Friday, July 30, 2010

the wilfred johnson affair, part 1

craigslist ad: Wilfred Johnson is a fraud (l_______)

This guy is placing ad on craigslist for property for rent that are really being sold. He is stating that he is in WEST AFRICA where he work with the WEST AFRICA NETWORK FOR PEACE and even gives a website to go and see. The rent he is offering is cheap and too good to be true. I clld the real este on one of the property he offer and they adv me is a scam. so please be aware of Wilfred Johnson.

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Hello:

I saw your ad on craigslist. May I assume that you work for Wilfred Johnson?

Thanks, Beth

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no I dont. He send me and email with an offer and lease agreement asking me to send him 1st month and security by western union to a property over at 3__ n j______ st. Before sending money I went to the property and there was a for sale sign. I called the real easte and they confirmed that it was a scam and the house is really for sale not for rent. So I'm just warning people of this guy b/c if he send me an email he send others the same and some will send him the money b/c it sound to good.


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Interesting. I have been looking for a man who goes by the alias 'Wilfred Johnson' for some time. Did you meet this individual in person?

Please do not alert them that you have received my email.

Thanks, Beth

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I did not meet him if you wnat here is his email addrs. wilfredjohnson__@ yahoo.com. the email he sent me he did not give any phn # or addrs. and No I wont tell him, I havent talk to him since last email.

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Do you think you could email him to say that you are still interested in that place? Now that Wilfred Johnson has resurfaced in plain sight after all these years I don't want him to catch a whiff that someone may be after him.

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I could tried. he did mention on the email that he was in West Africa. I'll send him and email and see if he response back.

Did he get you for money? if you dont mind me asking.

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Wilfred Johnson took more than money from me. And I don't mind going to West Africa to find him.

What circumstances were you contacted under?

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I send him a messg regarding a house for rent on craigslist and he replied back with discription of the house an application. He did not give any personal info. I got his name from the email addrs.

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Did Wilfred leave an address for the Western Union?

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nah I did send him an email saying that I was interested before I found out he was a scam and he never did get back to me with any kind of info. I did send him a 2nd email addrs now/today adv that I was interested.

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Thanks. Please let me know as soon as he takes the bait. If he does, we'll have to proceed with great caution. Wilfred Johnson is quite slippery.

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V______:

Have you heard from Wilfred Johnson? I'm anxious to be able to get on with my life.

Thanks, Beth

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Nah he has not replied back to any of my emails. Sorry

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Damn. Maybe I will try to contact yahoo! to see if we can trace his computer. Would you go along with this? I hesitate to involve authorities, because I wasn't entirely innocent in this matter.

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I was going to tell you to contact yahoo and see if you could do something

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so I was on craigslist looking for a place and I think I came across the ad that belongs to Wilfred J. it is in today date 7/15 under apt/housing. tittle RENTAL ASSISTANT PROGRAM I;m going to send another email under a different email addrs

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Good idea. Let me know if and when he responds. How poetic it would be, if calling himself Wilfred after all these years led to his undoing -- like the dark hand of old habit reaching up from the past to drag him back to hell.

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" How poetic it would be, if calling himself Wilfred after all these years led to his undoing -- like the dark hand of old habit reaching up from the past to drag him back to hell." WOW that sounds like a great plot line for a movie. Maybe Ill write it. I write scripts for movies and currently trying to shoot a short video now.

I just the other email and he still has not responded. He must of really screw you for you to want to tract him down.

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Maybe I'll write down the whole story before I die. But I couldn't share it until everyone who would care would be in the ground, myself included.

If he truly has resurfaced, I hope I will have the chance to bring both Wilfred and the story to an end.

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he just send me this email again. no other info

FORWARD:

RENT QUESTIONNAIRE
Full Name__________________________________________________
Home Phone (     )________________________
Date of Birth_________________________________
Other Phone (     )___________________
Current Address_______________________________Apt#________ City__________________ State______ Zip________
Reasons for Leaving____________________________Rent $__________Phone (     )____________________________
Which of the Above Phone # can u be reach at anytime: (    )__________________
Best Time to Call You:___________________
Are you married____________________________
How many people will be living in the house____________________________
Do you have a pet____________________________
Do you have a car____________________________
Occupation____________________________
monthly income?____________________________
How Long You Want the Lease?____________________________
Move In Date____________________________
When do you intend receive the keys & document of the house________________
When do you intended sending the deposit___________________________
Have You Gone to See The House Yet?________________

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Ha. It even sounds like Wilfred. Have you responded to the questionnaire?

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yes I did.

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And you said that last time he asked you to send money via Western Union?

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