pubtime wrote:
Okay guys, I can't believe this is still going on. Triet, how did you pay?
I paid via Bank of America transfer. His account information is below..
"The account is a joint account with my mother. Will be shipping from Georgia via USPS express or priority.
First:Vina
Last:Reitnauer
Acct:334034884890
Zip:30297"
Sounds like Gavina Reitnauer, lots of identity theft, it appears. There seems to be a ring of folks accessing email accounts, and once they have it, they create accounts, etc from the personal info, and that is why we have Gavina Reitnauer, Ryan Burns, and other bonafide individuals' names, but all funds going to similar addresses, locations.
I cannot stress the need for folks to use different passwords on all accounts, and if you want to use easy passwords, then simply just doubling up the password helps immensely. Using tools like Lastpass will help you administrate your different online accounts as well.
If you like to use passwords like family members "billyjoebob", then double it up "billyjoebobbillyjoebob" or add numbers "123billyjoebob321". Simple things like this will help a little.
Try this out for fun on your financial account passwords and your private email passwords: How Secure Is My Password
Most of mine show that they would take trillions of years with today's tech. Kinda funny, I don't believe it, but still funny. I have a couple that show "Instant", guess I will have to change those.
Unfortunately, that site is wildly innacurate. It's based wholly on length, and makes no provision for the very sophisticated type of password cracking that is going on these days. For instance, "billyjoebobbillyjoebob" would fall to a sophisticated password cracker in hours, but this site indicates 4 trillion years.
I agree with your assessment, though: password re-use is an incredible identity theft vulnerability, since your most important sites are only as secure as your least secure use of the password.
Password managers like LastPass are a great way to help manage your digital life.
TeamSpeed wrote: Sounds like Gavina Reitnauer, lots of identity theft, it appears. There seems to be a ring of folks accessing email accounts, and once they have it, they create accounts, etc from the personal info, and that is why we have Gavina Reitnauer, Ryan Burns, and other bonafide individuals' names, but all funds going to similar addresses, locations.[quote]
Yep, sounds like Gavina. He actually has an account here "Ganiva" and has been banned after we dugged in a little deeper. He then tried at POTN, and I had the admin boot him out of there as well. He actually replied/called my local Craigslist ad for a new 1Dx even though he was selling a mint 1Dx himself here. I will have to dig and find more information on this.
PS - the name Ryan Burns sounds familiar; he might also go by Ryan Day in Canada....Show more →
binary visions wrote:
Unfortunately, that site is wildly innacurate. It's based wholly on length, and makes no provision for the very sophisticated type of password cracking that is going on these days. For instance, "billyjoebobbillyjoebob" would fall to a sophisticated password cracker in hours, but this site indicates 4 trillion years.
I agree with your assessment, though: password re-use is an incredible identity theft vulnerability, since your most important sites are only as secure as your least secure use of the password.
Password managers like LastPass are a great way to help manage your digital life.
Sure, I knew that site wasn't quite right, and there are others to check as well. Something we have to keep in mind in those articles is that the testers were provided with the md5 hashes, and could brute force through the different public domain password files that are out there from every single account breach, but in real life, it would take a very long time to actually use a web site login page to guess at your password and account credentials. Length of your password is still a major stopping point (for now), so sites that allow for really long passwords, use the full length. If you keep your password 8 or fewer characters, it would only take hours to brute force through all combinations.
The example of "billyjoebobbillyjoebob" would indeed require a significant effort to break, simply due to the length of 22 characters, but the problem is that not many sites allow long passwords, the averages are 8-15.
One last tip I would give everyone is to change your passwords at least every 90 days. Lastpass has a password generation tool that you can use very easily, you just go to your account pages every few months, and generate a new password and submit. Lastpass will then remember that for you. Other tools exist too for this, just make use of them. Laziness is our biggest enemy when it comes to our online accounts and passwords, and one day in the future, each of us will probably get bit by our lack of diligence.
triet wrote:
Look like he did not send the equipment. So at this point, about 4 people got their money back and three haven't..
