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:gigachad2: Gigachad steals 284k from Facebook Marketplace victims :!marseygigachad:

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nest-egg-to-nightmare-facebook-scammer-john-sinclair-swindles-284k-from-victims/SVAYZ26XSCEW3SEZZU5P4RFOOQ

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Tanya Cousins and Rick Mason were scammed out of $36000 and are now having to live in a house bus.

What the couple didn't know at the time was that McKinley was just one of 15 different aliases for John Sinclair - a man now on home detention after scamming 28 victims out of $284,000 to fuel his gambling addiction.

Retiree Graeme Saxton and his wife lost $18,000 when they tried to buy a caravan to use to visit their only grandchild in 2021.

Shade advocated for Sinclair to receive a sentence of home detention so he could continue providing for his young family.

He struggles to believe the apology Sinclair gave during the sentencing "We've become collateral damage to his greed," he said.

"Unless you've been through it you don't really know how cruel it was ... it does feel good talking to people," Cousins said.

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Imagine being smart enough to steal 284k and losing it all gambling :marseylaugh:

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Court documents reveal Mason and Cousins paid for the unit in April 2021 with two instalments of $18,000.

When communication went cold, Cousins looked up the site address provided by "McKinley" and found herself staring at an empty lot on the screen

When you're dealing with people who won't even google your company or even look at a vehicle before sending 36k via wire transfer I'm not sure you have to be "smart" to scam them. You only have to be smart to not get caught.

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