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Monday, November 28, 2011

Scambuster J. Fly Reports

Hello Scambuster!

I frequently rent someone's apartment in Manhattan when I need to visit for business (or personal, occasionally). I noticed this time that some scammer has posted tons of apartments all over Manhattan. It is incredibly annoying and makes finding a place difficult.

So far, here are the names:

Jeff Gibbson
Janina Richardson
Pegy Ferguson

It was pretty clear after I looked at a few places that they were all the same apartment (faux photos, obviously), much too nice to actually be in Manhattan for that price, and written by the same person with email addresses similar to: janina_richardson01@yahoo.com.

All three of them wrote back with the same sentence: "How many nights do you want to book?"

"Jeff Gibbson" is the only one I had further communication with, and he returned the expected stock response, poorly articulated, terrible syntax, and full of unnecessary blather:

-J. Fly

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Scared Straight: MLM Confessions

The following testimonial was originally submitted from Ripoff Report.com
You are encouraged to report questionable companies to the Better Business Bureau. Click to Report

Company: The Intuitive Group
Location: 8233 Old Courthouse Rd. Ste 330
Vienna, VA 22182
Contact: (703) 388-2863
mattsileno@theintuitivegroup-dc.com
Twitter:
http://twitter.com/#!/intuitivegroup
FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/intuitivegroup


Company President: Matt Sileno

"I feel bad for these people, but I don't feel bad at the same time"

AUTHOR: Ih8scumcompanies - Herndon (U.S.A.)

I worked for this company for about two weeks total. I went on the National conference trip which was probably the worst weekend of my life. 2500 people hoping to become one of the 8 high rollers for Cydcor. And the conference was soooo cheesy I wanted to puke. My "leader" William Jackson, whose name I will throw out there because if any business that is reading these reports, watch out for the slimy character, he will try to milk anything out of you, scamming you into things that you don't need, only for his benefit.

When I first started, my first day, we went into Freedom Bail Bonds over in Fairfax, VA. The owner was a nice guy/Ex Marine. They just switched over to another company from verizon, which we were selling, and Will insisted on getting them to change back to verizon even though they just switched a month before. Will would lie and tell him that "our services are the cheapest around, even though the main reason that they switched was because they weren't cheaper, then the ex marine got pissed and threw a stack of papers at our face and said and literally said "you can't do business if you are liars."

I was about to get the hell out of there and go home. But Will insisted that stuff like that never happens. So I believed him, and the day only got worse. But I stuck it out for another week and a half with Will. We would make big sales and then never get paid because business owners would realize that Will would give them things that they had no business needing and cancel the whole order. One day Will and I made about 1,500 bucks. Never saw any of that money. Cancelled. There were a lot of brainwashed characters in the office. It was sad, really sad. So if you want to walk around knocking on doors all day and not getting paid on gas and not getting paid unless you make a sale. This isn't for you. If you are a normal person, get a real normal job unlike this one. You won't get anything out of this except turmoil and hardship.

MLM Scam Update 11/10/11

The following list was submitted from Ripoff Report

Multi-Level Marketing targeting young college grads with no experience. I won't write my personal story, but I have compiled a list of Cydcor ICLs. This list was compiled several months ago and is incomplete, but hopefully it'll help some people not make a bad decision.

