702-751-4327

I have a home remodeling company and I received one day a text message from this number asking me if I can do an exterior paint job. He gave me address to inspect the house alone from outside the owner being out of town for cancer treatment. After I inspected the house I sent an estimate at jameskaiton27@gmail.com
He agrees with the estimate but he wants me to charge credit card. Since I do accept credit card, I agree. But he wants me to do him a favor. Since he's not in town, I should charge the credit card with the amount I asked for the entire job plus $4,750 for some commission he has to pay for closing. So I would charge my amount $5,500 + $4,750 on-line and after that send some percentage to someone for some fee he didn't pay.
I've tried calling back the number and the voicemail was for a Google number. He tried to call me from another number, but it was very hard to hear him clearly. Anyway, he didn't sound as a Kaiton James, but more as an indian guy (heavy indian accent).
I recognized the scam that used to be done with checks a while ago.

This is how I think it works:
They have a real credit card number (stolen from internet or somewhere else) that you charge for the job plus whatever they want you to charge extra. You send some money to them and then the person charged will file a complaint when they find out they've been charged for no reason. You have to pay the money back (plus you'd probably go through some investigation with police), but in the end you lose whatever you send to the scammers.

Same type of experience here, but I'm glad I Googled the email address jameskaiton27@gmail.com because I found this entry. We're a small business and were asked for an estimate. As soon as the proposal was sent, the scammer texts that he needs a "favor" and tells the same BS story about the commission.  He wanted us to charge him an extra $5250 on his card for the commission balance (so that the ex owner doesn't bother us once we start working), and once that cleared we would send the money to the ex owner. He also said that he's willing to give us $200 for our "errands and stress".
Immediately this was a red flag for me, because we're now somehow the intermediary between him and this ex owner handling their money like we're some sort of accountant, something that we have no business doing. So I Googled his email address and long and behold it's a scam. What a waste of time on our part giving this estimate.
Hope that everyone takes the same precaution and trusts their instincts, and do a search on this scumbag's email or phone # so that he doesn't get a dime from anyone.

Same thing tonight, thank god i did a search on the email address he sent. Wants me to charge extra, wasted time for a while asking me for a quote on services.

he did it to me in Dallas, TX. He is getting numbers off of craigslist I presume.

I got the same text. I knew it was a scam but I was bored and wanted to see if I could catch this cockroach fungus. He was very good at hiding eventually him not having specific verifiable info. I text him back with this;

I think I know what is needed to fix your problem. It's called a king sized ass kicking

Same BS here. As soon as I told them no credit cards I didn't hear anything else. This is the second time they tried this with me. And yes they are pulling info from Angie's List, the 1st time they even said that they got my name off Angie's List. They pull properties that are for sell and vacant To get you to go look at for estimate. He used Kation Charles yesterday. I turned the 1st one into FBI internet scam division and never heard a word from the FBI

I own a website design company but I am smart. This guy sent me same email and txt see bellow Joseph Gravagna 9174769935

I don't think it can work like that!!! Because even if i pay you, she has all necessary thing we need to use for the wedsite, and i will advice if you can check wiht Quickbooks or WorldPay for credit card process, i think that one will be very fast!!

On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 6:17 PM, joseph gravagna <jgravagna@yahoo.com> wrote:

   I am sorry but I am not paying your consultant. please send them money directly and send me routing codes for your bank and I will process
   $2500 today to get project started.

   Regards,

   Joseph Gravagna
   JA Media
   9174769935
   --------------------------------------------
   On Wed, 7/13/16, James Kaiton <kaiton.james2020@gmail.com> wrote:

    Subject: Re: Website from James
    To: "joseph gravagna" <jgravagna@yahoo.com>
    Date: Wednesday, July 13, 2016, 1:11 PM

