Bad How I got $700 stolen from me (CaptainFuzzy / TacticalEdge8541)

Victimized by a Cyber Scammer?
Don’t Forget to File a Complaint with the IC3
Today, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is embarking on a campaign to increase awareness of the IC3 as a reliable and convenient reporting mechanism to submit information on suspected Internet-facilitated criminal activity to the FBI. As part of the campaign, digital billboards featuring the IC3’s contact information are being placed within the territories of a number of Bureau field offices around the country.

While the number of complaints being reported to the IC3 did increase in 2015 from the previous year, anecdotal evidence strongly suggests that there are many other instances of actual or suspected online frauds that are not being reported, perhaps because victims didn’t know about the IC3, were embarrassed that they fell victim to a scammer, or thought filing a complaint wouldn’t make a difference. But the bottom line is, the more complaints we receive, the more effective we can be in helping law enforcement gain a more accurate picture of the extent and nature of Internet-facilitated crimes—and in raising public awareness of these crimes.

The FBI field offices taking part in the billboard campaign include Albany, Buffalo, Kansas City, Knoxville, New Orleans, New York City, Phoenix, Oklahoma City, Salt Lake City, and San Diego. They were selected because they house multi-agency cyber task forces that participate in an IC3 initiative called Operation Wellspring. This initiative connects state and local law enforcement with federal cyber resources and helps them build their own cyber investigative capabilities, which is important because not all Internet fraud schemes rise to the level necessary to prosecute them federally. We hope to expand Operation Wellspring to other FBI offices in the future.


Through the Wellspring initiative, IC3 personnel—using the complaint database and their analytical capabilities—create intelligence packages focused on particular geographic regions. These packages can highlight trends, identify individuals and criminal enterprises based on commonalities in complaints, link different methods of operations back to the same organization, and detect various layers of criminal activities. The packages also contain results of preliminary investigative research performed by IC3 analysts, including criminal records checks.

Once complete, these intelligence packages go to the appropriate FBI cyber task force and are then handed off to state and local task force members trained to investigate these kinds of crimes.<snip>
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https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/file-cyber-scam-complaints-with-the-ic3
 
HOW TO REPORT FRAUD IN NORTH DAKOTA
To report fraud or a scam in the state of North Dakota from Bismark to Fargo, contact the Attorney General, the Better Business Bureau or one of the Federal, state or local agencies listed.