Location
ICL
Owner
Campaign

Westmont, IL

Robert Parker
AT&T B2B

Rancho Cucamonga, CA
US Marketing Alliance
Wanis Naguib
AT&T U-Verse

Nashville, TN
NBC, Inc.
Jonathan Perry
AT&T U-Verse

Columbus, OH
Worldwide Marketing
Holly Clark
AT&T U-Verse

Perrysburg, OH

Audra Butler
AT&T U-Verse

San Francisco, CA
Dzurenda & Associates
Trevor Dzurenda
AT&T U-Verse

Mission, KS
MP Incorporated
Michael Palomba
AT&T U-Verse

St. Louis, MO
North Inc.
Rebecca Sutherland
AT&T U-Verse

Atlanta, GA
Veritas, Inc.
Ed Cunliffe
AT&T U-Verse

San Jose, CA
Genuine Acquisitions
Ryan Ritchey
AT&T U-Verse

Memphis, TN
L&J Associates, Inc.
Leslie Dean
AT&T U-Verse

Louisville, KY
APF Concepts
Mathew Crawford
AT&T U-Verse

San Francisco, CA
Premier Marketing
Dong Tran
AT&T U-Verse

Atlanta, GA
Fire, Inc.
Malcolm Elavia
AT&T U-Verse

Little Rock, AR
Eclipse Marketing
Erica Hawley
AT&T U-Verse

Chattanooga, TN
Cannonball, Inc.
Robert Edwards
AT&T U-Verse

Beaver Creek, OH
PMC-Dayton, Inc.
Denise Ortiz
AT&T U-Verse

Charlotte, NC

Bhavin Joshi
AT&T U-Verse

Atlanta, GA
IE Innovations, Inc.
Brandon Hicks
AT&T U-Verse

Charlotte, NC
Elevation, Inc.
Shaun Hogan
AT&T U-Verse

Shelton, CT
Northeast Consulting Group, Inc.
Jolene Foor
AT&T U-Verse

Westlake, OH

Charlie (Eric) Boyd
AT&T U-Verse

Louisville, KY
JBW, Inc.
Jonathan Wurster
AT&T U-Verse

West Hartford, CT
Premier Management Group
Michael Catherwood
AT&T U-Verse

Houston, TX
Kyce Enterprises, Inc.
Yessika Sanchez
AT&T U-Verse

Fort Worth, TX
Universal Endeavors, Inc.
David Ahn
AT&T U-Verse

Troy, MI

Dustin Woods
AT&T U-Verse

Oklahoma City, OK
Legend Marketing, Inc.
Kalif Gallego
AT&T U-Verse

Greenville, SC
??LFH Concepts, Inc.
Chad Harpole
AT&T U-Verse

Greenville, SC
S.F.I. Consulting, Inc.
Yanik Williams
AT&T U-Verse

Metaire, LA
3rd Coast Concepts, Inc.
Rudolph Samboruk
AT&T U-Verse

Schaumburg, IL
Coast, Inc.
Nicole Skovgard
AT&T U-Verse

Austin, TX
Kismet Concepts, Inc.
Neha Anand
AT&T U-Verse

Schaumburg, IL
Blue Marketing
Wrinardo McKennedy
AT&T U-Verse

San Jose, CA

Julie Strait
AT&T U-Verse

Sacramento, CA
Ascension Marketing Group
John Kim
AT&T U-Verse

Fort Worth, TX

Blerim Kuqi
AT&T U-Verse

Dallas, TX
APHinity Concepts
Jarrett Hook
AT&T U-Verse

San Diego, CA
Longview Concepts
Seth Filkins
AT&T U-Verse

Dublin, OH
??KPN Acquisitions, Inc.
Alpesh Shah
AT&T U-Verse

Birmingham, AL
Birmingham Business Consulting, Inc.
William Gunn
AT&T U-Verse

Orange, CA
The Southern California Group, Inc.
Tedford Picha
AT&T U-Verse

Gahanna, OH
CF Endeavors
Steven Bloomfield
AT&T U-Verse

Dallas, TX
Evantage, Inc.
Christopher Auwater
AT&T U-Verse

Westlake, OH

Alan Wolanin
AT&T U-Verse

San Diego, CA
Reliable Business Concepts
Frank (Travis) Seinturier
AT&T U-Verse

Grand Rapids, MI
Grand Marketing
Taylor Cherry
AT&T U-Verse

Fayetteville, AR
The Atlas Group, Inc.
Kai Petrich
AT&T U-Verse

Culver City, CA

Al Hareth Musa
AT&T U-Verse

Austin, TX

Zane Beadles
AT&T U-Verse

Indianapolis IN,
Bold Marketing Strategies, Inc.
Ashley Smith
AT&T U-Verse

Oklahoma City, OK
Elle Communications, Inc.
Michelle Banfield
AT&T U-Verse

San Francisco, CA
Integrated Marketing Solutions
Sam Lee
AT&T U-Verse

Atlanta, GA
Kinetic Marketing Group
Kevin Griffin
AT&T U-Verse

St. Louis, MO
Top Consulting, Inc.
Christopher Roberts
AT&T U-Verse

Hartford, CT

Jason Ward
Direct Energy

Troy, MI
Hill Inc.
Robert Hill
Direct Energy

Middleburg Heights, OH

Jason Braughler
Direct Energy

White Plains, NY

Jason Markman
Direct Energy

Independence, OH

Cole Heeg
Direct Energy

Troy, MI
Detroit Business Consulting
Michael Rosenberg
Direct Energy

Independence, OH

Donald McConville
Direct Energy

Dublin, OH

Brandon Walker
Direct Energy

Troy, MI

Cara Pizzurro
Direct Energy

New York, NY

Rafael Diaz
Direct Energy

Latham, NY

Collin Ausfeld
Direct Energy

Timonium, MD

Eric Chapman
Direct Energy

New York, NY

Antoine Bell
Direct Energy

White Plains, NY

Steven Lowen
Direct Energy

Hartford, CT

Jason Ward
Direct Energy

Park Ridge, IL

Shaine Thurman
Great Lakes Energy

Chicago, IL

Adam Balsinger
Great Lakes Energy

Fairfield, NJ

Michael Mounter
Great Lakes Energy

Philadelphia, PA

Stefan Mainhart
Great Lakes Energy

Philadelphia, PA

Filipe Pereira
Great Lakes Energy

Philadelphia, PA
Frontline Business Solutions
David Nay
Great Lakes Energy

Bala Cynwyd, PA
Distinctive Solutions Philadelphia Inc.
George Papalexandratos
Great Lakes Energy

