Beware of this Forum Scammer

Key Info:

Names and Email Addresses:

  • Jon Koeniguer
  • Robert Brian
  • Israel Osikoya
  • carpart850@yahoo.com
  • progelk21@gmail.com
  • isrealstar112@gmail.com 
  • jk_2000_54401@yahoo.com 

IP Addresses:

  • 23.115.121.97 
  • 135.148.41.100

modus operandi

 If you post a wanted ad on a forum, usually in the classified ads category of an automotive forum, this guy will PM you telling you he has the part and will ship it to you (that PM can be via the forum or he will text you directly on iMessage via your email address). He may tell you that he's in New York. He will show you photos of the part that he gets from the Internet. When you ask if if he'll really ship the item, he'll say, "I'm a devout Christian, so you can trust me." He will then ask for and EFT to an email address that is different from the email address he uses in the forum. He might say the EFT is to his uncle who lives in your country of residence (EFT email address listed below). Once you send money for the item, he sometimes asks for more money for shipping. He sometimes requests for that shipping to be sent via PayPal (email address listed on this page). When you ask if he has shipped the item and ask for a photo of the Shipping Slip and Tracking Number, he says that he will do it, but he never does. He will delay, delay, and delay some more. He will come up with various excuses. BEWARE: He does not have any car parts. 

Names Associated with this scammer:

  • Jon Koeniguer (name he gives on private message and connected to his PayPal account)
  • Robert Brian (forum alias)
  • Israel Osikoya (his uncle)

Emails Associated with this scammer:

  • carpart850@yahoo.com
  • progelk21@gmail.com
  • isrealstar112@gmail.com (email given to send EFT: bank name: Neo Bank Israel. This email address is connected to the name Israel Osikoya in the banking system)
  • jk_2000_54401@yahoo.com (PayPal email). This PayPal account is connected to the name Jon Koeniguer

IP Addresses Associated with this scammer:

  • 23.115.121.97 (Los Angeles)
  • 135.148.41.100 (Reston, VA)

Find more information about him here: https://www.stopforumspam.com/country/US/29

At the site above, please search the following email addresses:

  • carpart850@yahoo.com
  • progelk21@gmail.com