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Scammer's website craigslist
Scammer's address 392 W Hwy 264 St Michaels AZ, Saint Michaels, AZ 86511, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location TX 79911, USA
Total money lost $4,000
Type of a scam Online Purchase
Of course, I thought it could be a scam considering how fast he wanted it and that he was willing to send cashiers check. I have heard all the stories, but I outright asked him if it was a scam and of course he said no and sent me a picture of his Arizona License which showed his address, Number in St. Michael's Arizona. I then googled him and it said he was a Navajo businessman, showed the same address on license, said he was the owner of Navajo Land Inn Suites in St Michaels and a construction company. So I felt better that he was being genuine and NOT a scammer.
So I left it at that and he said the next step was that he was sending a cashier's check from his financial institution. So I did receive a certified UPS package with the cashier's check for $18,700 ( he had stated he was sending me an extra $4000.00 to cover the movers) from Zurich American Insurance Company (1-800-382-2150) on September 1, 2023. Again, it crossed my mind it was a scam so I looked up the company and indeed it was legitimate. Again I was leery about the extra $4000 that he was sending and was wondering why he didn't just give it to them but he said it was from an insurance settlement and they wouldn't give it to him. So then I deposited in my bank on September 1, 2023. The teller told me it would be on hold completely until September 13, 2023 and they would release 5000.00 of it by September 6, 2023, so I was assured that it would go through. In the meantime he was texting me very friendly and asking me if I received the check and to make sure that it cleared and then I could send the $4000.00 so I assumed it was good to go. So then like clockwork yesterday September 6, 2023, he texted me and said that he would like the 4000.00 sent to the movers so he could book them and they could come and pick up the truck. Since I'd been having normal conversations with him and he had gained my trust, I believed in him. I went to my bank and withdrew $4000.00 from my bank to put it in another account by itself because I was still thinking it could be a scam and didn't want them to clean my bank account out. So I put the money in Bank of America so I could send the money through CASHAPP and Zelle. He was very insistent on me sending the $4000.00 through CASH app and Zelle because the moving company trucking wouldn't come pick up without the cash in hand.
Again I looked into the company name he gave me, SafeWay Transportation and it was legitimate and had several offices in the US. He was insistent yesterday that I send the 1st 1000.00 to Amy Renn Fitzgerald ($amyf07) through CASHAPP and then another $1000.00 minutes later, I'm attaching my screenshots because he did say please take a screenshot of the transaction to make sure it's going through. Then I had to send $1000.00 to a Gloria E. Hernandez through Zelle (her zelle number was (210-316-7168) and another $1000.00. It initially didn't want to go through from my bank First Light because they put a hold on it, but then I called and said it was alright so I sent 800.00 from First Light Federal Credit to Gloria Hernandez, then the rest $200.00 through Bank of America Zelle. He would tell me to wait and say he was "calling them" to find out if they received it and then confirmed it was received. SO I thought it was alright. So after all this transactions, he then told me thank you so much and everything is good to go and he will contact me when the trucking company is coming to pick up the truck.
So then comes today in the am, September 7, 2023, I wake up to see that my bank First Light Federal returned the check due to fraudulent activity and minused the $18700 out of my account and charged me a return fee. Needless to say I was angry and stressed that he had scammed me because I thought everything was checking out as being true. Thank God we did not release the truck to him to be taken, but I'm sure he never meant to do that he just wanted $4000.00.
So I immediately contacted my bank in the morning and told them what I could do they recommended to file a police report and report the losses to CASHAPP and Zelle. I did send him a text this morning and told him about the check he didn't respond until 20 minutes later stating "that he had just woken up and didn't see this" and can't believe this said he was sorry and said he was going to call his bank. Again, he seemed to be sincere, but I told him that I would be contacting the police department and Bureau of Indian Affairs since I know he is a member of the Navajo Nation based on the research I had done on him online during this transaction.
So I went to my CASHAPP and reported the scam on the 2 transactions to Amy Fitzgerald, filed a report and requested the $2000.00 back, which at this point she hasn't responded if she's even a real person. Then I went to Zelle and reported fraudulent activity with Gloria Hernandez. I called her Zelle phone number 210-316-7168 and of course no one answered it goes to voicemail and says it's full.
I have been distraught this am that I lost $4000.00 to this man, Romero Tully Brown. After he said he was calling his bank at 9:29 am mountain standard time, I have not heard a word from him, but I did send texts saying that I would be filing police reports and calling the Navajo Nation PD and Bureau of Indian Affairs to report him.
I spent half of my morning while trying to work, looking for numbers to call to report this. I called the Navajo Nation Police Department in Window Rock 3 times this am. The young woman said she would have an office call me to get the report but I have yet to get someone to call me back. Then I called multiple numbers online to get a hold of someone to report this until I finally found someone with the criminal investigation department in Chinle, AZ, who gave me a phone number for the Navajo Nation White Collar Crime Unit. I spoke to an assistant and she WAS extremely helpful and just an excellent customer service representative for your organization. She asked me questions and advised me to write this email and explain what happened.
I am beyond incensed that this happened to me and it's even a greater travesty to my elderly 77 year old mother who needed to sell this truck and now we have lost $4000.00 from someone who seemed so sincere. But I will not let this rest, I am very dogged and persistent. I am from New Mexico originally Las Cruces, Lived in Albuquerque, NM and am very familiar with the four corners area. I have cousins that are part of the Mescalero Apache tribe in Ruidoso, New Mexico. I also have contacts in the New Mexico Senate and with Governor Michelle Grisham. I have no problems giving this story to local news channels in El Paso/Las Cruces naming Romero Brown as a fraudulent man. I hope that he feels some kind of remorse for what he has done because as far as I'm concerned, I will not rest until he returns my money.
I would appreciate any HELP in this matter. I have contacted the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington DC as well and have an appointment with John Burge, Special Agent in Charge in the BIA office of Justice Services concerning this matter.
Thank you very much