This was kinda my reaction to the OP when I first saw it... and even my wife's reaction was that this would make it very tempting for the one who stole it all to at least try to collect the reward himself!

Anyway, my only other comments are about the Cashier's Check/Extra Change scam. I'm not sure how people get caught up in this one. My son (when he was still in college) had a 1972 Dodge Demon that he wanted to sell. The 6-banger engine was shot, but he had a 318 to drop in it. He posted it in the "for sale" section of a couple of muscle car forums, and got quite a bit of interest. One guy, from England, really seemed interested, and offered more than he was asking. The bank certified "cashier's check" was to cover the price of the car as well as "freight" (or whatever) back to England, which the buyer would arrange. Whatever was to be left over was to be sent back to the buyer. Well, guess what? A very impressive-looking Bank of America Cashier's check came in the mail, with shipping instructions (someone from a specific company was going to show up and WE were to pay them a specified amount). We were instructed to deposit the check, but send back to him immediately the left-over amount, which if I remember correctly totaled almost $1000.

I was already a little leery of the deal, but we took the check to the bank anyway. I didn't hesitate to ask if they could verify that the check was legit before we deposited it -- which they gladly did, and came back telling us the check was NO GOOD. They also told me that they normally check out anything that looks a little "out-of-the-ordinary" for the safety of their customers.

So, how do people get caught up in scams like this? Do their banks not care and not check?

Just wondering....

Bill

Forwarded conversation

Subject: Crime Victim's Request for Complaint Report Number

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From: Paul Friman

Date: Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 12:29 PM

To: Queens County District Attorney's Office

Dear Queens County District Attorney's Office:

My name is Paul Friman and I am a former crime victim. If you could please respond back to me with the complaint report number which I filed at your Office on April 6, 1987 against Diane and Andrew Friedman, it would greatly assist me in verifying the loss of my property.

Thank you for your assistance with this matter.

Paul Friman

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From: Kevin Ryan

Date: Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 5:55 PM

To: Paul Friman

Dear Mr. Friman

The matter which you cite happened 25 years ago and may not be obtainable. Please provide whatever information you may have -- such as the name of the person you spoke to, whether anybody was arrested, etc. The District Attorney's Office does not usually take complaint reports. That is often done by the NYPD. So if you have any further information, please e-mail back and we will what we can find in our archieves.

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From: Paul Friman

Date: Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 6:55 PM

To: Kevin Ryan

Dear Mr. Ryan

I submitted your Office's intake form to the duty person on April 6, 1987 who did not provide a name other than "Consumer Frauds." Nobody was arrested. Thank you for your assistance.

Paul Friman

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From: Paul Friman

Date: Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 10:04 AM

To: Kevin Ryan

p.s. My notes state, "filed criminal complaint on 4/6/87 with Consumer Frauds Bureau, 120-55 Queens Blvd." I will continue to look for further information I may have to help your archive search. Thank you.

Again nice try but thats NOT a NYPD complaint report...the ones actual cops use.Like the ones with actual juristiction over crimes committed in the City of New York

The police enforce the law and make the arrest...the DA prosecutes the case.Or did you miss that when they taught government administration in school.

Just how does consummer fraud shoehorn into stolen property?

By the way..complaint report numbers are generated at the Police Pct of occurance(not the DA's office) and so the Pct number as in 112 Pct., is part of the complaint report (UF-61) number.The complaint report is an actual NYPD form.The DA's office dosen't have them.The police do.Thats why their also called police reports.The operative word here is "police"

If you wanted to add on to an existing complaint report ,you would file a complaint report follow up.But not over 25 years later,since the time to prosecute the crime has expired under the statute of limitations.

The DA's office has detectives that do investigations but their not going to make a collar for a stolen set of drums.Why you ask? Because that's what the NYPD does..Besides,the're just like the county ada's, state employees.

It's called duplication of effort of law enforcement resources.

Didn't you already claim to know who has your drums on another forum?

If true,man up and go get them instead of spamming and scamming here or DFO

It's a stolen set of drums....not the Kennedy assination.Get over it.

Steve B

Please focus your energies in a positive way and keep an eye out for the badge numbers I posted. With the internet I was finally able to track down the current whereabouts of the perpetrators. Unfortunately, they re-sold my drums and won't tell me to whom. After all this time, law enforcement can only do so much and will hopefully at least enter the serial numbers into their database in case they resurface. If you don't want a reward for helping me recover them, that's entirely up to you. I'm not here to scam or prosecute anybody; I just want my drums back. Thank you.