Frankfort, IL
P.V.G. Consulting
Simir Kulkarni
Great Lakes Energy

Chicago, IL
Odyssey Marketing Group
Bjorn Berg
Great Lakes Energy


Braintree, MA
Northeast Consulting, Inc.
Jim Rothermel
Great Lakes Energy

Conshohocken, PA
CXN Inc
Timothy Koontz
Great Lakes Energy

Pennsauken, NJ
Marketing FX, Inc.
Greg Cassa
Great Lakes Energy

Atlanta, GA
Aurora Group, Inc.
Brandie Park
Intuit

Schaumberg, IL
Red Zone Internationa. Inc. **
Benjamin Buchsbaum
Intuit

Hawthorne, NY
Red Zone Internationa. Inc. **
Christopher Butte
Intuit

Baton Rouge, LA
Warrington Management Group, Inc.
Gene-Christian Baca
Intuit

San Antonio, TX
HDM Marketing Concepts, Inc.
Harold Miller
Intuit

Columbus, OH
Vantage Point Consulting, Inc.
Samuel Hunter II
Intuit

San Jose, CA

Charles Giampaola
Intuit

Baltimore, MD
East Coast Marketing Innovations
Paula Silveria
Intuit

Scottdale, AZ
Fortune 5, Inc.
Nimit Vidyalankar
Intuit

Pittsburgh, PA
MMI Marketing
Ashley Allen
Intuit

Glen Allen, VA

Do Hoang
Intuit

Culver City, CA
*
Jaime Hepp
Quill

Atlanta, GA
Dynamic Marketing Concepts Inc.
Adam Dorfman
Quill

Oak Brook, IL
VMI, Inc
Jonathan Kline
Quill

New York, NY
New York Business Partners
Bart Yates
Quill

Walnut Creek, CA

John Soukas
Quill

Raleigh, NC
4 Fifty 8 Acquisitions, Inc.
Joseph Tanksley
Quill

Orange, CA
*
Eric Lee
Quill

New York, NY
Polaris Inc.
Elana Stein
Quill

Walnut Creek, CA
Concorde Marketing Solutions
Matt Osborne
Quill

Mineola, NY
Long Island Acquisitions
Zachary Zufall
Quill

Middleburg Heights, OH
Strategy, Inc.
Thomas Peck
Quill

Dallas, TX
InnoCept Marketing, Inc.
Timothy Sanders
Quill

Austin, TX
Competitive Consulting
Joe Nolan
Quill

Nashville, TN
Orange Limited
Elijah Medge
Quill

San Diego, CA
San Diego Marketing Group, Inc.
Richard Dinella
Quill

Farmington Hills, MI
Three Seven Marketing Group Inc
Tara Masia
Quill

Waltham, MA

Paul Pinto
Quill

Sacramento, CA
Frontline Marketing
Justin Hubbard
Quill

Tampa, FL
A.M.I.
Vanessa Castaneda
Quill

Scottsdale, AZ
East Valley Consulting Inc.
Gareth Roberts
Quill

Charlotte, NC
Notch, Inc.
Tom Liewer
Quill

Farmington Hills, MI
MICAH Marketing Solutions
Christina Schuster
Quill

Tigard, OR
Archetype, Inc.
Melissa White
Quill

Dublin, OH
AMG Executives, Inc.
Steven Albanese
Quill

Orlando, FL
The Vause Group
Joshua Vause
Quill

Pittsburgh, PA
NXF Inc.
Nelson Figueroa
Quill

Houston, TX
Galleria Marketing, Inc.
Paul Kluger
Quill

Golden Valley, MN

Jeremy Johnson
Quill

White Plains, NY
Dharma Global Group Inc.
Ram Dharmarajan
Quill

San Diego, CA
The Resolutions Firm, Inc.
Sara Stafford
Quill

Greenville, SC
