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Old Sep 17, 2013 | 09:14 PM
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URGENT!!! Anyone From LA, CA???

Need urgent help locating a fellow member that did an unjust to me. I paid him $700 USD for brand new Kleemann headers and he hasn't responded or shipped the headers. I should have immediately confirmed the tracking # that he gave me and I really messed up royally. Username is mrbilly and I tracked his URL from his email messages. He is located at

12025 Waterfront Dr
Suite 300
Los Angeles
CA
90292
US

It is possible that it could be Marina Del Ray CA.

He goes by the alias's James ***, Lyle Kaiser, Dave and Bill. He has several email accounts as follows. billyanddebrawray4837@gmail.com, lyle_kaiser@yahoo.com and juxlove11@gmail.com. He is apparently 73 years of age and currently going through a divorce.

Could anyone please verify if this address exists and if so, who resides there? I am not asking or wanting anyone to confront this individual for me. If anyone knows anything of this member please contact me. He initially contacted me via a classified ad that I posted on here. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank You!

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Old Sep 17, 2013 | 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by nkctb7
Need urgent help locating a fellow member that did an unjust to me. I paid him $700 USD for brand new Kleemann headers and he hasn't responded or shipped the headers. I should have immediately confirmed the tracking # that he gave me and I really messed up royally. Username is mrbilly and I tracked his URL from his email messages. He is located at

12025 Waterfront Dr
Suite 300
Los Angeles
CA
90292
US

It is possible that it could be Marina Del Ray CA.

He goes by the alias's James ***, Lyle Kaiser, Dave and Bill. He has several email accounts as follows. billyanddebrawray4837@gmail.com, lyle_kaiser@yahoo.com and juxlove11@gmail.com. He is apparently 73 years of age and currently going through a divorce.

Could anyone please verify if this address exists and if so, who resides there? I am not asking or wanting anyone to confront this individual for me. If anyone knows anything of this member please contact me. He initially contacted me via a classified ad that I posted on here. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank You!
appears that address is not a residence, but an office building right by something for USC
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Old Sep 17, 2013 | 10:50 PM
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appears that address is not a residence, but an office building right by something for USC
Thank you for the help and feedback! What may I ask is USC? I am curious as to whether he added his real address to his member profile "mrbilly", among this forum! I won't give up trying as I would rather spend another $700 to foil his intentions. Thanks again!
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Old Sep 17, 2013 | 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by nkctb7
Thank you for the help and feedback! What may I ask is USC? I am curious as to whether he added his real address to his member profile "mrbilly", among this forum! I won't give up trying as I would rather spend another $700 to foil his intentions. Thanks again!
University of Southern California
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Old Sep 17, 2013 | 11:22 PM
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University of Southern California
Lol, I thought that's what it stood for! Thanks again!
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Old Sep 18, 2013 | 01:21 AM
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sorry to hear that bro. hope the guy is well and will ship you his things soon, if you said 73 years, dang hope nothing happened to him you know what I mean. But yeah, hes like 15 mins away from where I am at on car. So keep us posted on this bro, best of luck!
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Old Sep 18, 2013 | 02:33 AM
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that address is for ICANN, you got the wrong address...
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Old Sep 18, 2013 | 10:48 AM
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73 years old and selling Kleemann headers on mbworld.org using 3 wildly different email addresses?

I hate to sound skeptical, but this reeks of a scam to me. Someone likely stole the identity of a 73 year old and used it to scam. I pray I'm wrong though. Surely some LA people here can make a quick trip and spot something? I'd help, but I'm in Nashville TN!
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Sorry about that bro.,,

You can shoot Emails to Gmail & Yahoo support,, and provides to them his Emails & his fake address to let them match it to

the address with their accounts, they may got cases about this oldy guy,, and they may can gives some more details.....

ZAYED,,
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Old Sep 18, 2013 | 12:46 PM
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I could be wrong, but I'm betting;

he isn't 73.
he isn't going through a divorce.
he doesn't reside in the US.


What was the method of payment? I had someone attempt to scam me after receiving the item. They paid through Paypal and disputed the charge with their CC company after receiving the goods. PayPal returned the money to my account (after several months) because I had followed their guidelines (not only did I have signature confirmation that it was delivered, but he also had to print his name and the address it was received at). Can't dispute that.

Best of luck to you (and be careful on the "interwebs").
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Old Sep 18, 2013 | 02:49 PM
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Thanks everyone for the feedback and info. I appreciate it! Here is another IP address that I found in another one of his messages.

1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View
CA
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US

Any help in confirming this address is greatly appreciated!

Thank You!
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Old Sep 18, 2013 | 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by nkctb7
Thanks everyone for the feedback and info. I appreciate it! Here is another IP address that I found in another one of his messages.

1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View
CA
94043
US

Any help in confirming this address is greatly appreciated!

Thank You!
This is an address on Google campus...
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Old Sep 18, 2013 | 07:41 PM
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I hate hearing things like this, I hope you get your money back. I would file a claim through my credit card...best of luck!
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Thank you to everyone for their help! $700 is a lot of cash but, to me, it is the principal. I will NOT let up until I locate this individual. I saved every one of his emails and I am piecing together what I feel are tiny clues in each of his messages. I will keep you all updated! Thanks again!
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Old Sep 19, 2013 | 12:46 AM
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Man, this sucks and doesn't look good...

found this thread where they speak of a possible scam from a guy who used one of the email addresses listed by you:
http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=296045

If you paid thru paypal or bank, i would start looking into opening a claim...
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If you sent the money through paypal did he ask you to send it as a gift? If so, you got duped...
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