It's very obvious that he is a scammer. I'm not sure why some on here still have hope that he is legit and doubt that he is a scammer. The one that got their money, got them back because he have no choice and not for any other reason.
drive_75 wrote:
It's very obvious that he is a scammer. I'm not sure why some on here still have hope that he is legit and doubt that he is a scammer. The one that got their money, got them back because he have no choice and not for any other reason.
I totally agree. It has been demonstrated that this has happened in numerous forums - how much more proof is needed?
TeamSpeed wrote:
Sounds like Gavina Reitnauer, lots of identity theft, it appears. There seems to be a ring of folks accessing email accounts, and once they have it, they create accounts, etc from the personal info, and that is why we have Gavina Reitnauer, Ryan Burns, and other bonafide individuals' names, but all funds going to similar addresses, locations.
I cannot stress the need for folks to use different passwords on all accounts, and if you want to use easy passwords, then simply just doubling up the password helps immensely. Using tools like Lastpass will help you administrate your different online accounts as well.
If you like to use passwords like family members "billyjoebob", then double it up "billyjoebobbillyjoebob" or add numbers "123billyjoebob321". Simple things like this will help a little.
Try this out for fun on your financial account passwords and your private email passwords: How Secure Is My Password
Most of mine show that they would take trillions of years with today's tech. Kinda funny, I don't believe it, but still funny. I have a couple that show "Instant", guess I will have to change those. ...Show more →
Don't plan on getting a refund from this user without a lot of hassle, and possibly more....
I have been asking the user for a refund, and he responded with death threats.
Subject: Re: Canon 5D Mark III (Body) - $2399
Do you know English just a little bit? I am not giving you back your money. You will never see it again. So stop harassing me and leave me the fuck alone. And if you try to catch a flight to here to my home. Be prepared to get eliminated, sent to the morgue toe tag and refrigerated. This is the last time you will get a response from me.
On Jul 12, 2013, at 5:50 PM, Chiuki wrote:
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You took money from me. I will never stop.
Refund the money. That's what I want.
Is that clear enough for you?
Quoting Ryan Burns <[email protected]>:
Dude shut up leave me alone.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 12, 2013, at 8:09 AM, Chiuki wrote:
It's up to you to do the right thing, and put an end to this.
I just want my money back.
Don't go down this road. It's not too late to fix it.
I would definitely take this to your local PD. Since you are communicating via cell phones, they should be able to track him down via the cell phone number alone. I assume most are contacting him via the same cell phone number. They usually take these kinds of threats very seriously.
Bottom line is, Law Enforcement has got a whole helluva lot of more important stuff to deal with than this issue where presumably intelligent individuals fuke up in internet transactions. He's gonna walk, gang, unless somebody in this asshole's local jurisdiction has "standing" who can file a complaint with local LE, press charges, and get the system in motion. Otherwise, ya'll are preaching to the choir and bemoaning ya'll's collective experience.
anthonysemone wrote:
Bottom line is, Law Enforcement has got a whole helluva lot of more important stuff to deal with than this issue where presumably intelligent individuals fuke up in internet transactions. He's gonna walk, gang, unless somebody in this asshole's local jurisdiction has "standing" who can file a complaint with local LE, press charges, and get the system in motion. Otherwise, ya'll are preaching to the choir and bemoaning ya'll's collective experience.
Not trying to be argumentative, but I would expect my PD to take threats to my life and integrity very seriously...
Did you think I was trying to start an argument? I'm only stating the obvious: someone who is legally entitled to having an attorney file a complaint to bring charges against this schmuck..whatever his name..needs to do it. That someone hasn't yet done that suggests to me that no one here who has been wronged has "standing" to do it.
There was a case on Nikonians some years back where a guy in Poughkeepsie, NY had ripped off a number of folks, and, fortunately from a legal position, somebody he ripped off did indeed have standing, and he had a complaint filed with the DA in the relevant jurisdiction, and the local PD tracked down the sucker, arrested his criminal ass, he was charged, and either plea-bargained or was tried and found guilty and went to prison, I don't recall. I don't recall either if anybody who got ripped off ever got their money back.
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