    Good I got the estimate and am okay with
    it, I will send you a check
    of $5,750 which include the private consultant advance
    payment, once the
    money clear to your account remove your upfront payment of
    $2,400 and send the rest to the private project consultant ,
    she has the text content and the logos for the site with the
    image artwork, and I am willing to give you extra
    100bucks for the errands and your stress. So you get back to
    me with the following info: Full
    Name: Full address with zip-code & Apt
    Number: Gender: Phone
    number:
    On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at
    6:06 PM, joseph gravagna <jgravagna@yahoo.com>
    wrote:
    Hi
    James,

       The estimate for this project is $4800  and your
    hosting would be directly with go daddy at an additional and
    will be complete by end of the month. For all websites the
    deposit will be 50 % by check made out to JA Media. I can
    take an e check if you give me routing # and account #.
    Please call me with any questions. We do not take credit
    cards on website work either check or money order.

    Regards,

    Joseph Gravagna

    JA Media

    9174769935

    --------------------------------------------

    On Wed, 7/13/16, James Kaiton <kaiton.james2020@gmail.com>
    wrote:

     Subject: Website from James

     To: jgravagna@yahoo.com

     Date: Wednesday, July 13, 2016, 11:58 AM

     Here is the job

     details, I just open a new Indian Restaurant which I run
    now

     and I need a website for my business to grow, So I need
    you

     to go through this example link site: http://www.indikausa.com but

     i need something more perfect than this if possible, I
    will

     like you to get back to me with an estimate and the
    estimate

     should include hosting and I want you to understand I
    want

     the same page as the example site i gave you to check and
    I

     want only English language and I want you to know you
    will

     be updating the site for me. I want the site up and
    running

     before ending of next month and I don't want a
    shopping

     cart in my reservation page also I don't have a
    domain

     name yet and I will prefer: KAITINDRESTAURANT.COM,

     My budget is $2000-5000 for the web design, I have a
    private

     project consultant, she has the text content and the
    logos

     for the site with the image artwork, so please go ahead
    and

     check the example site and get back to me with an
    estimate

     also will like to know if you are the owner or the
    manager

     and do you accept credit card as payment, what type of

     credit card merchant machine do you use cos i am
    currently

     not in the state now am out on a business trip to india
    and

     I want it done before I return. Thank you

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My small graphic design company, which offers web design services, was just targeted by Kaiton Charles (referring to himself as Charles). He asked for an estimate, agreed to all terms without blinking an eye, but then when he asked for direct routing info to our bank or would only agree to use a company besides PayPal, we got suspicious (though the whole thing was strange from the beginning). Then I searched his name and found out it was a common scam. Glad we didn't go any further with this person. Be on the look out for anyone using that name or the email address kaitoncharles7@gmail.com.

I am from India,
Almost I was also got trapped into this. Actually I have my representative in US, and this fraud guy(Harry lewis) had sent a cheque for $4000 once (got bounced back from bank) and $5000 twice. He was asking my rep to send $1200 to the lady consultant towards logo designing charges.
Suddenly I had doubt and started probing and replied to his mail.
“Can I know your identity, and about the cheque which you have sent.
1) Instead of asking me to send money to the consultant you could have done it.
2) You could have sent money directly to me via PayPal or Western Union.”
Could you kindly clarify these queries?”
Then there is no reply

Wow! So glad I googled the link this guys sent me - it brought me here. From: Joey Michael James / joeymichaeljames@gmail.com - Different name but exact same verbiage: "Hello there.....Thanks for you prompt response,I just open a new Indian Restaurant which i run now and i need a website for my business to grow, So i need you to go through this example link site: http://www.indikausa.com but i need something more perfect than this if possible, I will like you to get back to me with an estimate and the estimate should include hosting and i want you to understand i want the same page as the example site i gave you to check and I want only English language and i want you to know you will be updating the site for me.  I want the site up and running before ending of next month and i dont want a shopping cart in my reservation page also i dont have a domain name yet and i will prefer: KAITINDRESTAURANT.NET, My budget is $2000-5000 for the web design,lalso i want you to know i have a private project consultant,he has the text content and the logos for the site with the image artwork,so please go ahead and check the example site and get back to me with an estimate also  will like to know if you are the owner or the manager and do you accept credit card or check as payment.

Thank you
Best Regards
Joey"

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