Complaints Against Scott Syska

Trenton, Michigan 48183

tlscales1@yahoo.com,  ScottSyska@altavista.com

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

October 23, 2000
Complaint filed by: patkolb@yahoo.com

I bought a folding scooter from Scott Syska on yahoo.com. I never got my scotter nor my refund. The following will be copy of emails between us. I have lost $49.95 and there are others also who have been scammed by him.

1st e-mail sent by him.

Thu, 28 Sep 2000 15:48:10 -0700
From: scott syska <tlscales1@yahoo.com
Subject: folding scooters/yahoo auctions
To: patkolb@yahoo.com

Congratulations and Thank You for your bid on the scooters! PLEASE CONFORM YOU RECIEVED THIS EMAIL by responding with the following information below your so I can add you to the shipping list when money is received.

NAME AND ADDRES
QUANTITY
COLOR/COLORS OF SCOOTERS: BLUE, RED, YELLOW, LIME OR PLUM
METHOD OF PAYMENT:
1.Visa or Mastercard through Paypal
2.Check or Money Order by mail
NOTE: Payment is no longer being excepted through Yahoo Direct. If you choose to pay by Visa or Mastercard, Paypal will send you the invoice and the imformation you need to complete this transaction.If you choose to send by mail, please send out check or money order for the amount of $34.95 + $15.00 shipping and handling, TOTAL= $49.95 per scooter. PAYMENT MUST BE RECIEVED WITHIN 7-10 DAYS AFTER CLOSE OF AUCTION.  By mail, please make payable to and send to:

Scott Syska
P.O. BOX 103
Trenton, Michigan 48183

I will Email you to let you know when payment is recieved and est. shipping time. Thanks Again, Scott

This is a copy of e-mail sent by me to him after notification above. This was after I had confirmed that the check had been mailed and what color scooter my grandson wanted. When I didn't hear from him I wrote the following:

Thu, 12 Oct 2000 16:17:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: Patricia Kolb <patkolb@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: folding scooters/yahoo auctions
To: tlscales1@yahoo.com

Dear Scott: Have you received the check for the blue scooter? Let me know and I'll be able to judge about when the scooter will be shipped. Thanks...Pat

The following is an e-mail he responded back after I tried again to pin him down on a date, etc. I also mentioned about his "bad" comments and this is what he replied:

Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 14:44:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: scott syska <tlscales1@yahoo.com
Subject: folding scooter
To: patkolb@yahoo.com

hi, i received your payment on tues. oct. 10th, it was deposited on the 11th. i then give 5 business days to allow the check to clear. i would have sent you an email on the 18th conforming that payment was received. being i received an email from you over the weekend i decided to get back to you now. shipping time is approx. 4 weeks, some people have failed to understand that or read that. the feedback you read came from those impatient people. it is stated in every single ad i have out there and is also stated in the conformation of payment received. some people don't understand that this is a business and they are not the only ones that i do business with. with the holiday season approaching everything is backlogged from me all the way to the factory i receive the scooters from, on some days i have over 100 emails to read and get back too, so as you can see it can be quit busy. as far as the women who claimed i took her money, it is totally untrue she started this whole thing just at around three weeks of ordering, her money was refunded to her in full and proper action is now going to be taken for this malicious act she insued upon my reputation and business. i felt that i needed to address this issue with you for you are a customer and need you to have confidence in my business. thanks for your understanding and patience, scott

The following is what I replied back to his message above:

Mon, 16 Oct 2000 14:51:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Patricia Kolb <patkolb@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: folding scooter
To: scott syska <tlscales1@yahoo.com>

Dear Scott: I understand you have business problems dealing with a lot of e-mails but when you enter into a business situation, you can expect problems. I would like money refunded rather than waiting for the scooter. With such bad comments Yahoo will probably not let you conduct business with them. I was well aware of the shipping times since I was the one who read your ad in full before ordering, however, I do not wish to continue this transaction. You may leave bad feedback on me if you so desire since I will NOT BE doing anymore auction business through Yahoo! Another suspicious matter was the different e-mails that you used. So please just refund money asap and we can call this transaction over.....thank you.

The next is an e-mail I received from him after the above message, it was dated 10/17:

scott syska tlscales1@yahoo.com wrote:  your money will go out tomorrow.  thanks,  scott

Please notice his other e-mail address:  ScottSyska@altavista.com

His auction page is:http://ratings.auctions.yahoo.com/show/ratng?userID=tlscales1 (this is the comments page).

His actual auction page advertising the scooters is: http://page.auctions.yahoo.com/auction/40884909

I hope you get all this info, if not, let me know and I'll try to send it through in separate e-mails. I am going to the FBI page right now and formally file my complaint. I am using the address listed on the comments page by another bidder. Thanks...Pat

hi i have filed a complaint with the fbi.. what else can i do beyond that .. i sent scott a letter asking for either my money or the scooter.. no reply.. after 24 hours i sent him another email.. giving him the benifit of the doubt... telling him he would recieve another 24 hours to reply to me which he failed to do. on friday night at 12pm central time i filed charges with the fbi.. that was at least 6 hours beyond the 24 hour notice i gave him  i am sure there are a lot of us out there that is very disapointed.. thank god i had not told my son about the scooter it was to be an xmas gift.. i am a single disabled parent trying to raise my 2 boys with a little help from their dad.. so every penny is precious to me as i know it is to everyone out there now a days.. i hope when he does surface he can provide a believable explination.. funny how he replies to some of the emails saying money been sent or scooter been sent but not to everyone.. it is funny how he would send a excellent buyer rating on lots of the people he got the money from... i was not lucky enuff to get one i did know there was a 4 week shipping time.. that did not bother me because he informed me of that right off. hope we call come out of this fine. i found a scooter on ebay that i bid and won.. with 2 - 3 days shipping time.. i would have rather stayed with yahoo. but scott has put a bad taste in my mouth.. but i will be back !!!

