Complaints Against Eddy Harcourt or Eddy Court or Charles Fahlenbock, or Jennifer Hutchinson
6411 Sherbrooke Ouest
Suite 24505
Montreal, QC, H4B1N3
CANADA
or
6411 Sherbrooke west #24509 Montreal, Canada

eddycourt@yahoo.ca, dianeharcourt2002@yahoo.ca, jenateficom@yahoo.ca

If you have questions about the complaint,
please contact the person who filed it.

**Montreal Fraud Department the phone # is (514) 280-2222
Please also file the FBI Consumer Fraud Form at www.ifccfbi.gov

Subject: eddycourt@yahoo.ca
traders_name: Edward Harcourt

Watch out folks!! Ed Harcourt aka Eddy Court has been runing a large fraud on Ebay. There are estimated 300+ buyers involved in this fraud. This guy will get your money and ignore your messages and he will not sent you the product. Watch out... I have purchased a Sony digital camera from him and have never received anything after I made the payment. I used USPS international money order. I have both his bank account and address and I hope it will help your investigation:

Name: Edward Cameron Harcourt
Bank Name: Td Canadatrust
Bank Number: 004
Branch Number: 43101
Account Number: 4310-6000736
Bank Address: 6797 Boul. Newman lasalle, Quebec H8N3E4

Harcourt's mailing address he gave
6411 Sherbrooke St. West #24505
Montreal, Quebec H4B1N3

Please let me know if there is anything else that I can help you with your investigation. I would be more than happy to help you out!!  regards ping

For those who have been involved, please join up with me to put him behind bars!!

Subject: eddycourt@yahoo.ca
traders_name: Edward Harcourt

Did not ship product after receiving payment via bank wire transfer. Will not return email

Subject: eddycourt@yahoo.ca
traders_name: Edward Harcourt

This guy sold about 300 items in one month on e-bay with prices from 30 to 500 dollars. It seems to me that none of the high bidder received anything, and some of them including me lost a big amount.

Subject: eddycourt@yahoo.ca
traders_name: Edward Harcourt

Won a DVD200e auction on July 14, paid by IPMO, no item, no refund, no replies to emails.Beware!

July 24, 2002
Complaint filed by: waynerrichard@yahoo.com

Subject: eddycourt@yahoo.ca
traders_name: Edward Harcourt

Paid for eBay item and now user has disppeared. Contact details are not legit.

Subject: eddycourt@yahoo.ca
traders_name: Eddy Harcourt

This person is a fraud! He sells items which he does not have and does so under many different alias. He is on EBAY and has many complaints against him!!

I won a 160 gig hard drive on ebay from him and I sent him a money order for the product. However, I have recieved many e-mails from other buyers from him that his has been taking people's money, and he also cancelled his ebay account. He has sold 15-20 items before, and this week he sold over 200+. The total cost for the hard drive was $216 US dollars. I have tried e-mailing the guy but I haven't recieved a response back. http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItems&userid=eddycourt&sort=3&page=6&rows=25&since=30&rdir=0
He is no longer registered.http://cgi2.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=eddycourt
As you can notice, these ebay users show
1) trading and feedbak among them (fake?)
2) registered as users in Canada in the last 2-3 months
3) all suspended by ebay
4) dmarczuk has run also 200+ auctions in the same day, yet only 10-15 transactions before

http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewListedItems&userid=dmarczuk&include=0&since=30&sort=3&rows=25

Items onsale are also very similar, as well as description and style of the auctions (for instance,WholeSale Canada)

His information:
EdWard Harcourt
Montreal,Quebec,Canada
H4B 1N3

I was involved in an off-ebay transaction with ebay user eddycourt, based on Canada. His mail address is eddycourt@yahoo.ca.  We discussed a little bit and I agreed to buy one item he had not sold through ebay, a Yamaha CD-RW, for $100, shipping included. I paid through Paypal on Monday 7/15/2002. His account is eddycourt@yahoo.ca He looked ok with 18 positive feedbacks on ebay. I got suspicious when I did not get the item last Saturday 7/15/2002, he said he would ship in on Monday 7/15/2002. I KNOW THIS IS VERY LITTLE TIME. Please read on.

I went back to his auction, and notice he was no longer registered. He had 2 complaints, and 3 of the positive feedbacks were from not registered users. I investigated a little. I found that eddycourt had run a staggering 315 auctions from July 11 to July 19. A lot for someone who is an ebay user since 5/30/2002. Many items are the same. He posted auctions at a distance of 5 seconds among them. Moreover, I checked users mcgillmiss, mireillemuneault and stephmcgill who gave him positive feedback and are now suspended. They are all from the same region, with accounts created on 6/12/2002, 6/9/2002 and 5/31/2002.  If this looks suspicious, I found that dmarczuk, another ebay id who gave feedback to these accounts, was created on 6/6/2002, is from the same region, and has posted 208 auctions on ebay between 7/13/2002 and 7/18/2002. This user is also suspended.

