Belgian scammer Salamone

[Doowopshopper]

Hi,

bit of an old topic, but just a current warning again:

I guess Mr. Salamone (Joe / Giuseppe / Joseph) is around again.
He scammed a lot of people in the past recarding soul / popcorn records (including me).

I guess I found his current facebook profile:
https://www.facebook.com/joseph.salamone.1690

He just wrote me a message via facebook if I would be interested to buy a lot of records from him - unasked - beware!

If any one of you here has taken legal action against him which is still running, please contact me!
I filed a suit against him in 2013 but nothing came out of it back then - now its time barred...

Cheers from Munich, Germany

Chris

Edited March 11, 2021 by Doowopshopper

[Benji]

Wow, that's a name I sure remember. Salamone that is, not Chris! (even though I know Chris personally)

Got stung in the early 2k's. Sometime between 2002 and 2005. 250 Euros by bank transfer. Tried to cancel the transfer about 30 minutes later when I received an email from a belgian collector telling me all the details about Mr Salamone. No luck. Money gone. Spoke to my bank, they told me it's a transfer, money gone. Went to the police, they said small amount we don't bother.

Lesson learned: Unless seller is trustworthy, Paypal only.

[Chalky]

He's never gone away.  He has tried to join groups on Facebook regularly.  But as said be aware of him.

[Mal C]

he did me as well, B******d!  unfortunately he's not only one out there :-(

[Cheltsoulnights]

Not Bragging but i was lucky

He done me for roughly £800

he sent 4 pop records to me and took advantage of Paypals dodgy rules at the time

Goods received

and Paypals 30 day limit and must wait 30 days for a credit card claim

I contacted my credit card and got them to start a claim early. Lucky

Paypal got a clawback for my money in full

Paypal then contacted me and i pointed out the fraud and there automated lock out due to goods received

Paypal then changed their automated system to Goods significantly not as described

eg i bought a rolls royce received a skate board

Salamone then messaged me saying i should just drop the claim and i should check i had adequate Fire Insurance

My reply

His address

and that he should check his Health Insurance as i was working in District 7 in a few months

He went away

I guess the womans Paypal account he used for Payments got clawed back on

He is around now and i guess playing the i didnt get the records etc ect scam in reverse

Edited March 16, 2021 by CheltSoulNights

[Mike]

account @Marchi has just been closed

reason for closure is the account was selling the same records in the same sleeves as per the person above/below

 

 

[Baz Atkinson]

He’s been at for years an  A Grade Crook pleased his account has been closed I think a real benefit of social media is the fact that he has been well abs truly outed  this time . 

[Benji]

Iif account is closed how come he logged in 50 minutes ago?

[Mike]

1 minute ago, Benji said:

Iif account is closed how come he logged in 50 minutes ago?

closed accounts do still have access to our site via the login but have no permissions to see/use any features

they  will get deleted on one of our regular account clean ups sweeps

[Chalky]

He is coming to see me at Christmas after I outed him on a couple of groups on Facebook.  Told him I'd invite a few friends he has ripped off as well, we can all feast on a turkey.

[Benji]

22 minutes ago, Source said:

closed accounts do still have access to our site via the login but have no permissions to see/use any features

they  will get deleted on one of our regular account clean ups sweeps

Understood. Thanks.

[Chris L]

Generally speaking most Belgian dealers are pretty honest but about 20 years ago some dodgy characters started selling fresh air on Ebay and a lot of British buyers lost money. What I do is actually go to the seller's house and look at any record before buying,that's of course tough if you don't live here. 

[Muscle Shoals]

Well documented on the Vinyl Vigilante FB group. Platinum arsehole.

I called him a very rude word and he's coming to visit me (and others) at Xmas.

I do hope so! 

[Cheapsiderecords]

I am not that active on the R&B Record Wants & Valuations site but I was quite surprised to see he is very active n there, both as a buyer and seller? I would never deal with him personally.

[Muscle Shoals]

On 21/11/2021 at 10:15, Chris L said:

Generally speaking most Belgian dealers are pretty honest but about 20 years ago some dodgy characters started selling fresh air on Ebay and a lot of British buyers lost money. What I do is actually go to the seller's house and look at any record before buying,that's of course tough if you don't live here. 

I was looking for a particular guitar amp recently. I found one for sale but it was for collection only.

Location: Isle of Mull. FFS...

[Thecivilservice]

I noticed on rnb wants and valuations he posted a disc up asking for a value, someone expressed an interest and straight away he posted his price. What was the point in asking for a price when he knew it? Dodgy AF.