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Bartertown Fraud

1/48 scale T-34 Tank

by Russ Lockwood

We received the following item. --RL

From: "Rob Wubbenhorst"

Subject: Bad trader on Bartertown alert for 1/48 scale T-34 tanks

Just a public service announcement.

There's a guy on Bartertown named Jonathan Henry who is a fraudulent trader.He goes by email addresses jchenry47@hotmail.com or jchenry47@yahoo.com

I responded to an ad in Sept. 2002 about buying a T-34 tank in 1/48 scale. He quit responding to my emails and didn't accept a certified letter I sent to him after my check was cashed and I never received the tank.

I did the usual things, USPS Inspectors Mail Fraud report and FBI Internet Fraud report, but the webmaster at Bartertown never responded to my emails either. It was only $19.00, so I blew it off and wrote Jonathan a bad trader report.

What really irritates me is that Jonathan is back. On Jan. 13, 2003 he posted another ad on Bartertown for the same T-34 that he never sent me!

He's changed his email to Yahoo, but is probably going to rip off some other people. I sent the webmaster at Bartertown another email, but don't expect to hear from them.

Please don't order any T-34s from Bartertown from this Jonathan dude and let Bartertown know that you are not happy that known fraudulent ads are being placed and not removed after being notified.

I have lots of documentation on this matter, contact me if you have any questions.

Regards,

Rob Wubbenhorst, LSHM Houston

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