Office of Attorney General
Attorney General: Wayne Stenehjem

http://www.ag.state.nd.us/

State Capitol

600 E. Boulevard Ave.

Dept. 125

Bismarck, ND 58505

Phone: 701 328-2210

TTY: 800 366-6888

Consumer Protection & Anti-Trust

4205 State Street

PO Box 1054

Bismarck ND 58502-1054

Phone: 701-328-3404

Hotline: 1-800-472-2600

FBI Field Office, Mortgage Fraud
White Collar Crime Supervisor

http://minneapolis.fbi.gov/

111 Washington Avenue, South, Suite 1100

Minneapolis, MN 55401-2176

Phone: 612-376-3200

HUD Field Office
Fargo Field Office

657 2nd Avenue North, Room 366

Fargo, ND 58108

Phone: 701-239-5136

Fax: 701-239-5249

HUD Regional Office

Denver Regional Office

1670 Broadway, 23rd Floor

Denver, CO 80202

Phone: 303-672-5440

Fax: 303-672-5004

Nationally Chartered Credit Union
Region IV – Austin

http://www.ncua.gov/AboutNcua/org/Region4.htm

4807 Spicewood Springs Rd., Suite 5200

Austin, TX 78759-8490

Phone: 512-342-5600

Fax: 512-342-5620

State-Chartered Credit Unions

North Dakota Department of Financial Institutions

2000 Schafer Street, Ste. G

Bismarck, ND 58501-1204

Phone: 701-328-9933

Fax: 701-328-9955

Savings & Loan Association or Savings Bank
Office of Thrift Supervision

Consumer Complaints and Inquiries

Email: consumer.complaint@ots.treas.gov

West Region – San Francisco Regional Office

Pacific Plaza

2001 Junipero Serra Boulevard, Suite 650

Daly City, California 94014-1976

Mail: PO Box 7165

San Francisco, CA 94120-7165

Phone: 650-746-7000

Fax: 650-746-7001

Complaints: 800-842-6929

Southern California Area Office

Bentall Executive Center

551 North Tustin Avenue, Suite 1050

Santa Ana, California 92705-8635

Phone: 714-796-4700

Fax: 714-796-4710

Complaints: 800-842-6929

Seattle Area Office

101 Stewart Street, Suite 1010

Seattle, Washington 98101-2419

Phone: 206-829-2600

Fax: 206-829-2620

Complaints: 800-842-6929

National Fair Housing Alliance
http://www.nationalfairhousing.org/

National Contact: Email: nfha@nationalfairhousing.org

1212 New York Avenue, NW Ste 525

Washington, DC 2005

Phone: 202-898-1661

Fax: 202-371-9744

North Dakota Real Estate Commission
http://www.governor.state.nd.us/boards/boards-query.asp?Board_ID=93

Box 727

Bismarck, ND 58502-0727

Phone: 701-328-9749

North Dakota Real Estate Appraiser Ethics Board
http://www.governor.state.nd.us/boards/boards-query.asp?Board_ID=92

PO Box 1336

Bismarck, ND 58502-1336

Phone: 701-222-1051

North Dakota Better Business Bureau (BBB)
Better Business Bureau of North Dakota & Minnesota

http://minnesota.bbb.org

Email: ask@thefirstbbb.org

Phone: 651-699-1111

Fax: 651-699-7665

2706 Gannon Road

Saint Paul MN 55116-2600

Internet Crime Complaint Center



IC3’s mission is to serve as a vehicle to receive, develop, and refer criminal complaints regarding
the rapidly expanding arena of cyber crime. The IC3 gives the victims of cyber crime a convenient and
easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts authorities of suspected criminal or civil violations.
For law enforcement and regulatory agencies at the federal, state, local and international level, IC3
provides a central referral mechanism for complaints involving Internet related crimes.

Better Business Bureau



The Better Business Bureau (BBB) system in the U.S. extends across the nation; coast-to-coast, and in
Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico. Since the founding of the first BBB in 1912, the BBB system has proven
that the majority of marketplace problems can be solved fairly through the use of voluntary self-regulation
and consumer education.
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https://www.fraudguides.com/report/north-dakota/
 
This may not apply since these people are not a business:
Consumer Complaints
Filing a Consumer Complaint
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If you are a North Dakota resident - or you live in another state and your dispute involves a transaction with a North Dakota business - you can file a complaint with the Consumer Protection Division.




    • If you have a general inquiry rather than a complaint, you can e-mail us at ndag@nd.gov.
After screening the complaint we may refer you to a different agency. If the complaint falls within our authority, we will try to mediate a resolution. Most businesses are willing to work with us.

If we are not able to mediate a resolution of the complaint, we may refer you to a private attorney for further assistance.




    • The Office of Attorney General does not have jurisdiction over any other government agency or the local law enforcement agencies, and we cannot address complaints about those entities or their employees.
FILE AN ONLINE COMPLAINT.

If you prefer, you can print the form and mail it in. Download the complaint form (pdf).
https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/consumer-resources/consumer-complaints
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I just called into the McHenry County Sheriffs office and started an inquiry. I spoke with Calise and she was quite receptive to this information. I provided her with information about the situation as well as about this thread and advised her that she is likely to hear from other members. I would encourage all who fell victim to this scam to contact the office as well. She said we didn't need to speak to any one particular individual in the office and any of the staff members would be happy to help us.

For those who do not know, these individuals are Bryan and Theresa Falldorf. Address is 201 Grant Ave #3 in Granville ND.

McHenry County is a low population area and this type of fraudulent activity will not be well received by the locals. I expect the sheriffs office to take this matter seriously.

Those who provided money through paypal, I would encourage filing a claim ASAP. I have done so.