IMPACT Business Acquisitions
Kyle Shankman
Quill

Dallas, TX
JM Direct
James Kevin Mosely
Quill

Bellevue, WA
10
Jennifer Harris
Quill

Birmingham, AL
MVP Concepts
Austin Smith
Quill

Indianapolis, IN
Pac Marketing Group
Melissa Painter
Quill

Baton Rouge, LA
Smith Business Consultants, Inc.
Joshua Smith
Quill

Greenwood Village, CO
Skyline Marketing, Inc.
Lauren Lesho
Quill

Orange, CA
The Southern Cailifornia Group, Inc. *
Tedford Picha
Quill

St. Louis, MO
North, Inc. *
Rebecca Sutherland
Quill

Rosemont, IL
McNeal Marketing Executives, Inc.
Desiree Zorn
Quill

Timonium, MD
Vivid Marketing, Inc.
Chrysanthi Halkiotis
Quill

Waukesha, WI
Milwaukee Business Consulting, Inc.
Brittany Richard
Quill

Hollywood, FL
LNE Consulting
Julie Edmonds
Quill

Mission, KS
Strategic Campaigns, Inc.
Pedro Segura
Quill

Braintree, MA
Northeast Consulting, Inc.
Jim Rothermel
Quill

Hollywood, FL
TNG Worldwide Inc.
Eddie Sardinha
Quill

Salt Lake City, UT
New Rev Group
Ronald Gronewald
Quill

Falls Church, VA

Joseph Meshak Jr.
Quill

San Jose, CA
Silicon Consulting Inc
Simon Yu
Quill

Louisville, KY
System Works, Inc.
Marcis Pavars
Quill

Philadelphia, PA
ARK Marketing Concepts
Anamika Sharma
Quill

Cincinnati, OH
TJC, Inc.
Cody Johnson
Quill

Hollywood, FL
Marketing Concepts
Pani Verma
Quill

Bellevue, WA
10
Jennifer Harris
Quill

Oak Brook, IL
Keynorth Consulting Inc.
Rebecca Blatz
Quill

Timonium, MD
Distinctive, Inc.
Eric Chapman
Quill

Tigard, OR
Intigrated Acquisitions
Zane Abato
Quill

Indianapolis, IN
Leitz Out Concepts Inc
Robert Leitza
Quill

Minnetonka, MN
Blackstone Consulting Inc.
Jeremy Reboulet
Qwest Residential

Bellevue, WA
10
Jennifer Harris
Qwest Residential

Tigard, OR
D.M.A. Solutions
Jason Royce
Qwest Residential

Scottsdale, AZ
D & G Concepts, Inc.
Tyler DeJarnatt
Qwest Residential

Greenwood Village, CO
Colorado Marketing
Young Yoon
Qwest Residential

Rosemont, IL

James Brock
T-Mobile

Indianapolis, IN
TMG Solutions
Stephen Kordella
T-Mobile

Casselberry, FL
PSI Marketing
Sarah Ward
T-Mobile

Troy, MI

Kenneth Webber
T-Mobile

St. Louis, MO
Empire Executives Inc
Peter Gasparro
T-Mobile

Westlake Village, CA
Silver Marketing Group
Brett Silver
T-Mobile

Troy, MI
Rockland Incorporated
Andy Breuninger
T-Mobile

Troy, MI
Somerset Concepts, Inc.
Brian Haynes
T-Mobile

Oak Brook, IL
Marketing Sessions
Michael Sessions
T-Mobile

Pennsauken, NJ
East Coast Business Concepts
Gary Lolli
Verizon B2B

Braintree, MA
Northeast Consulting, Inc.
Jim Rothermel
Verizon B2B

Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Business Consulting Solutions
Ken Lear
Verizon B2B

