First off, yea I get it I should of not fell for this, but it was late and trying to get my son a bday gift. My gut knew, but I was new to marketplace shipping. So here's what happened.

I was looking on Facebook marketplace in search of Nintendo 3ds for sons birthday gift. I found one that allowed shipping for $175, so I clicked on it to ask a question. I asked if it was still available. The person named Ash Oak said yes in sort of broken English text. Then we started going back and forth on the process of paying for it and delivery. During that time it seemed to be more proper English. He mentioned he only uses cash app and said I could pay and then he would ship it following day. I was skeptical so wanted more information like his name and some sort of online presence. He gave me the name Emmanuel Rivera and sent me his Twitter profile which was @litodagoat7. It was a private profile so I followed him and he followed me back. Then I started scrolling through his posts and saw pictures of his family. All seemed legit. So I moved forward with the payment.

First he gave me what he said was his wife's account on the cash app to send money to. This was $Lynette0823. That transaction failed and he mentioned oh it must be something to do with limits. So he gave me different account. That was his friends $kilos257. That was successful. He asked me for my address and name for shipping. He would also send me screenshots of other transactions he's done with other people showing tracking numbers to prove it's legit. Then he ghosted me and the post went into my spam folder on Facebook. Then I started dm'ing him on Twitter demanding a refund since he scammed me. He finally replied stating he got a new phone which is why he was offline and that he was not scamming me but still wanted my address to ship. So I told him no. I don't want that just a refund. Then he blocked me. I dug up more information on the guy since I have a lot of his pictures. He has a Facebook profile too, as well as Instagram. I tried looking him up in highschool yearbook, but no name mentioned. Below is his social media links. I have more info if people are interested, just DM me.

My gut feeling is he works with someone overseas. hoping to spread the word

Aliases: Carlos Velez Address: 188 Broome St, Newark NJ 07103 Phone: (973) 622-4699 Email: [email protected]

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61560108340230&mibextid=ZbWKwL

https://www.instagram.com/litothagoat?igsh=MjBxaXg0MGVlY2lr

https://x.com/litodagoat7?t=0TGGsxH6Dw0Uagt3BgTCxQ&s=09

Another subreddit post on the scammer: https://www.reddit.com?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=2