Thursday, December 31, 2009
Ontario couple accused in Kijiji hockey ticket scam
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From Durham Regional Police Service:
A couple from Courtice are facing fraud charges after allegedly selling hockey and concert tickets online but never delivering the tickets.
On the 30th of December 2009, the two suspects were arrested at their Courtice, Ontario residence without incident. Angela SARACO, age 30 and Lonny SMITH, age 35, both of John Walter Crescent in Courtice were charged with Fraud Over $5000 and released on a Promise to Appear.
The investigation began after a victim came forward to police. From that complaint, several victims were discovered. The frauds took place between May 2009 and December 23rd, 2009.
Detectives from the DRPS Fraud Unit focused on several advertisements placed on Internet site KIJIJI for concert tickets including a Taylor Swift concert in Toronto and a number of Toronto Maple Leaf games. The victims of the fraud responded to the ads and sent money via email money transfers. They would never receive the tickets they paid for and the suspects would stop responding to their subsequent emails and phone calls.
It is believed there are at least 45 victims attributed to these suspects. Investigators have been contacted by a number of them, however some victims remain unidentified. So far, the victims have been from Durham Region, locations across the Greater Toronto Area, Calgary and Fredericton.
This investigation is not related to an earlier investigation of Taylor Swift concert tickets being counterfeited in which a male was charged with fraud.
The email addresses used by the suspects include, but are not limited to, the following:
alana.laverty@hotmail.com
chantal.pierce@hotmail.com
saraharsenault58@live.ca
arianna.nesbitt@yahoo.com
gibsonholly@hotmail.com
catherine.bianco@hotmail.com
miller.victoria@hotmail.com
rogers.amanda@hotmail.com
d.mcmillan@hotmail.com
s.watson@live.ca
Anyone with new information about this investigation is asked to contact D/Cst. Jim Doucette of the DRPS Major Fraud Unit at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 5364. Anonymous tips can be made to Durham Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or www.durhamcrimestoppers.ca and tipsters may be eligible for a cash reward of up to $2,000.
This post was written by: Gord McCord
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16 Responses to “Ontario couple accused in Kijiji hockey ticket scam”
January 12, 2010 at 4:29 PM
I was scammed by s watson, glad she got caught & I hope she will get what she deserves, and can't do this to anyone else..
March 4, 2010 at 10:08 AM
john.costas@hotmail.com or John Costas aka Tyler Perry of the cookiedealer.com aka Alex Thompson a-thompson81@live.ca aka highroots69@hotmail.com is a ticket scammer operating in Canada probably from Eastern Europe as his English is very poor and he only accepts 'EMT money transfer" because 'it is principal' he says. What he is asking you to do is send money from your bank account to an email address he probably just created. Once he gets your money he's gone. Surprisingly, I guess this works because he keeps doing it.
Call the police if you ever get an email from any of the above regarding tickets. Also, if you offer to pay cash or pick up in person ( I even offered to send cash in the mail just to see how far he would push this EMT thing - and HE SAID CASH ISN'T SAFE! ONLY EMT! because, of course, cash sent to the snail mail address he gives will never get to him because its not an honest address.
March 4, 2010 at 12:50 PM
If you can't pick it up in person with cash, you should only spend money you don't mind losing.
October 14, 2017 at 9:17 PM
Just so you know...shes at it again. This time its a scam about puppies. Shes been raking in dough (over $1000 each time) by emt's falsely promising puppies to people in other provinces. And on ODSP too. If she isn't stopped soon I am going to police. Enough is enough.
November 1, 2018 at 3:11 PM
Angela Saraco is still at it. She's bragged to people about posting puppies for sale in Alberta and BC asking for deposit's and then she goes full ghost. Identifying victim's out West is key because she's still living in Ontario. Usually Bulldogs. Spread to your out West friends!!
November 29, 2018 at 2:44 PM
Angela Saraco has a warrant for her arrest in Alberta for stealing people's money ( saying its a deposit for a puppy - she has no puppies and never has) she has stolen TONS of money. Funding her life in a huge house in North Oshawa. RCMP need to come and get her!! So wrong what she has done and is likely still doing. What a piece of garbage she is. Shame on anybody that defends this scamming thief!
April 16, 2019 at 7:49 PM
DURHAM COPS do your job and arrest this crook!!! How many more people have to be scammed by her. She also shoplifts at Walmart and uses fake coupons that she creates herself. The last time I checked that was against the law.
April 16, 2019 at 7:53 PM
Isn't she wanted in Alberta?
April 22, 2019 at 9:49 AM
I completely agree. Angie Saraco needs to do the time for the crimes she has committed. She has 2 young children that are already following in her footsteps at the impressionable young ages of 6 and 4. PLEASE DRPS DO YOUR JOB. These crimes wont stop until she is locked up for a very long time. Her children need to be placed in a proper home where they can learn the true meaning of love and honesty. All they are learning now is to be deceitful and dishonest. DRPS DO YOUR JOB, LOCK UP ANGIE SARACO AND SAVE HER POOR CHILDREN FROM THIS MISERABLE LIFE SHE IS GIVING THEM
April 23, 2019 at 8:35 PM
A petition needs to be started perhaps. The cops don't wanna do their job and protect the public from this crook, then maybe the local newspaper should do an expose on her. Maybe we can raise funds and pay for her to be shipped to Alberta. Maybe its time our local MPPs stepped up and stepped in to have this woman investigated. Her children cannot have a good life with such a horrible role model. No matter how much stuff she buys them with the money she stole. Its disgusting.
July 17, 2019 at 12:08 PM
She was in jail recently in Lindsay so she was charged with something. Lets hope it leads to a long jail term. Her scamming and stealing has gone on long enough!! Anyone know why she was charged???
January 6, 2020 at 4:01 PM
Seems like Ms Saraco is facing more charges for shoplifting and fraud. Maybe this time she will see the inside of a jail.
February 23, 2022 at 10:22 AM
She is still puppy scamming. We found an ad she placed in Calgaty kijiji. We replied. She sent text pics from a fake number. ( text app). Later when she was doing a live on meetme , we called number and her phone rang. We did it twice. Why is she allowed to get away with this? She is on house arrest for i months too soon but for diff charges
February 23, 2022 at 10:23 AM
*8 months *
September 9, 2022 at 9:50 PM
She now lives here:
786 Nakina Way
Ottawa ON
K1V 2J1
October 2, 2022 at 2:52 PM
Any source there ? She was upe racist on facebook live and I'm exposing her. Looking for more official documents or new articles.
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