Williamsville, NJ

Alan Stafford
Verizon B2B

Norwalk, CA
??California Marketing Team *
Liam Boyer
Verizon B2B

Framingham, MA
Intrinsic Consulting, Inc.
Matthew Griffith
Verizon B2B

Timonium, MD
Distinctive, Inc.
Eric Chapman
Verizon B2B

Bala Cynwyd, PA
Distinctive Solutions Philadelphia Inc.
George Papalexandratos
Verizon B2B

Pennsauken, NJ

Michael E. Peragine
Verizon B2B

Vienna, VA

Matt Donahue
Verizon B2B


The Intuitive Group, Inc.
Matt Sileno
Vienna, VA
Verizon B2B


Glen Allen, VA

Yigit Oksuz/ Young Yoon
Verizon B2B

Pittsburgh, PA
Dynamic Business Group
Melanie Abajian
Verizon B2B

Glen Allen, VA

Gary LawerenceII
Verizon B2B

New Brunswick, NJ
Fenix Core Solutions, Inc.
Evan Sliwoski
Verizon B2B

White Plains, NY
Marketing Styles, Inc.
Brad Hiller
Verizon B2B

New Brunswick, NJ
The 1080 Group, Inc
Dave Kaye
Verizon B2B

Hawthorne, NY
RedZone International Inc **
Nicole Velardi
Verizon B2B

Warwick, RI
Coastal Concepts, Inc
Kristen Balogh
Verizon B2B

Pittsburgh, PA
MMI Marketing
Ashley Allen
Verizon B2B

Framingham, MA

Rebecca Lancaon
Verizon B2B

Williamsville, NY
Zerwas Group Inc
Dustin Fansler
Verizon B2B

Norwalk, CA

Chang Kim
Verizon B2B

Glen Allen, VA

Do Hoang
Verizon B2B

East Providence, RI
212 Marketing Solutions
Andrea Atkinson
Verizon FiOS

Conshohocken, PA
CXN Inc
Timothy Koontz
Verizon FiOS

White Plains, NY
Luxe Marketing Concepts
Maria Kishbaugh
Verizon FiOS

Woburn, MA
Big Business Solutions, Inc.
Vince Conley
Verizon FiOS

New Brunswick, NJ
The Marketing Professionals, Inc.
Duran Kelly
Verizon FiOS

Bala Cynwyd, PA

Chris Migner
Verizon FiOS

Rockville, MD
Red F Incorporated
Deric Boyer
Verizon FiOS

New Brunswick, NJ

Monday, September 26, 2011

Scam Update 9/26/11

This is a Scam Artist update for 9/26/11

The following people are known scammers and con artists

Name: James Bruce (aka Alva Kusman)


Name: Larry Bryant

Email: lbill190809@gmail.com
Phone: 415-685-8301


Name: Jessica Mark
Email: Jessicamark10@gmail.com


Name: Jerry Watts
Email: watt57bj@gmail.com


Name: Gary McDonald
Alias: Gary Dulwich, David Williams, William Lehman


Name: Jessica Morgan
Email: barron2005.wms@gmail.com


Name: Michael Sand
Email: michaelsand002@gmail.com, micsand4luv@gmail.com

CL Scambuster is Back Again

Where does the time go? This year has been one of immense growth for the staff and crew and CL Scambuster. First and foremost, we have completed a nine month investigation with INTERPOL (International Police Agency) and are committed to putting more thieves and criminals behind bars. A Nigerian prison is not a place to spend the evening, let alone a long consecutive sentence for Identity Theft, Bank Fraud, or Postal Fraud; yet to date this site has infiltrated and tracked down no less than twelve wanted criminals from various parts of West Africa.

As a result, we are redoubling our efforts in an attempt to assist INTERPOL by bringing international criminal organizations and gangs to Justice. The message is think twice before embarking on a path of devious and illegal behavior towards people on craigslist. It is only a matter of time before we catch up to you.

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Best of 2010

We start 2011 by reflecting at the very best of 2010. Thanks to this blog, justice will be served to one crook who thought he was too fast for jail.


http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-mcdade-craigslist-txt,0,1862829.story

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

CL Scambuster Reaches One Million Visitors

It is with great fanfare that clscambuster.blogspot.com achieved its' one million visitor mark. For the past two and a half years many criminals and global crime syndicates have come to hear, see, and feel the largest database of Craiglist scams. The unity of effort from countless people coming together to shed light into the dark corners of cyber crime and security. It is with many thanks and continued vigilance that we move forward towards a safer online experience.