I think this is a large scale fraud going on, and hopefully it can be stopped. With items in price from $20 to $500+, it may add up to several thousands dollars worth.To be honest, I do not expect to recover my money. I just would like to help set up a bad trader page on your website, warn other ebay users, and possibly get the Police begin an investigation. A lot of feedback on these ebay ids is suspicious because it has been left by people with 2-3 feedback and very recent accounts. I suspect he still has a lot of other ebay accounts not suspended and can possibly run the fraud much longer. I have already reported to Paypal, saying that this guy is probably running a fraud at ebay. Money was paid with cleared funds, I cannot go to the credit card company. I have already emailed ebay saying the same, i.e. he is using several ebay ids, has listed 500+ items in 2 weeks and given fake positive feedback to himself. when I did the transaction he had only positive feedback, no negative. he also had not started so many auctions yet. I did notice that many of the people who left feedback to him had themselves little feedback, but I did not check it thoroughly. Some of the people who left him positive feedback are unlikely to be fake, because they have 300+ positive feedback and have been around ebay for 2+ years. So they must know a mailing address and name for him. I asked one if he could provide, he obviously refused. Once there is an investigation, they may be more willing to provide it. Regards, Filippo Fiori

ANOTHER bank account (from another victim):
Account Holder: Edward Harcourt
Bank Name: National Bank Of Canada
Bank Number:006
Branch Number:09071
Account Number:21-223-99
Address of Bank: 1757 Boul . Marcel Laurin. St-laurent,Quebec H4R 1J5
Telephone: (From ebay records) (514) 886-8942  I have not verified this.

I won an auction and sent him a check. I won a bid for a computer hard drive for $108. I mailed Eddy Harcourt a check but after several days of no response, I cancelled my check. Luckily, I cancelled in time but it still cost me $22 in bank charges. When i did not hear from him right away i got worried and cancelled my check to him. I did some research on the internet to try to find his phone number and home address but I had no luck. I hope you have better luck. This guy needs to be found. This is one of those mailbox addresses not physical address.  Thanks,   Tony

Edward Harcourt
6411 Sherbrooke Ouest
Suite 24505
Montreal, QC, H4B1N3   CAN

I won an auction and sent payment and received item in timely manner. I'm still waiting for secound item purchased, payment was sent through pay-pal which does not give address.

Paid using paypal, once paid he ended all communications and no merchandise was sent

I won a 160Gb hard drive on ebay from him. He responded to emails for 2 or 3 days. Said it was shipped, insured but couldn't find tracking #'s for it because there were so many he shipped that day. Then he just stopped responding to emails. I paid via paypal, $205 US to account dianeharcourt2002@yahoo.ca which I would assume is his wifes email, but the name on the account was Charles Fahlenbock. So I would assume his wife or possibly sister is involved as well and set up a phony paypal account. I have posted a complaint with paypal and am waiting until the 30 day mark to do it with Ebay. I hope that some policing organization can do somthing about this guy and recover at least some money.

I purcharsed a 160 Gigabyte Maxtor hard drive only to find that this b****** was stealing money from many other people. THis guy needs to be found and has to pay. Everybody who reads this post needs to call the Canadian FRAUD DEPT. as well as file a complaint with the Canadian FBI. If we all work together we may be able to get the law enforcement motivated to catch this guy.

I won an Ebay auction for an X-Box video game for $18.70. I sent a cashier's check and never received game or response to e-mails. He is a fraud.... BEWARE!!!!

After winning a auction on e-bay. I was never sent a e-mail from this person. I always pay fast, and this time I sent a check. Which I stopped payment today. He (eddy court) didn't cash it yet, but it will still cost me 30 bucks. (bank fee) I'm probably one of the lucky ones. Buyer beware of this e-bay frauder. I see there are many other's who were robbed too. Hope the good guys catch up with him. This is all the info. I have:

Edward Harcourt
6411 Sherbrooke St. west#24505
Montreal,Quebec H4B1N3
Canada

Won a auction on ebay 7/14/02. Sent a Intn'l USPS Money Order. Have not received item. I tried to contact a number of times to inquire about receipt of money order or shipment of item. To date I have not heard or received anything from this guy.