Hello, I am wondering if you can help me make scott syskes pay for him scamming me.He took my money and sent no scooter and he needs to be stopped and to pay! Let me know if you can help us all that he took. Thanks,  angela

Hi, I got your e-mail address off of Scott's seller ratings page. I sent him a check for two scooters. He cashed the check on 10/13. I am very worried now that I will be screwed too.  Gail

Hello everyone, After Trudy gave me info on Bob Lane - I just recieved this letter this morn.Hopefully they can find him for us and we all can reap our rewards.I will keep you all posted on what I hear.Best of luck to us all!  angela

--- "Lane, Robert M" <RMLane@uspis.gov
From: "Lane, Robert M" <RMLane@uspis.gov
To: "'ANGELA BROWN'" <twnpwr1@yahoo.com
Subject: RE: MAIL FRAUD
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 07:04:43 -0500

Angela, I have forwarded your complaint to Inspector Colleen Gunn at 313-226-8230. Thanks,

Bob Lane
Postal Inspectors
Detroit,MI

Hi, I was told you might be able to help. Scott Syska took my money from Pay Pal $99.00 He finally sent me one scooter. I was not what I ordered. Totally a different scooter. I ordered two, still waiting for one more. It has been since 18 Sept that I originally ordered them. I am confident it will not come. Can you help. Also Pay Pal does not seem to want to help.  Thanks

Just received (this date) a money order for the full amount sent to Scott for the scooter. However, I don't really know if "Scott" sent it or the other person since the signature is unreadable.  I went on the comments page on Yahoo and let the other  bidders know that he did refund.

GREAT NEWS!I SPOKE WITH THE FBI TODAY BY PHONE,THEY ARE RECIEVING COMPLAINT BY THE HANDFUL DAILY,AND ARE NOW TRYING TO FIND HIM.IF YOU KNOW OF OTHERS THAT HAVE NOT FILED A COMPLAINT PASS THIS ON ,THE MORE THEY GET THE FASTER THEY WILL BE MOVING TO GET HIM. I JUST FOUND THAT HE GOT ANOTHER VICTIM ON OCT.6TH FOR A SCOOTER,BUT DON'T KNOW HOW TO CONTACT HER. IF YOU CAN PASS THIS ON TO YOUR LIST OF PEOPLE ,SO I DON'T HAVE TO CONTACT THEM ALL SEPERATE. THE FBI TOLD ME TODAY THEY HAVE OVER 12 COMPLAINTS NOW AND MORE COME IN EVERYDAY. THANKS AND I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED. ANGELA

I finally received both of the scooters I ordered. Hope other have better luck. thanks for your help in this.

I was also taken by Scott Syska on a Scooter payment. I have received a leetr in the mail from him (postal mail) that he is  behind. No telephone number or regular address. I only have a PO Box If anyone knows anything about how to get money back from him that he took.  Please let me know Kerri Skaggs

December 12, 2000
Update filed by: twnpwr1@yahoo.com

Please everyone read this and then call colleen gunn with the postal service there in trenton@1-313-226-8230. She is going to help us stopp him!He just got another victim in oct,using the same name! I also talked with the fbi in nashville and he is going to try and get us help on getting him. Colleen told me that they do have to us a photo id when getting a p.o.box so hopefully that will catch him. This might be are best christmas preasent yet! I hope everyone is keeping all thier info they get on him to help each other out. He know has 21 victims in all so far. well I will stay in touch! yall all do the same.  Angela

December 14, 2000
Update filed by: puff.ddy@gateway.net

I got the card back from my certified letter but the Post Office didn't have him sign it so I don't have his signature on it, but I guess he got it. I called the PD in Trenton and talked to Liutenant Chris Rolak about this. He gave me Scott's address.
4865 Gail Court,
Trenton, MI  48183.
I sent him all the paperwork I had and a brief summary. Maybe if we can get enough people to call him he can get Scott since he is there and knows where Scott lives. I was also thinking of calling the IRS about all this unreported income he must be making. I also called the Better Business Bureau (248) 644-9100 and requested a complaint form. I am going to do everything I can think of and call everyone I can think of to make his life miserable. I was even thinking of calling a newspaper in his area and telling them about the Scooter Grinch Who Stole Christmas. How about Judge Judy.

January 8, 2001
Update filed by: twnpwr1@yahoo.com

GREAT NEWS! I just recieved my refund and a letter from scott today and want to personally thank LT.ROLAK for his tremendous work on solving this case for all involved. If you have not recieved your refund and letter yet,I am sure it will be coming. I am personally sending LT.Rolak a cyber kiss and hug for all his work and help without him I really don't think I/we would have gotten our refund from scum bag!  GOOD LUCK AND TAKE CARE!  ANGELA