something just wasn't right with that guy

doesn't make sense to me why people would scam someone for a few thousand dollars. makes zero sense to me.

if you are gonna blackball yourself from the industry why not do it for 2-3-5 mil like some others in the past have?

2k to ruin your name is just dumb in my book.

Damn..... I only knew him from the board but I got a good vibe from the guy

Could have been a panic thing.... he found himself with a handfull of cash and a pretty risky venture, maybe he just felt out of his depth. If he had no real roots where he was its pretty ez to go missing.

Hope he is OK.... but if it was a scam I hope he rots in hell.

Not the same address. Same town but not the same address.

Turns out the loud month Jon is the scammer after all.

Lensman's involvement = "Sure, go ahead with the contest."
Juicy's involvement = Being a judge.

Am I right?

Not quite "involvement", if you ask me.

thats fucked up, hope u guys get this resolved soon. kel, glad to see yer still alive :winkwink: whats shakin (aside from the obvious)

I always said he sucked. Looked at my previous posts. But everyone thought he was soooo cool. Fact is, everything Jon starts/setups fails. His host, his freehosting, his resource site and everything else

Yeah ,

Just seemed to me with all the names involved , the sticky threads on GFY etc that it was legit so I went ahead with it .

Not saying Jon is an asshole. Just saying as "business" man he sucks

50..........

YARGH! Me too.

heh , leave your ICQ invisible and everyone thinks you're dead LOL .

I'm here man , just get more done that way ;)


Hit me up sometime we'll catch up ;)

He ICQ'd me and asked for money to be a sponsor. I told him that I would give $2000 for sponsorship money and in return one of the webmasters would wear my company shirt as well has have banners and other forms of advertising leading up to the challenge.

After that he continued to ICQ me on a regular basis just to give me updates on stupid shit that had nothing to do with the contest or my sponsorship (like he's going to New York and other shit I didn't care about). More and more he was looking like a little kid with a decent idea and power-backers for his Challenge.

I started to get cold feet with the sponsorship money (I always go with my gut feeling) so I changed it up. Instead of $2000 sponsorship money I told him that I would do all the printing for it. I would print $3000 worth of marketing materials (flyers, banners, posters, etc) instead of the $2000 cash sponsorship. I haven't heard from him since.

I am glad that I go with my gut feelings. $2000 isn't a lot of money and won't make anyone go broke but it's the principle. Regardless if its $10 or $10,000 he's still a fucking scamming theif and should be dealt with accordingly.

I hope everything works out for you guys in getting what's owed.

I'm out of the judges listing, too.

i knew there was something wrong with that challange. sucks dude.
sorry to hear about that. i do hope he show his ass up here, he needs
lots of explanation to do

That is weird.... hit me up if you get a chance.

holy nuggets

Shall I take pictures of the offending party at his house?



Let me load icq one moment.

We rold him we would be the live cam sponser. WE never invited any money and was near impossible to get a hold off.

Seemed like a straight up guy on the phone. Any chance this is a misunderstanding?

I will never understand why somebody would risk all this for just 3k

No.

But you could go choke on a cock until you die.

Doubt it.... 3 weeks A-wall and disconnected both of his phones....

moral of the story.... never use western union. WHY does someone need to use western union ? Why can't he accept wire transfer? no checking account ??? That's not a good sign. Can't take credit cards either....

Another red light that should go off is when someone says " I will pay you as soon as I collect from the other guy" (when he sends me the 2 thousand I will send you 1 thousand i owe you). :helpme this mean the guy has no money... so so far it looks like he has no checking account, no money, and you think you know him ?

I wouldn't be surprised if more then half of all western union payments sent to people that were not related to each other were fraud/scams..

also, niothing "happened" to him. His phones were disconnected. It would take more then 3 weeks for his phones to be cut off even if his bill was due the day he dissapeared. He is burried in debt and was already way late on bills (not a good sign) or he got them disconnected to avoid you guys...

I didnt get involved till I verified it was GFy approved and so on and the crew new about it nad would let it happen. Man I hope evryone gets there $$$ back.

WU wow !

pretty much you can forget the money in that case. No offense to anyone, but i don't know any legit businessman requesting money over WU :(

It are always "misunderstandings" the same happened with him.

yeah just a judge , i didnt have involvement in any $$ or anything. Just a judge

god its so easy to scam people around here. Western Union? :1orglaugh

Yep he seems to be by far the person with most "failed" ideas/projects/whatever I ever saw...

:1orglaugh always a usefull solution huh Andre

I found this , not sure if this is his info. I Do not advise for you to call.
Rube, John & Patricia
1007 Mellonsbury Dr
Apex, NC 27502-8941
(919) 363-3831
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:1orglaugh fuckin dummys around here thats for sure

Not him..... John doesn't have a wife.

How did him saying send western union not tip you off? Western Union is like the fraud/scam meca of wire fraud, I bet more fraud transfers go through western union than any other wire service in the country

Hostive: You could get banned from posting personal info on the boards bro.

Thanks.... he mentioned support from some people who are big on this board. I was hoping between all of our efforts we could get in contact with him :)

I don't get something

I have been on this board a while, and I never have seen this Jon guy doing anything really....
first, what made you all decide that he was a standup guy?

second, has anyone ever met him in person

third, has anyone ever had any successful business deals with him?

fourth, who vouched for this person to make you all wanna give him a couple grand?

just because Lensman says "i approve this contest" doesn't mean he vouches for the guy and knows him...Lensman just approved of the contest, plain and simple

I agree.
Everytime Len's has tried or put his agreement on a contest it has bit him and others in the ass:(

2 Cent's says not to get invlved with contests but it is his board. Limiting contests is smart, getting involved is bad unless of course Len's is put in complete loop about it and even given the money to delegate it's use.
I love contest's I feel bad for Len's when ever he decides that he gonna put his name on one of these cluster fucks it turns against em.
Only thing that went remotly well was Miss GFY concerning contest's he sponsored.