American Rolex Robber who preys on California in person sellers

[Modiferous]

There have been about eight theft/robberies connected to the same thief, over the past year or two.

He's still out there, still trying, as mentioned by others in this thread and on this forum.

[WWRD]

Sorry to hear about this. I hope they catch this thug.


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[Lash L]

Just shut the thread down already. Gross.

[Al1969]

Originally Posted by Lash L

Just shut the thread down already. Gross.

Why? A thread like this may prevent others from the same fate.
Someone on here already mentioned how this thread alerted him to the potential scam/theft. If not interested simply bypass the thread.

[AK797]

Originally Posted by Al1969

Why? A thread like this may prevent others from the same fate.
Someone on here already mentioned how this thread alerted him to the potential scam/theft. If not interested simply bypass the thread.

Just check this guy is not regularly in LV and has his uncle's Daytona...

[Guppydriver]

Ugh... This thread sucks.

Why?

I would have thought this POS would have been identified and caught by now. This is SERIOUS theft. I don't pretend to know what he could sell just the two known stolen watches for, but I assume it's close to 100K. Thanks freaking bank heist money and that's just two we know about.

[brome]

lol. Mase.

[DVR4]

Color is relevant.
If it was an automotive hit and run and listed as a black camry. Everybody would know not to look for a blue camry.

Probably worth mentioning the most prolific rolex thief of recent past, was white.
The envelope switcher.

Thank goodness for ignore. I no longer have to read posts from the chick that feels compelled to post in every thread multiple times, brag about her collection... Except when y'all quote her.

[Hollie_Rollie]

Originally Posted by DVR4

Color is relevant.
If it was an automotive hit and run and listed as a black camry. Everybody would know not to look for a blue camry.

Probably worth mentioning the most prolific rolex thief of recent past, was white.
The envelope switcher.

Thank goodness for ignore. I no longer have to read posts from the chick that feels compelled to post in every thread multiple times, brag about her collection... Except when y'all quote her.

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[Al1969]

Originally Posted by Hollie_Rollie

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[Calatrava r]

Excellent reporting OP. One on one crime is always scary and lifechanging. Face to face transactions with people who do not have mutually known references should best be avoided. Thanks.

[bluestreak]

Originally Posted by DVR4

Color is relevant.
If it was an automotive hit and run and listed as a black camry. Everybody would know not to look for a blue camry.

Probably worth mentioning the most prolific rolex thief of recent past, was white.
The envelope switcher.

Thank goodness for ignore. I no longer have to read posts from the chick that feels compelled to post in every thread multiple times, brag about her collection... Except when y'all quote her.

It’s relevant if we didn’t have the picture of the guy. If we didn’t have that, by all means post a description of him, including race, height, weight age. Something that’s useful in identifying the guy. But we have a pic.

Multiple people posted about the envelope guy, and nobody felt the need to post his race in the headline and multiple times in the post. That’s what was weird.

I’m sure the OP was trying to be helpful and appreciate the post.
But a post that said “beware of this thief. Pic included” is much much more useful than beware of African American guy trying to buy watches. Surely you can see that?

[KatGirl]

Originally Posted by DVR4

Color is relevant.
If it was an automotive hit and run and listed as a black camry. Everybody would know not to look for a blue camry.

Probably worth mentioning the most prolific rolex thief of recent past, was white.
The envelope switcher.

Thank goodness for ignore. I no longer have to read posts from the chick that feels compelled to post in every thread multiple times, brag about her collection... Except when y'all quote her.

I do post a lot, but I certainly don’t brag about my very small unimpressive Rolex collection.

Kat


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[brandrea]

Originally Posted by KatGirl

I do post a lot, but I certainly don’t brag about my very small unimpressive Rolex collection.

Kat


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Well at least you’re a “chick” now Kat

[Moondoggy]

Originally Posted by KatGirl

I do post a lot, but I certainly don’t brag about my very small unimpressive Rolex collection.

Kat


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You certainly do not, a great contributor you are.

[dannyboy123]

Originally Posted by KatGirl

I do post a lot, but I certainly don’t brag about my very small unimpressive Rolex collection.

Kat


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You should, after all yours is bigger than his

[Andad]

Originally Posted by DVR4

Color is relevant.
If it was an automotive hit and run and listed as a black camry. Everybody would know not to look for a blue camry.

Probably worth mentioning the most prolific rolex thief of recent past, was white.
The envelope switcher.

Thank goodness for ignore. I no longer have to read posts from the chick that feels compelled to post in every thread multiple times, brag about her collection... Except when y'all quote her.

This from a visitor who posted 32 times on their own thread.

‘So, I want a GMT batman & pepsi’

You should quit while you’re behind Don.

