never responded (no tracking number has been provided to the other party). All tweets from the Twitter account have since been deleted. (Email: nikitu7@gmail.com. Location: Bulgaria.)
- @suju_Wifey (sends items out to buyers, and buyers never receive them. Offers to group order, but never sends out the individual orders, or if she does, it takes months to reach the buyers. Says she'll do meet-ups with buyers, but then never shows up or claims to be busy. One buyer waited 3 months for some CDs, and even after the buyer re-gave their address to @suju_Wifey, the buyer never received their items. Location: United Kingdom.)
Former Forum Members:
- bobaprincess /decembergirl1212 ("Jessie Wang"; traded an A-Pink Une Annee card with another member. Jessie claimed she'd received the card directly from the album, but when the other member received it, it turned out to be one of the fakes that had been popular on eBay a while back. All moderators agreed the Une Annee card was a fake. Later tried to rejoin the forum under a different username, @bobaprinces, and bypass the moderator ban. While she may very well be legit, she never contacted moderators to contest her case, and instead chose to try and sneak past the mods, which is disrespectful, unacceptable, and deceitful. Location: Canada.)
- danioell ("FJ Chua"; was banned after it was discovered he was helping scammer CJ Icarangal scam forum members. Also had several issues with their part of trades never reaching the other person, and didn't want to reimburse the other person after danioell received the card they traded for. Location: Philippines.)
- jae St☆rlight ("Kaitlyn"/"Julie"/"Julia"; has had several instances where buyers have not received items purchased from her. She never responds to their messages, and claims she sent them a refund when they have never received a refund. Also, the individual she had for the 2014 Secret Santa Event on the Forum never received a gift from her when she received one from her Secret Santa. Email: kjgatewood@yahoo.com. YouTube: JulieWolf123. Location: New Mexico, United States.)
- @jeonptrcxx ("Byun Tricia"/"Patricia Micaela"; see Tumblr/Email: jeonjngkk/pmgc.mica_12@gmail.com/trishamaneul22@gmail.com and Facebook: Byun Tricia/Patricia Micaela/Tricia Lu. Location: Philippines.)
- @jonghyun ("Sara Habib"/"Sara Ha"; see Facebook: Sara Habib. Location: United Kingdom.)
- @koreanmint ("Carl Julius (CJ) Icarangal"; see Tumblr/Email: koreanmint/koreanmint@outlook.com or any of CJ's other SNS accounts listed here, which is many. Location: Philippines. Also tried to join under the accounts us_becina and mryagu )
- moaningyeol ("Rovi Joan Gines"/"Rovi Joans"/"Betchie Quejarro"; see Tumblr/Email: rovijoe/shinee-mist/rovichanchan@hotmail.com/shinee-mist@hotmail.com and Twitter: @nanakissb/@notsobaekhyun/@rovichanchan/@rtuan96/@xrhodora. Location: Philippines.)
- sarangsone ("Christine"/"Nathan"/"Ryan"; was banned due to complaints about slow shipping and also due to ties to scammer temporarykorean. Also lied about identity several times, and let other people use the account. Likes to reserve many things, but does not always pay for them. Has had successful transactions on Instagram (seolhyxn) over the past year, but deal with at your own risk. Location: California, United States.)
- sassyphotocards ("Sammy Squatches/"Molly"; has been banned after selling photocards to another member, which were never received. Never responded to emails sent after she claimed to send the cards. Email: sammysquatches@gmail.com.)
- shnbkhyn /9294 (see Tumblr/Email: exotrades/baekhyonce@gmail.com/ekseuoh@gmail.com/exotrades@gmail.com.)
- xodus ("Syl C"; has been banned after selling a card that was never received by the buyer. Had not responded to emails after receiving the money. Email: sylcayn@gmail.com/jeonjungkookjeon@gmail.com.)
- @09mion ("Becky Chiong"; see Tumblr/Email: becky.chiong@outlook.com/itom@fbi.al and Facebook: Becky Chiong, Ashley Jones, and Acid Tfyh.)
TIME-WASTERS: The only thing lost with these people was time; no money or items were lost. These people are NOT necessarily scammers, however, deal with them at your own risk.
The other mods and I (hyoyeon ) have decided that the Time Wasters section will now only list individuals who have been reported to have multiple incidents of time wasting. It is unfair to hinder someone's name due to a one-off offence, especially when they could have a legitimate reason for doing so. You are still welcome to report incidents of time wasting (with unjustified reasoning) to hyoyeon , however they will not be added unless they have multiple complaints against them. Thank you!
- Celine Heckmanns (Facebook) (asks sellers to reserve a lot of rare and expensive items for her, and then takes weeks to months to pay for the items, and doesn't always pay every seller. Backed out of a transaction with one seller after having that seller hold an item for them for over 2 months. Location: Germany.)
