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PM sent.

Here are the details of what took place:

Mitchell and I agreed to a trade in which I sent him $200 (2/24) and would then send him a Winchester 70 carbine 243 and Nikon scope for a limited edition Ruger Hawkeye stainless 7mm-08. I sent him a postal money order and was going to send the rifle to Beercroft’s once he confirmed the money was received. He was then supposed to send the Ruger to my ffl dealer. Once he received the money I never heard from him again. I sent numerous texts and made numerous calls and he would not respond.

I then called Beercroft’s and they knew him and said they would relay my message to him. This has been months ago and no sign of him until he posted yesterday about having a Ruger Hawkeye stock on my WTB post. When I texted the number he posted it came up with the old thread from months ago. He did not respond to that text either.

The money order was made out to and mailed to:
Mitchell Fifield
1709 State Route 40
Greenwich, NY 12834
email Fordlevi28yahoo.com


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Moose & Rocko need to pay this scumbag a visit!

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This dude posts on pennswoods also, wonder if he has shanghaid anyone else?


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Originally Posted by TnBigBore
PM sent.

Here are the details of what took place:

Mitchell and I agreed to a trade in which I sent him $200 (2/24) and would then send him a Winchester 70 carbine 243 and Nikon scope for a limited edition Ruger Hawkeye stainless 7mm-08. I sent him a postal money order and was going to send the rifle to Beercroft’s once he confirmed the money was received. He was then supposed to send the Ruger to my ffl dealer. Once he received the money I never heard from him again. I sent numerous texts and made numerous calls and he would not respond.

I then called Beercroft’s and they knew him and said they would relay my message to him. This has been months ago and no sign of him until he posted yesterday about having a Ruger Hawkeye stock on my WTB post. When I texted the number he posted it came up with the old thread from months ago. He did not respond to that text either.

The money order was made out to and mailed to:
Mitchell Fifield
1709 State Route 40
Greenwich, NY 12834
email Fordlevi28yahoo.com






I will forward this to my friend, he will look into it

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His facebook page says he is a Shift Manager at Sturm, Ruger & Co. If this is the right guy.

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If that’s for sure him I would be calling his employer to let them now! Bet they would be really happy about that.

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If you have the receipt portion of the USPS, you can track it and they will tell you when and where it was cashed. If he put it through a bank account, there's your smoking gun.

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Originally Posted by the_gman
If you have the receipt portion of the USPS, you can track it and they will tell you when and where it was cashed. If he put it through a bank account, there's your smoking gun.



Yep, that is the plan. Unfortunately the top part of the money order and receipt are locked in my desk drawer at work and the office has been locked up since March 20 when they kicked us out due to the pandemic. It will be at least May 15 before I can go back.

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Actually I had a pic of the money order and envelope and that was enough to call the USPS automated system and find out that it was cashed on March 2nd. Not that I had any doubt that he cashed it.

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Seems I've heard of such cases being mail fraud. True?


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Originally Posted by shootem
Seems I've heard of such cases being mail fraud. True?



It is but what's the USPS going to do about it? One word! NOTHING

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Seems I've heard of such cases being mail fraud. True?



It is but what's the USPS going to do about it? One word! NOTHING



Likely true unfortunately. Losing $200 is not the end of the world, but hopefully outing the guy will prevent some others from being taken by him.


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Sorry to hear about the ripoff . Sounds like you are taking the appropriate actions and sooner or later this scammer will have his d--- in a (legal) wringer - that will cost him considerably more than $ 200 . Good luck , Tortoise .

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Originally Posted by gemby58
Originally Posted by shootem
Seems I've heard of such cases being mail fraud. True?



It is but what's the USPS going to do about it? One word! NOTHING


Went through this about 8 years ago,usps couldn't do anything.

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Originally Posted by lazydrifter
His facebook page says he is a Shift Manager at Sturm, Ruger & Co. If this is the right guy.


If he lives in Greenwich, NY, he would have a heck of a daily commute to and from any Ruger production facility.

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I've had some correspondence with this joker. Seems he clamed up when I called him out. I hope he gets caught, no lower form of scumbag than a theif.

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