Complaints against Michelle Woodward
Baltimore, MD 21207
Email: maggie@home.com
If you have questions about the complaint, please
contact the person who it was filed by.
January 14, 1999
Complaint filed by: JWS
I am hoping you can help me with an Internet fraud incident involving a Maryland resident. Michelle Woodward (maggie@home.com) initially contacted me via the Internet on 12/25/98. Here is Michelle's personal information for your records:
Michelle Woodward (maggie@home.com)
24 Walden Cypress CT.
Baltimore, MD 21207
410-719-0661
I posted a message on an Internet bulletin board that I had some Clubby
Beanie Babies to sell for $30 each plus shipping costs of $3. Michelle Woodward
(maggie@home.com) contacted me via email on 12/25/98 and said she was interested
in obtaining three Clubby Beanie Babies from me, but did not want to pay
cash. She wanted to trade her MWMT Maple Beanie Baby for my three MWMT Clubby
Beanie Babies. We agreed to the trade, and also agreed to each ship out our
end of the trade on 12/28/98 via Priority Mail. I shipped out my end of the
bargain on 12/28/98 and emailed Michelle at maggie@home.com to let her know
I had done so. She responded that she was busy that day, did not ship out
her end of the trade, but would email me once she had done so. She never
emailed me to say she shipped out the Maple Beanie to me, and two weeks later,
I have never received it. Over this period of time, I have emailed her with
no response from her, and have attempted to contact her at her telephone
number (410-719-0661) but the answering machine does not allow anyone to
leave messages. The cost of the three Beanies I sent her plus shipping cost
me $65. The minimum she could to do make me whole at this point is
send me $65 for my loss. In as much as she is refusing to communicate further
on the matter, I can see I have been scammed. Perhaps a contact by your
organization would encourage Michelle Woodward to do the right thing, and
make me whole by either following through with our original agreement for
her to send me the MWMT Maple Beanie ASAP, or else send me $65 to cover the
cost of the merchandise I shipped to her. Thank you for your assistance in
this matter, I certainly appreciate it!
January 16, 1999
Complaint filed by: Gaspower@aol.com
WE HAD AN AGREED, WITH REFS. CHECKED, TRADE AND WE BOTH MAILED OUT ON
2ND JANUARY. SHE CONFIRMED THATSHE HAD MAILED TO ME ON THIS DAY. THIS
WAS THE LAST COMMUNICATION WE HAD FROM HER AND SHE HAS IGNORED ALL OF OUR
E-MAILS TO TRY TO CONTACT HER. THE TRADE WAS OUR 4 BRITANNIAS FOR HER
AMERICAN TRIO. A BIG LOSS TO US. SHE HAS RECEIVED OUR BRITS AS SHE HAS INFORMED
ANOTHER TRADER THAT SHE HAS , BUT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED HER BEANIES. IF
SHE HAD SENT THEM SHE WOULD HAVE CONTACTED US BY NOW, ESPECIALLY AFTER ALL
THE E-MAILS. SINCE OUR TRADE WE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE
WHO SHE HAS 'TAKEN' ALSO.
Filed a complaint with:
Attention of Michael Sarbanes,
Executive Director,
Governors' Office of Crime Prevention,
Baltimore, MD
A new development in the Michelle Woodward (maggie@home.com ALSO magie_moo@hotmail.com) bad trader situation. She previously used another identity in May/June/July of 1998 to defraud several individuals out of Money Orders. At that time, she was using the identity of Michelle Walker (bubbles528@cheerful.com) The address she provided that group of victims was:
Michelle Walker (bubbles528@cheerful.com)
8630M Guilford Rd # 172
Columbia, MD 21046-1404
Interestingly, one of those victims submitted a bank Money Order to Michelle, and subsequently placed a stop payment order on it. Michelle Walker later attempted to cash the Money Order at a bank in Canada. The method of operation she uses is always the same - she acknowledges receiving the Money Order/Beanies and claims to have mailed out her end of the deal. After the victims wait for a period of time, they contact Michelle again to find out more details. She never responds to those inquires.
Those of you who paid Michelle using a Money Order, I can't stress enough
the importance of obtaining a photocopy of the paid item, and requesting
it be traced back through the banking system to her depository account. This
may be the easiest way to ascertain her true identity so we can provide law
enforcement with accurate information. Also, if you have not filed a complaint
yet with cautionlist@hotmail.com please do so now to alert other potential
traders. Regards, Janell in Milwaukee, WI.
Detective Byrd (DByrd50483@aol.com)
Computer Crime Unit
Baltimore County Police Department
700 E. Joppa Rd., 11th Floor
Towson, MD 21286-5501
Tel: 410-887-8042
Fax: 410-887-8097
Michelle's boyfriend answered the door at the time of the seizure of the Beanies, and indicated that Michelle was out of town on business for the next few weeks. While the Baltimore County PD was able to seize the Beanies, they were unable to serve the warrant on Michelle, but will continue to attempt to do so. The message here is simple. Mail Fraud is a crime.
Submitted by: 205.188.200.32 - Janell (JWS)