The thing that frustrates me the most is not the loss of the some $300 + dollars I sent to him, but rather the inability to take action against fraud such as this. I primarily blame eBay, for their so-called "safe" trading environment is no more than a shield for those who mean to do ill. eBay's refusal to take claims seriously, instead blaming the problem on "poor communication" and "misunderstanding" shows me that eBay is not concerned with anyone who uses them to do legitimate business, but rather with money and income. Then again, I shouldn't be surprised at a company's drive to make money. I realize now that eBay (for all of its stylized design and empty promises) does whatever it can to avoid the charge of irresponsibility by offering a cryptic help system and the use of third-party negotiators. These services are both slow, inefficient, and can be expensive, leading me to wonder why at all someone would choose to use them. Probably what bothers me the most in fact is the UTTER INABILITY to communicate directly with a LIVING, BREATHING person at eBay support.

The second thing I have discovered is that Canada Post, too, has a RIDICULOUS policy with money orders. Assuming I could find out if I could track and in fact cancel the money order I sent, instead I am given a postcard on which I am to fill out my information, send away, and wait up to THREE MONTHS for confirmation on whether or not it has been cashed. To me, this is an insult. I am, therefore, unable to stop the payment en route to Edward Harcourt, even if I was to (and did) realize that I was being scammed. I am only left to assume that sending any type of postal money payment is no safer than sending cash itself.  If, in fact, you are in charge of the page of posted complaints about Edward Harcourt, please (if you are so inclined) add my above information. If not, please forward this to the person who can.  You and the others on the list have my full support in pursuing legal action against Edward Harcourt, however I must wait another two weeks to file a claim with eBay. As I said before, it is not so much about the money, but rather the problems with eBay which have hindered us so.

Good Luck...

sent cheque for 152.00CAD for ebay item (mp3 player). never recieved reply from seller after cheque was recieved and cashed. given address: 6411 sherbrooke ouest, suite 24505 Montreal, Quebec, H4B 1N3 CANADA. (prob a hotel now that i think about it)

I purchased 2 items from this seller on eBay, a Rio Portable mp3 player and Tony Hawk 3 Xbox game. Sent him an international postal money order for $122.50 for both items and shipping. I never recieved either item, and have not heard back from my numerous emails inquiring about his reciept of payment. Also he is no longer a registered member of eBay. I am not able to stop payment on the money order, and will have to wait a while to find out who cashed it and when. I have also tried calling him on the phone # given to ebay but no one ever answered the phone. I have recieved many emails from other eBay members who have been ripped off by this guy. He needs to be caught!

Phone #(listed on eBay): (514) 886-8942

Sent international money order for ebay item http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1365362099   Never received item and he has never responded to emails.

Won ebay auction, money order was cashed but never received product (xbox game). Email is returned as undeliverable.

Nearly the same address that was used in his 2002 scams that show up in this site. It's like he took some time off to let things cool off and then got back into the swing of things. This time the address was: 6411 Sherbrooke west #24509 Montreal, Canada.

Now this may be a different individual under a real or false name or it could be a member of Eddy's group. The name is Jennifer Hutchinson with an email: jenateficom@yahoo.ca . The mailing address is so close to the original Eddy Harcourt scams, I'd be suprised if it wasn't related.

I have to admit I played along pretty stupid regarding my transaction. The packer that I bid on was currently being bid on with just a couple days left and I proceed to check into the seller a bit. 4 positives feedback from good sellers but all under $200. I emailed to get a quote on shipping and although the price was a bit cheap it seemed she new a bit about shipping an item like this. The item stated payment by postal money order only, which should have been a red flag but I figured the seller is fairly new and may not have a paypal account.

I won the item and proceed to confirm shipping and sent out payment using a 2 day service. That night I received an email from Ebay stating the seller had been suspended and I was advised not to send money. To late for me, Canada post money orders are no better than sending cash, kiss it goodbye if the seller is a fraud.

Sure enough, as I inquired about her receiving payment and shipping the item, my emails were soon ignored like other victims from Eddy's list. What a tough lesson this was to learn, why couldn't it be a $100 item. I pretty much ignored all the safe trader rules out there in buying this item, I think I had become a bit cocky with my good success with ebay. From this prospective, Ebay leaves you pretty much high and dry regarding options. I'm filing a dispute to get back $175 which may take months considering Ebay's molasses approach to claims.

One other tid bit of info on the sellers mailing address, is that it matches a Montreal based online "weight loss pill" business called www.weightalert.com I looked at there site and it looks like a complete hoax. No telephone numbers to reach them, phony looking picture of their establishment, you can only email and use your credit card to purchase pills.

It's likely the #24509 is simply a box number that these crooks use to collect their illegal paychecks and Jennifer Hutchinson is a stolen identity that's used to cash money orders etc.

It seems like a hopeless cause but hopefully others will see this info and stop payment to these sellers at this address. Please follow up if you have other information.

~Gerald