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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 9:52 pm
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Craig's List

Do I pick 'em, or do I pick 'em.

I hope you don't have any more miles in your account.
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Old Jul 20, 2010 | 12:08 am
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Originally Posted by mosu84


Incorporated in CA, but the corporation's status is currently suspended.



Good luck tracking these guys down. How many miles did you sell them?
BBB has them listed as being is San Francisco.


Name: Flyhub, Inc.
Phone: (877) 435-9482
Address: 71 Stevenson Street #400
San Francisco, CA 94105
Original Business Start Date: September 2007
Principal: Mr. Hughes Nyonda, VP-Sales and Customer Care
Email Address: [email protected]
Entity: Corporation
Incorporated: September 2007, CA
Employees: 3
Type of Business: Airlines - Ticket Agencies
BBB Accreditation: Flyhub, Inc. is not a BBB Accredited business.
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Old Jul 20, 2010 | 12:26 am
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Originally Posted by sbrower
In California it is a crime. I don't know of anyone ever being charged, but the law is on the books.
Does anyone have a link to this statute or the thread where it's discussed?
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Old Jul 20, 2010 | 12:52 am
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Originally Posted by Jaimito Cartero
Do I pick 'em, or do I pick 'em.
The mobile number she game is another red light.
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Old Jul 20, 2010 | 1:04 am
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Originally Posted by fandu

It has been more than 2 months now and they have yet to pay me. Everytime I called up in the beginning they said they sent a money order. Then they asked to deposit directly into a bank account. Smelling something fishy, I opened a new bank account and gave them that account #. Still no money. Now Danielle has stopped answering my phone calls.
Sounds like a variation of the Nigerian Craig's List scam.

A Craig's List add reply with an offer to buy whatever you are selling. Normally, they end up sending you a fake "money order" for more than the sales price and ask you to Western Union the extra cash back to them.

Your bank will accept the money order and put the funds in your account. As the bank deposited the money in, you think it is okay and Western Union the extra funds back to them. It will take a couple of weeks before the money order turns out to be fake and the bank pulls the money out and leave you holding the bag.

For some reason, they are more greedy and thought they could clean out your bank account as well.
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Old Jul 20, 2010 | 2:20 am
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Yes I posted on craigslist to sell the miles.
not a good idea....
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Old Jul 20, 2010 | 4:46 am
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Originally Posted by deant
BBB has them listed as being is San Francisco.


Name: Flyhub, Inc.
Phone: (877) 435-9482
Address: 71 Stevenson Street #400
San Francisco, CA 94105
Original Business Start Date: September 2007
Principal: Mr. Hughes Nyonda, VP-Sales and Customer Care
Email Address: [email protected]
Entity: Corporation
Incorporated: September 2007, CA
Employees: 3
Type of Business: Airlines - Ticket Agencies
BBB Accreditation: Flyhub, Inc. is not a BBB Accredited business.
I went to that address. Apparently they moved out. ALso Flyhub lost its BBB accredition on 7/13/2010. I did my research before selling miles to them. It looked legit at the time. Yes I am aware of the Nigeria scam and the money order scam.
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Old Jul 20, 2010 | 4:47 am
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What was the name of the movie that was out about 15 years ago, with Jim Carrey, Lauren Holly and Jeff Daniels?
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Old Jul 20, 2010 | 4:53 am
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Originally Posted by fandu
I went to that address. Apparently they moved out. ALso Flyhub lost its BBB accredition on 7/13/2010. I did my research before selling miles to them. It looked legit at the time. Yes I am aware of the Nigeria scam and the money order scam.
I'd say that you needed to search just a tad better:

http://www.ripoffreport.com/Travel-A...-t-w-z223f.htm

Any person can incorporate, and get some sort of mail drop address somewhere for a small amount of money.

Too bad you didn't search Flyertalk about selling miles in the first place. Tons of threads here would have told you that it's a bad idea.

It seems they have a Twitter account too. I think I'd take a little bit of guerrilla action to tell other folk what you think of their service.
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Old Jul 20, 2010 | 8:10 am
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Originally Posted by Jaimito Cartero
What was the name of the movie that was out about 15 years ago, with Jim Carrey, Lauren Holly and Jeff Daniels?
hilarious....
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Old Jul 21, 2010 | 4:08 pm
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Originally Posted by fandu
I was a bit apprehensive at first but then since I had her cell phone number, I thought they would be legit.

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Disposable prepaid cell phone number: $50 or less
Getting people to believe you are legitimate: priceless

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Old Jul 21, 2010 | 10:35 pm
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Pay up, or shut up.

I was contacted by someone else who had problems with flyhub.com, and was owed about $6k or so. Luckily the flights had not been taken yet, and a "Pay up now, or I'll cancel the flights" situation arose, and the "Pay up" option was taken by Danielle.

If the original flights have not been taken by the person the OP used his miles for, I would recommend the same approach.

If I had to guess, I'd say the business started out legit, but has either hit cash flow problems, or has turned into a semi-scam. Only when forced to, do they do the right thing.
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Old Jul 22, 2010 | 5:29 am
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Originally Posted by fandu
Flyhub contacted me and asked me to sell my miles on their website, flyhub.com. I was a bit apprehensive at first...
Originally Posted by fandu
Yes I posted on craigslist to sell the miles...
Sorry to hear that you got into so much trouble to solicit miles sale on craigslist. If you had read enough threads about this on FT, you would have known better.

If you haven't, you may want to read these threads. You should learn a lesson or two from what happened to this once-self-claimed-pro-miles seller :

Loyalmatch, sellingmiles.com, flyhub.com: has anyone used all three to sell miles

Selling miles?

Originally Posted by fandu
I will update on Friday after my visit to the local PD.
Please do keep us posted. Your experience will be a good testimony to fellow FTers who are taking, or considering taking, similar path as you.
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Old Jul 22, 2010 | 6:35 am
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Originally Posted by lin821
If you haven't, you may want to read these threads. You should learn a lesson or two from what happened to this once-self-claimed-pro-miles seller
What's the lesson that flyerd learned?... post about selling miles and get your FT account suspended? I've looked through the threads referenced and I did not see anything indicating that flyerd went to jail, had his accounts closed, lost miles through confiscation by an airline, or any other "lesson" (other than FT suspension).

Mind you I am not advocating trying to scam the system or break any airline rules. I really would like to know what makes flyerd a "once-self-proclaimed-pro-miles-seller" and not just a pro miles seller! I was expecting to read a story reminiscent of the Scared Straight documentary of the 70s where flyerd now lectures would-be miles sellers on the dark path that led him to horrible consequences. I don't see it. Please point me to the posts about these consequences he suffered.
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Old Jul 22, 2010 | 6:56 am
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Originally Posted by Evan!
I was expecting to read a story reminiscent of the Scared Straight documentary of the 70s where flyerd now lectures would-be miles sellers on the dark path that led him to horrible consequences.
so was i....
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