Blythe Scammers Part 4 - an ongoing investigation

An interesting email exchange with an online scammer that highlights the dodginess of some sellers on Alibaba.com. If it sounds too good to be true, and the seller won't accept credit card payment, don't buy it. They are aware of the fact that you can report them and get the money back through a credit card merchant. I am pretty sure that I have been black listed by sellers on Alibaba.com now. I emailed Mr. Lee requesting a price list and list of his stock in response to the advert he had up. The pictures were all official Takara promotional shots, about 12 dolls in total.

http://www.alibaba.com/member/hk112610411.html

Mr. Lee of gd gifts & toys - June 15th, 2011
Like Bb to me hi, i have attach the price list to you min order - 5 pcs ( can mix model ) shipping cost - 35usd for 5 pcs shipping delivery time - 14 days ( by EMS ) payment - bank transfer thank you

Me
Thank you very much for sending this through, I just want to double check that these are the official blythes from Takara. Could you show me a picture of one of the dolls in the box for Princess A la Mode. I am very interested to make an order of several of these items from you. Kind Regards, Katie

Mr. Lee of gd gifts & toys
hi i have attach the photo of the doll and box to you thank you

This is the photograph that Mr. Lee attached:

If you were going to send a photo to someone and you were honest, why would it be that blurry?

Me
Thank you very much I am sorry to bother you, is it possible to take a more clear photograph? Thank you

Mr. Lee of gd gifts & toys
hi i have reattach the pic to you sorry cos my cam not so good thank you



Of course your cam isn't good you lying sack of shit, because you are photoshopping other people's photos from Flickr to make them look 'different' and failing. So I go to google and type in Princess A La Mode. Funnily enough the pics Mr. Lee is sending me of "his stock" show up on a random Flickr account.



Hoping that he will delve deeper into his pit of lies I email him again.

Me
I just checked the pictures but are you able to send me the pictures you took yourself of the actual items you hold? I will need a clear picture of the box and some pictures of the dolls up close.

These ones you sent me are from flickr. It is a lot of money to invest so I need to check the products before I would purchase them. Thanks

Mr. Lee never responded. Clearly this guy has nothing to do with fake Blythe dolls, he is just another scammer who has no product and is trying to steal your money. He only accepts Western Union transfer, which should be a red flag to anyone buying online. I have reported and submitted evidence of suspicious behaviour to Alibaba.com for all of these dodgy sellers, yet they are still open as stores. I wouldn't buy anything at all from this website, clearly they don't care if you get scammed.