Re:Ebay help pls Londoners / cyclists...a VERY elaborate scam???
 

It has just come to my knowledge and caught my attention that my name have been linked to scam/nefarious activities, which reliably verifies that I have become a victim of identity theft. Necessary action is underway to clear my name from this inglorious and criminal deed. I, Oladehinde Idowu, truly reside at No 7056 Clarewood Dr., Houston, TX 77036, but I have no link to the perpetrators of this despicable act, and neither did I have any knowledge of the fact that the notorious www.delincycles.com is registered in my name. My name was used illegaly and I have no idea of how these people got my personal information to perpetrate this act. My personal research has shown that the same person or group is/are behind the following websites:
1. www.delincycles.com
2. http://www.netintelligence.com
3. http://www.netintelligence.co.uk/
4. http://www.kelmet-sale.com
5. http://www.iomart.com

I am an eBayer, Paypal verified with confirmed physical address, but I have never bought or listed anything relating to cycles except Livestrong bracelets linked to [LAF] Lance Armstrong Foundation. My eBay ID will be reveal privately if you are interested.

A thorough investigation of this malicious act will reveal that my personal information was stolen to carry-out this fraud, and I have no hands in this fraudulent activity cum cyber crime.

Sincerely,
Oladehinde

Are you sure about iomart.com? I'd be interested in knowing more about that.

Dear Oladehinde,

Myself, with the great assistance of others here on this website alerted Ebay to the possibility that a fraudlent auction was taking place on their website.

Ebay decided to withdraw the sellers auctions and have suspended the users account.

Ebay WILL NOT disclose any other information to third parties as I have found out in the past even when I have been directly involved in a suspicious auction.

Apart from your own investigations, I can only suggest that you persue this issue with Ebay themselves and their safety centre, the UK example of which is here:

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/safetycentre/?ssPageName=f:f:UK

I am still trying to find out who is really hosting the webspace for 'delincycles.com' as I believe they do not know they are hosting a fraudulent website.

Good luck in your endeavours.

Frank

[Edited on 16-2-2005 by Iconic944ss]

Re:Ebay help pls Londoners / cyclists...a VERY elaborate scam???
 

When I put 1+1 together I came to this conclusion that iomart.com knows something that may to unmasking the people behind this act.

If you visit these websites and click on the links one or two of them will redirect or link you with iomart.com.

1. www.delincycles.com
2. http://www.netintelligence.com
3. http://www.netintelligence.co.uk/
4. http://www.kelmet-sale.com
5. http://www.iomart.com


When you are on iomat.com you will the following:

Our News
Release 01/02/05
iomart sign agreement with BT plc for the provision of NetIntelligence software

Release 24/01/05
NetIntelligence MailFilter nominated for Top Industry Award


It is also possible that the fraudsters are just using iomart.com name to make them look credible.

Sincerely
Oladehinde

Re:Ebay help pls Londoners / cyclists...a VERY elaborate scam???
 

Please don't get me wrong. I think that iomart.com may know something that may lead to unmasking the people. The last part of my message reads thus:

It is also possible that the fraudsters are just using iomart.com name to make them look credible.

There is also the high probability that they don't even know anything about it. However, there is something telling me that somebody at iomart.com have a hand in all this.

How about answering the question, Dehinday ;)

Re:Ebay help pls Londoners / cyclists...a VERY elaborate scam???
 

Sorry, I missed the question in the last reply.
I found out by luck just last night. Out of sheer fun I searched out my first name plus last name at msn.com, and I saw to my surprise that my good name has been soiled. I could not believe it, and I became restless and terribly concerned. I could not be calmed a bit until I registered on this board and the related ones that display and link my name with these scammers.
Hope this will answer your question a bit.

Guys, I'm not too surprised by someone seeing the DSC website in a search.

I've seen our beloved site turn up in quite a few searches on the main engines.

Good luck.

Re:Ebay help pls Londoners / cyclists...a VERY elaborate scam???
 

This you need to believe. I found out about this on websearch. I do this once in a blue moon just to see what entries my name search will bring out, and see what relates to me. I am fortunate to have done the search, otherwise I will not know anything about this, I will not be in position to do anything to absolve myself of knowledge of this. Try and search Oladehinde+Idowu on MSN.com and see the result. I will also encourage other people to do same, you may also be a victim.

Out of curiosity, I've just Googled Oladehinde Idowu to see what came up. No mention of DSC but a couple of interesting ones like this one and this one.

Out of further curiosity... Webteam, can you check our friend Dehinday's IP address from the forum register and verify that it stems from Houston and not from, say, Nigeria? Just out of curiosity you understand...

I put his name in msn.com and came up with the DSC - that part is at least legit.

Something just doesnt smell quite right about this one...

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Believe it or not, my IP address from the forum register will reveal and verify that it stems from Houston and not from a fake Oladehinde Idowu. I know it sound unbelievable that a person linked to fraudulent practice will show his true face, but the question is what will be the gain of somebody who is not affected by the matter to speak out. While would anyone care about the name of someone else. It is my name at risk, and my reputation is at stake, so I care very much than it may be imagined. I am the owner of the name being illegally used, I was born in Nigeria and studied in Germany. Also I am an activist, I am a poet (visit www.poetry.com and search for Oladehinde as first name), I am CompTIA A+ and Network+ Certified Professional ….. I am real! Those who think they stand, beware lets the fall! Identity theft is a real issue, and it is very disheartening to me most especially. Peace

Can smell a rat somewhere!

The posting IP address checks out as part of Grande Networks, San Marcos, Texas.

The postings referred to by Rally and basically the same article pasted all over the net (on different sites) warning people of this particular scam. Other websites that are linked to the same scam are akron-bike.com and scorpionbikes.com.

All these domains are registered through Easyspace - presumably because it's cheap! There's no verification when purchasing .com domain names that you are who you claim to be - anyone can buy a domain name and providing you link it to an active email address, the postal address/name becomes virtually redundant. Hence it's easy to put another persons name against a web domain.

Rather than continuing with this 'witch-hunt' against an individual, perhaps we should be content with reporting the ebay entries to the relevant authorities and continue to be vigilent against similar scams. This forum is not the only place that Dehinday has posted the same refute. If Dehinday is real and has been the victim of identity theft, he is the best person to address it.

Just a thought ! how do we know that this guy isn't stealing ours?;)

Webteam - thanks for checking. I guess I'm a nasty suspicious person :P ;)

Webteam and guys - many thanks for all your input.

I dont think we are being too cautious as protecting this website and ourselves (I think - IMHO) is a higher priority than trying to do Ebay's detective work for them....

Even if we do seem to be quite good at it!

I'm sure we all feel sympathy that an individual has been maligned in this way but, I dont think it is in our or the DSC's interests to try and persue this any further than we have.

We are - after all - a motorcycle club just trying to do a little bit of good as go.

Regards - Frank