I will also file fraud complaint with the ND attorney general as well.
 
i would also involve postal inspectors as its a crime done through the postal system. no reason not to use every resource available.
 
If everyone involved wants a person that is not involved in this horrible nonsense to act somewhat as a mediator or middleman to compile all the info, and make calls and send info to police, i would throw my name in to help out with that.
Sometimes its tough to remain calm and keep perspective when you are emotionally involved.

Just a thought and an idea, so those of you that got scammed, if you would like me to take care of all the details and contact the law with all the details in one document, lets collaborate. We could have a conference meeting via the internet and get it all straight.

I hate scammers and theives more than anything, so that is my motivation to help out. I would take great joy in seeing these people taken down.
 
Don't forget IC3. Federal convictions have larger fines and longer sentences. Not to mention their wonderful facilities with highly diverse populations of felons.
 
This is really terrible to read about. I am sorry to everyone who has been scammed by these people. I hope you all are able to be made whole again.
 
Hello, I come here from an Amazing Knife group over on Facebook, I also was ripped off by this scumbag Bryan Douglas Falldorf located in a small town in ND this year, I had purchased several knives off him and he never shipped, kept making excuses, health excuses, and then blocked everyone and disappeared, there are many who know who I am and can vouch for me. The amount was in the thousands, more than that scumbag makes working at ACME surplus. I have lots of info on the man if needed, but more importantly I'm here to join the fight. I understand this is an ongoing thing with him and he has ripped off several people in our group and on here. If we all want to band together and find a way to take this man down I am more than willing to cooperate in any way, shape, or form. By the way, he is not a woman, he is an ugly baldish man, I think he likes to wear eye liner though, the confusion is with Theresa Falldorf, that is the name on the paypal he uses, she is either his sister, wife, third cousin, something like that. I also do have his address.
 
His wife is Tess Falldorf. He has used the aliases Bryan, Doug, BD, etc. He is from Minot, North Dakota. He claims to be the record setting Marine sniper, Bryan Falldorf. He is not. He lied about being on dialysis and on the kidney transplant list.

I am admin of a small group, and he burned a guy in there for about two thousand dollars, as well as others for a smaller amount. Most of his Facebook aliases have been shut down. Here is a link to his record in Alaska: https://www.courtrecords.org/people/Bryan+Falldorf+AK/.

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Same drama barmettlerjosh barmettlerjosh had experienced happened to me. I sent my items to CaptainFuzzy last Frieday for his Xm24 and never he never get back to me at all. The whole package cost around $400, he left me his address of:
Theresa Fallldorf
201 Grant Ave #4
Granville, ND 58741
I had my items shipped via USPS and USPS did left the package to his wife. Here is tracking:
9410809699937016642869.
Tell me what to do!
Thank you all!
 
morvlorv said:
If everyone involved wants a person that is not involved in this horrible nonsense to act somewhat as a mediator or middleman...
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Honestly, it’s better to leave this to the people directly involved. Too hard for someone unrelated to get everyone’s facts straight and, in all seriousness, unless you’re an attorney, an officer putting together a case isn’t going to deal with some random “spokesperson”.


To everyone directly involved, be aware that Falldorf will be reading this thread and wanting to know every move you all will be making. Keep that in mind when sharing info, between each other, and in the open. You never know if he’ll try and message you guys with another alias.
 
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Going to merge your thread with the other one in GBU, better to keep it all together.

golden_dragon said:
Same drama barmettlerjosh barmettlerjosh had experienced happened to me. I sent my items to CaptainFuzzy last Frieday for his Xm24 and never he never get back to me at all. The whole package cost around $400, he left me his address of:
Theresa Fallldorf
201 Grant Ave #4
Granville, ND 58741
I had my items shipped via USPS and USPS did left the package to his wife. Here is tracking:
9410809699937016642869.
Tell me what to do!
Thank you all!
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I strongly encourage all who were affected to contact the McHenry County Sheriffs office. They have been very receptive and have already followed up with me regarding my call and the actions that they are/will be taking. They also made me aware that, as of noon today, I am the only individual who has contacted them. Get on the phone folks.
 
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