How scammers on forums get taken care of

[Drunner97]

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/****ed-trextrd-is-a-****ing-thief-nsfw.397191/

Good way to kill a couple hours. I have no idea if this dude was selling stuff here since he was a Tacoma guy, but just a name and face to beware of in case he does show up.

 

[KidVermicious]

I've always thought that "put your username in the photo" thing was silly.

 

[Drunner97]

Not so much that he scammed the dude, it's the way he about doing it, and then tried to cover it up before he got busted with duplicate accounts. First post has the cliff notes and there was at least one other guy he did the same thing to.

 

[9494runner]

30 pages deep.

Awesome!

 

[A.Wilson013]

Dudeeeeee.... Haha. They posted his and his mother's cell phone numbers in the thread.

Tacomaworld be goin' hard.

 

[Drunner97]

There's still idle chat going on in other threads about it and people keep bumping his old for sale threads. Looks like he very likely was ripping stuff off from UPS trucks and selling it on the forums. No word on whether he's been reported to UPS yet.

 

[Nervo19]

Pretty silly. He seems to have gotten away with over $600 and all they do is call him names for 60 pages. That'll teach him. Seriously there isn't a huge brain trust on that site. Everybody seems to be 16 (not that I wouldn't like to be 16).

In 2005 Pirate4x4 had Charlie Wenzel. Here's a good summary of all the grief he caused himself:
Charlie Wenzel: A Study in Arrogance and Stupidity

I found the original thread. By the end of the first page they had the thief's home address and phone numbers:
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/general-chit-chat-classics/399203-d60-rear-4-88s-35-spline-2.html

 

[02SE]

Pretty silly. He seems to have gotten away with over $600 and all they do is call him names for 60 pages. That'll teach him. Seriously there isn't a huge brain trust on that site. Everybody seems to be 16 (not that I wouldn't like to be 16).

In 2005 Pirate4x4 had Charlie Wenzel. Here's a good summary of all the grief he caused himself:
Charlie Wenzel: A Study in Arrogance and Stupidity

I remember the Charlie Wenzel debacle. I can't believe it's been over 10 years ago.

Damn, time flies.

 

[Unner]

Pretty silly. He seems to have gotten away with over $600 and all they do is call him names for 60 pages. That'll teach him. Seriously there isn't a huge brain trust on that site. Everybody seems to be 16 (not that I wouldn't like to be 16).

In 2005 Pirate4x4 had Charlie Wenzel. Here's a good summary of all the grief he caused himself:
Charlie Wenzel: A Study in Arrogance and Stupidity

I found the original thread. By the end of the first page they had the thief's home address and phone numbers:
D60 rear 4.88s 35 spline - Page 2 - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

A lot of name calling yes, but they've got his address (or parents address, not sure), cell phone number, email, employer, facebook, linkedin, and filed a police report. Pretty sure this guys life is about over once he gets reported to UPS, where he works if the police don't do anything about it. His name is always going to come up with that thread now when you search it for any future hires. I'd say it was a successful thread. He got everything coming his way, hopefully he spends time in jail. He deserves nothing less.

 

[Jernik]

IMO They should report him to UPS loss prevention department if they have reasonable proof he may have been stealing. They will launch their own investigation and bring additional charges if they find anything.

 

[Ol'Blue]

Holly Hell Batman...

Blue

 

[BrianSD_42]

75 pages. No way Jose.

 

[MN4runnerman]

I read the whole thing from page 1 to 77. Man what a great read and I realized I needed a life cuz I wasted so much time on that.

 

[ddnww]

Dudeeeeee.... Haha. They posted his and his mother's cell phone numbers in the thread.

Tacomaworld be goin' hard.

on another forum I frequent, they handed out beat downs , lawsuits, arrests, and got guys fired from their jobs. :hunter:

 

[Drunner97]

Pretty silly. He seems to have gotten away with over $600 and all they do is call him names for 60 pages. That'll teach him. Seriously there isn't a huge brain trust on that site. Everybody seems to be 16 (not that I wouldn't like to be 16).

In 2005 Pirate4x4 had Charlie Wenzel. Here's a good summary of all the grief he caused himself:
Charlie Wenzel: A Study in Arrogance and Stupidity

I found the original thread. By the end of the first page they had the thief's home address and phone numbers:
D60 rear 4.88s 35 spline - Page 2 - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

As mentioned, they found enough info on the guy and posted every shred of it. Half of the mods on TW are law enforcement, there isn't much they can't find out about someone. There are more than a few threads where scammers have been put in their places to some degree or another.

 

[wadle5]

on another forum I frequent, they handed out beat downs , lawsuits, arrests, and got guys fired from their jobs. :hunter:

Haha I feel like that would shut down the riff raff quickly.

 

[jasonochs25]

Pretty silly. He seems to have gotten away with over $600 and all they do is call him names for 60 pages. That'll teach him. Seriously there isn't a huge brain trust on that site. Everybody seems to be 16 (not that I wouldn't like to be 16).

In 2005 Pirate4x4 had Charlie Wenzel. Here's a good summary of all the grief he caused himself:
Charlie Wenzel: A Study in Arrogance and Stupidity

I found the original thread. By the end of the first page they had the thief's home address and phone numbers:
D60 rear 4.88s 35 spline - Page 2 - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

I remember ole charlie. There was talk of southpark doing an episode on that mess because it took off so fast and got so big. Crazy!!!

It was all over the fact that he tried to sell some gears as new, that turned out to be used. I mean...they posted pics of his family and girlfriend, probably ruined his life.

 

[02SE]

I remember ole charlie. There was talk of southpark doing an episode on that mess because it took off so fast and got so big. Crazy!!!

It was all over the fact that he tried to sell some gears as new, that turned out to be used. I mean...they posted pics of his family and girlfriend, probably ruined his life.

He ripped off more than one person, which came to light throughout the course of the original thread.

The last I heard, he was a sales rep for a company that prides itself in "It's honest and ethical dealings" or words to that effect. LOL.

 

[Nervo19]

Charlie Wenzel made it to the Urban Dictionary:

wenzeled

1. Defrauded by an Internet seller.
2. Publicly outed as fraudulent person of low character.

"Hey, wanna buy some bran new gears for your truck?"
"LOL ok, here's $115"
"Now I want $140 for used gears out of my 2WD truck"
"Oh snap! I just got wenzeled!"

by Urban Dictionary November 12, 2005

 

[Drunner97]

Just got done reading the Wenzel thread yesterday, that kid got it pretty good too.

I doubt Felix will be out with his truck in Southern California any time soon. There are a lot of local TW members that aren't too happy with him, and I think the scammed count is up to 3 now.