- ChowYeen LoveAin'tLust (Facebook) (huge time-waster; frequently reserves items from buyers, and then never pays or takes months to pay. Claims she can only pay via CC or Western Union/wire transfer. Location: Singapore.)
- Jewel Luwan (Facebook) (reserves multiple items from multiple sellers; tells them all different days that she "gets paid" [ranging from Monday to Friday], and asks them to hold items. Later cancels on several sellers, or doesn't say anything to others, and never pays. When confronted, says she's having "card troubles" and can't pay. Asks to wait a bit longer. However, she claims to be 13 years old [it's illegal for 13 year olds to work in the US], so there's no way she has a job or a bank card. Definite liar and time-waster. Avoid at all costs. Location: Texas, United States.)
- lorraine_duhaut (Instagram)/Loréna Duhaut/Lorraine Victoria Duhaut (Facebook) (Asked to trade with a forum member, but when the card arrived, said that she had found someone else to trade with and was going to send the card back. This person lied about sending their card, so I ask that people avoid doing business with this person. Location: Paris, France.)
- LuvsKpop756 (YouTube) (makes sellers reserve items for extended periods of time and never pays.)
- Zoe Low (Facebook)/zoelow1216 (Instagram) (reserves items, and takes forever to pay, if she actually pays for them. Huge time-waster. Location: Singapore.)
- 2210pumpkin (YouTube) (backs out after trade confirmation and address exchange; makes a lot of excuses as to why they haven't mailed out their part of the trade.)
POTENTIAL SCAMMERS: These individuals are suspected of scamming, but there is not a lot of evidence against them, or the evidence is circumstantial, and just hunches. However, while they are unconfirmed scammers, there is enough suspicion around them that we advise you to not do any sort of business with them.
- Nam Woo Hyun/Maisyah (FACEBOOK/INSTAGRAM) (Instagram account: syeoluv.store, Facebook account: Nam Woo Hyun; Though this person has been reported to have successful transactions previously, it was found that Maisyah was advertising fake photocards for sale on Facebook, and even threatened a Forum member when she posted a warning to other collectors. Maisyah also claimed that she was selling them for a 'friend' and never had them in her possession, though it was found that was lying and they indeed did belong to her. (The fake photocards were returned to Maisyah, so that is why she is under the 'potential scammers' list.)
- Sonexotix Pinky (FACEBOOK/EBAY) (eBay account: k-collection11; posting supposedly autographed albums for sale; however, it is believed that the albums are not legitimately signed by the artists. Example: a forum member sold this person Naeun's NoNoNo JP album with CD plate. Later, they listed the item on their eBay account, and it was suddenly autographed, even though it was not when it was sold to them by the forum member. eBay account and Facebook pictures of items for sale match, therefore linking the two accounts together. FB username: sone.pinky. Location: Malaysia.
- 송중기 (Song Joong Gi) (FACEBOOK/INSTAGRAM) (Instagram account: pinkinfintus; believed to be another account of CJ Icarangal's. Selling similar items that CJ was selling previously [SNSD The Boys cards and SJ-M Swing cards], and also talks in a manner similar to CJ. Flips back and forth between selling to PH buyers only and selling worldwide. Uses different names, including the following: Christian Oquendo, Jasmine Villegas. FB username: pinkinfintus. Location: Philippines.)
- sunnymeal (TUMBLR) (This account is believed to be linked to or behind the recent Tumblr scamming accounts: 4091235h, rosaasar, anchellee, dollieemilk, lisakworld (who was also active on Instagram under same name) and kpopstatic/19a43092. sunnymeal was selling similar items (primarily BTS, with some iKON, EXO and others) that were found on the scamming account kpopstatic. A document was made which you can read here, which explains everything about this user in much more detail. I advise that you avoid doing business with this person. Location: Russia.)
- griterover (eBay) (not sure if they don't understand English or just don't want to talk to their buyers, but they never respond to messages; so if you have questions about items, they won't be answered.)
- taeeun (former Forum member) (Email: tarstruckrissa@hotmail.com/rissameowz@hotmail.com) Name: Nerissa Gett; Moderators have received SEVERAL complaints about this user, and as a result, all selling/trading threads have been locked, and we urge you not to do business with them.)
- baixns (Tumblr) (Email: summer61baek@gmail.com) This person was found to have sold fake photocards (Yeri and Wendy 'The Red') to a forum member, so they have been here as a precaution. If you choose to deal with this person, please take extra care. Location: Singapore)
Supplements: supplements lists of scammer SNS and emails
- Note: Original list contains links that are no longer accessible (deleted or password protected)
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