[soxfan39]

Wow this is nuts. I talked to this guy late last year when I was selling a Daytona. He found me on TRF and then we texted and chatted on the phone couple different times over several days. He talked about his father's Daytona that he inherited and wanted to add another one to his collection and wanted to make sure mine wasn't polished. He was going to "fly in" from Vegas to do the deal. He also wanted to meet at a crappy jewelry store to get "authenticated" and then wanted me to follow him to his bank. I told him to just bring cash to the jewelry store and we would do the transaction there. He kept trying to convince me that we would need to go to a second location to finalize. Spidey senses were telling me something was off and I didn't move forward with the deal. Forgot all about it until reading this post. The safest way to sell a watch nowadays is to work only with a trusted dealer on here or locally. It's just too much risk to deal with a random stranger.

*edited to add (I found our text thread with the same ID and included here)

[Modiferous]

Originally Posted by soxfan39

Wow this is nuts. I talked to this guy late last year when I was selling a Daytona. He found me on TRF and then we texted and chatted on the phone couple different times over several days. He talked about his father's Daytona that he inherited and wanted to add another one to his collection and wanted to make sure mine wasn't polished. He was going to "fly in" from Vegas to do the deal. He also wanted to meet at a crappy jewelry store to get "authenticated" and then wanted me to follow him to his bank. I told him to just bring cash to the jewelry store and we would do the transaction there. He kept trying to convince me that we would need to go to a second location to finalize. Spidey senses were telling me something was off and I didn't move forward with the deal. Forgot all about it until reading this post. The safest way to sell a watch nowadays is to work only with a trusted dealer on here or locally. It's just too much risk to deal with a random stranger.

*edited to add (I found our text thread with the same ID and included here)

Yes when he initially contacted me on RolexForums he used the username
Ls702
and email
Ls702raiders@gmail.com

which means that he is open to pretending that he is in Las Vegas. But for most of his victims and intended victims he claims to be in Northern California.

I suppose that claiming to be too far from Northern or Southern Cal creates the issue of why the hell anyone would come much farther than that to see a watch.

[East of Eden]

Originally Posted by Modiferous

Yes when he initially contacted me on RolexForums he used the username
Ls702
and email
Ls702raiders@gmail.com

which means that he is open to pretending that he is in Las Vegas. But for most of his victims and intended victims he claims to be in Northern California.

I suppose that claiming to be too far from Northern or Southern Cal creates the issue of why the hell anyone would come much farther than that to see a watch.

You have to wonder if he’s reading this thread.

[forcinitijp]

Originally Posted by East of Eden

You have to wonder if he’s reading this thread.

Haha! If it goes like 50 steps forward... that's why there are so many who fall into scams... these thieves know more about you through forums and social networks than you think....

Sometimes it's better to have a low profile and not show off in a forum where there are how many thousands of subscribers?

[dannyboy123]

Originally Posted by forcinitijp

Haha! If it goes like 50 steps forward... that's why there are so many who fall into scams... these thieves know more about you through forums and social networks than you think....

Sometimes it's better to have a low profile and not show off in a forum where there are how many thousands of subscribers?

Maybe he will sue

[Presa canary]

So both the buyer and seller get the watches authenticated and then what? How is he taking the watch without handing over the cash?

[soxfan39]

Originally Posted by Presa canary

So both the buyer and seller get the watches authenticated and then what? How is he taking the watch without handing over the cash?

Once he gets the watch in hand, I'm assuming he just runs out the door with it.

[Andad]

Originally Posted by Presa canary

So both the buyer and seller get the watches authenticated and then what? How is he taking the watch without handing over the cash?

Robber and Seller.

[PattayaHammerTime]

some real 'i'm offended' snowflakes in these comments, the frustration the victim must have and been going through and replaying the whole thing in their mind must be torture...

I really hope that people take note that there is an 'African American' thief who is wanting to steal your watch and they are lurking on all forums so I am well aware, nothing derogatory in the description from what I can see regardless of how many times the scum bag is referred to like it!

Disclaimer: not all African Americans are looking to steal your watch!

[brandrea]

OP, I’m sorry to hear you were swindled, and I hope you somehow recover your watch.

If you’ve reported it stolen to Rolex, there’s a chance it might end up at RSC for service one day, and it will be flagged. Having the paperwork and a police report will help you in getting it back should that ever happen.

[Modiferous]

Originally Posted by brandrea

If you’ve reported it stolen to Rolex, there’s a chance it might end up at RSC for service one day, and it will be flagged. Having the paperwork and a police report will help you in getting it back should that ever happen.

Yes the watch has been registered as stolen with Rolex (Lea Di Luca), and also I paid to have it registered with TheWatchRegister.com

The police also have it entered into a nationwide database, and I contacted dozens of pawn shops, hundreds of watch dealers and they logged it too.

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by Modiferous

Yes the watch has been registered as stolen with Rolex (Lea Di Luca), and also I paid to have it registered with TheWatchRegister.com

I hope you get it back one day. It would have an interesting story to tell


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[LAS45]

OP, I do hope you recover your watch. If anyone is selling a watch they should be very cautious when selling.


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